Break'n it Down

Episode 1 | Jehron Petty

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This episode is with Jehron Petty, who is the Founder and CEO of ColorStack and a recent graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Computer Science. On campus he co-founded Black Entrepreneurs in Training and was the Co-President of Underrepresented Minorities in Computing (URMC). In this conversation we cover a wide range of topics ranging from Jehron’s experiences navigating college to founding his startup, ColorStack.

Content and Timestamps:

  • 0:44 | Background 
  • 7:25 | Navigating Cornell 
  • 21:20 | Growing URMC at Cornell 
  • 32:35 | The myth of balance 
  • 36:10 | Dropping a full-time Google offer to found ColorSack 
  • 43:07 | What people get wrong about mentorship
  • 50:07 | The work behind ColorStack
  • 1:03:37 | The purpose alignment: passions, skills, and experiences
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