Broaden Your Perspective with Jonny Hsu

Welcome to episode 12 of the Broaden your Perspective Podcast. Today I have Geoffrey Hill on the show who was actually a member of the Greenhouse program. Geoffrey and I talk about his experience as an entrepreneur and dive into some of the ups and downs on building Canoe which has a goal of a system of Joint-programs that will educate a new generation of Pan Canadian Leaders. Through his entrepreneurial journey, Geoffrey has been through depression which ultimately manifested in bipolar 1 schizoaffective. Listen in as we cover numerous topics such as, what it takes to be an entrepreneur as well as challenges and struggles with mental health. Without further ado, here, we, go. 

Geoffrey's LinkedIn

Canoe Website

My Instagram

 Welcome to episode 11 of the Broaden Your Perspective podcast, today I have high school senior Gaurab Acharya joining me on the show. Fresh off of an amazing senior basketball season playing for Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School, Gaurab and I sit down and chat about basketball, academics, future plans and more. He is much more than just an athlete. Gaurab also recently started Move to be Different where he challenges people to change daily habits in order to reach their goals! He posts actively on social media and encourages everybody to join him on his 30 day challenges. Without further ado, here, we go.  

Move to be Different Instagram

Gaurab's Instagram

My Instagram

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Broaden your Perspective Podcast. StudyFast has been able to empower 10,000+ people in 147 countries to learn anything faster by training reading speed and effective comprehension. Today we have the CEO of StudyFast, Jordan Harry. In an age of accessibility where you can learn anything you want from your laptop, Jordan trains you how to learn faster so you can pursue each of your interests. Listen in on this conversation as we cover topics mentioned above as well as specific cases such as sub-vocalization, that little voice in your head when you read, why it slows down your reading speed and how to get rid of it.  

Jordan's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jordannharryy/

StudyFast Website - https://studyfast.uk/

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

Welcome back to Episode 9 of the Broaden Your Perspective podcast. This is part 2 of the conversation I had with Tania Del Matto, the director of the Greenhouse program over at the University of Waterloo. We dive more into topics such as common areas of failures among entrepreneurs, making an impact vs making a profit, how to network, some successful habits, and learning more about Tania’s journey of how she ended up in her position today. Without further ado, here, we, go. 

Learn more about Greenhouse -  https://uwaterloo.ca/stpauls/greenhouse 

Connect with Tania -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tania-del-matto-bb077624/

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

Wow. Where do I even start with Mr. Sam Demma. He is not your typical 19-year-old kid. He has been through a ton, from a career ending injury in soccer to co-founding his business PickWaste, to speaking on multiple stages across multiple academic institution and community events all throughout Ontario. He’s done all of this and even more while being able to defy the constraints and norms of society to truly develop self-awareness and find the confidence to pursue what he believes is his purpose of being here on planet earth. Welcome to episode 8 of the Broaden your Perspective show, Sam and I cover all of the topics I just listed above. On this episode, Sam shares his perspective and advice for other peers near his age and explore topics such as: how he started his business, overcoming a career ending injury, how tough it was to make the decision to drop out of University and some productivity hacks. Without further ado, here, we, go.

Sam's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sam_demma/

Sam's Website - https://samdemma.com/

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

Travis Fonderson is a third year student in the Accounting and Financial Management program at the University of Waterloo. However, he is anything BUT your normal, stereotypical student. He’s the founder of the Young Funds Program, on a mission to educate and empower youth of the potential power they have by harnessing the ability to invest. Travis seeks to change the way young individuals view financial opportunities, and he’s sure done a lot since starting this around October 2018. The Young Funds Program has impacted over 2,100 students through hosting educational workshops, their one on one consulting services, as well as providing online content. Through the YFP consulting services area, they have consulted 43 students to help collectively manage an outstanding portfolio amount of nearly $55,000. Don’t forget he’s also only 20 years old and enrolled in a full time program at the University of Waterloo. Join us today as we get to dive into the mind of Travis as we cover topics such as investing, how to get into investing, advice for beginner investors, a high level overview of everything you need to know from brokerage accounts to ETFs to mutual funds and active vs passive income. Without further ado, here, we, go.  

