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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

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

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