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    CUSTOM SOFTWARE AND DESIGN FOR STARTUPS

    It's not just any vision – it's your vision.

    SPARK helps startups start up, ship, and scale up with custom builds just right for innovative entrepreneurs. 

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    We help startups get to market, fast.

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    Customer Discovery

    Understanding your customer and your value proposition is key to building a successful startup.  Let SPARK show you how.

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    Prototyping

    Developing a prototype will allow you to show investors, future clients and partners.  Rapid prototyping will also streamline development.

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    Build it to Scale

    Building your software to scale can be the difference between failure and success.  When your company takes off, you must be sure it can scale.

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    You have an idea. We can make it happen.

    Validation

    • Competitor Audit
    • Platform Selection
    • UX Prototype
    • Interactive Wireframes
    • Architecture

    Launch

    • UI/UX Design
    • Full Stack Development
    • Beta Testing
    • Landing Pages
    • Marketing Assets

    Traction

    • Product Backlog
    • Marketing Automation
    • Brand Strategy
    • Design Systems
    • Admin Dashboards

    Scaling

    • Backend Upgrades
    • 2.0 Feature Sets
    • Lifecycle Management
    • Usability Study
    • Branding Workshops
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    SPARK is ready to create your custom solution.

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    Want to discuss your company’s project?

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    We have dedicated teams to bring your idea to life. 

    Go from from concept, to prototype, and to scale without having to hire your own team.

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    Social Impact

    Scale up and take off.

    Strategic Consulting

    SPARK's technical business experts help you develop a strong foundation and de-risk the project.

    Design Services

    SPARK's design team turns your vision into an elegantly simple solution that unlocks the power of thoughtful design.

    Product Development

    SPARK makes your plan happen with high technical standards engineered with people in mind. 

    Our clients do amazing things.

    Roommates.com

    As a market leader, Roommates.com hired the SPARK team to create a completely new mobile-friendly user experience that future-proofed their product's unique value. SPARK also developed new security and messaging tools along with launching a redesigned product admin portal. 

    CodeGuard

    To reach more customers, CodeGuard needed to create a better registration process and overhaul an internal dashboard. SPARK also created updated brand standard guides for the CodeGuard to showcase their bold identity. 

    MyObits

    Digital disruption in the funeral and cremation service industry was imminent, so two entrepreneurs partnered with SPARK to seize the opportunity and launch a mobile consumer community and custom e-commerce platform that achieved a return on investment in just a few short months.

    PM Workforce

    Staffing challenges plague the Property Management industry and PM Workforce needed state-of-the-art technology to deliver a hassle-free, 24/7/365 solution. PM Workforce partnered with SPARK to build a customer and employee mobile+web system that automates bookings, payments, and administrative overhead. 

    Splash in Time

    To help their non-profit clients increase their fundraising efforts, Splash in Time built a mobile app to streamline the calendar making process.  With the ability to select photos from Facebook and your phone, Splash in Time clients can easily create a printed calendar in minutes.  They trusted SPARK to build the digital experience while integrating it into their traditional print business.

    Safety Pointe

    When a mechanical contractor wanted to built a safety app for other construction firms, they trusted SPARK.  SPARK built a mobile app and dashboard environment which engages their users and makes it fun to participate in safety.

    Write About

    A startup wanted to disrupt K-12 classroom literacy with a SaaS platform. In addition to designing a seamless front-end experience, SPARK built an infrastructure that scaled to 200,000+ users and helped Write About be selected as the “#1 Edtech Tool to Try” over products from Google and Amazon.

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