A Venture Capitalist Goes to Prison
Posted On: May 30, 2013
Posted In: charity, Chris Preimesberger, eWeek, Fortune, law, Michal Lev-Ram, startups, venture capital
Comments: 4 Responses
Posted In: charity, Chris Preimesberger, eWeek, Fortune, law, Michal Lev-Ram, startups, venture capital
Comments: 4 Responses
(But he’s allowed to leave.)
Chris Redlitz creates The Last Mile program to teach business skills to San Quentin inmates.
Deeply moving and crucial for the health of our communities; We need more community programs and involvement in our prisons. BRAVO Chris and Beverly and all the volunteers and inmates/ex inmates.
thank you for giving it the air time.
Are you kidding me? You do understand that there are people out there, who have spent their whole lives playing by the rules who could use this type of help? Hard working, people. I think Mr. Redlitz should help those who deserve it, and stop helping those who have ruined their, and other peoples lives. I do not know how he sleeps at night? And I think the next time he pops his head out of his bubble, he should look a little above the inmate population. We non criminals would be grateful.
William: I sleep very well at night. You fail to realize that the problem of incarceration in America is getting worse. We can either ignore the problem (which you are clearly suggesting) or we can take a very proactive approach and deal with the problem at the root level. It’s easy to throw stones from the sidelines, and criticize people for their geniune efforts. We have dedicated our time, money and personal networks to help resolve this problem. The impact will eventually save tax payers billions of dollars, which can be redirected to education problems. You can take that to the bank. Best, Chris
William Griffin said a lot about himself when he disparaged The Last Mile program and the noble efforts that Chris Redlitz and Beverly Parenti make to help people in prison prepare for law-abiding, contributing lives upon release. It’s true that many people in society could use mentoring, but people in society have access to find mentors on their own. Finding a mentor takes ingenuity. It requires discipline. It requires a high level of authenticity. Sadly, William Griffin seems to lack that ingenuity, that discipline, and that high level of authenticity. Otherwise he would find and persuade mentors to believe in him. By begrudging the men in San Quentin the blessing of their mentors in The Last Mile program, it’s as if Mr. Griffin is saying that he doesn’t want to put forth the effort to succeed himself. But he wants others to continue failing. That way he can feel better about his own lack of success in finding mentors who could have guided him out of that hopeless pit of mediocrity that his comment suggests imprisons him.