Software Engineer

We are looking for a Software Engineer with a strong knowledge of web development frameworks such as Rails or Zend, and experience with Linux, Apache, MySQL, Ruby, PHP, jQuery and other open source technologies.

A SproutBoxer’s Guide to SXSW

Starting today, thousands of geeks, entrepreneurs, marketers, and investors will convene in Austin, TX for the premier tech gathering of the year, South By Southwest Interactive Festival. The SproutBox crew will be there in full force. Our own Mike Trotzke has organized one of the most popular panel discussions “Who Needs Venture Capital?” and SproutBox portfolio [...]

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Posted by Marc Guyer on March 12th, 2010 Write a Comment

Don’t be a banker. (part 1)

In his recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Tom Perkins claims that “Too often, there is confusion between investment banking and venture capital.” It’s hard to argue with that statement, but it’s investors like Tom Perkins that deserve the bulk of the blame for this confusion. Perkins says the difference between VC and Investment [...]

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Posted by Brad on March 9th, 2010 Write a Comment

CampaignMonitor API is Annoying

Ok, let’s be honest, I never really was any good at following directions. That’s probably why I’m an entrepreneur today. That’s also why I spent a few hours trying to find out why I kept getting this error when trying to talk to the CampaignMonitor API in the most basic way: (101) Invalid [...]

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Posted by Marc Guyer on February 24th, 2010 Write a Comment