Defy Ventures
About
Defy Ventures is a national nonprofit whose mission is to shift mindsets to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance through entrepreneurship, career readiness, and personal development training programs delivered both in prison and in the community. Defy’s vision is to cut recidivism (return-to-prison) rates in half by leveraging entrepreneurship to increase economic opportunity and transform lives.
In 2022, Defy is helping currently and formerly incarcerated people defy the odds in eight states and 16 prisons across the country. Together with the thousands of business executives and leaders in our network, we are helping to shift the conversation and landscape of opportunity for people with criminal histories.
Services Provided
Capture wealth
- Meet investors
- Sell your business
- Plan for succession
- Seek legal counsel
- Update pitch deck
Develop ideas
- Price products
- Establish goals
- Create forecast
- Define products
- Create business plan
Find financing
- Apply for a loan
- Apply for a grant
- Evaluate equity
- Analyze needs
- Establish accounts
- Manage books
Formalize structures
- Register legally
- Secure licenses
- Buy insurance
Hire / retain staff
- Implement payroll
- Draft staff manual
- Write job specs
Increase sales
- Develop partners
- Establish online
- Improve marketing
- Update business plan
- Update forecast
- Join accelerator
Optimize operations
- Prep for wholesale
- Write handbook
- Measure operations
Melissa ODell
111 W Jackson
Chicago, IL 60604
(800) 680-6343
https://www.defyventures.org
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