After graduating from Mount Royal College with a Bachelor of Applied Small Business and Entrepreneurship in 2008, Hemsing ran his own landscaping company for about a year. Growing tired of shovelling dirt seven days a week, he decided to apply for a highly competitive position through TransCanada’s New Graduate scheme. While he was short-listed from over 200 candidates, Hemsing ultimately fell short, convinced his lack of a university-level bachelor’s degree cost him the job. So Hemsing returned to Mount Royal in 2010, which had since attained university status, with a renewed focus on his studies, determined to land that coveted career with TransCanada.

It was during his final year at Mount Royal – while acting as Vice President of the local chapter of Students in Free Enterprise – that Hemsing crossed paths with Craig Coulombe and Ken MacLean. “These two guys approached one of my professors,” recalls Hemsing. “They'd invented a homemade bike suit bag they had been making in their garage since 1999, and were selling online, but were having trouble growing their business.” Hemsing immediately saw the potential for such a versatile and visionary product, and within months, had taken over full operation and ownership of Two Wheel Gear, as Coulombe and MacLean’s career paths took them in another direction.

"I Have to Become the Person I'm Selling My Bags To"