A low-stakes first step for professionals who feel the pull to build something of their own. Come with a question or a half-formed idea. Leave understanding your values and what you want from your professional life, with an honest read from a mentor and your first business description.
You've built something real: skills, relationships, a career. And you can feel, quietly but clearly, that the next chapter needs to look different. You're not sure yet whether that means founding a business. Discover is a low-stakes way to find out.
You can feel the corporate world changing. You feel an opportunity to create a business and you're curious about what it could look like for you.
You've had the idea for years. A promotion, a family, "not the right time." The right time is easily delayed.
A restructuring, or a move that didn't work out. You have skills, time and maybe some capital. What will you build?
Your values and what you want from your professional life, whatever you decide next.
A 45-minute conversation about your motivation and interests, before any business talk.
The joy and the despair of founding, told straight, so you choose with open eyes.
Your first business description, written with AI Support and reviewed by a mentor.
A conversation with a coach, one honest group session, a business description you write with AI Support, and a review with a mentor.
A relaxed, honest conversation with a Sparksli coach about why you are drawn to founding, what interests and energises you, and where you are starting from. No business idea needed.
The process of becoming a founder, the traits it takes, and the joy and the despair that come with it, told straight. So you can make an informed choice, and hear from others weighing the same step.
Write your first business description with AI Support: the problem and who has it, your idea, why you, how it could earn a living, and what could go wrong. It starts from your Founder Snapshot.
A mentor reads your description and gives you honest feedback on the idea and on founder fit, and talks through whether you want to go further.
Fully online. Your two 1:1s are scheduled at times that suit you, wherever you are.
About 6 hours over two weeks. Designed to fit alongside a job.
45 minutes at the start with a Sparksli coach, and 30 minutes at the end with a mentor.
One 90-minute session with a small group of people asking the same question.
Built by Sparksli. Helps you write your business description and challenges your thinking.
Yours to keep: Founder Snapshot, Business Description and your review feedback.
You don't need one. Discover is built for people who have an idea, a half-idea, or none. The conversation starts from you, and AI Support helps you generate options from your interests and strengths.
Yes. It is about six hours over two weeks, with 1:1s at times that suit you. Nothing requires you to resign or tell your employer.
No. Discover stands on its own, and some people leave with a decision not to start a business. That is a good outcome too. If you do proceed, Sparksli assesses your readiness, and you receive 2 hours of extra coaching in Innovation free of charge.
Potentially, let's discuss your situation. You can join Innovation without completing Discover, before starting Innovation we'll start with a suitability review. Completing Discover means we skip that step.
Thirty years in corporate life, from Oracle and IBM to PwC, EY and BCG, then Head of Agile Transformation at Julius Baer. When I left, I wanted to do something different, and I did. That journey is part of why Sparksli exists. I lead the group session, and you'll have a 1:1 with a Sparksli coach at the start and a review with a mentor at the end.
Read the Founder Story →Founding a business is one path, not the only one. After Discover, some people stay in their corporate role with fresh clarity on what they want, some start a side business, and some go on to found a business full time.
Understand your values and what you want, choose with open eyes, and write your first business description. Plus 2 hours of free extra coaching if you join Innovation.
Who are you as a founder, what is your idea, is there a market? You leave with a Spark Deck.
From validated idea to launch-ready business, with structured support and community.