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
Develop ideas
- Establish goals
- Define products
- Price products
- Create business plan (Specialty)
- Create forecast
Formalize structures
- Register legally
- Secure licenses
- Buy insurance
Find financing
- Establish accounts
- Manage books
- Analyze needs
- Apply for a loan
- Apply for a grant
- Evaluate equity
Increase sales
- Update forecast
- Improve marketing
- Establish online
- Develop partners
- Update business plan
- Join accelerator (Specialty)
Optimize operations
- Measure operations
- Write handbook
- Prep for wholesale
Hire / retain staff
- Write job specs
- Draft staff manual
- Implement payroll
Capture wealth
- Update pitch deck (Specialty)
- Meet investors
- Seek legal counsel
- Plan for succession
- Sell your business
Melissa ODell
111 W Jackson
Chicago, IL 60604
(800) 680-6343
https://www.defyventures.org
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