Why I continue to help inmates get a fresh start as entrepreneurs

Why I continue to help inmates get a fresh start as entrepreneurs

In 2016, three pals — Tom Tullie, Mark Bowles and Taner Halicioglu — and I were introduced to an entrepreneurship program designed for inmates in state prisons in California. It was called Defy Ventures, and it already had a successful track record operating in a few other California prisons. We decided to try to bring it to Donovan State Prison at the border in San Diego. We wrote some checks personally and ultimately raised a total of $125,000…