From 1996 to 1998, Thorne Sparkman was founder and CEO of Incubator, Inc., an angel-funded, Internet business incubator in Berkeley, California. The company’s business model was to assist early-stage teams, especially those from the University of California at Berkeley, by providing a complete suite of start-up services in exchange for equity.
From 1995 through 1999, Mr. Sparkman was CEO of EScribe Corporation, a start-up which created online communities for upscale, outdoor enthusiasts. Mr. Sparkman began his electronic publishing career at Time Warner in 1993, where he developed on-line communities and commerce applications on the CompuServe Information Service, and helped launch Time Warner’s original Pathfinder service.
Mr. Sparkman holds a B.A. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
