Welcome to OK Computer. I am Dan Nathan. I am here with Jake Wood. Okay Computer listeners may recall

that he has been on the pod with us before back in November. Jake is the CEO and founder

of Groundswell that is a corporate philanthropy startup that launched last year. We're going to talk a bit

about that. He's also co-founder and executive chairman of T. Rubiconicon, a nonprofit that Jait started in 2010 in the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake

in Haiti. Welcome back to OK Computer. Yeah, thanks for having me, Dan. You and I've been talking

offline just about the importance of the business community responding to disasters. And that's

one of the reasons why you founded Team Rubicon back in 2010.

We're going to hit all of that. But I also wanted to say one thing. It's just you and I,

I was out in L.A. a couple weeks ago and we got to spend some time together. And I just need our

listener to kind of take a look at Jake's background. I just kind of talked about these last two things that he did. But, you know, growing up as a kid

in the 70s and 80s, my dad, you know, like most people, is their kind of hero. I mean, he played

lacrosse at Syracuse University in the early 60s. He was ROTC. He was active in the late 60s

in the Army. He went on to build a great family of which I am part of, you know, great

husband, great father. And he has also had a successful career in business. And I look back on

him. He's an 81 year old man. He's about to turn that next week. And I'm like, you know what?

He did pretty well here. And I look at you, Jake. And the more time I spend with you, and I think about all the things

that you have been able to accomplish.

I think you're in and around 40, and you know, that my dad was my hero and he did all those

things and you've done all those things.

And I just think really the listener needs to know, you played football at Wisconsin.

You signed up for the Marines and you were a sniper in the Marines from 05 to 09 serving in two different war zones.

You founded this amazing nonprofit Team Rubicon out of just sheer wool.

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