BizSpark Group Blog
A Soluto for Azure: How An Israeli Social IT Startup Moved to Microsoft Azure
An Israeli startup called Soluto switched to Windows Azure to help it deliver Soluto to more than 3...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/27/2012
#Microsoft Azure Accelerator is a Catalyst for Boosting Startups -- Inside a #Microsoft Incubator
People think that software engineers just sit around and solve problems. The truth is, no problem...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/26/2012
@HashTip Is a Way to Get Instantaneous Tips -- and Coupons -- When You are Out
Your friends are really good at telling you what to wear, or whether your hair looks good in the...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/26/2012
#Microsoft #BizSpark Asks Entrepreneurs to Describe the Glory and the Horror of Solving for Opportunities
Startup culture. Highs and lows. Dread and exasperation. Glory and elation. What really sucks about...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/25/2012
Run a Startup and Need a Partner? Check Out This Map, and Get Going
Written by Douglas Crets, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Bizspark What is the most amazing thing...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/25/2012
Microsoft #BizSpark Teams with #Startupbootcamp Amsterdam
Startupbootcamp Amsterdam, the Dutch branch of the pan-European startup accelerator programme, is...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/24/2012
30 To Launch Kicks Off Its Thirty Day Challenge to Rock Your App In the Azure Cloud, and Maybe Win $4,000
30 to Launch Opens Today If you haven't heard of this before, prepare to engross yourself in a new...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/24/2012
Lise Quintana: Product Building is Storytelling in Quick-Forming Communities
Written by Douglas Crets, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft BizSpark Lise Quintana is a storyteller...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/24/2012
Stanford Shopping Center – Microsoft Store Grand Opening
After much anticipation, Microsoft Retail Stores opened its 15th store Thursday at the Stanford...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/23/2012
Putting the spotlight on The Netherlands
Guest blog by Ruud de Jonge This week sees The Next Web conference taking place in Amsterdam, so it...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/23/2012
#BizSpark Partner Offers Will Keep You Lean, Fast and Scaling Up
Many of the nearly 50,000 startups hosted on the Azure Cloud may not know how much support and...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/20/2012
#DEMO2012 TourWrist Proves We Need Structured Memory to Live in the Present
TourWrist Is Not Just a Panorama Photo App Written by Douglas Crets, Developer Evangelist and...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/20/2012
Roboticists Do It Better -- At Startup Weekend, Assembling Code and Mechanics in Meat Space
Robots are suddenly becoming a very attractive startup idea. Startup Weekend showed us that app...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/20/2012
#SWBayMEGA Leader Ahmed Siddiqui Tells Us to Learn to Code During #DEMO2012
By: Ahmed Siddiqui, Startup Weekend San Francisco Bay Area Coordinator & Founder of Go Go Mongo!...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/19/2012
Launch: Silicon Valley Wants Your Entrepreneurial Genius -- Applications Open Today for its June 5 Event
If you are a dreamer and an entrepreneur, and if you think that solving problems and making life...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/19/2012
#DEMO2012 -- From the Floor, Startups That Help You Share Media, Find Burritos and Flee Emergencies
We went around over the past two days and asked entrepreneurs at DEMO 2012 what they were here to...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/19/2012
A Cloud Curb Service -- Turning a Limousine Service into a Software and Cloud Services Vendor
When a man running information technology for a limousine company started testing out Windows System...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/19/2012
#Demo2012 -- Live Stream of the New Disrupters
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Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/18/2012
BikiniGate at #SWBayMEGA -- What It Means to Build an App and Speak for a Culture
Post written by Douglas Crets, Developer Evangelist for Microsoft BizSpark It will go down as...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/17/2012
Profound, Profane, and Perfectly Capable
by Douglas Crets, Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Bizspark Apps for Culture Whenever you see the...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/16/2012
#MEGA #Mobile at #Microsoft
By Claire Lee If you are signed up for the Mobile track @Mega this weekend (starting tomorrow) we...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/12/2012
Gaming Gig – Kinect for Windows @Mega
By Claire Lee This weekend – if you are signed up for the Gaming track at Mega Startup...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/12/2012
Calling all MEGA Startup Weekenders!
