BizSpark Group Blog
Women Who Launch -- Meet Maren Kate Donovan of Zirtual and Rebekah Iliff of AirPR
Some of you have probably seen our growing interview series, Startuplandia, where we interview...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/29/2013
How BizSpark Speaks In Many Countries at Once -- It's About Listening
If you have not seen the work done by the folks at NodeXL, you need to check out how they piece...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/29/2013
What Is the New Ecosystem for Media and Content? John Borthwick of Betaworks Tells All
Great interview with John Borthwick of Betaworks, who describes the "unusual" structure of Betaworks...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/29/2013
Pay With Bits App is BizSpark Member's Times Square Debut
Prateek Gupta went out with his TechCrunch Disrupt team to Times Square and found an unsuspecting...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/29/2013
Why Hackers Win
This was a great tweet. Madelena Mak wins Best Windows Hack at TechCrunch Disrupt, despite lack of...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/29/2013
Livestream for TechCrunch Disrupt
Feel free to tune in to the TechCrunch Disrupt live stream from afar. Streaming Live by Ustream
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/28/2013
May 2 Live Chat with Yu-kai Chou, Entrepreneur and Gamification Expert
Yu-kai Chou is an experienced Entrepreneur as well as a Gamification Consultant & Speaker. He...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/28/2013
M Is For ... The Death of Marketing?
There is something strange and beguiling about startup marketing. On the one hand, you shouldn't...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/27/2013
Should You Work For a Startup That Displays Market Apathy?
Have you ever thought about market apathy? This is my phrase for a startup founder, or team, that is...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/26/2013
Kill Fragmentation. Catch GlideOS at TechCrunch Disrupt NY April 29-30
This is a part 1 of a multi-part blog series celebrating Microsoft BizSpark startups at Techcrunch...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/26/2013
Interview with Yammer CEO David Sacks Starts at 3pm Pacific, April 25
Feel free to tweet us some questions for our live interview with David Sacks, CEO of Yammer. Tweet...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/25/2013
Phriz.be Gives Startup Advice: What Do You Do When You Start Your Company With The Wrong Technology?
Phriz.be founders Michael Forte and RJ Holmberg created an app that helps you share what's relevant...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/24/2013
Helpful Startup Tips and a Special Offer for Startups from Soluto
Soluto has been one of the most successful BizSpark startups, proving that hosting a powerful...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/24/2013
With a Kickstarter Campaign and Windows Phone 8 App Experience, Echoboom Scans Skies for Opportunities
There are so many games out there that it is very hard to do something new or different, but every...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/24/2013
Need a Job? Startups Are Hiring And They Can't Find Enough Workers, Says Silicon Valley Bank
Silicon Valley Bank released the results of its extensive US and UK-focused Startup Outlook survey...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/23/2013
E-Commerce Hope for Your Skeptical Parents?
If you are like my parents -- in their early sixties and living in a suburban area of a large...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/23/2013
Microsoft Germany Offers Co-Working Space to Startups During BizSpark Grand Tour
Great news from Germany. Our BizSpark team in Germany is now offering free co-working space in...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/22/2013
What are BitCoins Worth? Nothing (And More Wisdom from the BizSpark Community) by Chad Eaves
Wisdom comes from experience, they say. We agree. At BizSpark, we try to deliver bits of wisdom now...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/20/2013
Activating the 'What If': Jerry Reynolds, Founder of Plandree, On Scaling Up Your Entrepreneurial Vision
In your free moments, what do you think about? For many people there is a lingering idea, an...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/20/2013
So You Want to Pitch Your Startup at a Global Event? Here's What You Need to Know
Start-up competition season is in full swing and a couple of the big ones - the annual TNW Europe...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/18/2013
Join Microsoft BizSpark at TechCrunch Disrupt NY!
