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In this insightful episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Jay Crone, Managing Director and Venture Capitalist at Deloitte Ventures, to explore the firm’s strategic approach to corporate venture capital. Jay shares Deloitte Ventures’ investment thesis, focusing on supporting innovative Canadian startups at Series A and B stages across key sectors like cybersecurity, climate tech, fintech, future of work, health tech, and AI. Listeners will gain an inside look at how Deloitte leverages its vast network of 1,500 partners and 15,000 employees to source deals and add value beyond capital by helping startups navigate Deloitte’s complex ecosystem and access enterprise clients. Jay also discusses his diverse career journey—from government and investment banking to entrepreneurship and corporate VC—and how those experiences shape his investment philosophy. The episode delves into Deloitte’s due diligence process, the importance of founder relationships, and the firm’s strategic role as a co-investor. Jay highlights emerging trends, particularly the promise of vertical AI tailored to industry-specific needs, and shares his bullish outlook on fintech innovations like stablecoins and cross-border payments. He offers candid advice for entrepreneurs on risk-taking and aligning business vision with funding goals. This episode is a must-listen for founders, investors, and anyone interested in the evolving landscape of corporate venture capital and innovation in Canada. Learn more about Jay's work at https://www.deloitte.com/ca/en/services/program/ventures.html Connect with Jay on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaycrone/ Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Apply at https://finstratmgmt.com/innovators-investors-podcast/ Want to learn more about Kristian Marquez's work? Check out his website at https://finstratmgmt.com…
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Episode 50 is about Preconceived Subconscious Prejudices (or P.S.P. for short) and the ways we can come off judgemental or prejudice without intending to or knowing that we are. I’m going to point out a couple of common examples I notice, and see if we can teach ourselves to be a little bit more aware. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Episode 49 is dedicated to the Services I want to give to my Child to Protect, nuture and encourage her in the world she is growing into. I'm jumping off of a couple springboards to get there, mainly being experiences with my child and my own parents, but the conversation and information is for everyone. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today we're talking Real Housewives of Atlanta s12e11, Snake Bye! SPOILER ALERT!!! All hell breaks loose down to the Toronto. Yovanna is FINALLY exposed!!!!!!! AND Kenya foreshadows the second half of season 12!!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
I want to do a life update with you guys and take a quick step back from topics and recaps just to catch you up on what's coming up, what’s going on, and new developments with me and the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
I'm finally sitting down and recording this recap I've had written for days. I apologize but that featurism episode had to happen like NOW!! With that being said, This episode is we're heading all the way south to talk about the season 3 premiere of Love and HipHop Miami. Trina is grieving the loss of her mother while Julian is spending her production budget. Trick Daddy has a new restaurant and a new girlfriend, but still can't let go of his old wife. Amara has a new man but is about to have deal with some of her old issues and even more of her manager's old skeletons. And Shay is drawing a fine line on loyalty, before the tea can even be spilled. All this and more on Season 3 Episode 1, There's No Way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
I was supposed to be recording my recap of the season 3 premiere of Love and HipHop Miami... BUT.... This episode is going to be about the discrimination through featurism that was displayed toward Ari Lennox, and Teyana Taylor and moreover Blue Ivy! And I'm going to go on the most peaceful rant I can!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
This episode is a cold one. We're headed up to New York to discuss Love and HipHop Season 10 Episode 5, Ex's and Oh's. From Erica Mena playing matchmaker. Safaree debating semantics and putting his foot in his mouth. To Jonathan putting all the bullswanky, to rest. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
This episode is going to be my first reality recap! I'm starting with Real Housewives of ATL S12E10, Living on The Edge. I'm driving into the episode, as well as Kandi's Speak on it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
I'm taking this episode to have a reflective moment about the direction of this podcast. I'm feeling heavy and I want to talk you guys and myself through it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
This episode is a walk down memory lane. With the new year in full swing, and watching new year's resolutions crashing and burning all over the internet, I am Just now feeling sentimental. Don't Judge Me!!! So, with that being said, I'm skimming through my highlight reel of the last decade and talking you, all as well as myself LMAO, through some of the most impactful moments of my 2010s. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today we're talking Double Standards. I'm dissecting some classic double standards American culture shoves down our throats and we are exposing the BS!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
Today I'm doing a classic YouTube get to know me tag, but for my Podcast. I like to do my show raw and in a YouTube ish format so get we go I'm answering some questions and spilling some tea! Link to article I got the questions from: https://www.youtubesociety.com/get-to-know-me-tag-questions/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
This episode is spontaneous and fun for me!! We have a Millennial interviewing a GenZ. Today, my 18 year old cousin Odessa, insta: @odesss_, stopped by the show to talk what's is like at 18 nowadays. We talk high school, her community, her dreams, and what it's like being a black woman stepping into the world now. As a 28 year old, I will say this conversation was interesting and familiar!!! Follow my girl, who slightly looks like Kyla Pratt!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
