The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast


The Venture Capitalist Who is Teaching Prisoners How to Code with Chris Redlitz

May 09, 2016

"Unfortunately we see a lot of shows like Lockup and so forth that portray a certain subset of what goes on in prison. And that’s real. But there are a lot of things that are not necessarily shown all the time that are really positive. I had no experience with prison. Never been a prison before. I stepped in San Quentin the first time. I had the same sort of perception that most people do. San Quentin is a very ominous looking place. It has all the death row inmates for California. I thought this a place where people go to serve out their time and a lot of these guys are beyond any type of help. That was my perception and for most people I think that’s the case. I did a small class talking about entrepreneurship, and I did not have any idea that the response that I would get would be so amazing and deep. These guys were just thirsting for education, for conversation about things that they were so interested in. They wanted to start business. They wanted to learn. And it really immediately changed my perception of that. " - Chris RedlitzSponsors HostgatorHostgator is offering 30% off all hosting packages for Unmistakable Creative listeners. Visit hostgator.com/creative and use the promo code creative for 30% of all hosting packagesDesigncrowdCheck out DesignCrowd.com/creative  for a special $100 VIP offer for our listeners.  Or just enter the discount code “CREATIVE100” when you’re posting a project on DesignCrowdCTshirtsOrder now and get three shirts for just ninety-nine dollars! That’s 60% off! And all CT Shirts come with free delivery, a six-month quality guarantee, and free returns. Just 99 dollars gets you three amazing shirts. Chris Redlitz is a general partner of TransCapital Media and the founder of The Last Mile, which prepares incarcerated individuals for successful reentry through business and technology training.