The first time I shared that our landlord had wrongfully locked us out of our Toronto showroom, I felt naked. I am used to being vulnerable but I had never opened up about business challenges before. I felt I had just done a photoshoot naked and invited everyone to see it! I wanted to keep it private, which comes naturally to me being an immensely private person, but I also wanted to share it because you deserved to know.

Raymond Luk is changing the face of entrepreneurial finance as founder and CEO of Hockeystick. He is a serial entrepreneur having founded Flow Ventures and Year One Labs. He recently published his first book, Pitching a Leap of Faith. Raymond is a passionate supporter of entrepreneurs and hosts a weekly live workshop called Pitch Lab to help entrepreneurs improve their pitch.

On the evening of Wednesday April 20th we hosted a very special Zvelle In Conversation with my dear friend, mentor and shoe legend Joe Foster, Founder of Reebok and author of 'Shoemaker'. I was so proud to have Joe in our Toronto showroom and share this memorable experience with our customers and friends. My deepest gratitude to Joe and his wife Julie for visiting Toronto exclusively for us.