Mike is the CEO and Owner of Sperling Interactive with over 15 years of website design, photography, marketing, and e-commerce experience. He built Sperling Interactive with his wife from the ground up, starting as a small office in his home with only a few employees and clients to one that has 20+ employees and more than 600 clients served all from our headquarters in Salem’s Historic District.
Mike grew up in Baltimore, Maryland where he went to a magnet school for the arts and began his study of photography. From there he went on to Rochester Institute of Technology in New York where he got his degree in Photojournalism and Communications. Before founding Sperling Interactive, Mike worked his way up from staff photographer at the Eagle Tribune Publishing Company to the lead operator and manager of multiple websites for daily and weekly publications.
Mike has a deep commitment to community involvement and civic engagements. In the past few years he and members of our team have become involved in programs that assist the youth, homeless, food insecure, and families at risk through programs at Lifebridge, Paddle for Plummer, LEAP for Education, Harborlight, Bridgewell, and the Enterprise Center at Salem State.
Ever the optimist, Mike believes that there is never a problem that can’t be solved with a bit of ingenuity and perseverance. It’s this positive, can-do attitude and know-how that allowed Mike to be recognized as Small Business of the Year 2019, by the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce.
The business world and workspaces, in general, are evolving right before our eyes. What has traditionally been considered a workspace is currently in a state of flux in response to the pandemic. Remote work and hybrid options are causing some organizations to discover that they need less space or flexibility in regard to meetings, workstations, or conferences. The Enterprise Center...
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In our last blog, we discuss briefly the programs and services that we offer small and medium-sized business owners across the North Shore. One of those services is a Small Business Technical Assistance Program meant to help small businesses that have been forced to adapt to an ever-changing and uncertain technical environment during the covid pandemic. What are those changes...
If you’ve ever walked past the Enterprise Center on the campus of Salem State University, you may wonder exactly what goes on inside our doors. You may have heard that we are an entrepreneurial hub, a business resource center, or a place for professionals to seek out help for their emerging or growing businesses. In each instance, you would be...
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Navigating the business world can be challenging especially when you are a C-level leader. Too often the ability to access appropriate networking is missing or there isn’t enough time to attend at a certain level. That’s where Salem State University’s CEO Groups as a part of the Enterprise Center becomes a valuable tool that CEOs across the Commonwealth and most...
Running a successful business is incredibly hard work. It means wearing multiple hats all day long and becoming skilled in so many areas, all at once. The process of growing a business may be hard, but it is almost always well worth the love, sweat, and tears that you put into it. Thankfully, there are resources that business leaders and...
