01 / Editorial context
Before We Begin
On July 19, 2013, Benny Doro and his business partner Charlie McLaughlin brought the management team of Champion Pain Care from Canada to New York. They were working to take the company public in the United States, and the visit was meant to show their guests what Wall Street was all about.
The day included a private tour of the New York Stock Exchange and lunch inside its Luncheon Club. Charlie ordered wine. Benny ordered sparkling water. Every Canadian guest ordered coffee. At the time it was an amusing cultural difference; in memory, it became Benny's first sign that the people around the table might approach business very differently.
The listing and financing succeeded. What followed did not. In Benny's account, capital intended for careful expansion was concentrated in one acquisition, due diligence fell short, regulatory problems surfaced, and the company unraveled. Benny credits his friend Greg Worobec with putting the original opportunity together. The photographs preserve the optimism at the beginning; his narration preserves the lesson that came afterward.
Benny and Charlie hosted the Champion Pain Care team in New York during the company's path to a United States public listing.
The successful transaction created a real opportunity—and taught Benny that raising capital is only the beginning of the test.
Expansion capital was committed to a troubled acquisition, the business collapsed, and a Wall Street success became a lasting lesson in execution.
02 / First-person memory
Authoritative narration · 2:49In Benny's own voice
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03 / Verbatim record
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04 / Featured gallery
The floor and 11 Wall Street
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