Hessie Jones

Hessie Jones

Advocating for #DataPrivacy, Human-Centred #AI, Fair & Ethical Distribution 4 all; @forbes she/her; Developing Data Privacy Solutions https://t.co/PudK3nLMU9

Appears in 48 Episodes

Episode 25 Preserving Privacy in the Surveillance Economy A Conversation with Andy Yen, CEO of Proton

Privacy has become a precious commodity. It is often at odds with the pervasive nature of surveillance. Tech giants and governments alike have harnessed the power of t...

Episode 24 How Your Content Strategy Changes if TikTok is Permanently Banned

Today, TikTok is arguably one of the most engaging social networking platforms in the world. Available in over 150 countries, with over 1 billion users, with downloads...

Episode 23 Admission Overseas Is Pioneering International Student Recruitment with Generative AI

The International Education Market is expected to soar to $433Billion by 2030. Admission Overseas has developed a solution to move at the speed of global demand. Acros...

Episode 22 Hero AI Seeks to Transform Mindsets in the Lagging Healthcare Sector

The resistance to change is emblematic in a sector that has idealized practices and the legacy systems that have been working for decades. One founder seeks to disrupt...

Episode 21 Dispersa Seeks to Transform Clean Tech with Sustainable Biosurfactants

Chemical surfactants, ubiquitous in our everyday lives, serve as critical ingredients in an array of consumer products, ranging from cleaning agents, personal care pro...

Episode 20 An Interview with Paddy Cosgrave: Collision's Master Connector

After an exhausting and exhilarating 3 days of Collision, we wrapped up the event with an interview with Paddy Cosgrave, Founder and CEO of Web Summit and Collision, t...

Episode 19 Why SEO is Critical for Startup Founders Today, and Will it Be Tomorrow?

Google continues to be the window to the internet. It is the intelligence that informs real time intentions, and what people are searching for. Great SEO continues for...

Episode 18 Tech Uncensored: The Sales Process is Stronger than the Outcome

Sales is one of the toughest jobs in any industry.  And it’s only going to get harder with evolving buyer behaviors towards digital engagement and self-directed resear...

Episode 15: Finding your Technical Cofounder

Entrepreneurs have big ideas. They have a vision for how they want to change the world. They’ve validated their idea and want to get started in bringing this to fruiti...

Episode 13: Founders, Learning to Fail Fast and Pivot

We are all familiar with the phrase “Fail Fast”.  The “fail fast” philosophy values extensive testing and incremental development to determine whether the idea has val...

Episode 12: Every Startup - At Every Stage – Needs a Marketing Strategy

We see it time and again. One of the last things companies invest in when they’re starting their company is marketing. The developer is hired before the marketer. The ...

Episode 10: Generative AI: Is this Humanity’s Inevitability?

Have we finally arrived? Has technology finally given us the ease and convenience that we’ve been striving for?    From ChatGPT, Dall-E2, Lensa, Generative AI is all t...

Episode 9: Uncovering the Equity Crowdfunding Opportunities

In 2022, the state of global venture capital funding reached $74.5 B in Q3 of 2022, minus 34% quarter over quarter loss and the largest quarterly percentage drop in a ...

Episode 7: Silicon Valley Bank – The Fallout and the Silver Lining

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) flooded our attention this past week. The Twitter Run on the 18th largest bank in the US followed with a weekend frenzy for re...

Episode 6: Defying Investment Odds and VC Bias for Underestimated Female Founders

The problem: For women entrepreneurs, the #1 structural barrier is attracting investment. If you’ve been paying attention, the recent $350Million investment to Adam Ne...

Episode 3: The Fragile Community: How Do Businesses Rebuild?

Since the prosperity of Web 2 and social media platforms, Twitter has become a place for people to connect with others and to build communities together. However, Elon...

Episode 2: Current Economic Climate: Identify Opportunities & Emerge Stronger than Before

In this episode, we invited Paul Barter, Entrepreneur in Residence, Strategist and Professor; Pam Banks, Executive Director and Samie Husain, Venture Services Manager ...

Episode 1: Live from the Metaverse and 5G Conference with Metaverse Group, 3DVR, Ciena

We are live from the Metaverse and 5G Conference in Toronto. This is our premiere episode of Tech Uncensored. We speak with disruptors in the Metaverse space:Lorne Sug...

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