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Success tips for health and wellness professionals from Michael Desrochers of PainPRO Therapeutics

Friday, May 4th, 2012

by Sandy Huang, originally published in the Vancouver Observer on May 2, 2012.

Michael Desrochers has experienced unconventional success. While battling a serious addiction, he enrolled in a treatment program and was inspired by the role massage therapy played in the process. Deciding to take control of his life, he registered at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy and began on his path of helping people through healthy living… Now [his clinic] known as PainPRO Therapeutics Inc. Desrochers employs a team of 17 registered massage therapists and their annual revenue has reached approximately $1M. Read more…

Michael Desrochers of PainPRO Therapeutics Inc.

 

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Frogbox entrepreneur Doug Burgoyne leaps from one business success to another

Monday, September 12th, 2011

In 2008, Doug Burgoyne quit his high-paying corporate job and co-founded Frogbox, a Vancouver-based eco-conscious company which supplies reusable boxes for the residential moving market. With no experience in the industry, Doug, along with his partner, launched Frogbox, expanded into the U.S. in their first year, established three corporate locations within two years, and earned two high-profile investors via a successful pitch on the popular CBC show Dragons’ Den.

Read our latest article on the Vancouver Observer – Success: Why and How.

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Look for us in The Vancouver Observer – “Success: Why and How”

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

We’re thrilled to announce that we will be the columnist for the Vancouver Observer‘s Success: Why and How! Our principal consultant, Sandy Huang, will be tracking down extraordinary Vancouver business people with extraordinary success and interview them for our readers. She will uncover their secrets of success and hopefully inspire all business owners. Our first interviewee was Arnold Leung of Appnovation Technologies. It only took Arnold two years to lead Appnovation to generating $2.2 million in revenue, and three years to expand to 30 employees. See how he defies the startup norm.

 

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