The spark* blog
Thoughtful insights for socially responsible entrepreneurs who give a ****! Honest conversations about impact, wellbeing and creating sustainable change.
Don’t look it in the eye
Time, money, experience - a founder I worked with knocked down every excuse for not building her new product, and still wasn’t building it. This is about the creature we call excellence, what happens when you look it in the eye, and the safer direction to look when you’re stuck halfway up. Written the week it happened to me.
‘Always in beta’
Three words changed everything for one client who was waking up at 3am unable to breathe. 'Always in beta' sounds simple - but it's one of the most powerful tools I've seen founders use to break the loop of perfectionism and procrastination. This piece explores where that phrase came from, why the 'right moment' is usually a myth, and what it really means to give yourself permission to begin.