# Lessons in business ... from prison

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@New York
- Speaker: Jeff Smith
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_smith_lessons_in_business_from_prison)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Jeff Smith spent a year in prison. But what he discovered inside wasn't what he expected -- he saw in his fellow inmates boundless ingenuity and business savvy. He asks: Why don't we tap this entrepreneurial potential to help ex-prisoners contribute to society once they're back outside? (From the TED Talent Search event TED@NewYork.)

## Lectures

1. [Lessons in business ... from prison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jeff_smith_lessons_in_business_from_prison/79637d861fac), 5 min (TED's player)