Mark LeBlanc has been a small business owner virtually his entire adult life. He’s started, grown and sold several businesses along the way. Most noticeably, he grew a creative, graphics, printing and mailing business over a ten year period and sold it in 1992 to speak and write full-time.

Mark has coached over 1,000 small business owners, given over 400 presentations and conducted over 100 weekend seminars he refers to as the Achievers Circle. He has spoken all over the United States and internationally, including Canada, England, Malaysia, Germany and South Africa.

He started Small Business Success and is the author of two books, Growing Your Business and Never be the Same. Growing Your Business has been a best-seller and contains street-smart strategies on focus, marketing and business development. His newest book, Never be the Same is part business, part leadership and part personal transformation. It was inspired by walking the 500 mile, Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Northern Spain in the fall of 2008.

Mark has been a member of the National Speakers Association since 1983 and served NSA as its national president in 2007-2008. He is also a member of Master Speakers International. In 2006, he was inducted into the Minnesota Speakers Association Hall of Fame. MSA created the Mark LeBlanc Award for Outstanding Service in 1997 and presents this award annually to a deserving person.

His work is distributed online to chambers of commerce around North America by Chamber Nation and Mark is the creator of the Small Business Success Coaching Network. In addition, he is launching a foundation, Y.E.S., Young Entrepreneurs Succeed and it’s sole purpose is to provide $3,000 grants to entrepreneurs under 30.

Mark is based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In his spare time, he practices Bikram’s hot yoga, is an avid walker and hiker, entertains with food and wine and is a great uncle to 11 nieces and nephews.