#92: Jay Clue - How Escaping Jail Time and Dropping a Ph.D. Led to Baja Conservation | The Cabo Series

CultureEntrepreneurshipEnvironment

Oct 29

Written By Samuel Donner

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Episode Description

How many chances do we have in life, and what do we do with them? In this episode of Finding Founders, we answer this question with Jay Clue, an accomplished conservationist, explorer, and photographer. Jay began his life as a troublemaker and a bit of an outcast, narrowly escaping jail time on a couple of occasions. He turned things around, studying graphic design in college, working as an art director on ad campaigns, and going to London to get a master’s and Ph.D. Jay eventually fell in love with scuba diving and found his way to Baja. He then started Dive Ninja Expeditions in 2017 to use an ecotourism platform to combine diving, research, and tourism to promote conservation.

Show Notes

Childhood: He grew up in New Jersey, but the course of his life changed forever when he reached the age of 12.
Teenage Years and Spiraling: In a new place, Jay was an outsider but rather than trying to fit in, he embraced it.
Facing Consequences: He wound up in the back of a cop car, but what was next?
Second Chances and Breaking Promises: What do you do when you are given a second chance, don’t follow Jay’s example.
College: Jay turned things around, and wound up in college pursuing his design dreams.
Back to New York: Returning to New York, Jay used his design skills to work on ad campaigns.
Masters: Who would have thought graffiti could turn into a master’s thesis?
Revisiting Ph.D.: Jay finally had the perfect research topic and a path forward, or so he thought.
Diving: Somehow a lifelong fear became his dream job.
New Lifestyle: Adjusting to his new job and the accompanying lifestyle brought new challenges.
Starting His Company: Sometimes starting a company can happen almost by accident.
Current Projects: Jay has taken his love for diving and taken on projects with a focus on conservation.
Lessons: The key to conservation is empathy.