Groog IT (formally GROOGR)

At age 15, hungry for challenges, Eric Pichette starts his first business, “Collection Sport Plus”. Knowing nothing about sports, he wanted to better understand the sports card collecting phenomena. In a few months and after much research on the subject, he revolutionized the sports card and collection items market on Montreal’s South Shore. His little kiosk rapidly turned into a business offering a new way of exchanging items. One year later, having acquired new management, administrative and marketing information, the little business already looked like an empire with thousands of customers. His 4 point of sales quickly drew the attention of prestigious sportsmen such as Patrick Roy of the Montreal Canadians. Thanks to the business’ exceptional profitability, it was sold after just 18 mo