In our final episode of the year, I'm taking a quick minute of your time to tell you what I want to leave in 2019, and what I want to take into 2020. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
Today, we are reaching back to Episode 32, and getting into my top fives. I said that the Top Fives and List conversation could be an episode all in itself, and here we are. This episode dissects my top five Female, my top five male rappers, and of course my top five Queer rap artists as well. I'm going to deep dive on each rapper, and explain how each rapper has impacted me and my career as an artist. This is Real Rap Talk from an up and coming Rapper. This is our first Two a Day as a podcast. Let me know what you think! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
I am dedicating this episode to all the trans lives we have lost this year. I don’t feel there is enough coverage or attention being put on these precious lives that were taken. Today I want to take a step toward changing this. This video is an acknowledgement and a call to action. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today's topic is Systematic Oppression Setups or S.O.S. as I call them. They are social constructs and legislative practices that have been instituted to restrict and oppress the people of color, specifically black people in this country. Lock in while I Clock in!! Links from today’s episode: Slave Masters justify the Bible through slavery- https://time.com/5171819/christianity-slavery-book-excerpt/?amp=true Allen Dwight Callahan’s interview why slaves adopted the Bible and info on his book- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6997059 Jim Crow Laws- https://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/jim-crow.html The Voting Rights Act- https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/voting-rights-african-americans.html Interracial Marriage- https://www.google.com/amp/s/constitutioncenter.org/amp/blog/today-in-supreme-court-history-loving-v-virginia Black is Beautiful Movement- https://exhibits2.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/-black-is-beautiful-/-black-is-beautiful--afrocentr Corey Booker’s CROWN Act on Black Hair- https://wp.me/p96rPE-4GPy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
I'm diving into people who want to silence people for speaking on issues that are oppressive because they are offended being lumped into the responsible party! Category is: MAJORITY PRIVILEGE! Lock in while I Clock in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Hey TaeMates in this episode, I'm taking a second to put together some pieces of my creative past, recognize how some of my experiences have led me to doing youtube and now this podcast! Specifically the content that I'm creating. I also take time thank some of my favorite YouTube channels, like Funky Dineva and TROYCETV, who inspire me. I marvel in the connection I find myself making between my content and theirs. As I move forward with the podcast, I want to thank all of them who inspired me to push forward in this space. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
TaeMates!! Today's episode is a personal storytime about being the Queer Sheep in my family. I give some personal background on what my life was like and what the dynamics were between myself and my family in relation to my identity in my childhood specifically. Lock in while I Clock in!!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
This episode was a breakthrough for new! I talked myself through some particular things in the episode and I am going to continue as use the podcast as a mental check up with myself. I figured out that what I've been needing is not specifically people to lean on, but a safe space to articulate my feelings and get them out of my head. So hopefully I continue to learn about myself and you guys enjoy this series as well while I continue to work toward finding the Right therapist! Lock in while I Clock in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Category is: COLORISM!!! This episode is an introduction and base course on the history of Colorism. Links from this episode: - Jim Crow Laws, https://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/jim-crow.html - The Brown Paper Bag Test, https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/question/2014/february.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
This episode is going to be a little random! I woke up with a lot on my heart and I just had to talk through it. If this videos doesn’t make any sense, I’m sorry. I’m trying to work through some things. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
Today’s episode is my dive into what it’s like being specifically a Queer POC in America. I’m discussing the many similarities and slight differences when it comes to America’s treatment of it’s minority groups. Lock in while I Clock in!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
We're back TaeMates!!! In today's Essays with S. A., we are taking Cancel Culture. We learn the definition, I give my thoughts on specific examples, and then we bring it home with Redemption Culture!!! Lock in while I Clock in, it's gonna be good!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
HEAR ME OUT TAEMATES!!! Lock in while I clock in because I'm going to make this make sense. Today's episode is not specifically about Black History Month, but about Black History as a whole and how we have too much of it to be subjected to 28-29 days. The First half is my deep dive and the second half is my reading the cw33 article about 30 inventions created by black people. the article starts at around 30 minutes. Reference links: https://cw33.com/2016/02/05/30-inventions-you-can-thank-a-black-person-for/ https://blackbeat.topix.com/slideshow/16908/slide3 George Crum Story: https://www.thoughtco.com/george-crum-potato-chip-4165983 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
TaeMates! Category is: Labels!!! We’re getting to know me a little better today and talking about my labels, my pronouns and how I came into my identity. Things get a little deep today. I said some things I don’t think I’ve ever talked about out loud until this day. This should be interesting. Lock in while I Clock in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
