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Appetas, Inc. is one of the startups going through the Microsoft Windows Azure accelerator in Seattle. Today marks the first day for our trip through the accelerator to find out what these startups have been up to since their acceptance in early Fall. Watch a video with Appetas founder Keller Smith: http://bit.ly/WASKS1
Alexey Petrov helps lead a team called Penxy that turns a tablet into a live streaming conference tool. One facet of this service is that it is hosted on Windows Azure http://bit.ly/S54yEt
Classy. We opened up our Co-Working BizSpark Lab tonight. More pictures tomorrow. But we thought we'd share this utter bit of class tonight. :)
A smart phone for every stethoscope, treating a disease like a platform with @WindowsAzure http://bit.ly/Uobjh9 #startups
If you all have not met Sonal Mane, you really should. She's a developer evangelist in Chicago, and she is in the third video in this blog post. How Software Solves: http://bit.ly/WOLkPY
Which Microsoft BizSpark company makes this awesome gun, and runs their multi-player gaming solutions services on Windows Azure? http://aka.ms/bzn3dv
Somebody tell me what this is.
Congratulations to Microsoft Imagine Cup winners Graphmasters, for winning $100,000 in the "The grand prize grant of $100,000 was awarded to Team Graphmasters from Germany for its solution called nunav that reduces vehicle carbon emissions through an innovative navigation system. The second place grant of $75,000 went to Team StethoCloud from Australia, which developed a solution to diagnose childhood pneumonia. There were also grants of $50,000 to Team Vivid from Egypt, which built a mobile app to access medical records using the cloud; Team Cipher256 from Uganda for its mobile app and listening device to analyze fetal heart rates; and Team QuadSquad from Ukraine, which created a solution that transforms sign language into verbal communication. The teams used technologies including Windows 8, Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Bing Maps and more." Here's a picture we took today of their mentor. PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1vPp9)
iOS developers, I have something for you. A message from the Windows 8 team: Message from Windows 8 – ‘We care about all startups no matter what platform they are currently familiar with, we will try our best to help them take advantage of the Window Store. In fact, on Dec. 13th and 14th we’ve partnered with the Big Nerd Ranch, a prominent iOS training company to host a Free Windows app development training specifically tailored for iOS app developers. The event will be live streamed on the verge, make sure you check it out.” You can go here for now: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/3-128 http://www.theverge.com
Lots of stuff coming in December. Want to work hands on with Windows 8 engineers? We are opening another Apps Lab. This one is in New York City. Join us http://appslab.eventbrite.com
Telling the truth in programming. Taken from Quora: http://www.quora.com/Programmers/What-are-the-most-common-truth-told-by-programmers/answer/Tushar-S-Bhat
This is Dror Shimoni, CTO of HoneyBook, and a BizSpark member. His team is making wedding photos more viral. This company on Windows Azure has figured out how to make the sharing and showcasing of photos the surest, simplest thing ever. http://blogs.technet.com/b/bizspark_featured_startups/archive/2012/11/28/featured-startup-on-azure-honeybook.aspx
Taken from the Twitter stream of one of our BizSpark community members. Startup hustle. Via Gurbaksh Chahal http://via.me/-7bedwv4
We are incredibly grateful for entrepreneurs in this global economy. We are encouraged by and we admire those with families and those who are on their own trying to improve life for others by innovating, inventing, and trying something new. Here's to the bright lights in the world, and the ones who dare to go far in life.
One of our Microsoft BizSpark members, Jerry Reynolds, has an idea for travel. What if you could plan your vacation with a social collaborative calendar. It's been interesting to watch this in the background, as Jerry has shared a couple of versions of this with BizSpark. It appears that Jerry has moved to be more focused on the multi-billion dollar travel industry. He is from a ski resort town, after all. Here's his app, Plandree in an Indiegogo campaign. http://igg.me/p/261283
According to this Venture Beat report, when Steve Ballmer visited StartX at Stanford today, he focused on cloud startups, among a couple other market segments. He even visited with @Appfluence, a Microsoft BizSpark company. http://bit.ly/U2Y3R9 What would you say in your pitch for Steve Ballmer? Also, please be sure to click "get notifications" so that we continue to arrive in your news feed. Photo credit Venture Beat.
Something worth thinking about.... Care to weigh in?
Microsoft Channel 9 BUILD Interview With Scott Hanselman, SendGrid, New Relic and MongoLab http://blog.sendgrid.com/microsoft-channel-9-build-interview-with-scott-hanselman-sendgrid-new-relic-and-mongolab/
We spotted this copy of Windows 8 in the background of a scene on Saturday Night Live. Where else have you spotted Windows 8, in real life or on tv?
Kevin Ashley's revenue for Windows 8 Store in ten days was more than one year's entire revenue from having his app in the Apple store.
Sent out some of these this week. Only nine of the people who said they wanted one actually gave me their address, so only those nine will get stickers this week. If you were among the original people who said you wanted a sticker, you still have to send Douglas Crets an email with your mailing address. dcrets at microsoft dot com Do it today!
What's the secret to effective social media marketing communications? Not being a daring risk taker, though that can help. It's about being vulnerable. Being honest and talking to people to really get to know them. Is anyone here finding their social media marketing using tags and introductions is actually helping them build a solid customer base for their product?
A Microsoft Surface spotted in the wild at a local influencer series in Silicon Valley. What will they do with it?
Open Source and Microsoft? Yes. The Commerce Guys did it. http://bit.ly/SNnIfB
Launch Pad Ignition is a 12 week startup accelerator in New Orleans to help startups develop their product, refine their business model, and prepare to raise capital. Location: New Orleans Applications: Dec 15, 2012 - Jan 15, 2013 Start Date: February 13, 2013 End Date: May 3, 2013
December 7, 2012
A LeWeb interview with head of DPE Steve Guggenheimer about the extraordinary opportu... Read more.
December 5, 2012
We’re here now as our very own Aaron Hillegass has just finished giving his talk abou... Read more.
November 15, 2012
After much talk and excitement, the doors to the only San Francisco location of a Win... Read more.
This workshop provides an overview of all the different ways you can build a game for Windows 8 and helps you ... Read more.
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We caught up with ZenDeals co-founders Chris Couhault and Alexi Suvacioglu at the Biz... Read more.
Here's the best thing about our interview with Alexey Petrov, co-founder and CTO of p... Read more.
12-10
Below the guestblog post I wrote for Startupbootcamp Amsterdam: With over 16,000 star... Read more.
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