QuickSnap

Halifax start-up company reaches new markets and is one to watch

When speaking with QuickSnap Inc., the company talked about wanting to explore sales prospects in new markets, particularly in the United States.

SmartBusiness referred the company to Action Team member Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) to discuss exporting and upcoming trade missions. As a result, QuickSnap participated in an NSBI trade mission to Florida and negotiated with Disney as well as with Champs Sports' 600 US retail outlets regarding the company's innovative product - a clip that eliminates the need to tie shoelaces.

A fairly new company with lots of ideas, QuickSnap now contacts the Greater Halifax Partnership every year for advice and assistance on making the connections needed to grow its business. In addition to working with NSBI, the Partnership has also linked QuickSnap to the Saint Mary's University Business Development Centre to help the company with business planning and related activities.

Always working on new ways to grow the company, product inventor Dave Reynolds and business partners Drew McKenna and Riad Byne appeared on CBC's Dragons' Den Season III on October 13, 2008. They successfully pitched the company's product to secure $125,000 in financing from the Dragons proving that QuickSnap is a company to keep an eye on.