A Chat With November’s Profile, Mark Desrochers, co-founder/marketing director, Classic Designs by Matthew Burak (Text & Audio)

CS: What do you think you would’ve done for a career if you hadn’t gotten involved in the catalog/multichannel business?
MD: Oh, I’d still be out there sailing. No question about it. That was a pretty good gig.

CS: What hobbies do you enjoy away from work?
MD: I’m pretty active up here; you’ve got to be active in the winter, winter’s are long. I’m big on snow skiing and water skiing. And I’ve got two small children, so we’re busy with them all the time. There’s only 7,000 people in the town, so it’s fairly rural. Our pleasures are those of the rural environment, more than the urban.