In this episode of This Dude Started Something, we sit down with Silas Deane, a former DJ turned entrepreneur who unexpectedly found himself tackling one of America’s biggest social issues—prisoner reentry. After a chance encounter at a Louisiana jail, Silas discovered a shocking gap in the system: many inmates were being released with no resources, no ID, and no plan—virtually guaranteeing their return to prison.

Determined to create change, Silas taught himself to code, built a reentry platform connecting former inmates to jobs and resources, and scaled it so effectively that it was acquired by Tyler Technologies, a Fortune 500 company, when he was in his early 20s. Now, as a master's student at the University of Pennsylvania, he’s doubling down on reform with his new venture,  ...