Are You Building to Keep Control or to Hand It Over?
SparkJar is for founders who want to keep their companies. If you're planning to raise venture capital, hire a traditional team, and optimize for an exit to investors—this isn't for you. If you want to build something autonomous, profitable from day one, and owned by you—keep reading.
The Traditional Path Is a Trade:
VCs fund proven founders, elite networks, specific industries. If you check those boxes, congratulations—you qualify to give up 70-90% of your company, report to a board, hit their growth targets, and optimize for their exit timeline instead of your vision.
That's always been the deal. Capital in exchange for control. Most founders take it because they had no other way to afford the team needed to operate a real business.
That trade is no longer necessary.
SparkJar exists for founders who refuse to hand over their companies. You're not here to audition for investors who contribute nothing but capital. You're here because you want to build something real, keep control, and compete with infrastructure you own—not SaaS vendors training AI on your playbook.
This Is NOT for:
- ×Founders planning to raise VC and build a traditional team
- ×People "exploring" whether to start something
- ×Companies that want to hire employees and scale with human workforce economics
- ×Founders optimizing for an investor-driven exit rather than building a lasting company
This IS for:
- ✓Founders who want to keep control instead of handing it to investors
- ✓People who see the disruption coming: autonomous companies will outcompete employee-heavy companies
- ✓Builders who want to compete against legacy players locked into expensive human workforces
- ✓Operators ready to launch in 4 weeks, not raise for 6 months and hire for 18
If you're choosing founder control over investor control, and autonomous operations over traditional hiring— fill out the form below.