Social Entrepreneurship in Education: Private Ventures for the Public Good » (New Edition)

The purpose of this book is to share with the reader a unique experience of a seasoned career entrepreneur with the commitment to improve education and benefited by working with three highly regarded business and education leaders as mentors set out to define and build an education industry.

Acknowledgments vii

Preface ix

Chapter 1 Energy and Persistence Conquer All Things 1

Chapter 2 Bold Interventions 9

Chapter 3 Breaking the Mold 25

Chapter 4 Venturing into Education 37

Chapter 5 The Journey and Challenges of Scale and Profitability 53

Chapter 6 Mining the Gold 67

Chapter 7 Boom, Bust, and Unforseen Consequences 85

Chapter 8 Building Sustainable Structure for the Education Industry 109

Chapter 9 Education Entrepreneurs Responding to the Call 125

Epilogue-Baseball, Education and Our Future 139

Bibliography 143

Additional Resources 145

Index 151

About the Author 161