The Startup Grind UTSA Podcast

Fireside Chat with Jason Straughan (CEO & Co-Founder of Codeup)

Listen to our Fireside chat with Jason Straughan as our host Chandler Santos asks questions that reveal how Jason managed to build Codeup to be ranked on the 2020 Inc. 5000 list of the fasting growing private companies in America.  Jason Straughan is the CEO of Codeup, a career accelerator that uses an immersive approach to training software development to students with little to no prior programming experience. Jason is the former CEO of Grok Interactive and continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors and the  Executive Committee of Tech Bloc, an active member in Vistage, a former board member of LaunchSA, a long-time Geekdom, TechStars Mentor, and a founding member of the San Antonio Web  Developers Meetup. He has invested in a few local startups including MassVenture and PCSgrades, helped found a few companies, member including Codeup and Grok Interactive, and enjoys watching Star Wars movies with his kid.