2 Quotes & Sayings By Maxime Daigle
Maxime Daigle is a former professional basketball player from 2003-2008, playing in the NBA until he was waived by the Los Angeles Lakers on September 25, 2008. He is a Canadian international who played for the national team of France. Maxime has been a professional basketball player since 2003, initially in Europe and later in China. In 2005, he was the first French player to sign a contract with a Chinese professional club
He was then signed by the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. In 2006, Maxime began his studies for a Master's degree in business administration at the University of Denver. He finished his PhD in 2007 at UMass Amherst with a thesis on "The impact of group goal setting on individual performance". In 2008, he received his PhD from Toronto's York University, where he studied economics and psychology.
He then became an assistant professor at the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec). After leaving university, he joined an investment firm as an analyst covering North American financial institutions. He then founded his own company, Swagway Inc., which developed and manufactures personal mobility devices (such as hoverboards) for sale to consumers. Swagway has raised over $30m in funding and signed distribution agreements with Walmart Canada and Toys "R" Us Canada.
The company also launched its first product - the Swagway X1 - which retails for $99 CAD. Its second product, the Swagway X2 - will launch in Fall 2015 for $149 CAD. The company's third product - the Swagway X3 - will launch in Fall 2016 for $199 CAD.
The company is building out its production facilities to meet demand for all three products once they are approved by Canadian regulators and retail stores open their doors to customers seeking these new products. Maxime has always had a passion for bicycles and has earned several trophies at bicycle races around Quebec since he was young teenager including several times as Quebec Provincial Champion (12-14 years old). His love for bicycles led him to volunteer as an instructor at Montreal's yearly Bike Week event. He grew up watching basketball games every week with his father except during summers when his father took him on adventures that included mountain climbing trips or camping trips into the woods surrounding their native town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada where they went fishing or hunting together... As Maxime grew older, he noticed how much better his father was at sports than