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Jesse Pickard

Bio

I am an entrepreneur dedicated to building products that improve mental health and cognitive performance. As the founder and CEO of The Mind Company, I lead the development of the award-winning apps Elevate, Balance, and Spark, which have reached 80 million users. Both Elevate and Balance have won App of the Year from Apple and Google.

Work Experience

Founder & CEO

The Mind Company

May 2014 – Oct 2025 · 11 yrs 5 mos

Elevate Labs is on a mission to improve people's minds. Since 2014, we've helped over 80 million people improve their communication and math skills with Elevate, which won Apple's App of Year award. With our newest product Balance, we've created a unique personalized meditation experience that helps people improve their sleep, stress, and energy. We're a fully distributed company of voracious learners and passionate doers, driven by our vision to help billions of people lead healthy, joyful, and productive lives.

Investing Partner

Volo Ventures

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Co-founder & CEO

MindSnacks

May 2010 – May 2014 · 4 yrs

Razorfish

Razorfish

Information Architect

Nov 2007 – Jul 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos

Senior User Experience Associate

Jun 2007 – Jun 2008 · 1 yr

Account Executive

Jun 2006 – Jun 2007 · 1 yr

Design Intern

IndustryNext

May 2005 – Aug 2005 · 3 mos

Clients - AOL, Okidata Inc.

On-Air Design Intern

MTV Networks

May 2004 – Aug 2004 · 3 mos

Projects - 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, Total Request Live

Online Multimedia Developer

Dynamic Applications

May 2000 – Aug 2002 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Clients - Merrill Lynch, Oneida, Schering-Plough

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Design and Visual Communications, General at Syracuse University

2002 – 2006