BizSpark Group Blog
UNConvention Gives Europe’s Young Entrepreneurs a Voice
It may be a cliché, but our collective future really does depend on the brightest and best of...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/20/2012
Rockstart Accelerator Demo Day, Startups Pitch to Over 300 Investors
The Demo Day is the sweaty palms and bust your gut finale that many startup founders and developer...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/16/2012
Guest Blogger Gary Swart, CEO, oDesk: 4 Ways to Use Online Work to Turbocharge Your Startup
What makes the difference between a startup’s success and failure? What sets a truly great...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/15/2012
Virtual Windows 8 Building: Workshops on June 14
Some of you may have heard about the live workshops we are doing for developers in Seattle and San...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/13/2012
Microsoft For Africa
The latest plan for Microsoft in Africa is all about enabling African youth realize their full...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/13/2012
Big Data, Big Health and Big Education: Three Reasons to Celebrate in Canada this July
In my day job, I have the distinct pleasure of engaging with some of the smartest and most...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/13/2012
Facebook Promoted Posts: A Tool You Need In Your Startup Kit
After the IPO, what will $5 get you in Facebook? Turns out, plenty. After this months rocky but...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/11/2012
Overall Prize at Microsoft BizSpark Summit Goes to Open Source Entrepreneurs Commerce Guys
With over 16,000 start-ups part of BizSpark in Europe, you’d expect the calibre of the top 15...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/11/2012
Three Tips for Building Your Business Reputation Online -- Some Recommendations from Brandify
Many executives in the marketing role may be uneasy withthe thought of tying lack of brand messaging...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/08/2012
Startup Heroes take Euro Summit by Storm -- A Review of the #bizsparkeu Hashtag
In the early hours of dawn in San Francisco, I flicked on my laptop and took in the livestream of...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/08/2012
FounderFuel Taking Applications for Fall 2012 -- Apply Here
As many of you might know, 11 teams just graduated from the FounderFuel (https://founderfuel.com)...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/08/2012
Tech's Got Talent -- Or, Does It?
Startup founders often turn to hybrid management solutions to put together their teams, but is this...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/07/2012
Cloud First, Cloud Often -- Leveraging the "Tectonic Shift" to the Cloud with Mobile Apps
To cloud your app or not to cloud your app…That is the question! According to Juniper...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/07/2012
Amir Pinchas: Startup Adrenaline
It’s BizSpark European Summit rehearsal day and the level of adrenalin here at...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/06/2012
Reshma Sohoni: "Don't Divorce Mobile and Desktop" -- They Need Each Other
Tomorrow is the first day of the BizSpark Euro Summit 2012. To prepare, we asked a few of the judges...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/06/2012
Turner Broadcasting Accelerator Media Camp Unveils Inaugural Class
Six technology startups selected to help change the future of entertainment. SAN FRANCISCO, CA...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/05/2012
A Photosynth Look at the First 30 to Launch Windows 8 Workshop
Evangelist Kevin Ashley took this photo. He used the Photosynth app on the Windows phone to document...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/04/2012
Alive with Activity -- Touch First Experience and Simplicity of Design
I went to RocketSpace last night where Michael Scherotter, principal architecture evangelist for...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/04/2012
Three Questions About Startup Culture: Nic Brisbourne, Partner at DFJ
Entrepreneurs better be prepared to compete on both mobile and desktop, since the future is not...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/01/2012
ANNOUNCING: Brand NEW 30 to Launch Series in Seattle!
By Brett Laffel Due to overwhelming demand from our 30 to Launch Series in San Francisco,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/01/2012
2012’s Olympic host is on a winning streak for start-ups
By Bindi Karia Holding this year’s European BizSpark Summit in London gives me a good chance...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 06/01/2012
New 30 to Launch Event in Seattle
We've had a lot of signups for the 30 to Launch Series for Windows 8 happening at Rocketspace in San...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/30/2012
The Euro Summit for Those Not in Europe -- A Twitter List for Getting Trends Data on Startups on the Continent
The European BizSpark Summit starts June 7. We've got a lot going on right now in the run up to the...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/26/2012
BizSpark European Summit 2012 Finalists
JamPot have developed a Software as a Service (SaaS) product (TheAppBuilder) that enables anyone to...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/25/2012
Microsoft Accelerator Taking Applications Until June 29 -- Free Azure Hosting to Build Stuff
Sam Rosenbalm, BizSpark Managing Director, has been mentoring and visiting with entrepreneurs at the...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/25/2012
Guest Post: Adam Peterson, CEO, Vipecloud: Other People's Marketing
Most entrepreneurs are familiar with the term Other People’s Money. In fact, some believe...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/25/2012
Reshma Sohoni on Startups -- Euro Summit 2012 Is a Tech Watering Hole for Regional Startups
Bindi Karia interviews Seedcamp co-founder Reshma Sohoni The BizSpark European Summit always...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/24/2012
Guest Post: Ruchit Garg, CEO, 9Slides --- Wannapreneurs, Customer Focus and Competition Anxiety
I have met numerous wanna-preneurs over coffee meet-ups where folks have ditched their idea after...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/24/2012
The Final Fifteen
With just two weeks to go until the 8th BizSpark European Summit, I thought I’d give you a...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/24/2012
BizSpark Partners and Microsoft Accelerator In The News
It's been a heavy media day around here. Some reporters from Endgadget and Bloomberg just got back...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/23/2012
Announcing: 30 to Launch for Windows 8!
