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Spark by
Start strong. Build smart. From day one.
A new one-week program for inception-stage founders ready to turn bold ideas into reality. Spark is ICON’s way of supporting founders from day one, helping you validate your idea, sharpen your story, and build your startup the Silicon Valley way.
Validate Your Solution
Make sure you're solving the right problem for the right market. Spark helps refine your thinking through discovery calls, expert feedback, and direct market input.
Build the Right Strategy
Refine your story and plan. Spark helps you sharpen your narrative and build the clarity and conviction that investors and potential clients are looking for.
Access to ICON’s Network
Surround yourself with the right people from day one. Spark connects you to ICON’s Silicon Valley network: U.S. investors network of U.S. investors, and SV101 alumni.
This is the Power of the
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As AI reshapes the tech landscape, early-stage teams are moving faster than ever, making early access to the right people more valuable than ever.
That’s where Spark comes in: giving founders direct access to ICON’s network of corporate executives, experienced founders, and U.S.-based investors.
Led entirely by SV101 alumni, serial entrepreneurs, and operators, the program gives founders a chance to validate their idea with future customers and investors, sharpen their story, and learn not just from others’ successes, but from their mistakes.
What Makes It Different
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No equity taken.
Direct access to the ICON community and alumni network.
Led by ICON alumni, operators, and serial entrepreneurs.
Program
overview
Across five intensive days, founders dive into the fundamentals: ensuring they are solving the right problem for the right market, generating and validating ideas, running discovery calls, refining their story, and sharpening their GTM strategy.
The week wraps up with a Demo Day, where founders pitch to investors and operators and walk away with a concrete 90-day execution plan.
Throughout the program, they receive mentorship, practical frameworks, and hands-on feedback, all designed to help them build smarter and faster from the very beginning.
