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<\/p>\nThere are plenty of factors that lead someone to become an entrepreneur. Some people dream of owning a business from a young age, some take over a family business, some don\u2019t feel at home as an employee and some decide to take the plunge after a job loss. Some just suddenly have a great idea! For F\u00e9lix Marzell and David Barab\u00e9, the defining moment that led to the creation of their business, Dix au carr\u00e9, was a meeting.<\/p>\n
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Back in 2012, F\u00e9lix was working on a freelance project to create giant marionettes for the Just for Laughs Festival in Montr\u00e9al. He was specializing in technical design for entertainment performances at the time, and a former professor introduced him to David, an engineer, to help him bring the project to life. In just a few hours, the magic happened: \u201cI believed that it would take four days to do and it took four hours! It was just amazing! After that first meeting, I said to David, \u2018We should always work together, it\u2019s magical what just happened!\u2019\u201d The next day, David suggested that we start a proper business and one week later, the two signed a five-year lease on a studio.<\/p>\n
It was there that they created Dix au carr\u00e9, a research and development laboratory specializing in creative design projects. In their 4,500 square foot Montreal studio, F\u00e9lix, David and their three-person team work to develop unique projects that mix creative artistry and technical performance. Felix can\u2019t hide his passion for the projects they create: \u201cWe created a guillotine for Ubisoft<\/a> in Toronto, a piano that paints<\/a> for an artist in Qatar. When we bring these little dreams to life for people we almost forget all the effort and the sacrificing it took to make them a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n They speak about their projects with an enthusiasm equaled only by their passion for collaboration. \u201cA fusion between two designers\u201d is how F\u00e9lix and David describe the creation of Dix au carr\u00e9. The way their different skills perfectly complement one another is the secret to this chemistry. They share passion for performance art, but have quite different backgrounds. F\u00e9lix\u2019s background in design and user experience, coupled with David\u2019s engineering and modeling expertise, come together to bring clients\u2019 creative visions to life. The contrast between what each contributes is visible right away: \u201cWe each have 2,000 square feet. On David\u2019s side are machines, dust, callipers, equipment everywhere, and when you go down there are coloured plexi panels, \u00a0I have a piano, a foosball table, sculptures… I have a Mac, David has a PC,\u201d jokes F\u00e9lix. The way in which the two entrepreneurs draw from their own expertise is the essence of Dix au carr\u00e9, which is not surprising when you consider the name of their business: \u201cD for Design, I for Ing\u00e9nierie (engineering) and X for the meeting of two ways of thinking: art and science,\u201d explain David and F\u00e9lix.<\/p>\n Today, the goal for the two co-founders is finding good employees to support the growth of Dix au carr\u00e9, while maintaining their unique connection, the \u201csmall miracle\u201d as they call it, within their team. Recruiting new collaborators for the startup also brings new responsibilities and the loss of certain freedoms. F\u00e9lix explains: \u201cBeing an entrepreneur in the startup phase has a stunning effect because your dream is too big for you to do it alone, so you need people, and then you have to keep things moving because it\u2019s not only your advancement you have to think about. People wait for things from you and you wait for things from them.\u201d Creating and running a business requires a lot of energy, but the result is worth it according to F\u00e9lix: \u201cEntrepreneurship is about guiding, but mostly it\u2019s about investing huge efforts each day to get a bit closer to your dream. The real salary for an entrepreneur is the sense of accomplishment. When it\u2019s done with passion, entrepreneurship is the best trade.\u201d<\/p>\n ——-<\/p>\n Find more information on Dix au carr\u00e9 and its founders here<\/a>. Read news on their website<\/a>, their Facebook<\/a> page and discover some examples of their projects on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n Written by<\/strong>\u00a0: Claire Gendron, Marketing Content Coordinator, Futurpreneur Canada<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are plenty of factors that lead someone to become an entrepreneur. 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