Build Generational wealth

Spark helps First Gens and POCs land their dream startup job to build generational wealth.

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Build Generational wealth

Spark helps First Gens and POCs land their dream startup job to build generational wealth.

Book a Call

Why Now?

Application Overload

~250 applications are submitted to a role within the first 24 hours of being posted

Stacked ODDS

Application Overload

You have a 1-2% chance of landing a job from cold applications

Spooky ghosts

Application Overload

Spooky ghosts

POCs have a 25% higher chance of being ghosted vs white candidates

Why Startups?

Diverse Skills

Hands-on experience across verticals and executive stakeholders

World Class Networks

World class networks of future founders, VCs and startup professionals

Generational Wealth

Opportunities for generational wealth during an exit event (IPO)

The spark difference

Find Your Dream Startup

Spark scores and ranks startups to create a personalized list for each user

Find Decision Makers

Find Your Dream Startup

Spark identifies key decision makers and optimizes any resulting outreach

Find your dream Job

Find Your Dream Startup

Find your dream Job

Spark's 3-Step Approach boosts interview performance to secure job offers

Testimonials

3 Interviews without a single application

As an immigrant and minority, I often found myself at a disadvantage in the recruitment and hiring process — until I joined Spark. Spark’s expertly designed masterclass provided a straightforward path to navigate and beat the application process. By applying Spark’s strategies, I have 3 interviews lined up for full time positions, and not a single one of them came from applying through company web portals 🤩

Landed Two offers at My dream Startups

3 Interviews without a single application

Using Spark’s system, I was able to showcase my value upfront, and as a result, I landed TWO offers at my dream startups in the Sustainability and Financial spaces!

Turned My Interests INto offers

3 Interviews without a single application

Turned My Interests INto offers

As a college grad turned consultant, I was very good at following prescribed career paths. Enter Adrian and the Spark process – they taught me how to actually build a network, hone in on niche interests and turn them into job offers!

Our Mission

Startups are the greatest opportunity in modern history to build generational wealth.

And for millions of first-generation students and professionals of color (POCs), there is no greater goal than building lasting wealth for their families.

Yet for too long, only a privileged few have been able to access the wealth creation of Silicon Valley.

As a result, millions of first gens and POCs now believe the startup ecosystem is not for them.

We’re here to remedy that.

Spark’s mission is to help 1 million first gens and POCs land their dream startup job and build generational wealth.

But our goal is more than just a pretty paycheck; we want generational resilience.

Startups offer a unique path to this resilience through:

Skills that are unavailable at larger firms — making you highly sought-after by recruiters across industries.

World class networks. Many of your fellow colleagues will go on to found their own startups, VC funds etc. So can you.

Access to equity compensation. In the case of an IPO or acquisition, your equity could be worth millions.

So, to my first-gen students, welcome.

To my professionals of color, welcome.

To anyone who has ever been the one and only in a room, welcome.

Spark was built for you. Let’s get started.

ABOUT US

Adrian Tovalin, Co-Founder & CEO

I’m a first-gen professional (and undercover barista) with 8 years of experience consulting for Fortune 500s, managing $100M VC portfolios and scaling startups from $0 to $1MM in ARR.

And whether it’s crafting a $500 million strategy for Google, building a $1 million sales pipeline in under 1 year or preparing a craft latté at your local cafe (maybe all at the same time), I’m constantly chasing that first-sip thrill—that moment when, after many failed pitches and pourings and late night decks and doppios, the customer first tries your product and is instantly delighted.

That first sip thrill, my personal ikigai, is building the Spark platform to help first gens and professionals of color land their dream startup job and build generational wealth.

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Build Generational wealth

Build Generational wealth

Why Now?

Application Overload

Application Overload

Application Overload

Stacked ODDS

Application Overload

Application Overload

Spooky ghosts

Application Overload

Spooky ghosts

Why Startups?

Diverse Skills

World Class Networks

Generational Wealth

The spark difference

Find Your Dream Startup

Find Your Dream Startup

Find Your Dream Startup

Find Decision Makers

Find Your Dream Startup

Find Your Dream Startup

Find your dream Job

Find Your Dream Startup

Find your dream Job

Testimonials

3 Interviews without a single application

3 Interviews without a single application

3 Interviews without a single application

Landed Two offers at My dream Startups

3 Interviews without a single application

3 Interviews without a single application

Turned My Interests INto offers

3 Interviews without a single application

Turned My Interests INto offers

Our Mission

ABOUT US

Adrian Tovalin, Co-Founder & CEO

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