User:Patricklyver

Patrick Lyver
Patrick Lyver began his entrepreneurial career at the age of 20, forming Over the Counter - a freelance graphic design firm that spawned enough business to fund his formal design training. In 1999 Patrick attended the Durham College Creative Arts and Design department’s graphic design program, learning the more subtle details of his craft while refining his approach to creative problem solving. Upon graduation, Patrick had moved to the top of the class and attributes his accomplishments to his fanaticism for success. Over the Counter changed it’s name to Kleurvision Inc. in 2004 and has since become an artistic powerhouse in the music and entertainment industries.

As a prelude, Patrick spent most of his teen years on water or ice, in the winter as a sponsored freestyle skier, and in the summer behind a boat on a wakeboard in many different lakes across Ontario. And on that wakeboard, at the age of 18, is where the heart of Blindfive was born.

A Blind 540, or “blind five”, is a five hundred and forty degree rotation, passing the rope from one hand to another, finishing with a blind landing (facing away from the boat). It took a summer of learning, practicing, and trial and error for him to get it right, but from that the term “blind five” became a mantra. Never give up, never quit. Triumph comes to those who want it, and those who earn it. It was the first time in his life that the phrase “practice and persistence pays off” applied beyond a traditional lecture.

During that realization, he came to an additional conclusion. No matter how individual the sport (or task), or how independent one might seem, success requires a team effort. Someone to drive the boat. Someone to help pay for gas. And most importantly, a spotter to let the driver know if the rider falls, and to encourage him get back up again.

In 2006 Patrick turned his creative efforts, passion for the unique, and inability to stay content into a side project, Blindfive Inc. He wanted to capture his experiences in action sport and business and fold them into a clothing line that could be applied to both. He wanted to give people a brand that they could trust in a skate park as much as they could trust in an office. Quality, belief in the brand, and a little bit of luck were going to be key to its prosperity. Fortunately for Patrick, his driver and spotter have been there every step of the way.

Kleurvision Inc.
In 2004, Patrick Lyver decided to reach out creatively on his own, launching Kleurvision Inc. upon the world. Dedicated to a grass-roots approach, Kleurvision specializes in brand development, relationship building, marketing communication and artwork generation.

--Patricklyver (talk) 16:41, 25 November 2009 (UTC)