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Chris Redlitz predicts The Last Mile will expand nationally by 2020

Chris Redlitz · 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile · Apr 9, 2015 · at 12:05

Chris Redlitz, co-founder of prison education program The Last Mile and founding partner at Transmedia Capital, discusses his five-year plan for the program.

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“I see it national, and I see many of the guys that are graduates actually running the program, and I see myself stepping back a bit. Not that I don't want to be involved, but I want to give the guys in the program a chance to really step up and lead.”

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The claim, plainly

By 2020, Chris Redlitz predicts that The Last Mile prison coding program will expand nationally, be operated by program graduates, and he will step back into a supporting role.

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Assessment

All three components of Chris Redlitz's prediction were fulfilled by 2020. First, The Last Mile expanded nationally, operating across multiple states (6 states and 17 facilities by late 2020, including California, Indiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, and North Dakota). Second, program graduates were hired into key operational and leadership roles, such as Tulio Cardozo becoming Director of Technology and Jason Jones becoming Lead Remote Instructor, alongside numerous alumni holding operational, instructional, and reentry staff positions. Third, Redlitz stepped back from day-to-day operations into a supporting and advisory role as Co-Founder, Board Member, and Strategic Advisor, while Executive Director Kevin McCracken assumed day-to-day executive leadership.

By late 2020, The Last Mile was operating in 17 facilities across 6 states (including California, Indiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, and North Dakota).
Program graduates were appointed to key operational roles, including Tulio Cardozo as Director of Technology and Jason Jones as Lead Remote Instructor.
Executive Director Kevin McCracken took over day-to-day operational management, while Chris Redlitz transitioned to Co-Founder, Board Member, and Strategic Advisor.

Checked against

[1] cnbcevents.com [2] thelastmile.org [3] wikipedia.org [4] thelastmile.org [5] chanzuckerberg.com [6] forbes.com [7] mass.gov [8] thelastmile.org

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Disclosure

Transmedia Capital gained Snapchat, Twitter, and LinkedIn stakes via startup acquisitions

“Well, those Snapchat, LinkedIn, and Twitter were all through acquisitions. Scan was a company that was acquired by Snapchat. Snappy TV was acquired by Twitter, and Nozzle was acquired by LinkedIn. So that's how we have positions those companies.”

Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 3:37 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

Disclosure

Transmedia Capital invested in Josh James's startup Domo

“And now he has a company called Domo, which we're all, all also invested in, which is doing extremely well.”

Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 5:48 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

Assertion Contradicted

The Last Mile launched the first prison coding program in the US

“And we also, this past year, started a coding curriculum where the guys learn CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, and it's the first coding program in the country in a U.S. Presentation.”

Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 8:55 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Half of San Quentin coding students had never touched a computer

“I think half the class had never touched a computer, and no one certainly had done any coding, and they're doing extremely well.”

Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 9:46 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

Assertion Supported

The Last Mile created a simulated web for secure prison coding instruction

“For the coding side, we actually built it out so that it is virtual, so we do the instruction from San Francisco and do a feed into the prison. And we actually, our instructor inside also has connectivity. None of the guys have locally, to their local machine,…”

Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 10:05 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

Disclosure

Transmedia Capital recently invested in John Battelle's NewCo

“We actually have two that we've done recently. You know, I think one was a company called Nuko that's CEO is John Battell, and John is very, very well-known in media.”

Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 13:04 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

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