Jason Kintzler
Lifekey
Dubois, WY USA
"You can only fall so far. We all know what’s in us—how strong we are, or what our skill sets are. What’s the worst that can happen?"
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Jason's work combines: Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Problem Solving
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
Think about what success means to you right now. Does success mean opening a store on your city's main street? Does it mean moving to a big city and climbing the corporate ladder? Success is relative, so if you can identify what it means to you in this moment in time, then figuring out the steps to get there is easy. And if your definition of success changes, that's okay. Then you'll figure out new steps. As long as you have confidence and a good work ethic, you can make it.
Here's the path I took:
High School
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
I was born and raised in Wyoming.
2.
I went to Montana for college and got involved in the school newspaper.
3.
As a junior in college, I was offered a position as a news anchor for Butte, Bozeman, and Helena, Montana, so I left school early and took the job.
4.
After a few years, I decided to look for other job opportunities—I wasn’t doing as much reporting as I wanted and I didn’t want to move to the East Coast in order to be successful in television.
5.
I ended up getting a job doing public relations for an outdoor company back home in Wyoming.
6.
While working in public relations, I came up with a business model for a more efficient digital press kit.
7.
After coming into some money while visiting Las Vegas for a trade show, I started Pitchengine, a marketing software company—within a year, over 20,000 brands were using Pitchengine.
8.
The success of Pitchengine incentivized me to try some other entrepreneurial endeavors, including Lifekey, a company that creates products that use NFC technology to solve a variety of problems.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Family:
You're a news anchor—you've made it! You're already successful. Why would you leave that?
How I responded:
When I decided to move on from my job as a news anchor, my family was surprised that I would leave what they saw as a successful career. Yes, it was a good job and it felt cool to be a local celebrity, but the job just wasn't that fulfilling to me. So I moved on and ended up loving my next job. At the end of the day, your family loves you and will support you even if they don't agree with all of your decisions. You have to do what's right for you.