Description

Kenneth Eversole shares his journey from an ambitious college student with only $4,000 to working at Cloudflare, one of the internet’s most critical infrastructure companies. He reflects on the challenges of balancing ambition with patience, the importance of local action, and how young people can drive real change by engaging with their communities. 

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02:14 - Growing up without a father figure
10:41 - The impact of fixing things & curiosity
19:12 - How to navigate ideological differences
25:04 - The origins of computer science & Alan Turing
33:01 - Launching a CubeSat club & raising $2M in funding
36:52 - Learning to lead a 150-person student program
41:50 - Post-college realities: joining Boeing & hating it
46:24 - The biggest lesson from working at a fast-growing company
50:52 - Handling trillions of internet requests per day
58:52 - What happens if Cloudflare shuts down?
1:00:51 - Choosing St. Louis over Silicon Valley
1:04:30 - What Kenneth excels at in any room
1:07:52 - How St. Louis is on the cusp of real change
1:14:39 - Understanding systemic issues & crime
1:16:46 - The #1 thing young people should focus on