Sparkyard held its grand opening during the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Week. We thought this would be a great opportunity to see how 2021 shook down with some general stats and entrepreneurial assistance.
Total number of off topic YouTube videos watched during meetings: 528
Total number of website Users: 10,812 (52% increase from 2020)
Fun Fact: With the exception of the United States, the top 3 countries that have interacted with our website are The Philippines, India and China.
Total Sparkyard Pageviews: 30,759 (27% increase from 2020)
Fun Fact: With the exception of the Sparkyard homepage, the top 3 most viewed pages on the website are:
Total Published Blogs: 36
Sparkyard had the opportunity to have 4 guest authors in 2021.
Number of blog views: 3,967 (33% increase from 2020)
Fun Fact: Fort Worth’s First African-American Entrepreneur, posted on June 21, 2021, is the most viewed blog post. Check out this post for a list of our top 10 most viewed blog posts. Spoiler alert, the number 1 post lands on both lists!
Spark Plan Requests: 94 (147% increase from 2020)
Fun Fact: The top 3 most requested assistances from Sparkyard are:
- Financial Resources
- Business Planning
- Marketing and Sales
Number of referrals made: 279 (190% increase from 2020)
Fun Fact: The top 3 most referred Resource Partners are:
Total number of times Entrepreneur has been misspelled: 25,465
Number of Community Events Highlighted on the Calendar: 494 (40% increase from 2020)
Be sure to submit your business-building event here.
Total Social Media Followers: 1,296
Difference between 2020 and 2021
Other major highlights for 2021
Testimonials:
“Sparkyard is such a cool concept. Fort Worth is lucky to have your support!” – Dr. J. Mack Slaughter, Safe Life Vending
“Sparkyard helped me connect to the right people and in terms of finding the right resources in Fort Worth, Sparkyard definitely helped me out a lot there too.” -Dennis Hoang, Patturn
“The customer service behind the platform was phenomenal” -Goran Krndija, Gozova
“Sparkyard helped connect me to people who had the resources I was looking for.” -Zhen Zhu, 7CinfoTech
“I am not curently looking to take a “next steop” however I would certainly like to work with Sparkyard when I am!” -Spark Plan recipient
