CNN, CNN Money, Black Enterprise, Business Insider...
"Communication is important to inmates, especially from loved ones. And it’s what inspired [Flikshop] a tech company to help prisoners receive [mail]..." - Black Enterprise article about CEO of Flikshop
http://www.blackenterprise.com/career-featured/not-even-prison-stopped-this-tech-entrepreneur-from-taking-off/
Step #1: Choose a picture that you would like to send to an inmate
Step #2: Add a quick message to your Flikshop
Step #3: Click "Send Flikshop"
That's it...Flikshop print your photo and message and ship it directly to your inmate in the form of a 4"x6" full-color high resolution postcard. All for only $0.99, and that includes the postage!!
Wanna see a quick video explaining Flikshop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6TTwECeBM
Overview
Investors 2
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| Techstars | techstars.com |
Mentions in press and media 5
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| Sep 27, 2021 | University entrepreneurship centers are a growing economic engine for Baltimore. The GCEC conference will give them a national platform | Universities have long nurtured the development of new ideas. Over the last decade, they’ve increasingly become key incubators of new ventures. Throughout the Baltimore region, university leaders are seeing students and faculty just as inte... |
| Mar 2, 2021 | Loyola’s ‘Building a Better World Through Business’ event series focuses on racial justice | Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management is presenting a virtual event series titled “Building a Better World Through Business” in March. The annual series, which will have events on March 3, 10, and 24, was ... |
| May 13, 2020 | VCs Are Missing Out On ROI By Short-Changing Founders Of Color | Donnel Baird, BlockPower; Marcus Bullock, Flikshop; Shani Dowell, Possip; Sonja Ebron, CourtRoom5; ... [+] Florence Furaha, Meetcaregivers; Andrew Hill, LiftEd; Martha Montoya, AgTools; Erica Plybeach, MedHaul; Sona Shah, Neopenda; Christia... |
| Oct 8, 2018 | Aspire to Entrepreneurship helps bring startup mentality to returning citizens | Returning from incarceration and being able to pay the bills often determines who returns to crime and who doesn’t. To that end, Aspire to Entrepreneurship is partnering with D.C.’s Department of Small and Local Business Development to work... |
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FAQ about Flikshop
When was Flikshop founded?
Flikshop was founded in 2012.
Who has invested in Flikshop?
Parsers VC lists 2 investors of Flikshop, among them Techstars.
What has the press written about Flikshop?
Parsers VC has collected 5 articles mentioning Flikshop, among them “University entrepreneurship centers are a growing economic engine for Baltimore. The GCEC conference will give them a national platform” (Sep 27, 2021) and “Loyola’s ‘Building a Better World Through Business’ event series focuses on racial justice” (Mar 2, 2021).
Is Flikshop still active?
Yes, Flikshop is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 21, 2021.