#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker
Breaking Into Startups22 Maalis 2018

#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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#36: Austin Belcak - Career Coach and Virtual Career Mastery Summit Founder

#36: Austin Belcak - Career Coach and Virtual Career Mastery Summit Founder

Austin Belcak didn’t have it all figured out when he picked a Biology major in college and landed his first sales job in the medical field, both of which he didn’t actually like. However, he used them...

27 Maalis 20171h 7min

#35: Everette Taylor - How a 17-year-old who was homeless in HS rose to become the CMO at Skurt

#35: Everette Taylor - How a 17-year-old who was homeless in HS rose to become the CMO at Skurt

Everette Taylor is not just any 27-year-old. Don’t be fooled by his age. To date, Everette built four companies including GrowthHackers.com, which he co-founded with Sean Ellis, Millisense Marketing C...

22 Maalis 20171h 25min

#34: Michael J Walker - How a Marketing Exec Became an Engineer at 51 Years Old

#34: Michael J Walker - How a Marketing Exec Became an Engineer at 51 Years Old

For Michael Jay Walker, his career was more likely driven by the motivation to do what people thought he couldn't do, fearlessly working his way up the marketing ladder until a decision to take a pass...

20 Maalis 201755min

#33: Stevon Cook - From Public Housing to bringing Tech Training through Mission Bit

#33: Stevon Cook - From Public Housing to bringing Tech Training through Mission Bit

Being a 3rd generation San Franciscan who grew up in public housing, Stevon has always been aware of the challenges of his community including the major lack of access to Computer Science education am...

16 Maalis 20171h 5min

#32: Carlos González de Villaumbrosia – Product School Founder on How to Become a Product Manager

#32: Carlos González de Villaumbrosia – Product School Founder on How to Become a Product Manager

It is his love of tech that got Carlos González de Villaumbrosia to immigrate from Spain to the United States. Being good at numbers and video games, led him to study computer science at one of the to...

12 Maalis 201753min

#31: Kenyatta Leal - Surviving San Quentin Prison By Walking The Last Mile into a Job in Tech

#31: Kenyatta Leal - Surviving San Quentin Prison By Walking The Last Mile into a Job in Tech

One thing Kenyatta Leal knows is that while there’s no manual for surviving a life sentence, tapping into the power of visualization can definitely get you far (in fact, as far as getting out of priso...

8 Maalis 20171h 10min

#30: Yan Fan - How a Bootcamp Grad is teaching Syrian Refugees How to Code

#30: Yan Fan - How a Bootcamp Grad is teaching Syrian Refugees How to Code

Born in China and raised in the U.S., Yan Fan knows that her coding skills are a superpower she can apply in any industry or role. Yan started out working as a commodities trader on Wall Street. Sever...

6 Maalis 201732min

#29: Charlie Harrington - From Finance to Biz Dev before finally becoming an Engineer at LendUp

#29: Charlie Harrington - From Finance to Biz Dev before finally becoming an Engineer at LendUp

A New Jersey-native, Charlie Harrington believes that you can’t find luck unless you take that courage to jump off the train and put yourself out there. From New York to London, Charlie transitioned...

1 Maalis 201747min