#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker
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#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker

Jason is widely known as a global brand director for the Jordan Brand at Nike, where he led and contributed to the creation of several shoes for athletes and cultural icons including Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Derek Jeter, and Michael Jordan. Following his 13+-year stint at Nike, he started several things in tech at Accel and as an advisor for Stanford’s Design School. He then co-founded a startup with Stephen Curry and eventually creating his very own startup called Super Heroic, a tech-enabled system of play for kids starting with shoes that help them discover that they're actually superheroes. Contrary to what many people think that San Francisco is Silicon Valley, but it's not. In fact, it's not a place. Jason is therefore doing a lot to make sure they're able to leverage this platform to do a ton of educational work in places such as StreetCode Academy and collaborate with other teams like Black Jedi ZULU, and so much more. Jason is the founder of Trillicon Valley, a community of entrepreneurs, athletes, designers, and creatives.

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#53: Ysiad Ferreiras - How a kid from the Bronx became the VP of Sales at Hustle

#53: Ysiad Ferreiras - How a kid from the Bronx became the VP of Sales at Hustle

With Dominican roots, Ysiad Ferreiras grew up in the Bronx where fear was not unusual thing and where hard life would be an understatement. He has made some bad decisions in his early life but he mana...

30 Touko 20171h 24min

#52: Kristin Parke - How a Music & a Biology major became a Security Hacker

#52: Kristin Parke - How a Music & a Biology major became a Security Hacker

Kristin Parke is a hacker aka a security consultant at the NCC Group. She shares her journey into tech and how she transitioned from music to science until ultimately she becoming an engineer. In t...

23 Touko 201747min

#51: K. Mannah Kallon - an Educator who became an Engineer at Stitch Fix

#51: K. Mannah Kallon - an Educator who became an Engineer at Stitch Fix

From a chef to restaurateur to Math teacher to software engineer, Mannah Kallon has a pretty crazy and nontraditional background. That makes him an asset on anyone's team. He earned degrees in Psycho...

19 Touko 201746min

#50: Jessica Uelmen - A Hardware Engineer who became a Product Manager at Fitbit

#50: Jessica Uelmen - A Hardware Engineer who became a Product Manager at Fitbit

A self-confessed nerd and Sailor Moon enthusiast, Jessica Uelmen built her first HTML/CSS website at 13 years old and got involved with theater during college until she ultimately decided to major in ...

14 Touko 201736min

#48: Chloe Condon - An Actress who Quit her Job as an Office Manager and Became a Software Engineer

#48: Chloe Condon - An Actress who Quit her Job as an Office Manager and Became a Software Engineer

Based in San Francisco, Hackbright Academy is focused on teaching women how to code. We're recording several interviews with Hackbright graduates including our guest today, Chloe Condon. Growing up ...

9 Touko 201752min

#47: Wayne Neale - Founder of GrowthX Academy

#47: Wayne Neale - Founder of GrowthX Academy

Wayne Neale is the Co-Founder of GrowthX Academy, a 12-week, onsite, immersive, full-time educational experience program focusing on careers in Sales, Growth Marketing, and UX Design. The academy was ...

5 Touko 201749min

#46: Niv Dror - How Leaving Finance Led Niv to Become Head of Social at Product Hunt

#46: Niv Dror - How Leaving Finance Led Niv to Become Head of Social at Product Hunt

Niv Dror currently runs social at Product Hunt and does their daily newsletter featuring the latest and coolest products. Prior to tech, Niv shifted from soccer to academics, majored in Finance, and w...

29 Huhti 201759min

#45: Kenny Tran - How an App Academy & Hack Reactor Alum skipped college and became an Engineer

#45: Kenny Tran - How an App Academy & Hack Reactor Alum skipped college and became an Engineer

Kenny Tran is a passionate writer and coder. He chose to forego college and instead pursued his personal projects and his love of writing. After reading a post on Hacker News about App Academy, he dec...

26 Huhti 201740min