Sprouter Shutting Down

This morning I received the following email from support@sprouter.com

Dear Sprouter Community,

We’ll be closing down the main Sprouter website a week from today on August 2nd.

We're devastated to have to shut down the service but unfortunately, due to capital constraints, we've simply run out of options.

We want to thank everyone who has supported us and apologize to our members.

Sprouter has truly been a labor of love and we're heartbroken not to continue on.

We want to wish you all well with your endeavors; we've loved being a part of your journey and we wish you continued success.

Thank you very much for being part of the Sprouter community.

Sarah Prevette Founder & CEO, Sprouter.com

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mbrzuzy 14y ago ↗

Here is a link to the blog post which seems to be down atm.

http://sprouter.com/blog/sprouter-is-shutting-down/

alvincrespo 14y ago ↗

Woops, didnt see this when I posted. I should probably read before I post :)

zeit_geist 14y ago ↗

I enjoyed the service although I was wondering about the business model for quite a long time. Sad.

bourdine 14y ago ↗

I love this idea, but I'm really don't understand why Sprouter down and why Sarah didn't switch Sprouter to a simple 8 hours/week side-project.

alvincrespo 14y ago ↗

I completely agree. It was such a great concept and has the ability to move forward. I'm wondering what the real reasons behind dropping this idea are?

alvincrespo 14y ago ↗

I guess theres a post explaining whats going on:

http://sprouter.com/blog/sprouter-is-shutting-down/