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All the best. My advice to you would be to try and think how you can provide real value to people (which rules out 90% of "startups" in Silicon Valley) and make
by radmuzom 11y ago
All the best. My advice to you would be to try and think how you can provide real value to people (which rules out 90% of "startups" in Silicon Valley) and make a positive change in their lives.
This does not mean you have to solve world hunger, it can be as simple as having identified a loophole which allows for corruption in jails and you use technology to close that loophole.
- thekid314 11y agoOr fix that exploitative phone call system in jails.
- icebraining 11y agoThe startup Pigeonly, made by a guy who spent a few years in prison, has exactly that purpose: lower the cost of communications between inmates and their families. http://www.fastcompany.com/3037785/innovation-agents/how-an-ex-inmates-startup-is-disrupting-prison http://www.fastcompany.com/3037785/innovation-agents/how-an-... https://www.telepigeon.com/ https://www.telepigeon.com/
- wwwarsame 11y agoAlso the canteen they order, way overpriced. There are numerous inefficiencies in the prison system, and Pigeonly seems like they picked one area, phones, to attack first.
- ectoplasm 11y agoMaybe there's some area for profit involving all the inmates doing useful desk jobs.