By Claire Lee The Windows team is in town this week from rainy Redmond to give you world-class,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/11/2012
StartX Adds Microsoft as a Resource Partner
By Claire Lee On Thursday, April 5, the Microsoft Silicon Valley team hosted Stanford’s StartX...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/10/2012
RoleConnect: speed-dating for jobs
Guest blog by Ruud De Jonge The world of employment is changing. There is a huge trend towards...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/10/2012
Microsoft, Nokia and Aalto University team up to create a new wave of mobile start-ups
Guest blog by Ruud de Jonge When we lifted the hood on Windows Mobile 7 for developers a while back,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/04/2012
Startup Conversations
Blog by Steve Seow: On March 16 in Seattle, I partnered with Luis Aburto, CEO of Scio Consulting (a...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/03/2012
Saving Trees and Startups - PrintEco, BizSpark, & CloudShare
Guest blog by Ilana Bercovitz, CloudShare - Interview with Arpan Shah, PrintEco Arpan Shah is...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/02/2012
Fresh face for Finland
Continuing our series of looking at the BizSpark community in different European countries, we hear...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/21/2012
Report from Ireland: Listening, learning and networking in Dublin's Fair City
By Ruud de Jonge While we can do a lot through online networking, it is even better when we get to...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/21/2012
Event Report - Startup Weekend Athens
Blog by Lydia Morazzani: 130 people, 20 mentors, 15 teams, 54 hours – Startup Magic Happening...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/20/2012
Save the Dojo
Guest blog by Katy Levinson The Dojo is the home to countless startups in Silicon Valley during...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/19/2012
Event Report - Christchurch Startup Weekend
Blog by Thiago Almeida: Event Details 24-26 February 2012 Westpac Business &Community Hub,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/13/2012
BizSpark One in Review - March 12
By Sharon Koshy Over the past few weeks, here’s a sampling of news highlights of members of...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/13/2012
Reimagining App Development: Introducing Windows 8
By Brett Laffel The LAUNCH you’ve been waiting for! Are you interested in learning more about...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/13/2012
Seedcamp Visits Microsoft Silicon Valley
Blog by Claire Lee : As part of their annual USA trip, Seedcamp visited the Microsoft SV offices on...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/12/2012
BizSpark @SXSW
By Midori Lawler Several members of the BizSpark team have descended upon Austin because its, yes,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/11/2012
How cloud is helping Europe's startups be optimistic
Guest blog by Ruud de Jonge Most successful entrepreneurs are naturally enthusiastic and optimistic...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/08/2012
FounderDating Success Story: Bobber Interactive and The Spouse Test
Guest blog by Jason Demant Reprinted with permission from FounderDating.com. Scott Dodson and John...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/06/2012
Event Report : The Malaysian Premiere of Ctrl+Alt+Compete, a startup documentary, on January 18 2012
Blog by Daryll McDade: So...we, Microsoft, made a movie and on January 18 2012, we shared it with...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/06/2012
Asia is Roaring
Guest Blog by Claire Lee : So the first ever DEMO Asia in Singapore was wrapped up just before the...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/06/2012
Startup101: Find Your Business Niche
Check out the latest posting in the Startup101 series in Visual Studio Magazine by Patrick Foley:...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/01/2012
Launch your new product at Launch: Silicon Valley 2012
Guest Blog by Claire Lee : In its 7th year, Launch: Silicon Valley is now firmly established as the...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/01/2012
Inaugural DEMO Asia Underway in Singapore
Blog by Claire Lee : Microsoft was out in force at day one of the first ever DEMO Asia taking place...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/01/2012
DEMO Asia Begins Tomorrow
By Claire Lee DEMO Asia Begins Tomorrow In January we kicked off a competition in the APAC region...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/28/2012
Announcing NEW Incubator Resident Program in Seattle
Guest blog by Seaton Gras SURF will be opening over 15,000 square feet of class A office space to...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/27/2012
Announcing NEW Opportunities with SURF in Seattle
Guest blog by Seaton Gras We wanted to highlight sponsorship opportunities for Founding Members at...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/27/2012
Microsoft names ASU Venture Catalyst and ASU Edson Accelerator as BizSpark Network Partners
By Brett Laffel Microsoft will be adding Arizona State University (ASU) Venture Catalyst and ASU...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/22/2012
Microsoft names ASU venture catalyst and ASU Edson Accelerator as BizSpark Network Partners
By Brett Laffel Microsoft will be adding Arizona State University (ASU) Venture Catalyst and ASU...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/22/2012
Come check out IGNITE! at RocketSpace on March 13
By Brett Laffel IGNITE! kicks off on Tuesday, March 13 at 5 PM at RocketSpace, 181 Fremont Street in...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/15/2012