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Reginald "Dwayne" Betts is an incredible writer. This first book, where he describes the experience of going to prison as a teenager, is incredibly accurate. Dwayne was my codefendant and best friend when we committed our crime together, and while we were both sentenced as adults, his experiences of moving through prison did not match mine. He does an incredible job telling his story, all the way up to the day of his release.

Grant's book awakened my senses as an entrepreneur when Flikshop started to gain traction and we became too big of a company to keep bootstrapping. It's hard launching a business when your bank account does not match your vision and drive. Grant's book forced me to think through how I approached growth and tells a more accurate story around the mindset that it takes to achieve real success in business.

Tony Lewis shows the power of love, sacrifice and commitment to service. I remember growing up in Washington, DC during the era that crack cocaine was introduced to my neighborhood and Tony Lewis's father, who was also from DC, made headlines as one of the largest drug kingpins in the country. Tony tells a compelling story and gives the reader an opportunity to see the power of family connections while incarcerated. We created the Flikshop app for families like Tony Lewis's.

Justice Policy Institute is a national nonprofit that advances conversations and policy around efforts to create a more just criminal justice system. I sit on the board of directors at JPI, and have learned about the power of advocacy during my time there. JPI's research reports also informed me about the reform efforts taking place nationally around legislation for raising the age for children who are sentenced to prison as adults.

This article tells why John Legend invested in Flikshop and why it's important to support founders of color, even if they have committed a crime. There are more than 2.3 million people in prisons in the US, and most of them will come home one day. The Unlocked Futures business accelerator was pivotal for me, and gave us the credibility to begin raising venture capital from other investors.