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Pigeonly, InmateAid and Flikshop are offering a cheaper way for families to connect with incarcerated loved ones.

BLACK ENTERPRISE has developed the Success Beyond Bars video series — sponsored by Koch Industries — to spotlight individuals who have been ...

While in federal prison, Frederick Hutson went through the tremendous difficulty that American inmates have trying to communicate with their family and friends ...

In spite of jail time, Pigeonly founder Frederick Hutson has flown to the top of the tech start-up heap with his prisoner-focused company that aims to make it ...

Ever since he was a teenager, Frederick Hutson has had a knack for business. When he was 19, he built a window-tinting business that he then turned around ...

Twelve years ago, Frederick Hutson was arrested for marijuana distribution and spent nearly five years in prison. Today, he's the CEO of the startup Pigeonly.

Like most entrepreneurs, Frederick Hutson cannot resist trying to solve a thorny problem. His company, Pigeonly, based in Las Vegas, taps an underserved and ...

In 2007, Frederick Hutson was sentenced to 51 months in prison for distributing marijuana. The operation had been netting him $500,000 annually -- and once ...

Frederick Hutson is a man who sees business opportunities in everything. By his own admission, this doesn't always work out for the best. Hutson spent over ...

Andrew Medal chats with Frederick Hutson, the co-founder and CEO of Pigeonly. Hutson created a multimillion-dollar business after going to prison for five ...

An app that is being called “Instagram for Prisons” allows families to stay in connect with inmates simply by taking a cell phone picture.

Several inmate messaging apps that were launched by enterprising ex-cons are changing the way that families communicate with their incarcerated loved ones.

We talked to an ex-felon to hear about how he overcame the barriers of prison (and the stigma of having been a prisoner) and used it to his advantage.

Due to the lack of venture funding doled out to minority founders, many startups are finding success through equity crowdfunding, a process that allows everyday ...

Pigeon.ly is an online inmate *service* site that was created by an ex-con by the name of Frederick Hutson. The initial business venture was essentially started ...

ImpactAlpha, May 21 – Three years after the equity crowdfunding exemption in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS, Act took effect, startups and other ...

Today on the show, a businessman goes to prison, and decides he is going to disrupt the biggest captive market in America.

ImpactAlpha, May 10 - Every investment firm aspires to rank in the top quartile of comparable firms. Not many achieve that rank by focusing exclusively on.

With Pigeonly, Frederick Hutson is using technology to keep convicts connected to friends and family–and maybe turn their lives around.

New research suggests workers with criminal records stay in their jobs longer. Former inmates who struggled to find work tell Moneyish about starting their...

Pigeonly creates a platform for photo-sharing, inexpensive calling and information services for an unusual consumer market.

As a venture capitalist, Ben Jealous invested in education and social justice firms. Some were successes. At least one ran into trouble.

Facebook is changing the way it gives bonuses to employees to incentivize making the world a better place. How much will it matter?

For even the most well-connected first-time entrepreneur, pitching investors can be a rejection-filled exercise in angst. Now, swap the stereotypical Stanford ...

“Meet the Drapers” is the world's first crowdfunding-based startup reality show which debuted with its first season last year. The show features the Drapers, ...

Frederick Hutson spent four years in federal prison for a drug offense, and while inside he spent long hours crafting numerous business plans. Today he is a ...

ATLANTA, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) and Conscious Company Media (CCM) will host the inaugural SPECTRUM ...

Reentry has to begin the moment you're sentenced to prison. You've got to start planning to come home.” That's the motif of Teresa Hodge, who co-founded ...

Ama Marston is a strategy and leadership expert. She is the author of "Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World." The opinions ...

Carolyn Esparza, executive director of Community Solutions of El Paso, fights for every penny of her budget, and has for many years. To pay for her group's ...

Pigeonly CEO, Frederick Hutson was just 24 when he became the Pigeonly owner and the Pigeonly founder connecting inmates with their families and loved ...

These venture capitalists are not only some of the top investors but many of them are committed to spending dollars with black-owned businesses.

With David Beavers and Daniel Lippman. NEW BUSINESS: Quicken Loans has added Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas to its lineup of Washington ...

Black women are the most educated and entrepreneurial group in the U.S., yet they receive less than 1% of VC funding.

Instagram is crowded with brands trying to make it big on the platform. Cutting through the noise are successful businesses on Instagram that deliver quality ...

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Featured: The Brief's Big 10. 1. Beyond Trade-offs: The debate moves on. Getting “beyond trade-offs” doesn't mean there are no ...

How Renea Royster gives prisoners access to the digital world.

