A great quarterback needs good vision, so he can determine the most effective place to  throw the football. A successful entrepreneur also needs a good vision to spot the likeliest "open receivers" who might intercept his ideas for a touchdown. Jason May is a quarterback who's looking for a "go to" guy. It takes him fifteen seconds to find the crease in a cheapsuit, thirty minutes to strong-arm a tiger into submission, and he hopes to lob you an elephant, by Christmas.
 

 

Watching him in action at Rockingham's Sports Pub & Grill in Guntersville,ALABAMA, one gets the impression of a juggler throwing lit  torches, a comedian who spouts joke after hilarious joke, or a magician who has just performed some amazing feat of magic. The audience loves him. His brown eyes wander, as though divorced from his hands, while his fingers weave currency into fantastic shapes for an impromptu audience that is clearly, delighted.
 

 

Tall, hansome, and effusive, this native Mississippian with the soft, southern drawl has a natural gift of gab and a serious confidence in his abilities. HAS LEFT ALABAMA to pursue his many marketing aspirations. "I've got so many different things that I've got on the drawing board to do," May said. "Once I actually get one thing going, then I'll be able to do everything." Peeking over his shoulder as he sits at his drafting table, we can see how this could be true.
 

 

Sketches of his "Dollar-gami" designs line the board, as well as blueprints for an indoor pirate ship, next to his pool. May has turned bookcases and mirrors into hidden doorways in his home. Behind one, he operated as the "Chihuahua Whisperer." Outside, he has dabbled in gardening, art to sand sculptures. He has served as a promoter for local bands and once owned a used car dealership. His company, Luna Promotions, exists as an umbrella for many of these ventures.

 

 

Not surprisingly, May majored in commercial design & advertisement in college, but soon realized that "sitting behind a computer all day long and drawing wasn't very enjoyable and, therefore, not exactly what he wanted to do. Then, about ten years ago, he had an epiphany. "I realized that there was something that I wanted to do that I knew would be beneficial in many ways," he said. "I could fold dollar bills, leave a lasting impression, and get better service at restaurants. People really liked it." In fact, they liked it." In fact, they liked it so much that, now, many restaurants where he's GIVEN MONEY AWAY...won't even charge him for food or drinks.
 

 

The inspiration to start folding dollar bills first occurred at a time when he had been doing live commercial announcements.  He wanted to  find a more original way to make a statement, so he decided to create a business card holder out of a dollar bill and leave it as a tip. "Ninety percent of the people would never throw the card away," he said. "I would come back in the restaurant and they'd say, 'Hey, look, I still got your card.' "

May's brainstorm seems all the more ingenious, after his admission that he never had any practice or interest in origami, before this attempt. "I never even folded paper," he said.

The enthusiastic response to his business card holder prompted may to create progressively difficult shapes, which seem to come naturally to him and without much effort. While the simple cardholder takes only fifteen seconds to fold, the Auburn tiger mascot needs thirty minutes to complete.

 

May continued to stretch his imagination and artistic expertise with the dollar, until he eventually learned to construct at least 117 different, original designs. At last, he decided he had a marketable skill and product to share with the public.

FINALLY HE WROTE a  book, in 1999, called Creative Tipping: Making More with Your Money that detailed instructional diagrams of seven of his first designs. He then toured with the book and did  radio promotions about it. There are people I still  bump into that have a collection going. Every time I see them, they ask me to fold them something new for their collection."
 

 

 

May already has some serious publishing clips to bolster his reputation. Besides being profiled in a Jackson newspaper called the Planet Weekly, he has had the distinction of having Creative Tipping in Money Magazine, and a recent FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE called ABSOLUTELY ALABAMA about his writing loft. HE was LABELED ALABAMA's BUSIEST PERSON. AS WELL AS THE MOST FASCINATING PERSON THEY'D EVER MET!!!

 

 

 

 

Fan reaction has May dropping back in the pocket and sizing up the field, but he's cautious. "I won't sell another book until I can do it all," he said. " You can see him in action AS he CROSSES THE UNITED STATES ON A NEW PROMOTION  "GIVING MONEY AWAY ACROSS AMERICA".

 

MAY IS CURRENTLY ENTERTAINING NEW SPONSORS FOR THIS LATEST ENDEAVOR. BUT HAS ELECTED TO GO ACROSS AMERICA FROM NEW ORLEANS TO THE SAN FRANSISCO BAY BRIDGE...With KING TUT, his surf board and snowboard on top of his M3 BMW convertible... ??? May said "King tut never complains about my driving and NEVER has to stop for Bathroom breaks". STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT HE'LL BE UPTO NEXT!!!
 


 


 


 
UPDATE: as of March 19, May has completed his Journey across AMERICA.
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