Entrepreneurship
How would you describe your company? Do you think of it as a set of functions or as a set of systems? This is...
For most companies, and especially for tech companies, the only path to a financially successful exit for CEOs and their teams is through rapid...
On the day you start a company, you give birth to a system. Not much of one, of course. It is small and weak — almost...
Demand grew for more engineers at SparkLight Digital. The sales side CRM required further optimization. But it was also time to get to work...
The SparkAction CRM security breach might well have been fatal, had it not been for the discovery of the hacker. By day two...
You finally closed your $15M B round in May, almost a year after the A round. Imagination Capital led the investment; Kapoor Capital...
The trade show floor is bursting at the seams. So too is SparkLight Digital’s booth. Just this morning, you took part in four...
Victor’s desk is in perfect order. Post-It notes sit neatly stacked in the back left corner exactly aligned with the stapler. Next to...
The health of Bill’s wife took a nosedive the same week that Sanjay was fired. Her most recent round of chemotherapy taxed her...
Sanjay’s coding productivity continues apace. Directly due to Sanjay’s efforts, for the first time, the entire CRM project is ahead of schedule. Joe...
The new office is in a class B building in San Francisco. Rent is through the roof. It’s an open floor plan; there...