Instagram - @youngfundsprogram

Website - www.youngfundsprogram.com

Travis Instagram - @yung_devvy

My Instagram - @jonny_hsu

 Travis Fonderson is a third year student in the Accounting and Financial Management program at the University of Waterloo. However, he is anything BUT your normal, stereotypical student. He’s the founder of the Young Funds Program, on a mission to educate and empower youth of the potential power they have by harnessing the ability to invest. Travis seeks to change the way young individuals view financial opportunities, and he’s sure done a lot since starting this around October 2018. The Young Funds Program has impacted over 2,100 students through hosting educational workshops, their one on one consulting services, as well as providing online content. Through the YFP consulting services area, they have consulted 43 students to help collectively manage an outstanding portfolio amount of nearly $55,000. Don’t forget he’s also only 20 years old and enrolled in a full time program at the University of Waterloo. Join us today as we get to dive into the mind of Travis as we cover topics such as investing, how to get into investing, advice for beginner investors, a high level overview of everything you need to know from brokerage accounts to ETFs to mutual funds and active vs passive income. Without further ado, here, we, go.  

Instagram - @youngfundsprogram

Website - www.youngfundsprogram.com

Travis Instagram - @yung_devvy

My Instagram - @jonny_hsu

Welcome back to the Broaden Your Perspective Podcast. This is Episode 5 featuring one of my very good friends Kaito Cunningham. I first met Kaito around 6 years ago through basketball. Ever since then, we became closer friends through basketball by practicing, playing and competing together. We played for the same club basketball team and we have shared many great memories of travelling down to the states, sharing hotel rooms and competing together. As he continued on with his journey, he is now the co-founder of Community Coders. A business that is all about providing opportunity for others. Community Coders connects young students with a passion for coding and provides them the opportunity to garner real coding experience by designing websites for small businesses. Join us today as we explore topics such as: what it takes to be an entrepreneur, time-management, balancing happiness in the moment versus, happiness in the future, shifting identities after high school and more. I’m very excited to have Kaito on the show today and I hope you enjoy the conversation, without further ado, here, we, go. 

Community Coders Instagram: @communitycoders

Community Coders LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/community-coders/?originalSubdomain=ca

Kaito's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitocunningham/

My Instagram: @jonny_hsu

St. Paul’s Greenhouse is best known as a social impact incubator that provides an innovative community for students and community members who want to create ideas and ventures that generate social or environmental change. St Paul’s University College is an affiliated institution of the University of Waterloo. Greenhouse even has a residence program allowing students to constantly engage and discuss ideas with other like-minded students, dedicated space is provided for those students to foster creativity and collaboration, and even mentorship from experts in different fields, serve to help bridge the gap between an idea and action. Greenhouse offers a plethora of support channels to these passionate young students to help them fulfill their dreams and make a positive change on the community. Welcome to episode 4 of the Broaden your Perspective podcast where I am honored to have the Director of the Greenhouse program, Tania Del Matto, here with us today. As the director, Tania spends a lot of time working with and mentoring a lot of entrepreneurs so join us today as we cover topics such as: common areas of failures among entrepreneurs, making an impact vs making a profit, how to network, some successful habits, and learning more about Tania’s journey of how she ended up in her position today. Without further ado, here, we, go. 

Learn more about Greenhouse : https://uwaterloo.ca/stpauls/greenhouse

Add Tania on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tania-del-matto-bb077624/

Welcome back to episode 3 of the Broaden Your Perspective podcast. Today we get to dive into the mind of a first year student athlete playing for his basketball team at Langara college. Sina Hashemi graduated from Port Moody Secondary School and his journey to his position right now, was far from easy. He was cut from multiple post-secondary institutions, multiple times. At Douglas college tryouts he was cut twice, at Capilano University tryouts he was cut twice, he was cut from Camosun college once and even cut by the team he’s playing for right now, Langara college, Three times. Three times! Join us today as we discuss topics such as adversity through failure, support from family members when pursuing your dreams, dealing with doubt, finding motivation, self-discipline, and more. Without further ado, here, we, go. 

You can catch Sina and the Langara Falcons in action here: http://www.pacwestbc.ca/landing/index

You can connect with me on the following platforms:

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

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-hsu-0b558014a/