So what does a three-time NBA champion tell a group of top varsity ballers? He started with a confession. Randy Brown, the Chicago Bulls’ new Assistant General Manager, shared that he was never the best player on his team. Not in pee wees, not middle or high school, not at New Mexico State and certainly …
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Moneythink Brings together Financial Literacy and Sports and the Chicago Got Game Campe
Chicago Got Game hoops camp brought together top prep athletes from three of Chicago’s preeminent basketball programs. Varsity members from Hales Franciscan, Holy Trinity and St. Francis de Salle participated in three days of leadership training, goal setting, networking and court skills development. From August 16-18, 2010 campers learned the keys to success from current …
Notes from the founders: Why I love what I do
Moneythink being “what I do” may be somewhat of a misnomer, as I’m a full time student just like the rest of the students. But it isn’t in the sense that it consumes a healthy portion of my passion, and is a primary source of preoccupation when I should be thinking about the equations going …
Sparkseed and Moneythink Beating Out the Competition
Reposted from Ted Gonder’s blog.
Moneythink, is one of twelve finalists in the Sparkseed Social Innovation Competition. Sparkseed is an awesome organization that funds college social entrepreneurs. We at Moneythink are crossing our fingers that we’ll be selected as one of a few winners and get to experience the incubation and prizes awarded to Sparkseed winners.
Notably, …
Women On The Sidelines?
So I know football season is now long over, but something came to my mind today as I was watching some March Madness basketball games. Why is it that, while all the off-field commentary is male-dominated, all the on-field interviewing and commentary is done by females who never played the sport?
I believe this stark contrast …
Financial Literacy through Cookies
It might just be the best financial literacy program in America.
A youth organization runs an operation that gives its members hands-on experience running a mercantile business, one that sends them door-to-door, teaches them how to market their wares online, and puts its proceeds right back toward programs for the young merchants. Furthermore, the operation …
Does it take longer for men to graduate college than women?
It appears so. According to David Brooks – acclaimed New York Times columnist – among 22 year olds, there are 185 female college graduates for every 100 male college graduates. While we can definitely acknowledge that the balance of men and women in college definitely favors women, but can it possibly swing this far?
In a …
Global Economy
The Global Economy becomes an increasingly important concept as countries rely on one another more, not only on supply of resources, but also on demand of exported goods.
For example, as a U.S software-developer, one may drive a Toyota (a Japanese brand that is manufactured in China), wear a Zara shirt (Spanish brand made in …
Greece’s Meltdown
Over the past few years, Goldman Sachs and many other investment banks have been secretly assisting Greece to take on a large sum of debt in order to keep the government deficit under the European Union’s requirement.
Although this short term strategy kept Greece in the Euro Zone, it brought about Greece’s long term financial distress. …
The Impact of Financial Literacy?
Every organization has its supporters and critics. Financial Literacy Organizations, including MoneyThink, are unavoidably placed in this situation as well. The main criticism that stems for us, especially from academics is: Does your program (or financial literacy in general) have an impact?
The immediate gut-reflex of anyone that is a member of MoneyThink is to declare: …