Jason Shuman

“When I first connected with Jason, professionally, I immediately knew he was a sincere and driven individual. After continued interaction and work together, his passion, fortitude, and commitment to excellence make me proud to call him a friend. Jason is a natural leader, a conscientious investor, and someone who genuinely cares about people and the success of interaction. In addition to our work together in the venture ecosystem, Jason has traveled to my hometown of Mexia with me to participate in my local food distributions and community football camps. He is a trustworthy, reliable, and kind-hearted professional who supports others in and out of the office. As a professional, he is creative and successful in his execution. ”

“I had the pleasure of working with Jason throughout various investments relating to USIP and found him to be a warm, hard working creative thinking executioner. ”

“I was lucky enough to be introduced to Jason at an apparel trade show back during his days running Cat5. We were both fresh out of college with our own fledgling startups. Even back then I was always impressed by his knowledge of startups and the entrepreneurial process. As we were both starting our first ventures Jason was a great friend. He made many phenomenal introductions and recommendations that helped push my venture to the next level. I was always surprised at how selfless he was, as he always wanted to see everyone around him succeed as well. He never asked for anything in return and it was clear that he was purely driven by his passion for entrepreneurship. Once Jason started down a new path as a consultant and VC we began a more professional relationship. I was thrilled to have Jason help us put together a high quality pitch deck, make introductions to investors, and even assist us in improving the ROI on our e-commerce marketing efforts. Although that is all great every true entrepreneur knows that the hardest part of the journey is stomaching the lows. I think it speaks volumes about Jason that when I experienced these entrepreneurial lows he would be the first person I called. To this day I don’t think I’ve met anyone with networking and personal skills that Jason possess. Any founder would be incredibly fortunate to work with Jason. I look forward to following his career as a VC, which I’m sure will be very successful. That being said, I’ll probably try to drag him back into the founder trenches with me in the years to come. ”

“I was in Jason's entrepreneurship class when he came up with the idea to start Category 5 Boat Shoes two years ago. I was able to see how he took his idea and diligently and passionately followed through with it to bring the company to where it is now. He is a hard working student and entrepreneur with many successes in his near future.”

“Jason is one of the more innovative, driven, and hard-working individuals I had the pleasure of encountering during my time at the University of Miami. He took initiative and found opportunity where few others did, and capitalized efficiently, quickly, and creatively in any area he felt he could improve.”