David Grégoire 😎 💬

@nectarios @North_Star_MTL @fredlalonde @hopper @DeepSkyCorp please ! i'd take a ticket

After an overwhelmingly positive response to our first edition, I’m thrilled to announce the second edition of @North_Star_MTL on January 29, 2026. We have an incredible lineup of founders with a special one-on-one fireside with @fredlalonde from @hopper / @DeepSkyCorp and @daxdasilva from @LightspeedHQ / @ageofunion. More founders to be announced soon. I poured my soul into this. If you are a founder and want a ticket, hit me up!

@philkyprianou @nectarios @FrankandOak custom suits... je ne me rappelle plus du nom de la cie

@nectarios @FrankandOak I remember, even on their first venture before that

I don't think people remember. There was a time where @FrankandOak was the coolest fucking company around.

@MatznerJon Oof I’m surprised to read this. It changes completely my thoughts on the founder of the fund, that I was kind-of admiring

@nectarios J’ajoute à ma liste !

One of the best restaurants in Montreal

9 embauches cette semaine. Malade !

3M$ sales atteint Prochain objectif: 100k$ profit net mensuel!

La marque anglaise de FrancoStaffing (Externalize) est prête à fournir des employés en anglais L’équipe au Kenya est montée et prête à recruter. Si vous avez besoin de cold callers, programmeurs, designers, marketers, assistants en anglais, contactez moi :-)

Je cherche un anglophone d’environ 35 ans à Montréal pour jouer mon rôle dans des publicités anglaises pour les États Unis.

3 millions $$$$ Je viens d’atteindre ce chiffre d’affaires avec FrancoStaffing en 16 mois. Incroyable.

104 employés placés dans des entreprises québécoises On vient de franchir le cap des 100!!!!! Incroyable. En 15 mois C’est 104 familles malgaches qui mangent grace à nous. Et c’est 104 entreprises québécoises qui sont plus performantes Let’s drink to that !

@Austen I have 4 kids (teenagers And the model X Drove it for 7 years Ask me anything.

Tesla people: We have a 7-seater Model Y and love it. Considering swapping our other car for a Model X. We have 4 kids. Is the 7 seater worth it to have an extra spot in case we have someone else to take with us (play date etc.) or is 6 seater the play?

@MindEnterprises Booked for Montréal! Can’t wait!

Grab your ticket here👉shorturl.at/NLups

@sweatystartup Come to Canada and you’ll see ahah

Reminder: America is an exceptional place and life is better than it has ever been.

@seempaq Are you getting good results ?

running linkedin ads is fun

@harleyf going back living in montreal tomorrow. Would you meet me to « kick my ass »? I’m an entrepreneur but I need to find motivation to go forward.

@sweatystartup What is the « talent on demand »?

A business update: I have shut down 4 of the companies I started between 2021 and 2023. RecruitJet, WebRun, AdRhino, and Huber Method. Too much headache, not enough profit. Business is hard. What I have left (headcount): Bolt Storage (55) Somewhere (166) R.E. Cost Seg (70) Bolt Builders (13) Titan Risk (3) Bold SEO (5) Business Brokerage (3) Bolt Storage, Somewhere and R.E. Cost Seg all had record months of revenue in August. Bolt Storage is fighting through a tough market. REITs are posting year over year revenue declines for the first time in 20 years. Move ins are down 40% since 2022 peak and rates are down 50%+ in most markets in the USA. We've improve digital marketing, sales (conversion rates up to 42% from 30% last year), revenue management, general operations. We refinanced all of our 2021-2023 debt with no cash-in and all but 1 of our deals is distributing capital. Many of our properties are missing projections, however, and it is generally a very difficult time in the real estate business. Despite the headwinds we are increasing revenue and occupancy, with August revenue up 9.39% over August 2024. Our portfolio-wide debt yield is north of 13%, so we are in a healthy position. We are seeing a lot of deals right now and general buying appetite is way down across the industry. Seeing a lot of properties with massive revenue drops still for sale. It is a good time to buy and we will pick up some great properties in the coming years. But it is scary to buy a deal with 40% less revenue than 2023. Somewhere is growing and is in a great position. Revenue is up ~70% since I negotiated the deal to acquire the company and August was a record month of revenue. Our Talent on Demand offering is growing and we have a solid book of recurring revenue now. Repeat business is accelerating and we are now up to over 6,000 candidates applying to work with our clients DAILY. We went from doing 97% of our placements in the Philippines in 2023 to now 40% in South Africa, 40% Latin America, 10% Philippines and the rest a mix of Sri Lanka, Eastern Europe, Egypt and more. When I acquired the business 97% of the team was in the Philippines. Now have 73 employees of our 166 located in South Africa. 51 folks in the Philippines, 25 in Latam, 6 in the USA, and 11 in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and the rest of the world. Overall this is a massive shift into the South African market, where we are finding spectacular talent for our own team and our clients. R.E. Cost Seg is the fastest growing company in the portfolio and surpassed $800,000 of revenue last month. Up 100%+ YoY. We are also building our sales an executive teams in South Africa - recently hiring a Head of Sales and COO there along with 4 other members of our management team. We recently put a cost seg on a commercial property I acquired out to bid and found out we were, on-average, 40% cheaper than the big name competitors. We plan to keep it this way and keep growing. Every branch of the company is hiring full speed. The Big Beautiful Bill has been kind to us and Bonus Depreciation is here to stay. Bolt Builders is growing fast as well. It is a construction design / planning firm doing renderings, site plans and stamped plans for developers. We have 2 Americans (including an architect) and 11 folks in Colombia - engineers, architects, draftsman and management. Business is booming because we save developers a ton of money and turn stuff around fast - which is rare in the business. The company isn't cash-flow positive yet but we are close. Titan Risk has been a slog because the insurance market has been a disaster over the last 3 years. It is finally stabilizing and we are saving our clients a ton of money for better coverage in property and casualty, business risk, cyber and more. The company is still losing about $10k per month and I've invested north of $400k into this one. Which is tough! But the head guy is really really good and the company is still growing. I'm excited about it long term. Bold SEO has stabilized around the $50,000 of monthly revenue mark and is healthy. Doing great work for clients. Home service businesses is our wheelhouse. NickHuber dot com (brokerage) sold its first company two months ago. A 7 figure plumbing company in the southeast. Its now profitable and we have a lot of listings in our pipeline. I'm also excited about this one long term. The pest control company I'm a minority partner in (BugShark) is growing really fast. We are pouring money into it to grow by hiring sales teams. It is profitable and getting to the point where there is some real value there. Thats it! Any questions?

En 11 mois, j’ai placé 51 malgaches Ensuite, en 4 mois, j’en ai placé 41. Tous ces gens sont restés en poste Je pense que ça s’accélère pas mal! Godspeed!

@boiss @Jimlegare Ça vaut combien?

@daige @Jimlegare Au lieu d’une anode standard qui oxyde au fil du temps, c’est une anode connectée DC 5v, qui capte l’oxydation et ne se détériore pas au fil du temps, donc les réservoirs dure 20+ années.

J’ai changé mon premier chauffe-eau aujourd’hui. Un propriétaire bien heureux de son ouvrage! 💪🏻

@boiss @Jimlegare Par curiosité ça sert à quoi? J’avoue n’avoir jamais entendu parler de ça J’ai 2 x 60gal chez moi que je viens de changer la sem dernière.

@Jimlegare Protège ta tink avec une anode de qualité fait au Québec : corroprotec.com

@pieropan So you wrote this using…. A computer, like in the 90s? Lol

Wow my phone is useless now that I have no social apps