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Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

How to start a cell phone repair business

Posted on July 21, 2020December 1, 2020 by Jails to Jobs

  Getting out of prison and not sure what to do for work? Are you a technical oriented person who likes to fix things? If so, you might consider starting a cell phone repair business. According to business industry research […]

Want to start your own small business? Organizations offer free help to get you started

Posted on May 9, 2019May 7, 2019 by Jails to Jobs

Since this week, May 5-11, is National Small Business Week, it might be a time to think about the possibility of starting a business of your own. And you won’t be alone. More than half of the people in this […]

SBA Small Business Learning Center provides resources for starting a small business

Posted on October 19, 2017February 27, 2018 by Jails to Jobs

While working for oneself may provide viable employment for those in reentry, there are a lot of things to learn in order to successfully do so. And an excellent way to come up to speed on the various aspects of […]

Seth Sundberg used incarceration experience to create Prison Bars

Posted on November 17, 2016February 12, 2018 by Jails to Jobs

A growing number of inmates and those in reentry are using skills they learned in prison and in post-release programs to start their own businesses. But it’s not easy. Just ask Seth Sundberg, founder and CEO of Prison Bars, a […]

Defy Ventures expands CEO of Your New Life program

Posted on January 14, 2016May 8, 2019 by Jails to Jobs

Defy Ventures, a New York City-headquartered nonprofit that provides entrepreneurship, employment and character training to people in re-entry, is expanding its new initiative, CEO of Your New Life. The program, which began last summer, takes the organization’s work into prisons […]

Consider an eBay business as an alternative to a regular job

Posted on September 10, 2015July 31, 2019 by Jails to Jobs

Selling things on eBay  can be a good job including for those in reentry. You don’t have to go through an interview, there are no background checks, and no endless searching job sites and sending in resumes. You just need […]

Shoe repair business offers career opportunity for ex-offenders

Posted on January 25, 2013August 10, 2020 by Jails to Jobs

  Those looking for a job doing something that improves the environment, helps people save money and won’t be outsourced to India might want to consider learning how to repair shoes. Particularly in these recessionary times when people want to […]

Defy Ventures program graduate launches internet business

Posted on October 31, 2012May 8, 2019 by Jails to Jobs

Not much more than a year ago Fabian Ruiz was in prison serving 21 years for killing the man who shot his older brother. Today he is an entrepreneur and founder of Infor-nation Corp., a company that provides Internet services […]

Stanford law student helps female ex-offenders launch businesses

Posted on July 5, 2012September 5, 2019 by Jails to Jobs

With so many barriers to employment, many ex-offenders find that starting their own business provides a better option than working for someone else. While entrepreneurship has its own challenges, those with creative ideas and determination can succeed, perhaps with a […]

The Pentorship Program encourages entrepreneurship among inmates

Posted on June 8, 2012August 29, 2019 by Jails to Jobs

Kristen Daniel, an MBA student at Georgia Tech, has created a unique organization to inspire inmates to think about becoming entrepreneurs upon their release. The Pentorship Program, a startup nonprofit, aims to pair inmates with entrepreneurs, who communicate by email […]

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