Jul. 20—HIGH POINT — Claudia Shivers admits she doesn’t watch a lot of television, especially on Saturday mornings, but she’ll be watching this Saturday. And drinking coffee. The 46-year-old High Point woman — owner of the Queen Coffee Bean online coffee company — will be featured on the ABC program “Free Enterprise,” which tells the […]

Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream. As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of North Carolina and take him around the world. In the late 1980s, he was the right-hand man to his musical best friend, Youtha Anthony Fowler, who many hip hop and R&B heads know as DJ […]

When Lawrence Carpenter was released from prison in 2001, he was determined to make a better life for himself and his family. Yet he knew that having a criminal record would make it tough to find a job. “I shouldn’t have to live in poverty for the rest of my life because I made a […]

(WTNH) — Finding the road to redemption: we get some advice on the topic from a familiar face in Connecticut politics. Twice convicted former Connecticut Governor John Rowland – who resigned from office 17 years ago – has remained off the radar in recent years. But this week, Rowland gave the keynote address to graduates […]

WASHINGTON (7News) — ABC recently launched a new show called ‘Free Enterprise.’ In the series, Host Brian Hamilton and a team help former inmates turn their lives around. Hamilton joined us along with Chris Parker, a DC native who recently graduated from Hamilton’s “Inmates To Entrepreneurs” Program. The program recently opened to DC residents. It offers […]

What are the absolutely essential ingredients for being a successful entrepreneur? To me, assuming someone has even a base level of talent, a person’s desire to run a business would be the most important factor to their success. It sounds so simple, but if someone has a strong “why” behind what they do, there is an almost unstoppable […]

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — For citizens returning home from prison, finding employment is a major challenge as employers may have reservations about their backgrounds. ABC’s new show “Free Enterprise” is taking a hands-on approach to help those who were in the judicial system create their own jobs by becoming entrepreneurs. Brian Hamilton is the host and […]

Brian Hamilton founded Inmates to Entrepreneurs, which teaches people coming out of the prison system how to start and grow their own businesses.

To play the board game Chris Parker designed, a person first needs to know a few terms. Trap House — an abandoned residence used for the manufacturing and distribution of illegal narcotics. Major Keyz — jewels or nuggets of knowledge that are vital to achieving success in your daily life; common-sense wisdom that is gained from […]

In 2018, Joshua Nowack served three months of a six-month sentence in a Santa Ana, Calif., jail for felony fraud by embezzlement. But when he was released, Nowack learned that, despite his MBA and previous professional experience as a CFO and accountant, no employer wanted to hire him once they found out about his record. […]