Episode 67 - Jon Ohliger | VEEPIO Happy Half Hour with an Entrepreneur

In this episode, Brian has a beer with Jon Ohilger, the founder and CEO of VEEPIO, a content optimization tool for athletes. Listen in while Brian and Jon discuss Jon’s journey to this point in his business career. You’ll enjoy hearing Jon’s insightful stories.

Jon talks about building his company and why the technology experience needed to be frictionless and seamless. You’ll be impressed when you hear how Jon’s company is one of the few companies allowed to capture first party data in third party apps. You also get to hear about Jon’s painstaking-process of acquiring a patent.

If you only have 10 minutes:

1:27 - Learn about Jon’s company + the journey and experiences that led him there

12:12 - The decision process from idea to execution + breaking into the NFL

15:45 - Working through the pandemic

16:50 - Behind the strategy to monetize the capture of first party data

22:00 - The patent process and the impact of AI

24:00 - Jon’s background in sports and how it impacted his entrepreneurial journey

26:20 - Was there ever a fear of failure?

28:34 - The rapid fire round!

Thanks for joining us on the show, Jon, it was great chatting with you! Cheers! 🍻

HAPPY ½ HOUR DRINKS:

Lawn Boy - Tonewood Brewing - Brian rates it a 3.5 out of 5 :
https://untappd.com/b/tonewood-brewing-lawn-boy/3373299

Learn more about Jon: https://veep.io/

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