FREDERICK HUTSON - FROM EX-CON TO SILICON VALLEY ENTREPRENEUR

Frederick Hutson served in the US Air Force where he worked on jet engines at the Nellis Air Force Base as an electrician. During his time in the Air Force he launched and ran several businesses, including a window-tinting business that made about $50,000 when he was 19. He was honorably discharged in 2005 after the base began downsizing and eventually turned his business efforts to sending marijuana through the parcel companies. A business that landed him in federal prison.  Listen in as Hutson takes you through his journey from drug dealer to ex-con, to ultimately a legitimate multimillionaire businessman who is co-Founder and CEO of Pigeonly; a platform that makes it easy for people to search, find, and communicate with an incarcerated loved one.  Pigeonly makes it possible for subscribers to easily send printed photos, letters, greeting cards, postcards, and even online articles from any cell phone, tablet, or computer within a few clicks. One of Pigeonly’s most successful products is a low-cost VoIP phone solution, similar to Google Voice, for notoriously expensive prison phone calls. This product alone helps families save over $2MM/year in predatory phone fees per year. Under Frederick’s leadership, Pigeonly has become one of the largest independent inmate services providers in the country. His innovative approach to disrupting the $4 billion predatory prison services industry has led him to further developing Pigeonly’s core proprietary technology,  an application programming interface (API) which searches and organizes thousands of Federal, State, and County records per day. LISTEN to POWERMOVE MAKERS on  iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcast   YOUTUBE  | www.PowerMovesPrez.com/youtube  INSTAGRAM  | www.PowerMovesPrez.com/instagram  FACEBOOK  | www.PowerMovesPrez.com/facebook  LINKEDIN  | www.PowerMovesPrez.com/linkedin  TWITTER | www.PowerMovesPrez.com/twitter  WEBSITE | www.PowerMovesPrez.com