Creative Spark Media, Inc started as a tiny company with 0 employees and a husband-wife duo working in their home office...writing an e-book about one of her favorite subjects - baby showers - to put online amidst the 2001 dot-com crash.
You might think this was just another mom-and-pop online website doomed to run it's 2 year course and disappear. But then, you would have underestimated this duo.
Rick graduated from Arizona State University (ASU) and worked as a web-developer and software programmer for several small companies, one of which he was still working at during the day. Heather also graduated from ASU (yes, that's where they met) and worked as a software programmer and database administrator for a large company, of which she was also still working during the day. And everyone they knew thought they were insane when they started spending every waking moment - and most evenings until midnight - on their computer at home. As if they didn't see enough computers at their day job.
But the dedication to building a business was apparent. And not just any business, one that would someday be more than the two of them working another job in the evening. One that would employ 25 people, one that would reach 2.5 million customers, one that would live longer than they would.
The vision had been created, the business plans written, the marketing objectives set. Just one small detail remained...
"Hey Rick," Heather said while typing and writing her '101 And Then Some! Baby Shower Games ebook', "why can't someone just print the questions and answers, instead of reading a whole ebook, and cutting and pasting into their own game?"
"They can," Rick responded, not sure where this was about to go...
And go it did. Printable Baby Shower Games. Printable Bridal Shower Games. A side-track to software driven Instant Wedding Toasts. Printable Christmas Games. Printable Halloween Games. Printable Valentines, St. Patrick's Day, Easter & Spring games. Printable Birthday Games.
Whew!
Now you know why they needed a team, a whole group of employees, each working their expertise into making games, each contributing talents to take Creative Spark Media, Inc to a new level.
And every day, the phone rings - and the Creative Spark Media, Inc office is full of boisterous energy waiting to be bottled into the next illustration, game, website, or new techno, web-friendly tool.