{"id":5525,"date":"2016-09-10T20:11:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T20:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.360.agency\/fr\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2017-09-26T16:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:13:01","slug":"daniel-martin-and-louis-yves-cloutier-rising-stars-of-the-digital-automotive-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/360.agency\/en\/blog\/daniel-martin-and-louis-yves-cloutier-rising-stars-of-the-digital-automotive-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Martin and Louis-Yves Cloutier: Rising Stars of the Digital Automotive Market."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">An unplanned meeting after a hockey game sealed the fate of 2 friends: a man of ideation and an action man, each with his own personality and style, yet with absolute confidence in one another\u2019s abilities. Their success story is also the story of 360.Agency\u2019s meteoric rise in the automotive world. Two different backgrounds with one shared objective:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #a10000;\">to conquer the digital automotive market!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">Your backgrounds?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> My background is a relatively unusual one. My studies in both finance and technology allowed me to hold many key positions in business from a young age. The dot-Com crash of 2000 really propelled the number of opportunities available on the job market. Thanks to my ability to bridge the gap between business and technology, I often found myself in key managerial roles, developing innovative solutions in \u2018start-up\u2019 environments. My talkative style and hustling personality served me well in companies with flexible structures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3979\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/napkin-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3979\" title=\"The Famous Napkin!\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/napkin-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Famous Napkin!\" width=\"359\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\">The Famous Napkin!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto;\">Starting my own company didn\u2019t really scare me. After all, I had just spent 7 years building companies for others. It was even a dream I\u2019d long wished to accomplish. It was fate that allowed me to meet Louis at the exact moment that I was ready to take on a new journey in my professional life \u2013 the timing was perfect! I was looking for a profitable, long-term business plan for the emerging digital market. He sold me on his industry idea by drawing up a business plan on a paper towel \u2013 the famous napkin where everything began! I brought my start-up experience, my technical knowledge of the mobile world and a mind free of any auto industry preconceptions. Louis brought his vision, his deep knowledge of the auto industry ecosystem, and his experience. In short, it was the perfect match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #a10000;\">We\u2019re very proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished so far.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span>\u00a0:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been a sales, marketing and big-picture guy for almost all of my life. My studies in administration and marketing allowed me to work for large companies very early on. At 22 years old, I was already a representative for national accounts at Purolator. I\u2019m an hyperactive, though, and I constantly crave change and growth in my professional life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto;\">At the turn of the millennium, I found myself deeply interested in data-driven technology \u2013 not so much in the technology itself, but in its potential for innovation and change in the marketplace. In working for ADP, the world\u2019s largest provider of technological solutions to the automotive industry, I had the chance to mix business with pleasure by combining my drive for innovation with my love of cars. As the company\u2019s representative for Eastern Canada, my 10 years at ADP also allowed me to sharpen my instincts for consumer behaviour and e-commerce. It was there that I first developed my vision of what the future of automotive retail should look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto;\">So I had a vision, and I was ready to take a leap in my professional life, but at this point I didn\u2019t know how to translate my dream into reality. Daniel had the business and entrepreneurship experience that I needed to get started. It was reassuring to know that he was willing to go all-in on my idea, and throw himself fully into this adventure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto;\">We\u2019ve made many sacrifices along the way, but we\u2019ve always done it with a smile. You have to be a bit na\u00efve to launch yourself into this kind of challenge. Should I had known about all the pitfalls and challenges we\u2019d experience down the road to success, I might never have made the jump in the first place\u2026 And that would have been a huge mistake! Looking back, we\u2019re very proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> <em>\u201cWhen you think it\u2019s going to be hard going, prepare yourself for even worse \u2013 you haven\u2019t even started yet!\u201d<\/em> (laughs). It\u2019s funny, because now that we can step back a bit, we see the same fear and trepidation in the eyes of 360.Agency\u2019s general managers that we once had when we were first starting out. Because we\u2019ve been through the same emotions ourselves, we try to prepare them as best we can, and let them know that everything will be okay in the end. They have to go through a period of discomfort and worry \u2013 it builds character, and prepares you for challenges in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">Your mission in 3 words?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Convergence, collaboration and performance.<\/span> I see myself as the conductor of an orchestra made up of talented individuals who have to learn to collaborate, to perform together and translate Louis-Yves\u2019 ideas into reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"> : <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Vision, audacity and results.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I\u2019ve known my own objectives since the beginning. It\u2019s all very clear to me. I often make the comparison between my role and that of an artist. A musician sits at a piano, or an artist stares down a blank canvas, and they simply know what to do. It\u2019s natural for them \u2013 innate, almost. They see the sheet music or the finished painting in their mind, and they know what the end result will look like before they even begin the process. No matter how they go about creating their art, the end result is fully formed in their mind\u2019s eye. It\u2019s the same for me. I know exactly where we\u2019re going, and Daniel is the one who allows me to arrive at this result.