After being released from a 10-year sentence, Walter Price was “determined to do something for that community.” Meet Jail Mail. This app helps inmates stay ...

Venture capital has a bigger stake in tech's diversity problem than many recognize. Now's the time to own up.

Las Vegas - Frederick Hutson always wanted to be a businessman. "I always knew I'll be doing something entrepreneurial," he said. After graduating from high ...

This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the second half of January 2019 featuring must know news including news for ...

At a recent summer gathering, I caught up with an old family friend, a lawyer and leader in a mid-sized New England city. He had just run a tough campaign.

Large or small, social enterprises that focus on building a successful for-profit company can change the world for the better.

It's that time again! Today was Demo Day 1 (of 2) for Y Combinator's Winter 2015 class — when investors and reporters get their first in-person look at many of ...

While women and minorities make up 70 percent of the population, less than two percent of the tens of trillions of dollars in the asset management.

Youth today are not just *content* competing in the corporate steeplechase. They also want to make a difference.

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Liz Luckett is pioneering a new kind of investment fund, aimed at low-margin businesses solving social problems.

“Vetrepreneurship” is sweeping the country. The SBA reports that 25% of Post-9/11 veterans want to start their own businesses. Over the past two months, we ...

Studies show that a more diverse workforce helps companies think and earn outside the box.

The former NAACP president has been a partner at social impact investing firm Kapor Capital since 2014. Ben Jealous is the second candidate for Maryland ...

Y Combinator is an accelerator that hosts what are widely considered the most coveted tech startups in the world, and this most recent class is no different.

For up to 100 hours a week, Renea Royster helps prison inmates post on Facebook, meet women, and keep track of fantasy sports, among other projects.

First of two profiles of the major-party candidates for Maryland governor. It was Day 497 of Ben Jealous's roller-coaster journey to try to unseat one of the ...

Going to prison could leave a lifelong scar on one's life. Nevertheless, there are people who have proved, whatever may be the circumstances, if there is a will ...

So you think your business idea is dead because you can't find an investor? Most new entrepreneurs feel the same way. Through email exchanges with ...

"I want to see people coming at solving problems from an angle that you don't commonly see."

A former inmate's determination to change life's course and his bold request to be mentored has yielded uplifting results.

The traditional model of judging a person's professional worth is broken. These qualities matter more.

The former NAACP chief wants to turn Maryland into a progressive beacon, fusing Bernie-style economic policy with racial justice. But first he has to win his ...

Frederick Hutson looked like he had everything going for him: he had a clean record, built some businesses, served in the U.S. Air Force and had been ...

... rest of us (podcast). Brian Walsh. There's a lot of confusion around the term “impact investing.” A recent panel discussion in New York tried to clear it up.

Money can be confusing, and the vast majority of us don't have nearly enough of it — or at least not as much as we'd like. That's why those folks who find a way ...

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) August 11, 2014 -- Fotopigeon, a cost effective photo-sharing *service*, has re-launched its system with new, distinctive features,

TechCrunch Disrupt is the world's biggest and most impactful tech startup conference, and this year, we're upping the stakes even more. Taking place at ...

Host Michel Martin talks to a roundtable of activists and innovators about the future of technology, and recruiting the next generation of African-Americans and ...

Meet Brian Dixon, Partner at Kapor Capital. An interview with one of the newest partners at Kapor, an Oakland-based and social-focused firm by Ronny Kerr on ...

Many of those serving time for cannabis in prison are fathers. Read about all the ways you can help fathers in prison for cannabis this Father's Day.

Almost one year ago, Google released its diversity data, kicking off a wide-ranging industry conversation about why tech companies and venture capital firms are ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (PRWEB) October 15, 2013 -- Telepigeon, a new telephone calling *service* for prison inmates and families recently launched, making it ...

The first full day of autumn felt like midsummer in West Baltimore, and Ben Jealous was sweating with his blazer off. Jealous is running for governor, and he had ...

The social science behind implicit bias isn't new, but an NPR podcast talks to people approaching it from very new angles.

Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Travis Kalanick resigns as chief executive of the ride-hailing *service*. The resignation comes during a time when the company ...

This statue of Lise Nørgaard (right) on Algade, the main street in Roskilde, was unveiled by Danish actress Ghita Nørby (Ingeborg Skjern in 'Matador', centre) in ...

IKEA food has seen tremendous love from customers for its Swedish meatballs and is now mulling over a potential standalone restaurant.

Target Corp announced on Tuesday that it will downsize the workforce over the next two years as part of a restructuring that will cut more than $2 bn in costs.

The second edition of the Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo has been unveiled in the form of a wagon and will be publicly launched at the Geneva motor show.