Guillaume Parent (CEO & Cofounder, Gallea) after the Real Ventures keynote — 'scaling a company should not mean drifting away from the reason you started it in the first place'

Guillaume Parent — CEO and cofounder of Gallea, the largest art market network in Canada — attended Eric's keynote at Real Ventures' Annual Meeting and applies the one idea that stuck to Gallea's own growth problem: extending the network into more spaces without losing the artists, companies and communities it was built to serve.

“What stuck with me was the idea that scaling a company should not mean drifting away from the reason you started it in the first place. At Gallea we think about this a lot. Our mission is simple: make art accessible everywhere. But as we grow, the challenge is not only to bring more artworks into more spaces. It is to build a network that continues to serve artists, companies, real estate owners and communities while staying true to why we started.” — Guillaume Parent on LinkedIn