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HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER

A native of Cape Elizabeth, Maine Mark McClure, www.markmcclurelive.com, began his entrepreneurial career at the age of 25 in 1992, with drive, vision and only $2,500 to his name. With a goal of acquiring business and real estate entities for the purpose of restructure and profit recapture, he was able to turn his meager investment into assets that exceeded $1MM and a company with revenues of over $1.5MM and a staff of over 30, all within 24 months.

At the age of 29 in 1996 and not content to sit idle, Mark saw the need for a minor league professional basketball team to complement the already successful minor league hockey and baseball teams in the city of Portland, Maine. Undeterred by his young age and lack of funds relative to the size of the deal, Mark was able to form a syndicate with an array of investors and purchased the franchise, becoming the youngest owner in pro sports history as a majority owner of the Portland Mountain Cats of the USBL. In his inaugural season as CEO and General Manager, Mark was instrumental in closing marketing agreements with various regional and Fortune 500 Companies, planning out the season’s promotions, handling contract negotiations with the league, player agents and coaches, and setting an opening night attendance record for the league. Due to his efforts and strong selling and management skills the team finished 3rd in win/loss (18-11), 2nd in overall attendance, produced the league’s MVP, and sent five players to the NBA, surprising even the most cynical observers with his strong first year performance.

Upon selling the franchise in 1997, Mark moved onto large real estate development and investment banking projects internationally, negotiating and/or closing deals that ranged from $10K to over $100 million in over 30 industries on 4 continents with such individuals as CEO’s, NBA agents, high powered attorney’s, FORTUNE 500 executives and various other business owners on every level.

[edit] ONE OF THE TOP 5 SALES EXPERTS IN THE WORLD

In 2000 he was approached by sales training promoter about becoming a speaker on the topics of sales, motivation and goal setting. Mark accepted the challenge and since that time as trained more then two hundred of the FORTUNE 500, given live seminars in more 15 major U.S. cities (6 sellouts), 6 countries, has conducted over 4,000 sales training workshops, written 2 books and produced 2 best selling audio programs, the Art of the Sale and The Street Smart Entrepreneur. With demand for Mark McClure reaching a pinnacle, he recently signed on with promoters representing #1 sales and motivational training guru Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn among others for Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East!

Mark McClure in the News

Mark has appeared in such news outlets as NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, Boston Globe Magazine, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Charlotte Business Journal, and many other publications worldwide for his deal-making prowess.

In addition, Mark is a former United States Marine.

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