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Bloomberg Beta's Roy Bahat: Yesterday, I Went to Prison

Oct 12, 2016 8:20 AM ET
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Yesterday, I went to prison

With about a hundred other volunteers, I spent a day at Solano State Prison judging a business plan pitch competition.

Thanks to an organization called Defy Ventures that partners with incarcerated men to launch new careers and startups upon their release, I had one of those days.

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