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Yvan Lacroix is from Granby Quebec, Canada. He’s a serial entrepreneur, having run a Volvo restoration shop and Répare-Brise, a franchised full service automotive reconditioning company his wife who manages that business. He has a lifelong passion for racing and he volunteers at his local dirt track and he spent years as a tech inspector for a variety of race tracks. Currently Yvan is the Regional Manager for Optimum Polymer Technologies. Their Opti-Coat Pro+ is a ceramic paint protection package that delivers maximum gloss plus increase anti water spotting and hydrophobic properties for long term protection. Opti-Coat’s President David Ghodoussi and Dann Williams, their Regional Manager in the Western United States have both been guests on Cars Yeah.
SHOW SPONSORS
Christopher Kimball Financial Services
SUCCESS QUOTE
“You don’t know you can’t screw anything up until you haven’t tried it.”
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
A severe back injury necessitated Yvan sell his two companies and start something new.
AH-HA MOMENTS
After using many car care products in his past, using Optimum Car Care was a huge ah ha.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
A 1984 Camaro
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
For every dollar you spend on gasoline, put that same amount aside for maintenance.
USEFUL RESOURCES
The Internet
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Purple Cow by Seth Godin
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
If you’re not having fun it’s not worth doing.
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Excellent Podcast, extremely interesting interview. I found a connection with Yvan because I too had a serious back injury. I took the time to follow his Facebook page and messaged him asking him how he is still such an active entrepreneur with a bad back. I too am a serial entrepreneur and I’m looking for insight on how he has fought through that, and kept going so strong.
I also have a fondness for Volvos, though I’ve had several of the other great Swedish cars Saabs including a 78 Turbo! and a 76 EMS. We had a 740 Wagon we loved it but it threw a timing belt and ate the valve train. Even though it had been replaced at 80K and the car only had about 130K miles.
Anyway, another excellent Cars Yeah Podcast.