Frogbox Inc. founder and president Doug Burgoyne struck gold when Dragons Den, the reality TV show for entrepreneurs, featured his eco-friendly moving box company in a January episode.
Investors Jim Treliving, chairman and owner of Boston Pizza International Inc., and Brett Wilson, chairman of Canoe Financial LP, awarded him $200,000 for a 25-per-cent stake in Frogbox, which rents out and delivers plastic moving boxes.
That allowed Mr. Burgoyne to jump to 16 stores from three in just two months. His Vancouver-based firm, which employs 35 people, has stores in every major Canadian city except Calgary – and enough resources to pursue its goal of expanding into the U.S.
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