35 min
129: An MBA For Middle Schoolers? - John Foster Disruptive Minds
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- Entrepreneurship
John received a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from LSU (‘82 & ’84), and was kindly employed for the next thirty-three years by Freeport-McMoRan, Stauffer Chemical, Rhone-Poulenc, Rhodia, and Innophos; working in uranium recovery, sulfuric acid, fine organics, and specialty phosphates.
Starting in process engineering, he moved to plant operations, startups, and plant management; thereafter to business management, M&A, strategic raw materials, and corporate strategy.
Traveling widely on business, he studied various cultures and pondered Adam Smith’s question regarding why some counties are rich and others poor, also becoming immersed in Spanish and Argentine Tango.
His travels inspired his international thriller, Morning in Havana, which garnered several national awards including second place at the PNWA Literary Competition.
John started teaching kids as a Junior Achievement volunteer and over the course of several years built his own curriculum, which would become Middle School MBA. In it’s third commercial year, MSMBA reaches over one thousand kids through its various products. Its proprietary 3D model, LinKe, allows adults and children alike to quickly grasp the components of an economy and how they’re related. Its Hardware/Software Analogy makes teaching and understanding economics easy for anyone.
John is an angel investor and serves as a mentor and business coach for the Idea Village Incubator in New Orleans.
Interests include swimming, hiking, skeet, horses, tango, dogs, and guitar.
More From John:
https://www.middleschoolmba.com
Here you can learn about Middle School MBA; teacher testimonials, class videos, sample lessons, free lessons, everything you need to decide if Middle School MBA will help your kids.
John received a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from LSU (‘82 & ’84), and was kindly employed for the next thirty-three years by Freeport-McMoRan, Stauffer Chemical, Rhone-Poulenc, Rhodia, and Innophos; working in uranium recovery, sulfuric acid, fine organics, and specialty phosphates.
Starting in process engineering, he moved to plant operations, startups, and plant management; thereafter to business management, M&A, strategic raw materials, and corporate strategy.
Traveling widely on business, he studied various cultures and pondered Adam Smith’s question regarding why some counties are rich and others poor, also becoming immersed in Spanish and Argentine Tango.
His travels inspired his international thriller, Morning in Havana, which garnered several national awards including second place at the PNWA Literary Competition.
John started teaching kids as a Junior Achievement volunteer and over the course of several years built his own curriculum, which would become Middle School MBA. In it’s third commercial year, MSMBA reaches over one thousand kids through its various products. Its proprietary 3D model, LinKe, allows adults and children alike to quickly grasp the components of an economy and how they’re related. Its Hardware/Software Analogy makes teaching and understanding economics easy for anyone.
John is an angel investor and serves as a mentor and business coach for the Idea Village Incubator in New Orleans.
Interests include swimming, hiking, skeet, horses, tango, dogs, and guitar.
More From John:
https://www.middleschoolmba.com
Here you can learn about Middle School MBA; teacher testimonials, class videos, sample lessons, free lessons, everything you need to decide if Middle School MBA will help your kids.
35 min