Jared Paul is the founder of The Kitchen, the largest pickleball community and media company in the world. The Kitchen is at the forefront of the growth of the sport blending culture in pickleball in their content, events, and more. Jared is an entrepreneur who has excelled in building communities, crafting brand strategies and taking ideas from concept to completion. He was the founder of an award-winning San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, helped manage Salesforce’s social profiles and was the Director of Growth at Praytell, a creative communications agency named PR Week’s “Medium Agency of the Year”.