Samurai 5.0. Episodes

This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Sales Vanessa Asmus presents our long-time friend and client Mike Legault, Vice President of Operations at Matrix Labour Leasing.

In this episode, Mike shares exciting news about their new partnership with the GITGA'AT First Nation! Mike also talks about how Matrix is still helping people advance their careers every day by creating opportunities and long-term employments throughout the pandemic.

This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents Calgary business owner Charly Kelly, owner of Lunch Love! Charly's mission is to empower children through food education and experience to become advocates for their own nourishment.  

As a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant and Certified Personal Trainer, Charly has been studying nutrition for over 20 years. Charly describes her own journey to gut health that led her to create Lunch Love, which helps kids find nutrition at a young age. Lunch Love delivers Super nutritious and fun lunches directly to schools and homes for school-age children.

In this episode, Charly shares her insight for other entrepreneurs on how to:

• Be brave and follow your passion.
• Persevere – if something gets in your way find a way around it.
• Understand the reality of the situation.
• Trust that it will be worth it.

This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents Jonathan Siadat, Retail Ambassador at Shopify. Jonathan shares how 2020 has accelerated the e-commerce business and landscape. He shares the following advice to help business owners have a successful 2021: 

• If you're not online GET online.
• Understand that the processes and tools for e-commerce are easier than you think.
• Sell on multiple channels – in-store, online, and on social media.
• Cater to what your customers want.
• Ensure you provide the SAME brand and customer experience on all platforms online and in-person in your business.

Jonathan also shares that having a digital footprint on multiple platforms gives you the opportunity to interact with your customers outside of your brick and mortar limitation, and how most people today start their purchasing journey online.

This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents Glenn Street, owner of Street Characters Inc.! Glenn shares how he has built a multi-million dollar mascot business by: 

• Having Fun
• Showcasing the Passion in Your Craft
• Keeping Your Temporary Inspirations in Check
• Focusing On an Idea and Staying the Course
• Trusting the People Who Work For You

In this episode, Glenn also shares that having mentors early on in his career and joining an entrepreneur association has helped him grow his business and test out new ideas!!

This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents Shane Wenzel, President of Shane Homes. Shane shares how he continues to craft his family's legacy of generational entrepreneurship and keep his family's business thriving with zero layoffs during the shutdown.

Having worked from the ground up since the age of 14, Shane shares his one-two punch on how to succeed in business and how to:

• Have a sound ear and dive deep into market research to truly understand the needs and wants of your customers.
• Incorporate these findings into your offerings.
• Know your customers then, give them what they want.

In this episode, Shane adds how taking your business to the digital world is a necessity, and having the foresight to map out and execute a consumer journey end to end online for your customers will help pandemic-proof your business.