Samurai 50 - Jonathan Popowich
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents Jonathan Popowich. Founder of Popowich & Company (Re/Max iRealty Innovations)!
Jonathan shares with us the game-changing importance of elements such as:
- Getting Google Reviews
- Creating an Online Footprint
- Working on Marketing
- Giving Back to the Community
In this episode, Jonathan also highlights the importance of strong relationships and mentors along your entrepreneurial journey to achieving your goals.
Samurai 50 - Douglas Century
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents New York Times Bestselling Author, Douglas Century.
Douglas shares his experience becoming an accomplished working writer and what motivates him:
- Selling a Dream
- Find Passion In the Project
- Fall In Love With The Material
- Having Faith
In this episode, Douglas also shares one key piece of advice for every entrepreneur out there.
Samurai 50 - Philip Ndugga
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents Philip Ndugga, owner of Ndugga Martial Arts & Personal Training.
In this episode, Ndugga shares his entrepreneurial journey and when he finally knew he was in the right career when he saw:
- How it makes people feel.
- How he helps people gain confidence in themselves.
- How he helps people achieve their goals.
In this episode, Ndugga also shares his advice for business owners and startups on risk-taking, going all in, and accepting failure.
Samurai 50 - DJ Rocswell
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents the incredible and hard-working DJ Rocswell, professional Dj, music producer, event promotor/planner, and entrepreneur. Rocswell has been a professional DJ for well over two decades, with a pretty great list of gigs:
- Kokanee Snow Dream
- CFL Grey Cup Finals Parties
- NHL Heritage Classic
...just to name a few!
In this episode, DJ Rocswell shares how he had to completely restrategize his business because of COVID-19. He also gives two key points of advice for any young entrepreneur on how to be great and one tool that you can use for life.
Samurai 50 - Dennis Plintz
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Sales and Recruitment, Lisa Wolny, presents Dennis Plintz, Founder of Plintz Real Estate. A mentor, a friend, a fabulous person who understands the peaks and valleys of entrepreneurship first hand. Through real struggles, you can grow and foster success to galvanize progress and break the barriers of mediocrity. Have faith in yourself. Have confidence in your abilities and your craft, and share your greatness with the world!
Dennis shares his company's motto: BE and BECOME the Most:
- Reliable
- Responsible
- Resourceful
- Responsive
- Caring
In this episode, Dennis also challenges you to think about what parts of your business matter most to your customer, and how to create systems that will help you make your business scalable.
Samurai 50 - Denise Higginson
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin presents the determined Denise Higginson, Vice President of Business Development of Gallagher Benefit Services.
Denise talks about how she thinks the pandemic has created an opportunity for businesses to revisit:
- Time Management
- Production
- How The Workplace Will Function
- Company Culture
In this episode, Denise also shares her advice on how it is POSSIBLE to have it all and to love what you do.
Samurai 50 - StyleLabs Interns
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Sales and Recruitment, Lisa Wolny, presents StyleLabs Interns Morgan Semple, Sydney Wolny, and Haley Genovese.
It was our absolute privilege to spend some time with these 3 incredible young adults and show them the real-life ropes when it comes to marketing, Google Ads, social media, design, writing, and the importance of soft skills including how to present subject matter with confidence, how to lead without a title and work cohesively with your teammates.
The interns shared why they would recommend the InternNET experience to others:
- Fast-tracked Actionable Program Applicable to Any Career
- Plenty of Personal/Professional Development
- Leave With a Fully Stacked Toolkit of Digital Marketing and Life Skills
At StyleLabs, mentorship and education are very important to us, we want to be able to help EVERYONE from our InternNET interns to our clients achieve success! We are in this together!
Samurai 50 - Quan Ly
This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin, presents McRally LLP Chartered Accountants founding Partner Quan Ly who gives his advice on how businesses starting out should manage their money. He also chats about how business partnerships and foundation is key to success.
During our conversation, we talk about our exciting new partnership with McRally. We love that McRally has wrapped advisory around their core business similar to how we wrap strategy around web design and technology.
Also, we unpack the idea of looking inwards to grow your business outwards with these key points:
- Clarity: What's your vision/strategy?
- Alignment: What are your business resources?
- Performance: What were the results?
FUN FACT: Quan Ly also owns Evil Corporation Brewing
Samurai 50 - Ernie Tsu - Part 1
Part 1: This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin, presents Ernie Tsu, Owner of Trolley 5 Brewpub.
Ernie shares his decision to shut down during COVID-19, supporting local business and the formation of the Alberta Hospitality Association.
We loved having Ernie come and shed light on the difficult decisions he and his team made during the COVID-19 crisis, and how that has helped his business survive!
Samurai 50 - Ernie Tsu - Part 2
Part 2: This week on Samurai 5-0, StyleLabs Director of Marketing Leanne Kezin, presents Ernie Tsu, Owner of Trolley 5 Brewpub.
During this interview, Leanne Kezin will be unlocking all of Ernie's Business Secrets on:
- The importance of customer experience.
- How trolley 5 brewpub adapted during covid-19.
- Being part of the local community.
- Brewing kindness charity initiatives.
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