From Summer Sales to District Manager with Phenomenal Professional Growth and Wisdom

Liz Wayne (00:00) Hi, I'm Liz Wayne, Tyler Strauss' mother. We are from Omaha, Nebraska, and he is currently a district manager for Vector Marketing. I was very supportive when I first heard Tyler wanted to get into sales for Vector Marketing. I had sold for the summer after I graduated high school a couple of decades prior, and had some knowledge of the company. So I was actually rooting for him and trying to talk him into it, knowing his personality and knowing what the company would offer, I was confident he would do very well and encouraged him really out of the gate. from the time he got the first email. there were some surprises when he got started. Vector had evolved over the years from my experience with him. As well, it was during COVID. He started in 2020. And so the company was transitioning from in-person presentations to virtual presentations. And so it was fun watching the company and him kind of navigate through that time from the outside. For the most part, our friends and family had a lot of with their Cutco sales reps. We live in a small community just outside of Omaha. And so Tyler has not been the first to sell Cutco or the last. And I think for the most part, people really appreciate young people getting after it and trying something. whether they purchased knives or not, everybody was really just excited to see a young person going for it, so to speak. since Tyler started with Vector Marketing, I have seen him grow in really profound ways. And I don't want to talk too much about it, I might get emotional. I am his mother. But when I encouraged him to take the role, I knew he would be good at sales. And I knew that he would have fun and learn a lot that summer before school. But what I didn't expect was for him to learn a lot the next summer about recruiting and building teams and coaching young people. then the next summer getting into management and just furthering his skill set. and I have definitely seen that with some senior members at Vector really pour into Tyler. mean his growth is phenomenal. He's 23 years old and I think he's got the wisdom of a 45 year old so and I attribute a lot of that to the things he's learned at Vector. Tyler has had a lot of memorable achievements at Vector. But one thing that really stands out in that we got to participate in was their regional award banquet in Chicago last January. And that was special. for me just to see him get his flowers so to speak and win his awards and be recognized by his peers I am still very much on board with Tyler pursuing his Vector marketing career. You know, as a parent you want your kids to challenge themselves and grow, and Vector always brings the challenge for him, so... If your son or daughter is considering an opportunity selling Cutco with Vector Marketing, I would say go for it. There is literally nothing to lose and if nothing else, they will gain valuable insights and skills that will contribute to their success later.