François Painchaud

Born and raised in beautiful Montreal, Canada, the journey of someone who has things to say and dreams to accomplish has started. As far as i remember, i wanted to be a businessman, my earliest memories are of me emptying the backgammon case that my parents used to play with their friends and placing a couple of sheets of paper, a folder or two, pencils and a calculator. I'm in business!

While every kid on the block with a business sense was building a lemonade stand, i used to go to the bank where my best friend's mom worked, take some of their free brochures and magazines about financial investments, and i went door to door on my street selling them for 1$. I probably sold all of them because I was a neighbor or I was cute, who cares! Couple of hours later, 20$... hummm new hockey stick? (remember, i'm from Montreal) candy? Talk about a dilemma!

Fast forward to 1999, after a couple of small businesses, i met a guy who has a similar business sense than me, we decided to create our own web design & marketing firm. Seven years go by like in a flash! 500 clients later, sales department, project managers, assistants, freelancers, you name it. The business was great, low costs, high profit margins, booming industry, a business owner's dream.

It's true everything has it's price, 3 investors from the States traveled a few times to Montreal, my partner and i decided to sell them the company and pursue other dreams. Long overdue vacations!

Twelve month vacation, traveling, relaxing and precising the next goals. Opportunities like never!


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