About
François Painchaud
Web entrepreneur in Montréal since 2002. Cofounder & President of Kasvu, Fractional CGO at moncgo.ca, cofounder of Henosis. 24 years of building, selling, starting again — with more perspective and fewer sleepless nights.
What I'm doing today
My time is split across three projects that complement rather than compete with each other. Kasvu is a growth and AI agency for professional services firms — lawyers, accountants, consultants, specialized practices. moncgo.ca is my Fractional Chief Growth Officer offering: maximum two mandates at a time, minimum 90 days, a clear fit or nothing. Henosis, cofounded in November 2024 with Jean-François Thibault, is a community where modern sciences and ancestral wisdoms meet. I always try to keep up with my LinkedIn activity, come say hi!
How I work
Three principles I learned the hard way and that no longer move. Technology should free humans, never replace them — a system that saves time but destroys the quality of the work has zero value. No empty promises — numbers and results speak, the rest is noise. No 70-hour weeks — an exhausted entrepreneur makes bad decisions, and growth should never cost you your health or your relationships.
Outside of work
Boxing and Muay Thai 5 to 6 times a week — the same discipline I apply to my mandates: every decision counts, zero waste. I've lived five years in Peru, six months in Panama, and three months in Italy. I still travel regularly, I never stop learning, and I take time to do nothing — that's probably what lets me keep going for 24 years in this trade without burning out.
Why Montréal
I could have stayed away. I lived five years in Peru, six months in Panama, three months in Italy — I had time to compare. Montréal is still the city where you can build seriously without losing touch with reality: small enough that the right people end up crossing paths, big enough that ambitions find room to grow. And then the real reason, the one you can't measure: I love this city. The rest follows.
For the year-by-year detail — Webintel, CapsuleSEO, CodeSpark and the rest — see my full journey.