Broaden Your Perspective with Jonny Hsu

Ashley was selected as one of 150 scholars to join the Girls Who Invest 2019 cohort. The program consists of a four-week educational experience at the University of Pennsylvania learning core finance and investment concepts from top professors and building relationships with industry leaders, followed by a six-week internship at a wealth management firm. Ashley joined me in this episode where she shared more about her experience living at the University of Pennsylvania, her internship and the role women play in the future of finance. This is a 3 part series, in the next episode we talk more about her extracurriculars such as her involvement in sororities and business frats follow by the final episode where we chat about some of the funny moments we had while studying abroad in Singapore. 

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashley.m.rayan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashley_rayan/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyrayan/

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This episode I am joined by Lenny, former College Basketball Player, University basketball player, National Champion at Douglas College, law student, basketball coach and future lawyer. We talk about his academic journey, life lessons he’s learnt from basketball and the decision making process of embarking in law school at the age of 24.

Funny story about Lenny and I, when he won his national championship with Douglas College he was coached by Jamie Oei. I actually played under Jamie for my final year of AAU basketball over at VanCity basketball academy. Small world!

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/

Lenny's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lenny.kojo

BYP Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/byppodcast/

Welcome back to another episode of the Broaden Your Perspective podcast, today I am joined by my longtime friend, Ivan and the format is almost like a fireside chat. I normally record my episodes across the web using a platform called Zencastr, but since Ivan and I are both in the city right now, we decided to meet up and do this face to face. This is a special episode as Ivan recently went through a health issue and was willing to open up and chat about that entire experience on this episode. Listen in to find out how he was able to cope with emotional/physical stress throughout the time he suffered from his disease, a little bit about our friendship and how we first met, Ivan’s mindset, the power of perspective & gratitude and much more. Without further ado, here, we, go.

Ivan's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivan.jia

Ivan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivanjia3/

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Broaden your Perspective Podcast. Today I have Brenden, host of MasterTalk and previously was a Front Row Ventures associate as well. This is PART 1. He lead the deal on one of our portfolio companies now, Civalgo, helping reclaim control of construction operations by improving field productivity and collaboration on job sites, learning from every execution and empowering teams to deliver results on-budget and on-time. We cover a TON of topics throughout this conversation ranging from Brenden’s mindset, his experience and strategies with hosting master talk, his experience right now as a business transformation consultant at IBM, how he balances that with the other things in his life, walking us through some amazing tips on how to truly, master, your, talk and of course, his thought process when leading a deal that ended up being a successful investment at Front Row Ventures. Without further ado, here, we, go.

MasterTalk YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBYFP4mZLQovr7W6Si6sueA

Brenden's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendenkumarasamy/

Brenden's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masteryourtalk/

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Cheery Monday" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Hello everybody and welcome back to Episode 18 of the Broaden your Perspective podcast. Today I am joined by the author of “Living with a growth Mindset” and the founder of Tony Results Institute, Tony Bui. Back in the summer of 2018, I worked in door to door sales and Tony ran the orientation training week, he was one of the people that really sparked my personal development journey. If there’s one word I can use to describe Tony, it would be obsessed. Obsessed with wanting to better himself and help others realize and live up to their maximum potential. Listen in on this episode and as we touch briefly on the multiple pillars of personal development, what it truly means to live with a growth mindset, communication tips, defining your vision and much more. Without further ado, here, we, go.

Tony's Website (Buy his book here!) - https://www.tonyresultsinstitute.com/ 

Tony's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tbui88/

My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Broaden Your Perspective podcast. Today I’m joined by a legend in the BC Basketball community, Eric Kristiansen. He’s now the host of Big E TV where he livestreams on Facebook covering numerous topics. In this episode, we cover an arrary of topics from his basketball journey to battling skin cancer, to the inspiration of starting Big E TV and some politics. I’ve known Eric ever since I played basketball with him in Grade 9 at our local community recreation center, this was such a fun episode for me as we go to reconnect and chat about so much stuff. Without further ado, here, we, go.

Eric's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eric.kristiansen.98

My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/

Welcome to episode 16 of the Broaden your Perspective Podcast. Excuse my voice, I was sick when I recorded this episode but this episode we have Qhalisa Khan, a fellow University of Waterloo student who is currently in her final year of studies in the Accounting and Financial Management program. Like last episode, with Maher, we met through Front Row Ventures as well. Qhalisa has had a variety of co-op experiences and has so much to share. In this episode, we dive into Qhalisa journey coming from Kenya and going through University, sharing some of her thoughts on her co-op experiences, successful habits, her dream career, location and much more. Without further ado, here, we, go.

Qhalisa's Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/qhalisa_khan/

Qhalisa's LinkedIn -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/qhalisakhan/

My Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/

Welcome to Episode 15 of the Broaden Your Perspective podcast. Today I am joined my friend Maher. We met because we are both a part of Front Row Ventures, Canada’s first student run venture fund focusing on student run start-ups. During a retreat to Montreal we had 2 weekends ago, we bonded over our shared interest in the environmental sustainability space. We covered so many fun topics in this episode from Venture Capital to Investment thesis to nuclear fusion and fission, to tips to succeed on your upcoming interviews and much more. Maher drops some serious value bombs in this episode and I hope everybody enjoys it as much as I did when we recorded this episode. Without further ado, here, we go.

Maher's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maherakhtar/ 

Maher's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maherakhtar

My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/ 

Welcome back to Episode 14 of the Broaden Your Perspective podcast. This is a special episode for me because I sat down and had a very deep talk with my 12 year old cousin Martin. If you remember the first guest I've ever had on this show, John Tai. This is his son. Martin's perspectives as a 12 year old is astonishing and he shares his insights on what goes on through his mind. I think that everybody can benefit from listening to this episode, especially parents. We tend to think that kids are kids, they don't get the "adult" stuff, but Martin is here to shatter that stereotype. Listen in as we cover a variety of topics and Martin answers some tough, tough questions that I throw at him. We start off with the very first question, a la Tony Robbins: who's love did you crave the most growing up? You're mother or your fathers?. Without further ado, here, we, go. 

Welcome back to Episode 13 of the Broaden Your Perspective Podcast. Today I am joined by Raiden Huang, another graduating high school senior. Listen in on this episode to hear about how Raiden embraced his identity shift, moving from a basketball player to somebody else. He’s now a content creator at Huang Media and is also interning at Self-Hired Brand, who created the ThinkSpace podcast. We also talk about what Raiden’s mentality is like and take a journey through his life to learn how he was shaped through the culmination of his experiences.

Raiden's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/raidenhuang/

My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jonny_hsu/