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title: "Jason D. Straughan"
description: "Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Disneyphile.<br>I love to build companies and inspire others to have great tomorrows."
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  <h3>Who am I?</h3>

  <p>I am a father and husband that loves to cook food with fire and prefers clean code over a clean desk. I'd describe myself as a LEGO building, code writing, barbecuing, Disney World enthusiast that loves entrepreneurship.</p>

  <p>There's something about creating the future that excites me.</p>

  <p>I am the CEO of Codeup, a career accelerator that trains software development to students with little to no prior programming experience in 18 weeks with a 90% job placement rate.</p>

  <p>Need my bio for media or other purposes? You can find it here: <a href="/bio.html">Jason Straughan's Bio</a>.</p>
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  <h3>What is this blog about?</h3>

  <p>I think this blog is about business, food, travel, and tech. We'll see.</p>
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  <h3>Around the Web</h3>
  <p>You can find me on several popular web platforms including:
    <a href="https://twitter.com/jdstraughan">Twitter</a>,
      <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jdstraughan/">Instagram</a>,
      <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/JDStraughan/">LinkedIn</a>,
      <a href="https://angel.co/jdstraughan">Angel Co</a>,
      <a href="https://github.com/JDStraughan">Github</a>,
      and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jdstraughan">YouTube</a>.
    I almost never check my DMs on any of these platforms, so the best way to contact me directly is to email me at <a href="mailto:jdstraughan@gmail.com">jdstraughan at gmail dot com</a>.
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  <h3>Speaking</h3>

  <p>From local meetups to the red dot on the TEDx stage, I enjoy speaking on topics ranging from managing software projects to disrupting eduction. If you would like to book me for a conference or event for your organization please fill out <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/UxFJSrCqpbVWfh4H3">this form</a>.</p>

  <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T1zkPy05eGY?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>

  <h3>Recent Speaking Events</h3>

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    <ul>
      <li><a href="https://www.dallasfed.org/research/events/2018/18vistas">Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - Vistas from Texas: An Economic Outlook</a> - 2018 - Innovative Ways to Teach High-Tech Skills - San Antonio, TX</li>
      <li><a href="https://revolutionconf.com/">Revolution Conf</a> - 2018 - Teaching Programming to Kids, by a 12 Year Old - Virgina Beach, VA</li>
      <li><a href="https://geekdom.com/pre-accelerator/">Geekdom Pre-Accelerator</a> - 2018 - Focusing on Your Minimal Viable Product - San Antonio, TX</li>

      <li><a href="https://2017.revolutionconf.com/">Revolution Conf</a> - 2017 - Optimizing the Software Development Life Cycle - Virgina Beach, VA</li>
      <li><a href="https://www.grok-interactive.com/blog/the-future-of-cloud-programming-is-serverless-and-concurrent/">InnoTech Conference</a> - 2017 - The Future of Cloud Programming is Serverless and Concurrent - San Antonio, TX</li>
      <li><a href="http://www.saew.org/speakers/jason-straughn/">San Antonio Entrepreneur Week (saew)</a> - 2017 - From Programming to Building Businesses: A Developer’s Journey to Entrepreneurship - San Antonio, TX</li>

      <li><a href="http://tedxsanantonio.com/2016-fall-speakers/jason-straughan/">TEDx San Antonio</a> - 2016</a> - Praise be the Pioneers: How These Entrepreneurs Change Communities - San Antonio, TX</li>
      <li><a href="https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-san-antonio-presents-jason-straughan-grok-interactive">Startup Grind</a> - 2016</a> - Interview of Jason Straughan by Michael Girdley for Startup Grind San Antonio</li>
      <li><a href="https://2016.revolutionconf.com/home#speakers">Revolution Conf</a> - 2016</a> - Happy Developers are Better Developers - Virgina Beach, VA</li>
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  <h3>Open Source Projects / Fun Stuff</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/JDStraughan/nonews">nonews</a> - A Google Chrome extension that blocks news media sites.</li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/JDStraughan/html5-snake">HTML5 Snake</a> - HTML5 canvas remake of the classic 1970s snake game.</li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/JDStraughan/html5-lightcycles">HTML5 lightcycles</a> - HTML5 canvas game, a very basic clone of the Tron lightcycle game.</li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/JDStraughan/unnecessary-censorship">unnecessary-censorship</a> - A funny little Ruby gem that randomly censors strings of words.</li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/JDStraughan/kohana-lwrte">kohana-lwrte</a> - <a href="https://code.google.com/p/lwrte/">LWRTE</a> adapter for <a href="http://kohanaframework.org/">Kohana 3</a>.</li>
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