Print Audit

Founded in 2000

Founded by John MacInnes

Industry sectors: print management software

Customers: Corporate clients in various industries

Geographical presence: International

Staff: 59

Locations: 6

Global Leader in Print Management Solutions Started with Humble Beginnings

John MacInnes, President and CEO of Print Audit, truly has an entrepreneurial soul. His propensity for coming up with ideas for moneymaking ventures stems from early childhood when he would gather up his parent’s and all of their friends’ old books and sell them to local bookstores. So when MacInnes attended a Christmas party in 1999 he was already the CEO of a computer consulting company but the idea for a new company was forming in his mind:

“The company I was running at the time was service oriented and paid by the hour. It was pretty apparent to me that I wanted a product based company, essentially something that sold while I was sleeping.”

The Christmas party guests were largely suppliers and customers and a comment made in passing conversation solidified MacInnes’ new company plans.

“One of my suppliers said to me ‘hey, I’ve been supplying this law firm with computers and they’ve been charging for their copiers but not for clicking on print and I’m pretty sure they print more’ and that was where the idea came from.”

From here MacInnes put in money and time and hired a developer, Paul Heemeryck, Print Audit’s Chief Technology Officer. The pair, and MacInnes’ partner who has since been bought out, hired staff and began operations out of MacInnes’ basement. When it came to funding, Print Audit was bootstrapped from the beginning with MacInnes’ friends and family members acting as early shareholders.

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