Entrepreneur
(Owner of Principal Shoes by Chan Hon Goh™)

Principal by Chan Hon Goh™ , Ms Goh’s dance supply company, is the only Canadian outlet to manufacture products that are designed by dancers for dancers.
www.principalshoes.com

Margaret Evans, owner of The Dance Shop, Vancouver’s largest ballet shoe store, says Principal shoes have become the best sellers in her store. “They seem to have found the perfect balance in a shoe at the right price,” Evans says. Of the several different types of pointe shoes the store sells..the Principal shoes are the most popular, she says.
(Tony Wong, Business Reporter The Toronto Star, 2000)

In her many years of dancing, Chan Hon Goh recognized a need for the development of top quality, professionally specified shoes, which would ease both the physical and financial pain of dancing. Along with her husband Chun Che, a prominent Toronto ballet teacher, Ms Goh launched Principal by Chan Hon Goh™ in 1996, in Toronto, Canada. The company provides a successful line of pointe shoes and dance slippers for women and men that are sold in stores in every major Canadian city, parts of the United States and Japan. For a complete listing of stores that carry Principal Shoes, please visit: http://www.principalshoes.com/stores.shtml

Ms Goh's mandate is to create a shoe that is longer-lasting, affordable and protects against common dance related injury. Principal Shoes are made with material that provides maximum balance, support and weight distribution for a dancer's needs. Ms Goh regularly draws information from all tiers of dance professionals and works closely with the medical community, in order to constantly improve upon her products.

Ms Goh is passionate about giving back to the dance community and fostering the talents of young dancers. Every year Principal by Chan Hon Goh™ donates a portion of its proceeds to dance competitions, festivals and non-profit organizations across Canada, including the National Ballet's Build-A-Ballet Fund. Additionally Ms Goh awards individual dance students Principal Shoe Scholarships at schools and institutions where her master classes are held.

Principal by Chan Hon Goh™ received the 2005 ACCE Entrepreneurial Award for the most innovative product.