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‘I always had an

entrepreneurial spirit’

- WOW 1 Day Painting
PHOTOS BY BRIAN RODNICK

‘Choose a job you love, and you’ll Located on the ground floor of a large A knack for planning and an eye for
industrial building, WOW 1 Day Painting detail comes naturally to him after
never have to work a day in your
offers a variety of services - interior and spending 14 years working for Toyota
life’. exterior – to provide a refresh or a major Motor Manufacturing Canada both in
It was this valuable piece of advice makeover using a very detailed planning Cambridge and later in Woodstock in
from his father that Tyrone DeBrouwer process designed to ensure customers various capacities before finally moving
credits with inspiring him to enhance his face the least amount of disruption. into a project management role where
entrepreneurial skills by becoming a WOW “Whether it’s a one-day job, or a bigger he worked with design engineers in the
1 Day Painting franchise owner. project, we plan things properly and creation of new vehicles.
“I followed that philosophy for sure,” he ensure we have the proper resources to “I was working on plans for vehicles
says, taking a moment to chat in the work get the job done,” says Tyrone. “If we say that were still three or four years down
area of the company’s Heroux Devtek we’re going to start next Monday, then the line, so it was kind of neat to see
Drive home base in Cambridge’s north we’re going to start next Monday.” them come together,” says Tyrone, who
end. graduated from the University of Toronto

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