Mike Veson

I'm Mike Veson, a junior at Rice University studying computer science, probably graduating May 2027. Grew up in Boston watching my parents build Veson Nautical; learned early that you can make something meaningful if you care about the problem and the people.

Spent Fall 2025 studying abroad in Barcelona. Traveled around Europe, got to see my lifelong club Barça play week in week out at the new Camp Nou, and spent the semester getting better at Spanish and Greek. Had a lot of conversations about what people should want out of life. I learned the hard way that it doesn't matter how hard you work if you're working hard for the wrong reasons. So I started spending more time figuring out what's worth doing in the first place, and now I'm building products to help with that.

I love talking to people about what success means to them. Not success in the typical sense, but a life that fulfills you every day for reasons true to who you are. Learning more every day through writing books, blogs, movie scripts, and having conversations with people who push me forward.

I always want to meet and talk to more people, so if you've made it this far, say hi through Iris.