Bold’s apps are now used by tens of
thousands of people
around the world and
clients include Rob
Gronkowski of the
New England Patri-
ots, Cirque du So-
leil, Microsoft, Time
Life and the LA Lak-
ers. With big-ticket
names on their roster,
it’s hard to imagine
Bold’s modest begin-
nings in a basement
office.
In January of 2013, Bold only had four em-
ployees— its founders: Jay Myers, Stefan
Maynard, and Eric and Yvan Boisjoli. My-
ers often tinkered with eCommerce plat-
forms, a habit that was useful for operat-
ing his sporting goods company and one
day, he came across Shopify. Though he
was satisfied with the level of aid Shopi-
fy provided its clientele, he believed that
a few additions would make the platform
an indispensable tool for retail owners. He
approached Maynard who was already es-
tablished as a web designer in the eCom-
merce space.
Next to join Team Bold were the Boisjoli
brothers, who were developers by trade.
Their first meeting took place at a Starbucks
location as Myers shared an entrepreneur-
ial proposition with his friends. Each had a
full-time job when Bold took root and so
the motivation behind the startup was to
earn a bit of extra money.
“We have a really awesome team here and
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