St. Francis College hosts ‘Power of Entrepreneurship’ discussion
Special Guest: Steve Mariotti, Founder Of Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
The St. Francis College Center for Entrepreneurship will welcome Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship Founder (NFTE) Steve Mariotti for a discussion titled “Power of Entrepreneurship” on Tuesday, April 5 at 11 a.m. in the college’s Founders Hall (180 Remsen St.).
Mariotti left a successful business career in 1982 to become a special education teacher in such New York City neighborhoods as East New York, Brooklyn and Fort Apache in the South Bronx. Frustrated by his rowdy classrooms, Mariotti discovered he could reach and motivate his students by teaching them to run small businesses. This experience inspired him to create NFTE in 1987 to bring entrepreneurship education to low-income youth, and empower them to create their own pathways out of poverty.