About Us
Sprouter is where founders get help with their startups. Sprouter allows entrepreneurs to get curated answers to small business questions from people who know what they’re talking about. The site’s carefully chosen panel of experts provide advice on a variety of topics including law, marketing and funding. To ensure quality, answers aren’t crowdsourced, they’re gathered from proven experts.
Entrepreneurs can ask a question, browse relevant content, comment on answers, and share advice with their networks. Sprouter also produces the popular Sprouter Weekly entrepreneurship publication, and hosts global Sprout Up events to bring together entrepreneurs in local communities. The company launched in November 2009 and was acquired by Postmedia Inc. in September 2011.
The Sprouter Team
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Sarah Prevette – Founder
Named by Inc Magazine as one of the top entrepreneurs in North America, Sarah Prevette has captured attention as a passionate and pioneering web entrepreneur.
Sarah is the founder of Sprouter.com, an online platform facilitating knowledge exchange between startups and business leaders that was acquired by Postmedia in 2011.
Sarah is frequently in the media and has been profiled by numerous prestigious publications including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Wired Magazine.
An advisor to several startups, her advice can be found regularly in the Financial Post and live on BNN’s hot, new show “The Pitch.”
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Grant Hollingworth – Director of Technology
Grant Hollingworth is Sprouter’s resident Ruby on Rails developer and has been working in web development for 15 years. As well as possessing expertise in computers and electronic technology as a whole, Grant also has past experience working for a number of start-ups. Grant enjoys developing network applications that help connect people in meaningful ways.
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Erin Bury – Director of Content and Communications
Erin is passionate about web startups and new technologies. She is a journalism graduate who has written for publications including The Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Mashable, Business Insider, and VentureBeat. She comments frequently in the press about entrepreneurship, and has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Forbes, CNN, and Canadian Business.
Erin is also a guest speaker who has led sessions about Community Management and small business at events across Canada. She can be found on Twitter at @erinbury, or on her blog at erinbury.com.
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Vince Duquette – Senior Web Developer
Vince recently joined the Sprouter team as a developer. He’s back in Canada after spending the last few years in Southern California as a web consultant for Fortune 500 clients. Vince enjoys putting his Ruby on Rails skills to work, and is active in the startup community in Santa Monica and Toronto.