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John O'Korn is a Huntingdon, PA native and former quarterback who now builds for a living — people, programs, platforms, and the places that hold them. Everything he makes serves one mission: the flourishing of the communities he's part of.
Teammates, youth, and communities of faith. The work that mattered most has always been about people first — locker room, Team IMPACT, home.
Bible studies, civic initiatives, and nonprofit boards — the systems that let good things scale and outlast the people who started them.
Companies built from nothing — product, brand, capital, and team. Media and services across Consumer and B2B software.
A native son's commitment to Huntingdon, Raystown Lake, and the prosperity of Central Pennsylvania — the place that made me.
"Do it now, or risk
never doing it."
John O'Korn
Native son of Huntingdon. The road from Raystown to Florida, Texas, Michigan, New York — and back home again.
Read John's story →State champion. AAC Rookie of the Year. Quarterback at Houston, Michigan, and a stint with the New York Giants.
See John's career →West Village Ventures, Standing Stone Storytellers, Brevity, and When You Fast — platforms built from the ground up.
View John's work →Selected features and coverage — from the football years through the ventures and the work back home.
Read the coverage →Follow my journey.
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