Marc Sparks

Current

• Investor at xTrain
• Owner at Timber Creek Capital
• Investor at Reliant Healthcare

• Investor at Splash Media

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Past

• Investor at GlobalTec Solutions

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Marc Sparks’s Summary

Since 1978, I have been the principal in many start-ups... some extremely successful, and some not so successful; however, the not so successful ventures are like taking a course at the World University for Entrepreneurs. Without experiencing the not so successful ventures, you wouldn't gain the knowledge to succeed, understand how to manage success or be able to fully appreciate your successful ventures. God gives us challenges and even devastating circumstances in order for us to understand the responsibilities that come with success and to keep us humble. One never forgets when and where they get their scars in life.

Marc Sparks’s Experience

• Investor

  xTrain

  (E-Learning industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years )

• Owner

  Timber Creek Capital

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  Marc A Sparks is a leading Dallas Texas start up entrepreneur and venture capitalist.
  
  Portfolio Interests:
  Splash Media, LP
  TSTN
  xTrain
  America Development
  Spire
  Reliant Healtcare

• Investor

  Reliant Healthcare

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

  Reliant Healthcare is a physician-partnered hospital company with a management team that has extensive experience in inpatient rehabilitation and healthcare operations. Reliant is focused on developing and operating free-standing rehabilitation hospitals that offer excellent patient outcomes and outstanding patient satisfaction.

• Investor

  Splash Media

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  Splash Media, LP. is a Dallas-based media and technology company that specializes in digital video publishing and development of custom branded IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) training and communication solutions for company workforces. Splash Media offers an innovative, convenient, efficient and cost-effective solution for communicating with and training employees across the world, via the Internet.
  
  Splash Media's networks include:
  
  TSTN - The Success Training Network - the world's most renowned speakers in personal development, leadership and sales training.
  
  xTrain - the world’s easiest-to-use online training program for graphic design, web design, digital arts, digital photography, and online marketing. The xTrain mission is to provide the best, fastest, and most affordable training for everyone from digital professionals to students, hobbyists, and companies.

• Investor

  GlobalTec Solutions

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2001 — 2006 (5 years )

Additional Information

Marc Sparks’s Groups:

The Samaritan Inn (www.thesamaritaninn.org)
America Can! Academy (www.americacan.net)
C.A.R.E. (www.bigcatcare.org)
Highland Park United Methodist Church (www.hpumc.org)
Carpenters for Christ (www.hpumc-cfc.org)
Friends of the Inn Thrift Store (www.thesamaritaninn.org)

Marc Sparks’s Contact Settings

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