Preface / ix
Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship Can Be Taught—to Anyone / 3
Chapter 2: Nurturing the Entrepreneurial Mind-Set / 25
Chapter 3: Who Are the World’s Entrepreneurs? / 51
Chapter 4: Should Governments Help Promote Entrepreneurship? /
77
Chapter 5: A Teaching Revolution / 103
Chapter 6: The Digital Revolution:
Technology Levels the Global Playing Field / 123
Chapter 7: On the Cusp: A Financing Revolution / 139
Chapter 8: A Prison Revolution: Desperately Needed / 167
Chapter 9: The Social Enterprise Revolution: Entrepreneurs Solving
Social Problems / 187
Chapter 10: An Entrepreneur’s Manifesto / 211
Acknowledgments / 229
Index / 233
Considered one of the leading experts on entrepreneurship education, Steve Mariotti is the Founder of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), a nonprofit that provides entrepreneurship education to low-income youth worldwide. Mariotti also writes a column for The Huffington Post chronicling entrepreneurs’ lives and exploring the relationship of entrepreneurship to freedom and democracy. In addition to An Entrepreneur's Manifesto, he is also the author of The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting and Running a Business, Entrepreneurship: Owning Your Future, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, and Entrepreneurs In Profile.
“Written in an accessible, smoothly flowing style, The
Entrepreneur’s Manifesto is a vitally important book to read and
share if we are to change the ever-widening gap between the one
percent and the rest of us.”
—Mirah Riben, The Huffington Post
“An Entrepreneur’s Manifesto beautifully illustrates the
mandate to nourish and develop an entrepreneurial mindset for a new
entrepreneurial generation, empowering individuals by tapping into
their passion.”
—Diana Davis Spencer, chairman and president of the Diana Davis
Spencer Foundation
“In the next few decades, billions of young people will enter the
global workforce. There are not jobs waiting for most of them,
especially those who are low-income. I believe that
entrepreneurship education is the best solution, and this book
explains why!”
—Michael Simmons, cofounder of Empact, Forbes columnist, and author
of The Student Success Manifesto: How to Create a Life of
Passion, Purpose, and Prosperity
“One walks away from this book with a sense of urgency to ensure
that entrepreneurial education becomes a mainstay in the halls of
all schools and places of education.”
—Rabbi Yehoshua Werde, director of Crown Heights Young
Entrepreneurs
“Through story, experience, and data, Mariotti makes it clear that
entrepreneurship is the way to both reinvigorate our economy and
redirect men and women away from legacies of incarceration and
desperation and towards a promising, self-created career.”
—Catherine Hoke, founder and CEO of Defy Ventures
“With An Entrepreneur’s Manifesto, Steve Mariotti further enhances
his reputation as a change agent. This powerful book can transform
thinking, lives, and entire communities.” —Sheila Rule, cofounder
of the Think Outside the Cell Foundation; former senior editor, New
York Times
“Entrepreneurship is the only real way for people to escape
poverty. The prestige of a successful business builds incredible
self-respect that also benefits society as a whole. Even business
initiatives that are not successful still bring solid life
experiences and serve as a base for subsequent efforts. Steve
Mariotti’s latest book brings it all together. I highly recommend
everyone read the book and join the ‘revolution.’”
—Gary Voight, CEO of CorasWorks
“The light of entrepreneurship is a guide to freedom and hope for
young people from all corners of the earth, from all walks of life.
An Entrepreneur’s Manifesto is the twenty-first-century economic
blueprint we’ve been waiting for.”
—Joseph Robinson, author of Think Outside the Cell: An
Entrepreneur’s Guide for the Incarcerated and Formerly
Incarcerated
“An Entrepreneur’s Manifesto is destined to be a classic for my
generation. Steve Mariotti has not only had a huge impact in
causing entrepreneurship education to be taken seriously, but he
has inspired countless individuals, including myself, to make an
impact in that field. The significance of the insights he shares in
this book cannot be overstated.”
—Sheena Lindhal, CEO and cofounder of Empact
“What is the larger purpose, not just for your business, but for
you as a business person? In the case of Mariotti, his business,
Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), is promoting business
opportunities for all, especially at-risk youth who might otherwise
not have considered entrepreneurship. When you read Mariotti’s
excitement about entrepreneurship and the importance of
entrepreneurial access for everyone, you can’t help but look more
expansively about what role you can play to make as much of
a difference.”
—Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes
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