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Socialize Founder Daniel Odio: Your App Works When People Care About It
Apps are cultures. Here is a photo of some Socialize Founders. One of them is jumping in an alley....
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 09/03/2012
It's Quite Okay to Make a Little Bit of Money
James Bond said it was okay, so why not? We are going to run this brief Experience interview with...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/30/2012
A Post In Which I Will Almost Surprise You - TechCrunch Disrupt is Coming
Microsoft has some amazing tricks up its sleeve for the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt in San...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/30/2012
Israeli Research and Dev Center, Home to First Microsoft Israel Accelerator, Partners with Georgia Tech and Technion
The Microsoft R&D Center in Israel, through the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure, has...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/28/2012
Join Our Live Facebook Chat at 10am PST, Wednesday, August 29 Daniel Jebaraj, Co-Founder of Syncfusion
Join us Wednesday, 10am PST as we talk to Syncfusion co-founder Daniel Jebaraj about the perils and...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/27/2012
How Someone Took 36 Different Mars Images and Put a Pano on TourWrist
We hope the Mohawk Guy at NASA sees this. Steve Perry at DEMO Spring 2012 Winner TourWrist has taken...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/23/2012
Why We Are Using Geekli.st -- Hyper Community
When I met Reuben Katz, it was during one of my walks through Rocketspace in San Francisco, where I...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/22/2012
TradeChase Gets Ready to Launch -- First Azure-Based Startup to Gain a Gambling License in the UK
Congratulations to TradeChase, which is getting ready to launch. One of the co-founders, Colin...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/21/2012
Founder Interview: Nick Soman of LikeBright: Meet Your Match Through Your Facebook Graph
Nick Soman created an app that lets you find potential relationship partners through your friends'...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/14/2012
Dig Deep In Twitter, By Letting The Beautiful, Bold and Adventurous Rise to Your Feeds
Ever felt frustrated that you can never dig deep enough, and reliably enough, into Twitter to find...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/14/2012
Kevin Zhang -- EachCloud, Microsoft Research and Development Center in Asia
EachCloud is a translation tool for the cloud being developed at the Microsoft Research and...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/14/2012
Go build the next big application. SendGrid will take care of your email.
SendGrid is a cloud-based service that replaces your company’s email infrastructure and...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/13/2012
From Publishing Imprints and Publisher Authority to Signposts for Community Development
In information publishing, the more you publish, the bigger your opportunity to develop a community...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/13/2012
Interview With WangJun -- iTestin App, Windows Azure Accelerator in China
Here is part two of the series on startups coming out of some incubators in three countries --...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/13/2012
What's An AngelHack? We Ask FashionMetric To Give Us the Deets on AngelHack-ing
A little over a month ago, hundreds of developers and hackers packed into AOL's Palo Alto...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/13/2012
What Is the AngelHack Mentality? Inside the Mind of the First AngelHacker, Greg Gopman
In his t-shirt and jeans, Greg Gopman, the founder of AngelHack, looks like any other hacker /...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/12/2012
Dan'l Lewin and Steve Blank in Conversation This Tuesday
Special opportunity for Silicon Valley and West Coast folks. Steve Blank talks with Dan'l Lewin at...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/11/2012
In China, Building a Startup: PengFei Chen of Atom, Based at Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D HQ
This is our first interview with one of the participants of one of Microsoft's international...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/11/2012
Register for Windows 8 Hackathon -- From the Comfort of Your Own Home
A Windows 8 hackathon will take place this month, but instead of being in one physical location, we...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/10/2012
Looking At What Is Possibly Going to Kill Your Company -- TechStars Reality TV
We just saw the the new trailer for The Founders, the TechStars reality show. It's real. That's all...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/09/2012
Wappwolf Releases Version for Windows 8
We got word this morning that BizSpark company Wappwolf, a cloud automator app, has just released a...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/08/2012
Pingar Founder and CEO Peter Wren-Hilton: Don't Do Your Startup Alone
The worst thing you can do to your startup is to act as if you are the only person who can make it...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/06/2012
What Is Chain.ly? BizSpark Member Bruno Ligutti Explains
We asked Bruno Ligutti, a BizSpark member and founder of Chain.ly, to explain his startup company, a...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 08/01/2012
fotojelly Is A PaaS for Your Photo-Sharing During Events
FotoJelly is a PaaS whose vision is to make it easier for people to share photos when participating...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/31/2012
