"I was probably one or two classes away from failing out of high school," Lafleur told CTV News."The things that I was required to learn in school I just didn't really get excited about so I wasn't really trying."
"When I found football it was the first time I actually found something that I deeply cared about, and ironically in Canada, if you don't play football in university, you're really kind of screwed. There's not that many other leagues to play in at a really competitive level," Lafleur said. "Built the company to about 60 employees across the county and then we were acquired for $16.7 million dollars," he said.
"Marc is very inspiring and he's very motivating but he is also really realistic," she said."You don't have to be a student, although the event is geared towards 15-29, because it is our formal launch of our Summer Company program which we offer here in the summer months for the CBEC." "We're used to being told no, whether it's blatantly obvious or its subtle," he said."If you're a minority you're probably being told no more often then you're being told yes and when it comes to business, having that mentality of assuming you're going to get a no is really valuable because then you kind of just keep coming back and keep coming back and keep coming back.
When asked for what advice he would give up and coming entrepreneurs now, he says keep tinkering away.