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Frederick Hutson’s Entrepreneurial Idea

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Frederick Hutson is the CEO of Pigeonly, a platform that identifies and organizes data on the incarcerated. A born black entrepreneur, he launched and sold his first business at the age of 19 while on active duty in the Air Force. He left the military (with an honorable discharge) to build his second business which he also sold for a profit. The serial black entrepreneur's love for business continued when, at 21, he saw his friends' St. Petersburg FL-based businesses struggling and thought of a solution — a more efficient way to traffic marijuana.

During a four-year federal prison sentence a new idea surface, one that would give him an opportunity to affect the lives of people one else was paying attention to – inmates, Pigeonly was born. The platform uses algorithms to collect and organize data on the nation's incarcerated, transforming into usable information that benefits inmates and society. Its sub-brands, Fotopigeon and Telepigeon, products that help inmates stay connected to the outside world by fulfilling printed photos from the mobile phones of their loved ones and providing cost-effective VoIP phone calls.

Hutson leads a team of 10 from their Las Vegas headquarters and recently secured a $2 million dollar seed round of funding from investors including Erik Moore (Base VC), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Kesha Cash (Jalia Ventures).

Kevin Ross
Kevin Rosshttp://blogwallet.com
Kevin "KevRoss" Ross is a music and radio industry expert. He is a 20 -plus year entrepreneur with the leading most successful industry trade publication and site Radio Facts (www.radiofacts.com). He has also published various books, magazines, performed marketing and promotions for major corporations and recording artists and he is on the advisory board of several industry organizations. This year Ross introduced his non profit organization LOMARI (Leaders of the Music and Recording Industry) to help teach young minority students how to market and manage their music and products.

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