Have you heard the one about the jailhouse lawyer with a law degree from Yale and a trade school diploma from Lincoln Technical College? The same jailhouse lawyer who went on to launch a networking platform that elevates the skilled trades and connects workers and employers all over the country?
The former jailhouse lawyer in question is Darnell Epps, and if you’re not intrigued by the trajectory of his career path or the ambitious goals of his unique enterprise, perhaps you’ll be curious about the circumstances that led to a seventeen year sentence in a maximum security jail before he decided to close America’s skills gap. It’s a hell of a story, and you can listen to the whole thing over here.
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