11.06.2006 - Holey Soles President and CEO Joyce Groote Named on the PROFIT W100 Ranking of Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs
Holey Soles President and CEO Joyce Groote Named on the PROFIT W100
Ranking of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs
Holey Soles is pleased to announce that its president and CEO Joyce Groote has
been named to the “8th annual PROFIT W100 ranking of Canada’s Top Women
Entrepreneurs” by PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success. Ranking
Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs by the annual revenue of their firms, the
PROFIT W100 profiles the country’s most successful female business owners.
Published in the November issue of PROFIT and online at PROFITguide.com,
the PROFIT W100 is Canada’s largest annual celebration of entrepreneurial
achievement by women.
Holey Soles started out of the garage in a Vancouver home just five years ago. It
is now one of Canada’s fastest growing emerging companies. This is due in
large part to the direction and guidance provided by Groote. “With her business
plan and vision Joyce brought an expertise to Holey Soles that has propelled this
company towards achieving its full potential as a lifestyles products company”,
says Marc Burchell, Marketing Director of Holey Soles.
“Being named as one of PROFIT Magazine’s Top Women Entrepreneurs is a
great honor,” says Groote. “It’s wonderful to know that I’m being included among
a highly esteemed group of women who are really putting Canadian businesses
on the map.”
“The PROFIT W100 recipients are role models for entrepreneurs who lead
companies of any size in any sector” says Ian Portsmouth, editor of PROFIT.
“Through effective management they've built profitable, sustainable businesses.”
Holey Soles sales have skyrocketed by over 6000% in the last year resulting in
Holey Soles being named Number One on the PROFIT Magazine PROFIT HOT
50 list of emerging Canadian businesses.
Groote attributes the speedy growth to ‘being in the right place at the right time’
but those who work with her know that Holey Sole’s success is largely a result of
Groote’s vision, wisdom, energy and determination.
Joyce Groote is a recognized trailblazer in the fields of business, philanthropy
and science. She seeks to improve the lives of Canadians through both her
charity work and encouraging a healthy, active lifestyle.