Max Yoder is exactly the kind of founder SproutBox is looking for. 
He’s straightforward, smart, humble, opinionated and driven. His
 startup, Quipol, is only a few weeks old, was built on a shoestring 
budget and is already making waves across the world.

Quipol is quite simple. It’s an embeddable polling application. How it 
impacts user behavior is what is fascinating. Much like Twitter and
 FormSpring, its constraints and simplicity make it greater than the 
sum of its parts.

Quipols are incredibly easy to build and share,
 allowing creators to engage their users while simultaneously unlocking
 the opinions and perspectives of their audience.  A Quipol helps focus
 and direct the conversation around content, minimizing the typical 
internet comments free-for-all. By leveraging networks like Facebook 
and Twitter, Quipol makes polls social, driving users back to the 
original embed source. This combination of higher engagement, enhanced data collection, and increased traffic is a game 
changer for anyone with an audience.

The easiest way to describe a Quipol is to embed one:

Through perseverance (as in continually offering to do others’ laundry), Max has surrounded himself with an all-star team of Indiana advisors, including top minds from 
KA+A, SproutBox and Gravity Labs. He created personalized videos to 
send early adopters in the press. Each month, he dedicates 
61% of his income from his day job to his startup. He is a crazy one.

We’re proud to have Max and Quipol as a part of the SproutBox family.

To find out more about Quipol check out some of the recent press coverage on
 The Next Web and NBC Chicago.

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Proposable.com is now live! We are so excited to unveil this game-changing sales platform to the world. The Proposable team has put in late nights, long days, and blood sweat and tears into this project (well.. not too much blood was spilt, actually) but now they’re open for business.

Proposable was released Thursday evening (2/11/10) and was immediately covered by the most well-read tech blogs, including TechCrunch and TheNextWeb.

Read the Techcrunch article here.

Click here to read TheNextWeb coverage.

Proposable offers revolutionary sales intelligence and a ridiculously simple platform for creating, delivering, and analyzing all your sales material online. Tell the salespeople in your life that they never again need to ask questions like, “Did they open my email?”, “What sections did they look at?”, and “How interested are they?”. Proposable has the answers.

Everyone gets a free 30 day trial – No credit card required.
Try it for yourself now at http://www.proposable.com.

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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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