#59 Richard Bronson, 70MillionJobs

70 Million American adults have a criminal record! And when it comes to a job, that record can be a real hinderance. So Richard Bronson started his for profit company to have a "double bottom line" - making money and contributing to the social good. Richard was literally a Wolf on Wall Street and when he started up a company in Florida, he took those practices there, where they finally caught up with him and he ended up in Federal prison. After paying off all the damage, he still had a lot of money, but gave it away to charity, feeling disgusted with himself for his gains. However, it left him penniless when he left prison and he had to dig down deep to realize who he was. Working in the Defy prison program, he found his calling and helping other ex-felons get employment as soon as possible after release. 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