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">A memorable anecdote?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"> : <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Our first hires!<\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> When we first started the company, our workspace was in the basement of Louis-Yves\u2019 house in St. Lambert. Because we didn\u2019t have a conference room to conduct interviews in, we would meet with our prospective hires at a restaurant nearby. By the way, I hired our first employees for positions that they didn\u2019t even interview for! I just saw something in certain people \u2013 I can\u2019t really explain it. It was a feeling, an intuition that\u2019s almost never failed me. I sensed an innate potential in certain applicants, and I was sure that they could go far if given the opportunity. In 2013, I declared a hiring freeze for a brief period before my summer vacation. And then I received a strange call from Louis: it was bland and flattering, full of empty praise \u2013 I understood right away that I had to stop by the office. When I got there, it turned out that he had hired 5 new employees! During our brief 2-week hiring freeze, he\u2019d hired more people than we had for the rest of the year combined.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sousol.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3989\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sousol.jpg\" alt=\"sousol\" width=\"730\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"> : <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #a10000;\">It was the first Auto Show we attended as VIPs<\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"><span style=\"color: #a10000;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Daniel, Marc-Andr\u00e9, Pal and myself had all found ourselves, \u201cby accident,\u201d in the foreign vehicles section. It was late, the hall was practically empty and about to close. Even the security guards had left for the night. We decided to slip past the barriers and into the vehicles themselves, since the doors were unlocked. We even slipped through the window of a million-dollar McLaren! We took full advantage of those last 30 minutes, until the alarms went off in the building! We were just like a bunch of big kids. Those are still great memories.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/salonauto2013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3990\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/salonauto2013.jpg\" alt=\"salon Auto 2013\" width=\"785\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">Your dream vehicle?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/audi-r8-blue-image-35.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3992\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/audi-r8-blue-image-35.jpg\" alt=\"Audi Spider R8\" width=\"344\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Daniel<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"><strong> :<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">My dream ride is an <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Audi R8 Spider<\/span> in charcoal grey with titanium mags! It\u2019s a high-performance vehicle, ultra-reliable as a daily driver and it can easily handle the winter roads. My emotional, passionate side comes out on the road.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"> (Find out more about the Audi R8 on the <span style=\"color: #a10000;\"><a style=\"color: #a10000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.glenmoreaudi.com\/en\/new\/details\/audi\/r8-coupe\/2017\/v10\/1883\/5808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glenmore Audi<\/a> <\/span>website!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"> :<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hmmm\u2026 That\u2019s a tricky question. I don\u2019t have a dream car \u2013 I have dream cars! My top 3 would be: the <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Porsche 911 turbo convertible<\/span>, the latest model, in black or charcoal grey with a red interior to drive to work; a white 1970s <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Corvette Stingray convertible<\/span> (they\u2019re impossible to find!) to satisfy my muscle-car side; and a<span style=\"color: #a10000;\"> Jeep Wrangler<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> with no doors or roof for my walks in the woods\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cars-Louis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3994\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/cars-Louis.jpg\" alt=\"cars-Louis\" width=\"1108\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\"><br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">The last application you used, or the one you use the most?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Daniel<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #737373;\"><strong> :<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The last application that I downloaded was <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Last Pass<\/span>. It allows me to securely save all my passwords: a great discovery, and I\u2019ve been using it a lot lately. However, <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Songza<\/span> remains the app that I use the most. I listen to a lot of music, and I love their playlist suggestions that are tailored to specific activities or moods. It helps me discover a lot of music and artists that I otherwise would never have listened to.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span> :<\/strong> I\u2019m not really up to date on \u201cnew downloads,\u201d but an application that I use almost every day is\u00a0<span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Strava<\/span>, an app for the cycling community that lets me track the history of my races, my results, and those of my friends. That, and <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">RDS Go<\/span>. I\u2019m not really self-promoting here, even though we developed this app, but I sincerely believe that it\u2019s the best sports news app on the North American market. Its design is intuitive, and I can personalize the newsfeed based on my favourite. <em>(Download the <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">RDS Go!<\/span> mobile application on the <span style=\"color: #a10000;\"><a style=\"color: #a10000;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/rds-go\/id715135996?