Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Steve Mariotti on teaching capitalism in the Soviet Union

In a recent Huffington Post piece entitled “Teaching Capitalism in the Last Days of the USSR,” Steve Mariotti discusses his experience teaching business and capitalism to young people during the final days of the Soviet Union. Fascinating.

I interviewed Mariotti for Kaizen on his excellent Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Before founding NFTE, Mariotti was a successful entrepreneur and a teacher in some of New York’s worst schools. Because of his great successes and innovative methods, Mariotti was named New York State’s Teacher of the Year in 1988. Great guy.

Ten9Eight on BET this Sunday

From the press release:

TV premiere on BET
Sunday, February 7th at noon ET/PT

Don’t miss this compelling documentary from award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio, which chronicles the inspirational stories of several teens from low-income communities as they compete in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)’s national business plan competition. What they learn along the way profoundly changes their lives and destinies.

In an recent issue of Kaizen, I interviewed the excellent Steve Mariotti, founder and CEO of Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

Ten9Eight release dates

If you can next month, go see Ten9Eight, directed by Mary Mazzio.

The documentary’s tagline is: “In America a kid drops out of school every nine seconds. Imagine if they didn’t.”

A dozen instant-classic American success stories — and an inspiring portrayal of entrepreneurship’s power over poverty and adversity.

In partnership with AMC Theatres, Mazzio’s film opens Friday, November 13 in the following cities:
LOS ANGELES
NEW YORK
BOSTON
CHICAGO
WASHINGTON, DC
ATLANTA
MIAMI
KANSAS CITY

In a recent issue of Kaizen I interviewed Steve Mariotti, founder and CEO of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, with programs in 22 states and 12 countries, over 280,000 graduates, and 1,500 NFTE-certified entrepreneurship teachers. Several of the young entrepreneurs in Ten9Eight are NFTE graduates.

Advance tickets are available at the AMC Theatre site.

Kaizen Issue 8 published

The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship has published its eighth issue of Kaizen [pdf], focusing on the theme of Education and Entrepreneurship. It features my interview with Steve Mariotti, founder of the excellent Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), an organization dedicated to providing entrepreneurship education to low-income youths.

Also featured are guest speakers David Mayer, who spoke at Rockford College on Thomas Jefferson, and C. Bradley Thompson, who spoke on John Adams, along with a mini interview with Professor Steve Kadamian on his new entrepreneurship course and a report on our 2009 High School Entrepreneur Day.

This and previous issues of Kaizen are also available at CEE’s Kaizen page.

Ten9Eight: inspiring young entrepreneurs

Check out this documentary to be released this fall: Ten9Eight. Directed by Mary Mazzio, it is about a dozen instant-classic American success stories — and entrepreneurship’s power over poverty and adversity.

In an upcoming issue of Kaizen I interview Steve Mariotti, founder and CEO of the impressive Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Several of the young entrepreneurs in Ten9Eight are graduates of NFTE.

Exciting to think how many young people are out there with awesome potential waiting to be realized.