Steve Rice serves as the Entrepreneurship Instructor at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and Arts (ASMSA), recognized by The Washington Post, Newsweek, and The Daily Beast among the Top 25 public high schools in the United States.

At ASMSA, Mr. Rice originated an innovative hands-on, student-driven capstone course based on Lean Launchpad: Evidence-based Entrepreneurship, a master’s level course developed at UC-Berkeley and Stanford.

Rice holds a Master of Science degree in Media Management from Arkansas State University and is a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society for journalism and mass communication. He also serves as an instructor for the I-Fund, a virtual startup accelerator for early-stage startups and has guest lectured at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. He has spoken on the integration of innovation and technology at conferences for computer science educators at the state and national levels and is a frequently sought after speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, technology, and equity.

You can follow him on Twitter @StevenERice or connect on LinkedIn.