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">App Store<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #a10000;\"><a style=\"color: #a10000;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.rds.multisports&amp;hl=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play<\/a><\/span>. )<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4006\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RDS-GO-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4006 size-full\" title=\"(Download the RDS Go! mobile application on the App Store and Google Play. )\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RDS-GO-1.jpg\" alt=\"RDS-GO\" width=\"600\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\">(Download the RDS Go! mobile application on the App Store and Google Play.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">Another calling?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">A chef.<\/span> Cooking is a medium in which I can express my creativity and craziness. I\u2019m even capable of improvising recipes without too much trouble. It goes against my meticulous nature, but it also serves to satisfy my impulses as a foodie !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span> :<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Professional hockey player!<\/span> I couldn\u2019t live without sports, and hockey in particular is in my blood. But I also have to confess my teenage dream: I would have loved to play lead guitar for Metallica!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">Your trick for pressure relief?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong>Together :<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">Sports or partying!<\/span> But always in the most intense manner possible. No half-ass measures! We\u2019ll give our all in a bike race or hockey game, and afterwards, we\u2019ll celebrate with some Tanqueray martinis, straight-up, extra olive, extra dry, stirred not shaken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">What\u2019s a mistake that you forgive easily, and one that\u2019s not so easy to overlook?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span> :<\/strong> I\u2019ve always loved this quote from the founder of Sony, Akiro Morita: <em>\u201cNever be afraid of making mistakes. Just make sure you don\u2019t make the same mistake twice.\u201d<\/em> A mistake I\u2019ll accept is one that you make the first time, but I won\u2019t accept the same mistake twice. People who keep making the same mistakes revel in their non-performance. This goes against our professional values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Roboto;\">\u00abNever be afraid of making mistakes. Just make sure you don\u2019t make the same mistake twice.\u00bb<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> I\u2019m of the same mind as Louis on this subject. Human error based in ignorance saddens me. When we put you in a new position, you might make some errors in judgement because you\u2019re still learning the ropes. If you make the same error multiple times, though, that\u2019s a sign that you\u2019re fine with incompetence and negligence, and that kind of attitude annoys me deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">Your recipe for happiness?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span> :<\/strong> I\u2019m smiling right now, because your question reminded me of a story from my own life. I\u2019ve been with my wife for 21 years now. When we first met, she made me fill out a questionnaire in a women\u2019s magazine titled \u201cWhat Makes You Happy?\u201d At 19 years old, the results of my happiness test were beer, beach, and babes. (laughs). Today, I can say without hesitation that what drives me and keeps me happy is <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">a balance between family, pushing myself constantly through sport, and personal accomplishment in my work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> For me, it\u2019s those <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">small perfect moments you find scattered throughout your day.<\/span> If you\u2019re always looking for something bigger, something more, it\u2019s easy to miss out on those moments in life. Each day, I try to take advantage of those small moments of happiness. Dining with a friend, sharing a coffee with colleagues each morning, discovering new things\u2026the list goes on. <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">For me, happiness can always be found in the present.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\"><br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">You find yourself in the year 3025 \u2013 what\u2019s it like?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> I\u2019m a pretty tech-minded guy, so I imagine a future dominated by on-board technology. Flying cars whose every feature is controlled by thought. Human beings can\u2019t exist without technology, but perhaps humans might not exist at all in future! I\u2019m usually a very positive person in life, but with everything we\u2019ve done and are doing to our world, the future might not be a very welcoming place\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span> :<\/strong> The future has me very worried. I\u2019m not proud of where humanity is heading, and I\u2019m afraid of what lies ahead. I\u2019m not sure if this is because I\u2019m very happy now and I\u2019m afraid of losing it all, or if I\u2019m scared for my children\u2019s future. Humanity thinks in the short term. Everything is designed as a disposable: we buy it, use it once, and then throw it out. I think of this often. Too often, people lack humility when faced with the whole of the universe they inhabit. I fully expect that the earth will reclaim its rights once humans are no more. It\u2019s a pretty pessimistic vision of the future, but I hope that someday I\u2019ll have the time and the means to make a change in the world for the better before it\u2019s too late.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #999999;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #9c0909; font-family: Roboto;\">What\u2019s the best advice you could give somebody who wants to get started in the industry?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Daniel<\/span> :<\/strong> The best advice I can give, no matter what the business may be, is &#8220;<em>to follow your dreams and never stop dreaming<\/em>&#8220;. It\u2019s your dreams and desires that allow you to move mountains and succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Louis-Yves<\/span> :<\/strong> I would add: &#8220;<em>Get up in the morning before everybody else and work hard to get a head start.<\/em>&#8221; If you do this every day starting at 15 years old, you\u2019ll have given yourself a huge advantage when it comes to your chances at success. I\u2019ve known many people who have dreamed of being rich and successful, but didn\u2019t truly work at it. <span style=\"color: #a10000;\">In life, nothing comes free. You have to earn it through hard work. Work hard at turning your dreams into reality. 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