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Wednesday
27Jan2010

Sprouter helps entrepreneurs collaborate globally

By Corey Kossack

If you're a startup trying to navigate the path to success, there's no doubt you have probably heard of a website or two that might help you get there. Communities like StartupNation, PerfectBusiness, eFactor, YouNoodle and others provide access to entrepreneurs and each provide a number of different resources, information and tools for entrepreneurs. 

But if you're on the lookout for a new resource to check into, try Sprouter. If you look at Sprouter right now, you would likely call it "Twitter for entrepreneurs", but the site intends to become much more. Founder Sarah Prevette said that her intention in creating Sprouter was to give the thousands of entrepreneur organizations a centralized place to continue ongoing conversations online - rather than infrequent ones that happen at occasional in-person gatherings. The site's functionality does not fully represent that intention at this point in time, as Prevette's strategy was to get a beta version of the site up to get users in, then add additional functionality to fulfill her vision, which is on its way shortly.

One of the key features Sprouter is working on is two-way communication with Twitter, so users can share entrepreneur-specific twitter posts automatically with the Sprouter community rather than having to update from within Sprouter. The company is privately funded by angels.

As Sprouter adds more features specific to helping entrepreneurs collaborate on the issues that help them accomplish their goals (as opposed to another general forum for entrepreneurs to connect), they could be a very interesting startup to keep your eye on.