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Sprouter Blog
sprouter.com · Company blog · on HN since 2009
Sprouter was a social network and Q&A site for startup founders, with blog posts on launching and building startups.
What HN saysHN links it for the shutdown announcement and its founder answers site, and the company also posted job ads there.
22HN people shared it
5linked it in comments
150stories submitted
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Most-shared posts
- 1Sprouter is Shutting Down3 people · 10 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 2Sprouter - Social Network for founders3 people · 3 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 3Why Every Startup Community is the Same2 people · 26 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 4Make Something People Want2 people · 5 points · first shared 2012 · 2 comments on HN
- 5Answers2 people · first shared 2011
- 6How to Build an Effective Startup Press Kit1 people · 43 points · first shared 2011 · 7 comments on HN
- 7How to Keep Your Sanity During a Startup Launch1 people · 24 points · first shared 2011 · 5 comments on HN
- 8How Robin Chase built Zipcar, the largest car-sharing service in the world1 people · 22 points · first shared 2011 · 3 comments on HN
- 9Turning a $1000 loan into a $66 million exit – one Shark’s story1 people · 15 points · first shared 2011 · 8 comments on HN
- 10Build Your Dream Job1 people · 12 points · first shared 2013 · 3 comments on HN
- 11Collect Your Favorite Quotes Online with Quotica1 people · 6 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 12What mistakes do people typically make when designing landing pages?1 people · 6 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 13Why Startup Employees Need to be Exceptional1 people · 6 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 14How David Segal Went from Zero to 500 Employees in 3 Years1 people · 5 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 15Tips for getting the most out of startup conferences1 people · 5 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
vduquette · 2012-05-01
Toronto, Canada
Rails developer
http://sprouter.com
We are working on a big launch this summer involving live video. Looking for a rails dev looking to take on a big role. We only have two developers right now and are looking to add a third. You will have a big say in product design and will play with the newest tech out there. Rails 3, HAML, jquery, websockets, redis - all the good stuff. Hit me up: [email protected] for more info.
alvincrespo · 2011-07-26
I guess theres a post explaining whats going on:
http://sprouter.com/blog/sprouter-is-shutting-down/
mbrzuzy · 2011-07-26
Here is a link to the blog post which seems to be down atm.
http://sprouter.com/blog/sprouter-is-shutting-down/
yoseph · 2011-04-05
I didn't say it did...
Just looking on the http://sprouter.com/answers homepage, here's a taste...
Dan Martell - Flowtown,
Aaron Patzer - Mint,
Micah Baldwin - Graphic.ly,
Mark Suster - GRP Partners
jdp23 · 2011-02-28
> I'm not entirely sure what you're competitive advantage is then?
It's a good question ... here's a quick take on competitive positioning:
Quora: Q&A focus, broad focus, good responsiveness, Valley-based and English-only, text-oriented UX with some graphical abilities, very weak discussion capabilities
HN: link sharing and discussion sometimes used for Q&A, topics focused on hackers (including those starting companies) but , large and active community, not easy for a newcomer to get feedback or target answers, text-only UX
StackOverflow: Q&A focus, topics initially for programmers, now branching out
Sprouter's focus is on entrepreneurs and they're Canada-based so could have a big geographical differentiator from Quora. Depending on what strategy they pursue there are some other obvious potential competitive advantages and ... I haven't used it enough to know yet.
> What's in it for the people giving advice?
A key question. Sprouter seems to feature their experts a lot more prominently than Quora -- have a look at http://sprouter.com/answers