Jeff Markim founded LeasePoint Funding Group in 2016, successfully developing the company from a small-ticket broker to a growing independent equipment finance platform. Markim has worn numerous hats throughout LeasePoint’s evolution, from negotiating vendor programs and developing strategic funding partnerships to recruiting and training key personnel. Markim also manages the company’s capital stack, securing initial equity investments, negotiating multiple credit facilities and actively managing LeasePoint’s portfolio in the capital markets.

Between his responsibilities at LeasePoint and raising a young family, Markim admits navigating a proper work-life balance can be a constant struggle. “I think finding a balance starts with values,” Markim says. “Once you decide what is really important to you, then it becomes an exercise of time management and compartmentalization.”

Markim says being intentional with relationships, asking family to respect your time in the office and the office to respect your time with family, goes a long way. Family and faith are two important pillars of Markim’s life and the trajectory he sets for LeasePoint as well as his professional goals in business are all geared toward creating the life he wants with his family and aligning with the values he lives by.

“Success in business is not about ideas or ambition, it’s about action,” Markim says. “Can you execute? You succeed by doing one of two things — do something that nobody else wants to do, or do something that nobody else has ever done. The creative process is often the result of significant trial and error. Two steps forward and one step back. You can’t get there without failing, but you still need to get there.”