Emotional · 1:02:39
// THE QUOTE
“because of that I'm gonna I'm gonna make them both a small uh owners of The Matrix”
— Shannon Warren · Matrix HR (formerly Matrix Labour Leasing Ltd.)
A founder announcing he's giving his VP and BD lead ownership stakes because they carried him through the downturn, tied to wanting an eventual exit. Generous, candid, self-contained.
Full episode at 1:02:39From Bankruptcy to $10M: How This NB-Born CEO Built Canada's Top Construction Staffing Firm ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Give long-tenure employees who carried the company through near-failure a small ownership stake — it aligns incentives for an eventual exit and honours the relationship.
“I'm going to make them both small owners of Matrix — without them I wouldn't have been able to get here.”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
20th anniversary reflections and M&A plans
53:20
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 1:02:39 of From Bankruptcy to $10M: How This NB-Born CEO Built Canada's Top Construction Staffing Firm