Sprouter teams up with Startup Digest to bring you the best of SXSW

Your two favorite startup resources have come together to create an epic guide of awesomeness.

Sprouter & [StartUp Digest] have partnered up to bring you a list of the best events to attend and founders to meet in Austin this weekend.

Get your daily fix at sprouter.com/startupdigest

Keep an eye open for a chance to meet Chris and Brendan from Startup Digest, and of course the Sprouter team.

Chris McCann, Brendan McManus, Sarah Prevette & Erin Bury

To connect with other startup founders join the conversation on sprouter.com

To get the best startup events in your local area emailed to you every week sign up at thestartupdigest.com

Sprouter’s going to SXSW. Are you?

Sprouter’s heading South!

Last year Team Sprouter attended the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. The conference featured five days of presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, networking events hosted by industry leaders, and special programs showcasing the best new websites and startup ideas the community has to offer. We met entrepreneurs and web startups from around the world, and saw keynotes from respected CEOs like Zappos’ Tony Hsieh.

This year, we’re doing it all again! Sprouter Founder/CEO Sarah Prevette and Community Manager Erin Bury will be attending SXSW Interactive, which is held from March 12th-16th. We’ll be attending as many sessions as we can, and Sarah is on a panel discussing The Future of Community Management with other community experts including Thoora’s Saul Colt. We’ll be interviewing up-and-coming entrepreneurs about their startups, and recording podcasts with some tech industry stars. And watch out for our special Sprouter/Startup Digest that will highlight some of the key events and individuals in Austin this weekend.

Founder/CEO Sarah Prevette & Community Manager Erin Bury

If you’re attending SXSW, we want to meet you! Let us know, either by replying to this e-mail or @ replying us on Sprouter (@Sarah and @Erin). We’d love to say hello in person, interview you about your company, and of course give you some Sprouter swag. Also we hope you’ll attend Sarah’s panel, which takes place on Monday, March 16th from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in room 19B.

We hope to see some of you in Austin, but If you aren’t attending SXSW you can follow the conversation on Sprouter on the #SXSW2010 event page. Also stay tuned to our blog, Flickr page and YouTube channel – we’ll be posting a variety of content in the weeks to come!

Cheers,

The Sprouter Team

Introducing Sprouter Weekly – the go-to resource for startups

We know entrepreneurs everywhere are busy. We know they don’t have time to scour listings for relevant events in their area; or read all the startup-focused resources out there to find relevant content and learn about new companies and people. That’s why today we’re excited to debut our brand-new startup-focused newsletter, Sprouter Weekly. Sprouter Weekly replaces the Sprouter Weekly Digest, and has a bigger focus on startup news and profiles from around the world. Each week Sprouter Weekly will highlight news, companies and events that are making waves in the startup community – compiling it all into one go-to resource for entrepreneurs.

Each week Sprouter Weekly will include:

• Founder Profile – We’ll profile an up-and-coming entrepreneur, a seasoned startup founder, or a big name in small business. Find out how they got started, their challenges along the way, and their advice for you as an entrepreneurs

• Hot Startups of the Week – If they’ve launched recently, raised a round of funding, or sold recently to Google, we’ll be featuring them in our hot startups section. Find out about who the hottest new companies are and what makes them unique.

• Upcoming Events – There are so many startup events taking place around the world – we curate five of the best each week, whether conferences, camps, networking events, or an excuse to commiserate with other entrepreneurs over a drink.

• What We’re Reading – We’re constantly reading great entrepreneurship-focused articles from blogs and news outlets around the web. Here we share our top picks of the week, both community and Sprouter staff picks.

• Featured Members – The Sprouter community is full of innovative entrepreneurs – here we highlight two individuals who are sharing great content and actively connecting with other entrepreneurs around the world.

• Founder’s Note – Sprouter’s Founder/CEO Sarah Prevette has her share of startup successes and challenges to talk about. Each week she’ll leave you with one of the lessons she’s learned along the way as a serial entrepreneur.

If you’re a Sprouter member you’re automatically subscribed to the weekly newsletter, and the first edition should be in your inbox now. If you’re not a Sprouter member you can subscribe on the online sign-up page http://sprouter.com/weekly, and you can check out this week’s edition of the newsletter online.

We hope you like the new format, and we hope you’ll pass it along to fellow entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners. If you have any content suggestions or comments on the new design please get in touch at erin@sprouter.com.