Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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. 

Reviews

“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