The Globe and Mail
Pivot point: How luggage company Monos used innovation to weather a turbulent year
When COVID-19 hit, Monos’s co-founders launched an entirely new product —and it helped boost their bottom line and team morale
Published November 26, 2020
DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail
When Victor Tam and Hubert Chan became friends on the playground of their elementary school in Vancouver, B.C., the then-second graders never could have guessed they’d go from playing with each other after school to one day launching a company together. But over 30 years later, the duo—alongside high school friend Daniel Shin—did just that, using their separately honed skills in design and entrepreneurship to launch Monos in 2019.