Marc Lavine
There are few innovators that can have the impact on business than that of Marc Lavine. Marc is an entrepreneur and innovator that has focused his career on creating new businesses through his vision that not only empowers consumers but builds enduring business success.
His unique value add is that these ventures are created from his ideas. From the spark of an idea, Marc and the team then develop the business vision and strategy, providing the initial capital and partners with an ‘expert’ CEO. This partnership brings experience, credibility and operational management to the new venture, and also allows exclamation to take on a strategic role while being able to focus on the next creation.
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Since his first venture in 1995, Marc has created several successful businesses including two leading companies, Cyberplex and Points International. Marc Lavine has demonstrated repeated success of the ability to conceive innovative new business ideas, transform them into profitable operating companies and realize significant gains on his equity.
Cyberplex (www.cyberplex.com)
As a Co-Founder of Cyberplex in 1995, Cyberplex was an internet pioneer and Canada’s first Internet strategy and development firm. Marc led the listing of the corporation on the Toronto Venture Exchange and as one of the first publically traded Internet companies, Cyberplex led a rapid succession of acquisitions to become an international leader. The market cap reached a high of $500 million in 2000.
Points International (www.points.com)
Through exclamation, Marc was the Creator of Points International in 1998. Marc was Chairman / Director until 2007. In 1998, Marc realized that loyalty points are a ‘real’ currency. Any transactions that can be executed with cash or other securities can also be applied to loyalty points. With the same approach, exclamation turned this idea and initial capital into a profitable business. Points International raised over $60 million and developed a world class partnerships. Points now transacts over 1 billion points monthly. The corporation is listed on the TSX and NASDAQ, and saw its shares rise from $0.50 to over $4.00 in 2007/2008.
Since resigning as a director of Points in 2007, Marc has been involved in the creation of four new ventures and is currently working on a new idea that builds on his learning and success with Points.