Funsational, Inc

Mike McLean profiled Funsational, Inc (formerly Creative Spark Media, Inc). in his recent piece in the Spokane Journal of Business. Stemming from an interest in growing companies in the Spokane area, the article highlights how Rick and Heather Pieczonka took a party-game endeavor - and grew into a serious business too big to handle by themselves, and now too big for their current office space.

Local News - Local News - October 02, 2009
Putting the 'play' in party

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Richard and Heather Pieczonka shared a simple dream to start up a modest home-based company that would let them stay home with the children they planned to have, but their party-game endeavor grew into a serious business too big to handle by themselves, let alone from home.

"Success brought us something different, but I've got no complaints," says Heather Pieczonka, the company president.

The Pieczonkas founded Funsational, Inc, in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2001. When game sales took off, they realized four years ago that the company had to grow to keep up with customers' demands. To accommodate growth, escape the desert heat, and live where there's four seasons, they moved to Spokane Valley and leased 1,600 square feet of office space on the second floor of the Indiana Professional Building, at 15920 E. Indiana, and they plan to move the company into larger quarters. The business now employs nine people, including the owners and two longtime employees who telecommute from Phoenix, says Richard Pieczonka, the company CEO.

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