MarkerSqueak Consulting

01/28/2026

Friends, no open office hours today. I will be headed to another local networking event. If anyone would like to join me, especially anyone considering Missouri Startup Weekend this spring, I’m happy to drive a carpool of folks down. Message me for details.

01/07/2026

Open office hours today from 3pm-6pm. Come work out the post-holiday Blah’s

Welcome Aboard, Captain!

12/17/2025

This was a wonderful conversation to have for our 1MC group! Happy to play a small part in a big deal…

💛 Big inspiration at 1 Million Cups Columbia today. 💛

We welcomed two youth entrepreneurs who reminded us that big ideas can start at any age.

📖 Truman shared a children’s book he’s writing with his dad, Raymond Hall of Dream Tree Academy 573, inspired by his experience navigating the loss of his grandfather.

🍋 Leo talked about what he’s learning from selling lemonade at a local park, gaining real-world experience in entrepreneurship—encouraged by his mom, Christina Hartman of banSHEE Cybersecurity.

Purpose. Creativity. Community. This is why we gather. ☕✨

Thanks to Jay Sparks, owner of MarkerSqueak Consulting, for facilitating this thoughtful discussion.

12/16/2025

When you’re at the MarkerSqueak office and Jay is cooking up something with you at the whiteboard…

Tomorrow (Weds) afternoon from 3-6pm, please stop by at 18 S 9th St (up the stairs…) for snacks and discussion and whiteboard visioning, and podcast recording and Startup Weekend dreaming…!??

12/15/2025

Ready for a session today. Just imagine everything that’s going to be learned and explored on those whiteboards over the next few hours? Would your executive or leadership team benefit from some time with these blank (for now) spaces? The possibilities for progress for your team are boundless…

12/10/2025

With the holidays nearly upon us, sometimes the “afternoons in the office” can start to feel like this… so from 3p-6p today, come to MarkerSqueak and hang out with fun people and talk about who-knows-what-will-come-up! Snacks and NA drinks provided, podcast couches set up, and plenty of whiteboard acreage for brainstorming.

12/03/2025

100%… agree.

I wanna hear your takes tonight at the MarkerSqueak office!

Stop by between 3-6pm to get a snack, an NA drink, and drop your Subway Take worthy thoughts on Jay!

12/01/2025

BOOM! Another local-to-CoMo executive team is going to uplevel with MarkerSqueak! Don't get left behind with FOMO...!

11/03/2025

I know work stuff is supposed to be all “worky” but I brought some new vessels in to re-pot my office plants today and it felt good to LITERALLY get my hands dirty a bit, and I’m happy with how they look in my space. I don’t have much of a green thumb but I love having a little bit of nature in my environment while I’m busy with other “real life” things. Maybe this is the “real life” we could all use a little more of?