Kevin's Story

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“Simple, focused, & disciplined always wins.”

Kevin Hanson
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Stop 01 of 09

Born.

Long Island · Coram, NY

I was born in Coram, on Long Island, NY. Growing up I never understood the role of an entrepreneur or the world of business — I just knew community.

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Medical hardship.

Mom & sister's battle with cancer

When my mom & sister battled cancer, our community — local small businesses included — showed up for us. We won. It taught me to value community & giving back.

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George to the Rescue.

TV debut & moving to Stony Brook

My TV debut: EP. 1 of George to the Rescue. Then a new chapter — moving to a new neighborhood in Stony Brook.

Little Kevin giving a thumbs up on George to the Rescue
Little Kev, on TV

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Heart attack.

Time to make a change

In the 5th grade a sudden-onset ventricular arrhythmia stopped my heart. I was pronounced dead for 5 minutes, then zapped back to life (I'm sort of a zombie). It was time to make a change: the turning point taught me gratitude & introduced me to new passions for music & creativity.

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College.

Fairfield University

You could imagine my college essay wrote itself — it landed me at Fairfield University, where my entrepreneurial spark ignited as I immersed myself in the community, class & extracurriculars.

Fairfield University Stags

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Mastercard.

Product Management Intern

Building a foundation in experience & credibility for the future: Product Management Intern at Mastercard — training my entrepreneurial skills while learning the future of crypto & agentic payments, embedded in New York's “Soho Valley” community of young builders & visionaries.

Mastercard

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The Gen Z Podcast.

Unfiltered conversations

Kevin sits down with the founders, creators & builders of Gen Z to trade the real stories — the wins, the failures, & the playbooks nobody posts about.

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Future outlook.

What comes next

AI is a revolution, not a bubble. In the industrial revolution we replaced our muscles — now we are trying to replace our minds. This paradigm shift will deeply change the way we work, live, & exist in a future world.

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I am a firm believer in a mix of 2 future scenarios that play out in the near term. In Scenario 1, AI will make everything a lot cheaper at the expense of white collar workers. Brand, friction, & intermediation are barriers AI will hurdle over, working tirelessly to both create & find the cheapest options. In Scenario 2, the infrastructure (data centers, energy, & water) will bottleneck AI innovation & ripple through the economy. During the industrial revolution railways & roads cost less and lasted for 50–100 years; data centers on the other hand are grossly expensive & last for 3–5 years. In the long term humanity is innovating towards a more equitable, prosperous, & exciting future.

With AI continually disrupting the startup world there are still numerous “evergreen” growth waves that invite enormous opportunity for innovation & entrepreneurial success. To name a few: the aging population (who want to age at home), the $124T wealth transfer, the great ownership transfer of SMBs as baby boomers retire. Additionally, for AI to continue to grow, energy, memory, security, & compute are vital pieces of infrastructure. Finally, “intelligent robotics” & the future of physical AI invites new possibility for industries like mining, defense, & food to name a few.

In the present I continue to search for what Peter Thiel defines as “secrets” to build innovative solutions to the world's problems. As a young mind I continue to absorb as much content as possible to challenge both my current & future perspectives.

If any of my perspective interests you, I invite you to connect.

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