Rise Up, Get Started
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I am Kyle J Smith and I am the founder of Determination, Incorporated : a Kansas City-based nonprofit creating a pathway to opportunity for formerly incarcerated people through entrepreneurship.
We host a business support group for formerly incarcerated people called Be the Boss that meets in KC’s urban core three times each month. This fall, we launched our first entrepreneurship workshop at a local jail, and hope to soon be in a prison as well.
In 2019, we are launching the Rise Up, Get Started entrepreneurship competitions at Plexpod Westport Commons to help formerly incarcerated people kickstart their entrepreneurial endeavors.
Every dollar raised in this campaign will go toward the competition.
Applications will be accepted twice a year in the Kansas City metro across three project categories:
Do good: Entrepreneurship is about leaving the world better than you found it. If you want to lead an innovative small-scale community improvement project, we can make that happen.
This is a test: Every business starts with a little experiment to see how potential customers will react to your product or service. Let’s try something new.
Fuel: If you already have a small business up and running and need a boost. . . we can help.
Applicants must be referred by an approved reentry partner who can help ensure that applicants are well-supported and relatively stable in terms of occupation, health, and family. Current partners include: Journey to New Life, Connections to Success, Second Chance, Good Samaritan Project, AdHoc Group Against Crime, KC Nova and Metro Lutheran Ministries.
Applicants are encouraged to attend Be the Boss workshops &/or connect with one of our entrepreneurship partners. Current partners include: Project UK, KCSourceLink, Porter House KC, H&R Block Business and Career Center at the KC Public Library.
Your gift will make a difference for formerly incarcerated people who are ready to put the past behind them in order to make the world a better place.
Please consider giving to the Rise Up, Get Started entrepreneurship competition today. Thank you.
We host a business support group for formerly incarcerated people called Be the Boss that meets in KC’s urban core three times each month. This fall, we launched our first entrepreneurship workshop at a local jail, and hope to soon be in a prison as well.
In 2019, we are launching the Rise Up, Get Started entrepreneurship competitions at Plexpod Westport Commons to help formerly incarcerated people kickstart their entrepreneurial endeavors.
Every dollar raised in this campaign will go toward the competition.
Applications will be accepted twice a year in the Kansas City metro across three project categories:
Do good: Entrepreneurship is about leaving the world better than you found it. If you want to lead an innovative small-scale community improvement project, we can make that happen.
This is a test: Every business starts with a little experiment to see how potential customers will react to your product or service. Let’s try something new.
Fuel: If you already have a small business up and running and need a boost. . . we can help.
Applicants must be referred by an approved reentry partner who can help ensure that applicants are well-supported and relatively stable in terms of occupation, health, and family. Current partners include: Journey to New Life, Connections to Success, Second Chance, Good Samaritan Project, AdHoc Group Against Crime, KC Nova and Metro Lutheran Ministries.
Applicants are encouraged to attend Be the Boss workshops &/or connect with one of our entrepreneurship partners. Current partners include: Project UK, KCSourceLink, Porter House KC, H&R Block Business and Career Center at the KC Public Library.
Your gift will make a difference for formerly incarcerated people who are ready to put the past behind them in order to make the world a better place.
Please consider giving to the Rise Up, Get Started entrepreneurship competition today. Thank you.
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Kyle J Smith
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Kansas City, MO
