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Own It: Starting a Business after Prison

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Feb 15, 2018

Many reentry programs feature job readiness training. It is standard in the practice, while teaching entrepreneurship is not.

My guest today runs a successful job readiness training program in Kansas City, Missouri .

Natasha Kirsch is the founder and executive director of the Grooming Project, a nonprofit that teaches...


Feb 1, 2018

Defy Ventures is a character development, job readiness and entrepreneurial training program. I dont know of any program that believes more wholeheartedly than Defy that entrepreneurship is a useful tool to reduce recidivism.

That’s why I am so excited to bring to you today my conversation with Jeremy Bouman,...