EPISODE SEVEN: MEET KARL PONTAU

BIO - Meet Karl Pontau, owner of Squash and Stretch Productions. When companies need to explain complex concepts, generate more revenue, or strengthen their brand presence online, Karl and his team help them by creating high quality, custom animated content. The key to explaining complex concepts is not to throw information at your audience, but rather tell a story that provides context and structure.

His team recently completed this animation for Enovix, a company creating next-gen battery technology. They recently announced a merger and IPO, with a valuation of $1.13 billion.

Karl's passion for helping others was supercharged from the abundance of help he received to overcome brain cancer when he was 15. His mission is to use storytelling and animation to have the biggest positive impact he can possibly have on the world.

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Show Notes

01:50 - Meet Karl Pontau.

08:00 - How did you react when getting a terrible medical diagnosis?

13:20 - “I was Karl who happened to have a brain tumor, not someone with a brain tumor named Karl.”

16:00 - “I was very coachable.”

18:57 - How did you find your current career path?

23:45 - How did you “embrace the suck?”

26:45 - Karl got to “Make a Wish” to meet Jon Stewart.

35:30 - So, you’re an animator…tell us about that.

40:46 - Animation makes things fun.

47:02 - Stephen performs a magic trick for Karl.

Visit Karl’s website by clicking here.

Connect with Karl on LinkedIn here.

Visit the Brainiacs of San Francisco Bay on Facebook by clicking here.

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