Defy Ventures teaches entrepreneurship in prisons. It changed how I think about founders

Andrew Glazier is the CEO of Defy Ventures, a nonprofit running entrepreneurship training programs in prisons. And twice now, I’ve tagged along at Defy events.
Houston Press

Good Investments: Teaching Texas Inmates About Business Can Turn Criminals Into CEOs

A short while into a 30-month sentence for buying a stolen trailer, James Cornish received a peculiar postcard in his Plainview prison cell. It was from a group called the Prison Entrepreneurship ...
Sioux City Journal

Texas prison program aims to produce business-savvy inmates

Prison inmate Nicholas Paz, center, dances down a a line of his classmates in the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, or PEP, right, and program sponsors, in Cleveland, Texas. The rigorous program ...
Forbes

From Incarceration To Incorporation: The Economic Case For Second Chances

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Madeira Cofield covers small business, entrepreneurship, and economic policy. Entrepreneurship lowers recidivism and ...