Business Chief US+CAN Magazine December 2015 | Page 84

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Courtesy of Erik Chateau — in Bitburg , Germany

When a group of partners decided to create a Canadian paintball manufacturing company , they showed up at the Paintball Sports Promotions ( PSP ) World Cup in an attempt to introduce their brand .

Then they were laughed at , even by the people they knew in the industry .
Years later , they ’ ve bought out all the naysayers and created a paintball manufacturing conglomerate called G . I . Sportz , Among the world ’ s leading manufacturers of the paintball industry , the company brings in about $ 140 million of sales annually .
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