S6E3 (episode #53): Jason Radisson on unicorns and making jobs more people-focused

People are the Answer

In this episode, Jason and Jeffrey discuss Jason’s journey from a tough, rural upbringing to being a seasoned entrepreneur, serial unicorn breeder, and making jobs more accessible and people-focused.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SmiFu0xp3FE

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Host: Jeffrey M. Zucker

Producer: Kait Grey

Editor: Nick Case

Recording date: 3/15/23

Jason:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/jasonradisson

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jradisson/

Kitcaster - https://kitcaster.com/jason-radisson/

Shift One:

Website - https://www.shiftone.net/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shift1app/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Sh1ft1/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/shift1app/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/sh1ftapp

Jason learned startup skills early in life. He was born to a 16-year old single mom, and worked blue-collar jobs from short order cook to HVAC technician to fund school and climb out of poverty. From that inauspicious start, he went on to Harvard, a Fulbright Scholarship, and McKinsey & Company.

Since becoming an entrepreneur, Jason has worked with more than a dozen first tier VCs, firms like Softbank, Accel, DST, Andreessen Horowitz, Monashees, and Sequoia. Together he and his teams have built and scaled multiple tech unicorns, platforms that today provide work and improved living standards to millions of workers, from Bogota to Boston.

His latest venture is Shift One, where he is Founder & CEO, is a platform that is helping solve the global shortage of skilled front line workers, with more than 300,000 users from nurses to solar technicians.