Guest blog by Alp Tilev It's that time again! Foot thumping music, party glasses, luxurious...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/18/2013
Startups in Sweden Get Their Very Own Day
Startups and entrepreneurs in Stockholm are gathering in force this coming Saturday, 20th April, at...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/15/2013
Nudge Your Way to Better Information With #Nudgemoments
From one of our Microsoft Innovation Centers in Australia comes this new project, led by Emily...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/10/2013
Add Your Voice to the Five Most Important Questions Being Asked this Week
We do a weekly analysis of the questions -- literally, these are questions -- that are being asked...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/10/2013
First Person: Marios Karagiannis, Student Entrepreneur & Windows Phone Developer
What drives a successful start-up? A lot of things, but it definitely needs a founder (or founders)...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/10/2013
Israel Microsoft Accelerator Opens Applications for Third Class
The 13 companies that the Israel Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure selected for the second...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/03/2013
Mid-Week Social Conversations -- Bionic Medicine, Context Retailing on Azure, and the new Microsoft Accelerator Class in Seattle
Here's this week's Tint Up, a little bit late this week because of travel. Here are all the popular...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/02/2013
Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure Announces Its New Class for 2013
The new class for Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure just launched. According to Scott Guthrie,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 04/01/2013
Bodeefit Brings Fitness to Your Form Factor
In a world where obesity is killing thousands of people a day in the world, it's almost joyous to...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/28/2013
Infotron: Felienne Hermans Embraces Errors, Shows How to Solve the Spreadsheets Problem
Felienne Hermans is proof that it’s possible to start a successful company while still a...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/27/2013
We Had Like A Bazillion Discussions on BizSpark's Facebook Group This Week. Join Us
You can get the whole overview here: twitter widget
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/22/2013
Tech Cocktail This Week: A Lesson in Humility
Every week we show you something that was amazing in TechCocktail., one of our partners. Here's this...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/22/2013
What Is The Future Of Mobile When You Don't Find a Killer App at SXSW?
We have friends who are into the mobile experience. When we were in Austin, we saw this dude...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/20/2013
Festomat Made It Possible for You To Get Into Launch 2013 This Year
Thanks to Jason Calacanis and his Launch team for letting Festomat use its software to help check...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/20/2013
Realty Mogul Closes $500,000 Round from Zillow Board Members and Serial Entrepreneurs
Realty Mogul, an online, equity crowdfunding platform for real estate is going live today and...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/20/2013
First-Ever EU AppCup Competition Yields Windows 8 Innovations
If the discussions over the coffee breaks were any indication, delegates at the annual IAMCP Summit...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/20/2013
500 Strong(er) with Microsoft in 2013
Few things in life leave an impression quite like meeting Dave McClure…. The first time we...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/19/2013
Dave McClure at Startup Organizer Summit: Start With Many Small Experiments, Fail Fast
If you have not read Dave McClure's thoughts on the 500 Startups business model, stop now, and go...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/17/2013
Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Now Live
The second round of the Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program is now live: it pairs top...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/14/2013
4 Major Trends Shaping The Future of Entrepreneurship
If you went to South by Southwest this week and were overwhelmed by garish colored posters...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/14/2013
What Is it Like to Go Through the Israeli Microsoft Accelerator
Alan Weinkrantz ran into Kobi Stok and his guitar at SXSW this week. Weinkrantz asked Kobi what it...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/14/2013
Speek Co-Founder Gets Monkey Tattoo on Rear End, Find Out Why
Careful what you say in a pitch. Speek CTO Danny Boice, a Microsoft BizSpark member and fully...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/13/2013
#SXSW Is About Getting It Done
What a thrill to land in Austin two days ago and immediately start answering tweets and text...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/09/2013
Share Video at SXSW, We'll Put Some of Them on the Blog
UPDATE Below you will find the automatically uploaded videos that were captured at SXSW. The team at...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/05/2013
Get Yammer Here
Startups in Microsoft BizSpark now qualify for Yammer. Get it while the getting is good.
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/05/2013
How the Learn to Code Video Inspired Prateek Gupta to Jump on the Startup Bus and Save the World
So, you all have probably seen the Learn to Code video. How can you not be inspired by this? Well,...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/04/2013
Watch LAUNCH Festival 2013 Live
We are at Launch Festival 2013 today. San Francisco weather is gorgeous, and startups are jumping...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 03/04/2013
Bing Fund Welcomes Sonar -- First East Coast Team in the Portfolio
Today Bing Fund and Sonar announced that Bing Fund has reached across this great land of ours to...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/28/2013
Speek Launching Windows Phone App Before Android to Jump on Huge Downloads Probability
Speek.com, a platform for easy conference calls, started as a way to permanently rid the world of...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/26/2013
The Entire Startup Ecosystem in One Room
Last night, we had about 100 people come by the Microsoft BizSpark Lab to talk about Using Community...
Author: BizSpark Online Date: 02/26/2013