Jason Lucash is an American inventor and entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

 most notably known for founding Origaudio

Origaudio

OrigAudio was launched in 2009 by Jason Lucash and Mike Szymczak. Both traveled constantly in their early careers and wanted to create an easy way to listen to their music on the road...

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Lucash is a native of Danville, California

Danville, California

The Town of Danville is located in the San Ramon Valley in Contra Costa County, California. It is one of the incorporated municipalities in California that uses "town" in its name instead of "city". The population was 42,039 in 2010. Danville is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Oakland and San...

 and graduated from San Ramon Valley High School

San Ramon Valley High School

San Ramon Valley High School is a four-year public high school located in the East Bay neighborhood of Danville, California, USA. San Ramon Valley High School is one of the schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. It is a National Blue Ribbon school from the Blue Ribbon Schools...

 before receiving his bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

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Lucash gained his early work experience at JanSport

JanSport

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 and Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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, the latter where he met his current business partner Mike Szymczak. Lucash traveled extensively for both employers and saw the need to create for an eco-friendly way to listen to music on the road. It was in his travels that the idea for OrigAudio came about. His first product called “Fold n’ Play”, are foldable speakers made from recycled materials and require zero external power, making the product eco-friendly. These speakers landed Lucash a spot on Time Magazine's prestigious “Top 50 Inventions of 2009” list.

Lucash was featured on the second season of ABC's show Shark Tank (TV series)

Shark Tank (TV series)

Shark Tank is a reality television series based on the Sony TV/BBC TV Dragons' Den. It premiered on ABC television in August 2009 and features a panel of five wealthy entrepreneurs who are called "sharks"...

 where he received an investment from millionaire Robert Herjavec.

Lucash currently is helping grow OrigAudio's business internationally as they now have five products under the brand name and are in process of rolling out more.

Lucash currently lives in San Francisco, California

California

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and is in charge of Business Development for OrigAudio.

External links

• Official OrigAudio web site