Story · 2:23
// THE QUOTE
“so dad was looking at and thinking oh man you know I'm thinking five dollars a week”
— Andrew Payzant · Payzant Building Products Ltd.
Self-contained founding origin: a furniture-store worker hears of a building-supply opening from a traveling salesman in 1952 — a complete arc that opens and lands.
Full episode at 2:23How Payzant Home Hardware Built Atlantic Canada's Largest Independent Building Supply Fleet — and Why They Cap Commercial at 15% ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Put your family name on the business — the personal stake forces accountability and provides extra incentive to make it work.
“call it what it is Building Products you know we put your name on it you'll be proud of it”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Founding story: John Payzant, 1964
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