A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons

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Richard Bronson, an entrepreneur who recently launched a startup called Commissary Club, has an unusual background for a founder: in a previous life, he spent time in prison. Bronson’s experience after prison helped inform his current startup, an employment-focused social media platform called Commissary Club, which takes its name from the store inside a prison where inmates buy snacks and toiletries. I still wake up every day regretting choices I made. “But we’re going after a huge, huge market that nobody — I mean nobody — does anything about,” said Bronson.

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