The Last Mile Does Not Give Up on the Forgotten
This video details the very first startup Demo Day at San Quentin Prison, the very first to ever...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/31/2012
Carlos Eduardo and Pratical One: Creating Your First Cloud-Based Logistics Data Company
How does a brand new logistical data company get up and running in Microsoft BizSpark? Turns out you...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/30/2012
Being a Social Do-Gooder Means You Still Have to Run a Business -- How Desiree Vargas Wrigley Raises Capital
How does Desiree Vargas Wrigley, founder of GiveForward, raise capital? It must be particularly...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/27/2012
India Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure Picks 11 Startups for First Class
After reviewing the pitches of the top 20 startup applicants for the India Microsoft Accelerator for...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/27/2012
DEMO and State Department in Roadshow to Tap Entrepreneurial Talent in Africa
Microsoft BizSpark is priming entrepreneurs in Africa for a massive startup conference we are doing...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/26/2012
Doing Good Things for Startups, Who Do Good Things for People, Who Do Good for Everyone's Future
We've been engaged in a little bit of diplomacy lately. Claire Lee, who is in charge of partnerships...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/25/2012
Join the New York City 500 Startups Demo Day -- Streaming Today on BizSpark
The best way to get information that can help your startup is to watch Demo Days like the one we're...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/23/2012
This Year's Olympics Will Be App-Ready
You're probably going to be at work for most of the Olympics, so how are you going to watch the...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/22/2012
Founder Showcase Only Three Days Away -- Meet Windows 8
If you are sitting hunched over your laptop trying to disrupt, you are probably not only puzzling...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/22/2012
Founder Institute Hosts Founder Showcase at Microsoft -- And Here's What It's Like to Work with BizSpark Plus
Update: Adding this email that just came in that gives some new information about the Showcase...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/20/2012
Watch the AngelHack Finals Tonight Via Ustream
In case you wanted to find out who will win the nation-wide AngelHack contest, look no further than...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/12/2012
Jason Calcanis Says Microsoft is Having a Renaissance
I think Jason Calacanis likes the X Phone, his co-hosts idea to rename the Windows Phone. Calcanis...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/11/2012
Your Questions About Bing Fund Answered
Here is a simple Q&A about the just announced Bing Fund. We are providing these answers for you...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/10/2012
Soluto Accepts Partner of the Year Award
Tomer Dvir from Soluto reaches epic proportions! These shots were sent in by our colleagues in...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/10/2012
Steve Ballmer On Stage at Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, talks to thousands of partners in Toronto this morning. Here's a link...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/09/2012
The Next Big Enterprise Software Play Eats Zombies -- Look at RedCritter
Sitting in your office? Look around. Notice anything weird? That guy chewing on brains? A whole host...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/08/2012
Microsoft Accelerator: Seattle Pretty Much Just Blew Up With Startup Goodness
Whew. That's over. That was some crazy Microsoft Accelerator for Kinect Business that just went down...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/01/2012
A Complete View of the Azure Deployment
What does Azure deployment mean to you? Right now, Azure is being rolled out through several...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 07/01/2012
Web Tour: What Others Are Saying About Your Startup
Well, they are not talking specifically about you, but the way these people are talking, it's wonder...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/30/2012
Microsoft 30 to Launch: Where You Can Make an App That Goes Into the Store
So, what do you do when you show up to an app building workshop in San Francisco to learn how to...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/27/2012
Watch Freak'N Genius, Microsoft Accelerator Startup on the Seattle News Today
If you guys are around your computer around 4pm and 6:10pm PST, you can watch Microsoft Accelerator...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/25/2012
Can We Design So That Design Gets Out of the Way?
When it comes down to "smart technology," we're not really looking for devices that wow us. we're...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/24/2012
Today's Important Quote: Microsoft Congratulates Soluto for Winning BizSpark Partner of the Year
“Microsoft is pleased to recognize Soluto as its BizSpark Partner of the Year,” said...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/24/2012
From Stereoscopic to Simple -- How Jintronix Went from Complicated to Kinect at the Microsoft Accelerator
At Jintronix, we use the Microsoft Kinect for Windows to capture a patient’s motions, allowing...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/22/2012
Check Out the Imagine Cup with Jessica Watson, Youngest Person to Sail Around The World
The Microsoft Imagine Cup brings together students from all over the world and asks them to use...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/22/2012