About six years ago, serial entrepreneur Taylor Shupe founded San Clemente, Cal-based FutureStitch to make knitwear using a circular, zero-waste system. Now, he’s introducing a program to recruit and employ formerly incarcerated women at a new manufacturing plant in Oceanside, Cal. Working with nonprofit San Diego Workforce Partnership, he’s also providing a curriculum, coaching and housing support.
“We can foster an entrepreneurial mindset and confidence, along with soft and hard skills that can lead to better employment,” he says.
Hiring Justice-Impacted Women
Shupe founded FutureStich in 2017 to make knitted products based on a highly automated process he calls “circular knit”. That produces a zero-waste system