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#610: The Prisoner's Solution

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Frederick Hutson is an entrepreneur whose biggest early venture landed him in prison for nearly five yearsโ€”distributing marijuana through UPS and FedEx. While in prison, he realized that a lot of the problems of everyday prison life could use a business solution. And then, he got out. Today on the show, a businessman goes to prison, and decides he is going to disrupt the biggest captive market in America.

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