Jared Isaacman

“We didn't want to sound like an old and crusty financial institution. We wanted to sound like we were fast moving and that we had this killer technology that was also safe.”

“If you're going to accomplish all those great things out in space, all that progress, then you have an obligation to do some considerable good here on Earth, like making sure you conquer childhood cancer along the way.”

“We set out from the start to deliver a very inspiring message, certainly what can be done up in space and the possibilities there, but also what we can accomplish here on Earth.”

“I know how lucky I've been in life.”

“I certainly like to go out and seek out interesting challenges, and I try to highlight a very worthwhile cause and make a positive impact along the way.”

“When you're flying off soft keys on a touch screen it's a totally different feel, and a lot of muscle memory is lost. There is that delay when you look at the screen and input a command before it's executed, versus something instantaneous when you move the stick.”

“I truly want us to live in a world 50 or 100 years from now where people are jumping in their rockets like the Jetsons and there are families bouncing around on the moon with their kid in a spacesuit.”

“I believe that we do have an obligation to leave the world a better place than we found it.”

“If you can run your entire business on an iPad, like a food truck, then that's Square country.”

“I've been very lucky in life; you really don't get to a position that I'm fortunate enough to be in without the ball bouncing your way a couple times.”

“I've been a space enthusiast since I was in kindergarten.”

“We have so much Apple influence in what we do, because we love Apple. We don't want to use their products necessarily, but we want to think in design terms the way they do.”

“We've got to go back to the space station and back to the moon and Mars and beyond, because there is a lot of space out there and we know so little about it.”

“My parents wanted to make sure I at least had the high school diploma, so I got a GED.”

“A big part of our mission here at Inspiration4 is to inspire what can be done here in space.”

“I believe that history will record Inspiration4 as a pivotal moment in space exploration, as another important step towards humanity's next great rendezvous with destiny out in space.”

“I think if orbital space flight is just the exclusive domain of a couple of countries and a select few, I don't know how far we're gonna get.”

“Square essentially targeted consumers who were doing peer-to-peer transactions. They made it easy for personal trainers to charge their clients or for a guy to sell his golf clubs to his buddy.”

“The founders of Draken and the senior management team all fly one of the positions in the Black Diamond jet team.”

“I've been fortunate throughout many moments in my career, and whether that was traveling to Antarctica just a year ago on a mountain-climbing expedition or flying in air shows or world-record flights. These are all significant moments that I try to reflect on.”