Episode 610: The Prisoner's Solution
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Episode 610: The Prisoner's Solution March 13, 2015 9:29 PM ET Listen 17 min 4 sec Save this episode to Stitcher: Listen to this later on Stitcher Steve Henn
Frederick Hutson is an entrepreneur whose biggest early venture landed him in prison for nearly five years-distributing marijuana through UPS and FedEx.
While in prison, he realized that a lot of the problems of everyday prison life could use a business solution. And then, he got out.
Today on the show, a businessman goes to prison, and decides he is going to disrupt the biggest captive market in America.
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