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Jason Y Lee, founder of Jubilee Media
Category: Business
Duration: 01:19:53
Publish Date: 2021-06-15 08:00:00
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About this episode

Jason Y Lee is the founder of Jubilee Media, which launched in 2010 with a goal of creating a movement of empathy and connection. While most media brands play for entertainment and devisiveness, Jubilee is desiring to swim against the current for human good.

In this episode, Jason shares openly and honestly about the personal journey he went through to understand what it was that he knew he was supposed to be doing with his life. He had an incredible job working for Bain Capital at the time, and his original co-founder of his first venture, that preceded Jubilee Media, was his brother who was a staffer for President Obama. To make a career decision like leaving those positions, he had to be all-in on his pursuit and purpose. Yet like so many entrepreneurs you never really learn how all-in you are, until it all starts unraveling, and Jason shares all of it in this episode.

In this episode, you'll hear:

  • Jason was born and raised in America by his Korean parents who immigrated to America. His partners pushed his brother and himself into traditional careers to provide job security for when they were older.
  • Jason shares how he stumbled into entrepreneurship while he was working as a consultant at Bain Capital. They were being shown pictures of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. Jason wanted to raise money as quickly as possible so went and busked. This sparked his idea of creating video content to raise awareness and the Jubilee Project was launched as a non-profit organization.
  • Jason explains how he convinced his brother to leave his job, as a staffer for President Obama, to cofound Jubilee Project with another friend who dropped out of Harvard to join as well. This path lasted for a few years before it all unravelled.
  • Jason shares his journey and process he went through to figure out a path forward after his cofounders left.
  • Jason's story is one of understanding your personal value proposition and clarity of mission.
  • Most founders truly do believe they are fully dedicated to their mission, until it all "hits the fan". It is in that moment you will see who is "in it to win it"

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Jubilee Media: https://www.jubileemedia.com/
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Jubilee's Tribeca Submission: https://tribecafilm.com/films/accepted-2021

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