After a successful career in the corporate world Doug Burgoyne decided to give it all up to take a chance at building his own business with a mission of “minimizing the stress of moving on our customers and the Earth.”

Frogboxes are reusable moving boxes that can be used on average 400 times before being recycled compared to a cardboard box which can only be used twice. Frogbox delivers the boxes to the customers house and picks them up when you are done with them.

People thought Doug was crazy when he first set out with this idea but the business has been successful beyond what he could ever imagine. They have expanded across Canada and the US and earned two high-profile investors after being featured on Dragon’s Den. You can see the pitch here. 

Not only do they operate the business with the focus of having the least negative impact on the environment as possible, they also donate 1% of their revenues to frog habitat restoration. Their success is largely due to their heavy focus on making customer service a priority and attempting to make the moving process a more pleasant experience for their customers.