We’re excited to have selected our next Sprout!

Dingora is poised to be a game-changer for the international and independent cinema industry. It allows filmmakers to boost box office sales by giving fans across the globe safe and legal access to films on the same day as their theatrical premiere. It’s a model and technology ready to revolutionize the movie business.

While that sounds like a tall order, Pankaj Sikka is in a unique position to disrupt the industry. His passion, understanding and contacts in international cinema are unparalleled. He has worked as a web producer and business analyst for companies such as Universal Music Group, ICU Medical, Kinsho Mataichi Corporation, and The Walt Disney Company. Over the last 3 years, Pankaj and his wife Trasie have created one of the leading sources of content for Indian independent cinema. PassionForCinema.com hosts the blogs of many of the world’s most prestigious directors, writers and actors. The site is regarded as a movement in the Bombay Film Industry (Bollywood). It has developed a community of tens of thousands of hardcore movie fans and filmmakers and has been covered in over 50 major publications in the last year alone. Pankaj also created and organized India’s first online film festival which has presented hundreds of movies over the past 3 years.

Dingora represents an incredible opportunity and we couldn’t be happier to be part of it. In just a few months we’ll be releasing Dingora to the world. In the meantime, follow @Dingora on Twitter for updates on product development, film releases, and launch news.

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SproutBox is excited to announce the re-opening of applications for the investment cycle. We are seeking talented entrepreneurs interested in turning their idea into a reality. The deadline for applications is Saturday, December 5th, at 11:59pm, so if you think you (or anyone you know) would make a good candidate, it’s time to get started at http://sproutbox.com/apply.

We couldn’t be happier with the selection of our most recent Sprout, Proposable. Proposable Founder James Kappen has relocated from California to Bloomington, and the SproutBox dev team is in full swing on his project. Proposable is a simple way to create, deliver, and analyze your sales proposals online. We have no doubt it’s going to be a huge success. To keep up to date, sign up for the newsletter at http://proposable.com and follow @proposable on twitter.

Our 4th Sprout, Squad, is almost ready to be released to the public. Squad is a web-based collaborative code editor. You’ll be hearing a lot more about that project in the next couple of weeks. If you’d like to be notified of the launch, be sure to follow @squadedit on twitter and keep an eye on http://squadedit.com.

We want to make sure everyone has the chance to apply. That’s where you come in. Please take a moment and let your friends know about SproutBox, especially the ones who want to start a business. Send them a link to this post, or click on the links below if you use twitter or facebook:

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Tomorrow, August 15th at 11:59 pm is your last chance to submit an application for SproutBox this round. There’s a lot of excitement about the potential of being selected to be SproutBox’s first external Sprout. Yesterday we had a great write up in TechCrunch about our online billing and subscription solution, CheddarGetter. If you haven’t read it you should definitely check it out: CheddarGetter Wants To Get Your Startup Some Cheddar

There was a blurb in the article about applications closing, but we want to make sure everyone has the chance to apply. That’s where you come in. Please take a moment and let your friends know about SproutBox. Particularly the ones that might be interested in starting a business. Send them an email directing them to http://www.sproutbox.com/apply/ or if you use twitter or facebook click on the links below:

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