Determination, Incorporated

Join us on Facebook Live for the Rise Up, Get Started Entrepreneurship Showcase. We will hear from successful second chance entrepreneurs and learn which FOUR D...etermination, Incorporated entrepreneurs are going home with a $1000 grant to grow their business. Featuring talks with Sarah Muntean (All American Cleaning & Company) & Aaron Smith (Escaping the Odds podcast). Sarah started her business after getting out of prison while working two other jobs. Now the business does $100Ks of revenue a year and Sarah has hired other people post-incarceration looking for a second chance. Aaron used to run a lucrative business selling drugs. After getting out of prison, he turned his hustle toward legal businesses and now he interviews second chance entrepreneurs across the country on his podcast, Escaping the Odds. Get your free ticket now and join us on Tuesday, June 16, 7-8 PM at www.facebook.com/determinationincorporated

The Marshall Project asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives. Therapy, affordable housing and a living wage topped the list.

Do you need work done on your house? Check out this great video from Lane Contracting LLC to see how they've added value and beauty to others' abodes. Send them a message or give'em a call today: (816)517-9079 Samuel Lane was one of the winners of our most recent Rise Up, Get Started Entrepreneurship Competition and we are so grateful that he shared his journey at our recent Be the Boss Business Support Group. Give more than you get... one of the keys to being a successful entrepreneur!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Leslie Walton, our Entrepreneur Success Manager. Thank you for pouring your heart, time, and wisdom into our community. We hope the next year brings you many laughs and much happiness.

Special night celebrating these three gents who graduated our Back to Business workshop at the KC Reentry Center. From right to left. Phillip was the man of the night, just started a new job driving with @kanbesmarkets. Raymond & his partner are expecting & he's been working on a concrete crew. & @mo_ink816 is a must follow on Instagram, amazing paintings. The last guy is our executive director Kyle, overjoyed to have our brothers home. Kansas City's better off for it.

We are so honored! COMMENT Determination, Incorporated in the original post to help us get money into the hands of second chance entrepreneurs!

Interesting paper via Columbia Business School: "Entrepreneurship Is a Viable Option for the Formerly Incarcerated"

Our Executive Director Kyle J Smith was interviewed on The Social Leader podcast, brought to you by Reconciliation Services. Check it out!

Great write up from our friends at KCSourceLink on a couple of the winners of our recent Rise Up, Get Started Entrepreneurship Competition. https://www.kcsourcelink.com//determination-incorporated-h

We had a great time this week shooting a new video for Determination, Incorporated. Stay tuned!

Keep your eyes on Ricky Kidd!!

Spread the word! Don't forget your mask!

LAST CHANCE to share your wisdom in the next issue of our crowdsourced Generate newsletter. The topic: Working Together. Please take <5 minutes today to share your thoughts in this simple form so that our brothers and sisters behind bars know that they are not forgotten during this long, hot summer: https://forms.gle/GYGNcZCa5JppqRGfA Thank you!

It's hard to know how to celebrate July 4th this year. Covid-19 stops us from coming together for firework displays. Black Lives Matter protests remind us that we can no longer look back on the history of America with rose-colored glasses. We must acknowledge and rectify the generations of pain and oppression that were wrought on people of color in the name of fear, capitalism, and greed. ...Continue reading