Being a Canadian business owner is a great idea at the moment. Products made in Canada have better quality now, there are increased international opportunities, and the Canadian dollar is also gaining strength. This is making businesses have a brighter future, especially those that wish to join the international industry.
One of the fascinating things about Canadian business people is that most do not wish to try the global market. About 80% of these business owners have reported they are not yet ready to operate their businesses to international levels. The best thing is that 90% of the companies that have gone international have experienced excellent success deals. Here are several Canadian businesses that have succeeded greatly globally.
Imprint Plus
Imprint Plus is a Canadian based firm that was founded in 1982. Its headquarters are in Richmond, BC. The company can give its services to all company sizes.
Apart from going global, this company has been in the industry for more than thirty years now. Imprint Plus deals in selling products like name tags and systems for trade shows, conferences among others. Their name badges can be customized into different sizes and colors.
They have served up to 37,000 clients from 102 countries. Imprint Plus expanded its markets in the ’90s and started offering their products and services in the United States. Since that step, Imprint Plus has grown globally.
DocuSign
DocuSign is a company located in Canada that develops software to help its clients to sign official documents instead of printing, scanning, or having to fax them. DocuSign has business connections with numerous countries.
Recently, DocuSign announced that it would expand its business in the Japanese market. They will spend $30 million in setting up an office that will be located in Tokyo.
DocuSign was started in 2003 with a mission to boost businesses all over the world. DocuSign came up with e-signature technology to assist business owners in automating how they sign and make agreements. Clients can use their sign using DocuSign’s services on any device at any time.
However, DocuSign has worked with more than 350 well-known business applications. Up to date, DocuSign has more than 500,000 clients and numerous users in more than 180 countries.
DocuSign has been rated as the 7th out of 10 among other technology companies globally. It is also in the 18th position out of 20 pharmaceutical firms across the globe.
Foxy Originals
Foxy Originals is involved in making women’s jewelry. The jewelry products are then marketed to people in Toronto. In 1998, the firm had five workers who worked full-time and 15 salespeople who worked under contract.
The Foxy Originals was ready to try out the global market; it began marketing jewelry products at trade shows in several United States cities such as New York. It did not take long before they became global fans in different countries.
Today, Foxy Originals continues to use trade shows for marketing its products to new clients. They also sell their products in Australian, European, Asian, and U.S boutiques.
