#46 Checking in on His Progress - George Skurtu, On Deck Logistics

Starting with a Walkathon at Santiam Correctional Institute, George's big change began in prison. The walk was to draw attention to suicide, which had taken George's father. In prison, the suicide rate is particularly high. George was a student in SCI's Business In A Box program and had revenue from his business. He donated $100 to the walk and had an amazingly successful event. George went on to start an online, on demand freight company as a side hustle after his release, and took a full time job for income while his business gained revenue. The lessons of life aren't always kind, and George took on partners when money got tight. He wound up spending more time on the logistics business and less time on his full time job. As time went on, working with the partners became untenable and George resigned. The company goes on and his partners are very good at what they do, so lesson learned, maybe starting smaller is a good idea. Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dave Dahl and Ladd Justesen We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com