By Brett Laffel Come join us at RocketSpace in San Francisco every Monday night throughout the month...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/22/2012
Reduce Startup Taxes and Make Starting Up Easier for European Entrepreneurs -- Alessandro Rizzoli, Founder and CEO of Mopapp
Across different countries in Europe, more needs to be done to give start-ups tax reductions during...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/22/2012
You Can Help Choose the People Choice Award Winner During the Microsoft BizSpark EU Summit on June 7
Have your say! Vote for your favourite BizSpark European Summit Startup Finalist now! On June 7th,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/21/2012
Fitting Reality Uses AR to Provide Retail Therapy in Your Living Room, Serves as A Personal Shopping Assistant
We're running a few blog posts over the next week to celebrate the BizSpark EU Summit being hosted...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/21/2012
SpoonHub Captures Microsoft BizSpark Grand Prize Challenge at TechCrunch Disrupt
Spoonhub, "a Github for recipes" took away the grand prize challenge at today's TechCrunch Disrupt...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/20/2012
TechCrunch Hackathon Disrupt Presentations Are Live -- Watch Them
After a whole night of hacking, we are onto the Disrupt presentations. Live stream videos at...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/20/2012
Live Video: Tech Crunch Disrupt in New York City
There's nothing quite like the smell of the morning air, or hoisting a decaf latte in the hand, and...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/19/2012
Jordan Crook and Matt Burns from TechCrunch Probe Hackers for Info About Hackathon
Jordan Crook and Matt Burns walk the line of hackers lined up to get into the NYC TechCrunch Disrupt...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/19/2012
TechCrunch Hackaton Starts Today: Get Updates about Microsoft BizSpark Startups
The TechCrunch Hackathon starts at 12.30 in NYC. We have three companies there. Aviary, an awesome...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/19/2012
Of Baristas and Accelerators: Do Entrepreneurs Ship or Serve?
Today I am going to visit the Microsoft Accelerator at 320 Westlake Avenue in Seattle. Incidentally,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/16/2012
How Awesome Is This? Giving Away Huge Xbox and Windows Phone Package at TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon
TechCrunch Disrupt will be here this weekend, and if you are a developer and a builder of apps, you...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/15/2012
In Belfast, a Financial Startups Challenge Called Innotribe
An event that offers up to $500,000 in prizes to financial-focused startups has finished running in...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/11/2012
Startup Continent: Lions@frica Teams with Nokia, Microsoft and DEMO to Support Africa v2.0 at World Economic Forum
Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/08/2012
BizSpark European Summit in London Answers Questions about Building Startups in the Cloud
Startups and cloud developers face challenging opportunities while building a business in the cloud....
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/08/2012
BizSpark Startup Shelby.tv Takes Home Overall Winner at TNW, Beating Out Radiation and Snowboarding Apps
Shelby.tv recently won the The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam. It's a video web app that puts all...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/04/2012
Inside Windows Phone -- How a Code Becomes a Game
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/03/2012
#Startup2012: Live Stream from Business Insider, Learn How to Manage Your Startup
Here's a live stream of the Business Insider #Startup2012 conference in New York City. This will...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 05/03/2012
Rob Caron: Top Ten #Microsoft Developer Blog Posts for Monday
Thanks to Rob Caron for posting these great links for developers today. Keep coming back for this...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/30/2012
#Windows Phone: Building an App Culture and Ecosystem in Education and in E-Reading
All sorts of guessing and excitement about the new Microsoft investment in Barnes & Noble today....
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/30/2012
Wappwolf Is Wawesome -- An Automated File Workflow Process
Pun aside, Wappwolf is based at Rocketspace on Fremont Street in San Francisco. Roland Trimmel, who...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/27/2012