Here Lies Jason Foster North, one who truly did it all.
That's what I'm aiming for as the headline on my tombstone, as I am a bit obsessed with personal achievement, and living life to the fullest.
+ I've hiked to the Base Camp of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, and nearly summited Mount Shasta.
+ I've travelled to Tibet, Nepal, India, Canada, Mexico, Thailand, China, Germany, Austria, Holland, as well as over 20 of the 50 United States.
+ I've lived everywhere, having moved over 23 times in my life, including Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta, San Jose, San Francisco, and Portland.
+ I'm a thrill seeker having hanglided, skydived, and scuba dived numerous times in the Mexican Carribean, including a night dive.
+ I've followed my dreams to work in the entertainment industry, including a video game developer and now the largest music production manufacturer in the wrold.
+ I've attended some incredible celebrations, including two very memorable outdoor raves in the Mojave Desert and the Northern California Redwood Forest., Burning Man, Halloween with 100,000 people in downtown San Francisco, etc...
+ Celebrities I've met include George Clinton, Be Real from Cypress Hill, Steven Tyler & Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith, Gary Coleman (who hasn't met him?), Buddy Hackett, Joe Montana, Ice T, and Prince (sort of).
+ Famous Entrepreneurs I've worked with or met include Tim Sweeney (founder of Epic Games), David Perry (founder of Shiny Entertainment), George Broussard founder of 3D Realms, Michael Wood (founder of LeapFrog), Louis Borders (founder of Border's Books).
+ I've played a number of sports including football, wrestling, hockey, downhill slalom skiing, and snowboarding.
+ I've written and recorded roughly 100 badly sung songs, and co-produced Legato.
+ Much more importantly, in concert I've seen The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin (Plant/Page), Tom Petty, Neil Young, The Who, Pearl Jam, Crosby Still & Young, Dick Dale, NIN, Beck, Norah Jones, Ben Harper, Dave Mathews, G Love & Special Sauce, Prince, Ice T, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Gogol Bordello, Richard Cheese, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters, Cake, Ani Defranco, Cindi Lauper, Black Crows, Blues Travellers, Henry Rollins, Steve Via, Shellac, Metallica, Dokken, Ratt & Kix (my first concert), and many, many, more I can't even recall.
+ In 2001, Tiger Woods became the only pro golfer to have ever won four consecutive majors, a feat which has become known as the "Tiger Slam". Of the four, I was at two, the U.S. Open in Pebble Beach and The Master's in Augusta, Georgia.
+ I'm a serial entrepreneur at heart, having started over 5 businesses, and taking one to roughly $5M in annual revenue.
+ And my engineering and business development background
has directly supported the sales of over $30M of new business with companies in the high tech
& interactive entertainment industries.
I am currently:
