Due to the marginalization in traditional employment for this community, I have added this extra resource pages especially for their needs.
Learn More about the difficulties of re-entry for former felons at Prisonpolicy.org.
PrimeWeld. This guide includes advice for formerly incarcerated people to reenter the workforce and their community successfully, what to look for in a trade school or career, and advice on reentry assistance programs that might be available.
From J.T. Hustlez's The Key to Winning is Giving, to a host of other books, this Amazon (affiliate) link will connect you with some of the best published pieces work giving valuable guidance and inspiration to the aspiring entrepreneur with a criminal background. Below are previews of some of the books you can find there.
Entrepreneur.com , Funding and Biz assist for felons
Bizfluent.com, How to start a business...
Profitableventure.com, 50 small business ideas...
Nav.com, Start a business with a criminal record...
Coming Soon to the B.O.S.S. series. In the meantime, checkout the other BOSSes in the playlist.