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Mark St. Cyr

Mark St. Cyr (pronounced Saint Sear, born April 12, 1960, in Lawrence Massachusetts USA) is an American entrepreneur, public speaker, author, and prolific essayist. He is the author of A Fist Full of Mark'ers and is currently best known from his essays on a multitude of topics ranging from business, motivation, to Wall Street. He is also the founder of StreetCry Media, a highly selective based media development/client representation firm.

In 2005 St. Cyr retired from corporate America stepping away and leaving the New England area where he both worked and grew up moving to reside in Lexington Kentucky with his wife of 25 years Joan. There he focused his attention to both writing and speaking on topics that include: best business practices, motivation, entrepreneurship, CEO challenges, sales & marketing, Wall Street, and the global financial markets.

A Fist Full of Mark'ers
In December 2012, St. Cyr released his first foray into the book publishing world, A Fist Full of Mark'ers: 26 Pointed Essays for Today's Entrepreneur (2012 StreetCry Media) The book made first available under the StreetCry Media brand was a collection of his essays and articles first published on a web based magazine created by Seth Godin and others on the website once known as Squidoo (Squidoo has since been acquired by HubPages)The magazine was known as UpMarket where articles from both St.Cyr, Godin, and others were featured.

Prolific Essayist
In 2009 St. Cyr began writing on a multitude of topics on his personal blog/website MarkStCyr.com. Since that time his blog which is the repository for his articles/essays and viewpoints now totals well over 650 and climbing, and is routinely visited and read from over 95 countries. He currently eschews most social media based usage for himself; although does encourage readers to share if they themselves feel compelled.

During the days after the financial meltdown in 2009 St. Cyr began expressing his thoughts and views in particular to both Wall Street as well as the financial markets. His writings and viewpoints began appearing on many professional trading news sites such as Slope of Hope, Zero Hedge, Market Watch, Business Insider, and others.

In the News
In May 2014, St.Cyr a self professed "Apple fan-boy" took issue with the release of Apple's purchase of Beats along with other financial changes and attributes to its stock. He along with renowned music critic Bob Lefsetz were quoted in Market Watch as to add insight into the then market moving nature of the move. Apple at this time was the largest corporate entity in in the U.S.

Prior to 2014 St. Cyr had been railing against what he deemed the pernicious effects of then little known or understood High Frequency Trading (HFT). Then with the release of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt suddenly near overnight St. Cyr's insights and calls were shown as prescient. In an article penned the day after Michael Lewis' book took to the media and began a proverbial fire storm of controversy amongst the Wall Street media. His article "If HFT Algos Were People They'd Be Perp Walked" was carried and circulated by what many deem the news source of record against HFT: Zero Hedge. Hours later it was reported that the previously reluctant authorities had launched a probe searching for the possible of any criminality. Some say or attribute St. Cyr's article with pushing that decision forward.