TaeMates! In today’s episode, we are discussing interracial dating. I give my personal views and reconciling my attraction to white men with my “wokeness”. We touch on fetishism, and rumors and myths about interracial dating and I ask you guys for opinions, stories and understanding. I also clock back in and look at it from a unification perspective and address how crazy it is that interracial marriage only became Legal in 1967. During the civil rights era. Touching on the positive side of the subject and not what has kept the races a part. I want to talk to all the people who hate that this has to even be a conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
TaeMates! In this episode, I’m taking responsibility for my own mouth and inspiring you guys to watch yours! We’re back with another one!! Sorry we got cut off at the end, but if you have any questions or suggestions, hit my comments or my inbox at @ShawntaeArnette. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
TaeMates! This is just a video sharing my thoughts on Thanksgiving as I was setting up to record that day’s In My Queer View. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
This episode is technically late. I'm so sorry. I had an incredibly eventful Sunday which caused me to miss you guys again! But I'm taking this episode to tell you all about it and I'm doing a mental check in, since I already got you here. Also, I got inspired this episode, so you may be hearing a lot more of me. Lock in and Stay tuned! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
This episode, is a special show. We have my HausWife Luna Rossa joining the conversation today and we are going to discuss the up and coming legendary house we have built known as the Haus of MENthol. We discuss our individual chosen family experiences. As well as how we expanded our family and built and up and coming dynasty. Tea will be spilled this episode lol. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
I know y'all have been wondering where have I been!! This is supposed to be a daily podcast…blah blah blah!! I know, I know, I know! And I'm sorry! I'm answering all of your questions and bringing y'all up to speed today. Today is a catch-up and a checkup all in one! Lock in while I Clock in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
We're talking drag today!! I explain how I bacame the drag quing of hip-hop. Who my influences are, and how drag truly changed my life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
Today is double dive into Reality TV. I'm going to be talking about my obsession with reality tv. How it started and the story behind it. Not to mention my own little experience with reality TV. I'm going discuss a few of my favorite reality shows and why I love them so much. Let me know if y'all want me to start doing recaps by the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
I'm following up my Saucy Santana episode and I am taking a deeper dive into both sides of the extreme opposing sides of this situation. I'm also expanding on the subjects of personal accountability, respect and understanding of yourself and other people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today's episode is a mental check in. I'm clocking today just to wax honest with you guys about some things heavy on my chest and update you guys on my mental journey. This episode is for anyone dealing with self doubt and low self-esteem. Here's some kind words to pick your day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today, I am doing a follow up on Episode 21, Am I Wrong? I reached out to you guys for advice about a personal dilemma I was stewing over, I figured out how I feel about it. And I think there is a bigger conversation to come from my personal thoughts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today's episode is a return to raw form. This is my impromptu, and raw reaction, and dissection of the incident. I address Miami Tip and her video reenacting the events before the shooting. I address King of Reads and his video covering the situation. THEN, I address the City Girls not standing up or by their friend, and how Black women use and abuse gay men and their culture. I'm going in today! Lock in while I Clock in! Catch King of Reads video here as well! https://youtu.be/foE_2J6tE5A --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today, I want talk about Dem Babies. Yes I want to talk children today! I want to discuss setting up safe spaces in your home for your queer child, and preparing them for the outside world. And preventing self hate. As well as non queer children and how we can raise effective allies in our community for the future. This my attempt at suggesting how we can create a more cohesive world. Here we go! Millennials, we got a Trilogy!! * I want to apologize for the slightly muffled audio today. I recorded with my earbuds connected and they were under my skull cap. It's still clear to the ear, but sounds different than normal. I'll remember tomorrow. * --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
Today’s show is going to be an elaboration on how a conversation with my homegirl, led me to believing that my Millennial Matrix conspiracy theory, was some true shit. Somebody tell Shane Dawson to check his DMs! Until Then… Lock in, while I Clock in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
On today’s episode, I’m about to tell you how millennials literally watched the world completely changed before our eyes! The Great things that came from this era… And, some things I think we should’ve done better. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
We are talking about the angry black stereotype!! Reality tv and how media and the powers that be continue to force that narrative on us when we turn the No Nonsense characteristics they love us for on them! Lock in while I clock in and let me know what y’all think about the background music! Trying new things y’all!! Catch up on season 1 and thank y’all for joining my journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
What’s good TaeMates!!! In the Season finale, I explain why I reformatted the show, as well as why my focus will strictly be this podcast!!!! I appreciate everyone for rocking with me so far! I can’t wait to keep moving forward and grow with you all! Going into the new year, I want to always strive for progress and an upward trajectory. Thank you for joining me on this process! MIC CHECK!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message…
I have dilemma and I need some genuine opinions. Hear me out and let me know what you all think. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/InformedOpinions/message
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