
{"id":4477,"date":"2026-01-18T20:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/?page_id=4477"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:56:42","slug":"spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/spark\/","title":{"rendered":"SPARK"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4477\" class=\"elementor elementor-4477\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c624e5c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c624e5c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cb08f0\" data-id=\"3cb08f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4503c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4503c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A matchmaking tool that connects female founders and accelerators, improving access, changing perceptions and increasing inclusivity to enable female founder success.<\/p><p><em>By\u00a0<\/em><i>Dharini Karunakaran,\u00a0<\/i><i>Paola Machuca and\u00a0<\/i><i>Silvia Castro,\u00a0<\/i><em>MS Strategic Design and Management, Class of 2026<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/spark-karud.replit.app\">Prototype<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:a997372b-035c-4ea7-b7c1-45d4cd21976c\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Final Presentation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54bb2e5\" data-id=\"54bb2e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df5a83 elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"3df5a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 2\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-08-204205.png\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-08-204205-768x374.png\" alt=\"SPARK\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 2\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Spark-TOC-scaled.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Spark-TOC-768x469.jpg\" alt=\"Spark - TOC\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22f60e5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22f60e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-854dd92\" data-id=\"854dd92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-815be24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"815be24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Project Description<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737778e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"737778e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Problem<\/h4><p>Women remain significantly underrepresented in accelerator cohorts, driven by a male-dominated system that discourages women from applying and lack of centralized information that reflects their specific needs. Founders can&#8217;t communicate their priorities and constraints, accelerators lack visibility into what women are actually looking for<\/p><h4>Target users<\/h4><p>Female founders navigating pre-seed accelerator applications who need tailored information reflecting women-specific constraints, plus accelerators seeking to unlock access to a high-potential demographic and increase cohort diversity<\/p><h4>Core solution<\/h4><p>Founders create profiles, complete applications capturing both goals and constraints, receive top accelerator matches with full directory and match percentages, explore detailed program profiles with key highlights, express interest, and rate accelerators through pre- and post-experience system. Accelerators view landscape of female founders, update program information, access accountability dashboard, and contact founders directly through tailored questions addressing women-specific constraints and built-in rating system capturing cultural and inclusivity data<\/p><h4>Stage<\/h4><p>Early stage prototype with defined user journeys for both sides i.e. founder app experience (download, profile creation, matching) and accelerator partnership model (onboarding, dashboard access, direct contact capability)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e98c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2e98c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2653e27 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2653e27\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cba033\" data-id=\"8cba033\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9058367 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9058367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Browse Other Projects<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a97166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2a97166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8c6457 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8c6457\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fd0e15\" data-id=\"9fd0e15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ef077 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26ef077\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/?page_id=4392&#038;preview=true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Brofolio-Joshua-Photo-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1573ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1573ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/?page_id=4392&#038;preview=true\"><b>Anti-bias training tool for Capital Allocators<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fc0f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8fc0f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An experimental training platform for venture capitalists that reveals unconscious bias in how they evaluate and invest in early-stage startup pitches and coaches them toward more equitable investment practices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-748e35c\" data-id=\"748e35c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74619bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74619bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296f624 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"296f624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df8371b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df8371b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/?page_id=4366&#038;preview=true\"><b>Pitch coach<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de9810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2de9810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Al-assisted training of body language, tone &amp; words to assist women entrepreneurs to reframe narratives, bridge perception gaps, and advance equitably through early funding stages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d037bf\" data-id=\"0d037bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Founders can&#8217;t communicate their priorities and constraints, accelerators lack visibility into what women are actually looking for Target users Female founders navigating pre-seed accelerator applications who need tailored information reflecting women-specific constraints, plus accelerators&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4477","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SPARK - Parsons ELAB | Entrepreneurial Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/spark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SPARK - Parsons ELAB | Entrepreneurial Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A matchmaking tool that connects female founders and accelerators, improving access, changing perceptions and increasing inclusivity to enable female founder success. 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