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  • Genre:business & economics
  • Sub-genre:Small Business
  • Language:English
  • Pages:120
  • Paperback ISBN:9798350996401

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CHECKMATE FOR THE INMATE

From Bars to Business

By Wendy Oliveras

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Overview

CHECKMATE FOR THE INMATE is a workbook designed to help you become your best and guide you in successfully starting a business, so you can achieve financial independence. As an inmate, ex-offender, or veteran, you'll need strong life skills to reintegrate into society, and that's why I wrote this workbook.

My aim is to inspire you to believe in yourself and gain confidence in your abilities. I provide all the guidance, tools, and resources you need to get started. I even teach you how to play chess if you don't already know how, because chess, life, and business are closely connected. Embracing positive changes is important for your future success. Just like everyone else, you deserve love, success, and a good life. Always remember, the way you think, plan, and react to things makes all the difference! It's time to start your own business and checkmate your way to a better life!

FOREWORD is written by James E. McGreevey, Former Governor of New Jersey, Executive Director, Chairman of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation.

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Description

Reentry calls for incredible resilience, determination, and a strong support system. For those looking to rebuild their lives, this journey often involves a significant change in perspective, restoring trust with authorities, communities, and families, and seeking a renewed sense of purpose. Wendy Oliveras has crafted a valuable and practical guide in Checkmate for the Inmate: From Bars to Business. Her book offers a framework for tackling these challenges, leveraging her ten years of experience teaching life skills and entrepreneurship to incarcerated individuals, which shaped her understanding of effective strategies for promoting personal growth, resilience, and reintegration.
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About The Author

Wendy Oliveras is a writer who has authored several business books and articles, including Checkmate for the Inmate: From Bars to Business; Checkmate Moves for Business Startups: Tactical Advantages from Gameboard to Life; and Let's Play SHESS: Succeed in your game of life and business by playing chess – from Pawn to Queen. Her books aim to inspire and empower inmates, ex-offenders, veterans, and women in life and business through basic chess strategies and tactics for their future success.

Wendy has spent the last decade teaching life skills and entrepreneurship to inmates at a corrections facility in New Jersey, empowering them to turn their business ideas into reality and learn basic chess skills. This dedication inspired her to write Checkmate for The Inmate. Her passion motivates her to show people how being their own boss can positively transform their lives.

Wendy is the Creative Founder & CEO at SHESS Global Alliance, LLC, and a Business Consultant for the New Jersey Small Business Development Center at Rutgers University-Newark. She provides guidance, consultation, and mentorship to entrepreneurs and inventors on launching, scaling, and expanding their businesses. She also facilitates several of their workshops and webinars. Her advisory and training services cater to companies in the corporate, education, non-profit, and government sectors.

Wendy holds an honorary Master's Degree in Human Resources Management and a post-graduate Certification in Career Planning and Development from The New School in New York City, along with a Certificate in Mental Health First Aid. She is fluent in Spanish and has a diverse background that includes experience in legal recruitment, intellectual property, small business consulting, human resources, career mentoring, and educational and leadership training.

Wendy is passionate about chess and uses her skills as a business advisor, author, speaker, and trainer to empower inmates, ex-offenders, veterans, and women in business with chess strategies and tactics for success.

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