April, 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, expert training on how to build Windows 8 apps that rock! If you haven’t heard, Windows 8 is currently in preview and is going to be the next version...
  • StartX Adds Microsoft as a Resource Partner

    By Claire Lee On Thursday, April 5, the Microsoft Silicon Valley team hosted Stanford’s StartX accelerator class in session for tacos and conversation. We’re stoked to see StartX (based in Palo Alto at the AOL campus) become the newest...
  • RoleConnect: speed-dating for jobs

    Guest blog by Ruud De Jonge The world of employment is changing. There is a huge trend towards contractor-based relationships, where employers use teams or individuals for specific projects or timescales. In the IT sector alone, our research shows...
  • 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, there was a lot of excitement from the BizSpark startup community here in Europe. While we’d like to think that was just about the quality of...
  • Startup Conversations

    Blog by Steve Seow: On March 16 in Seattle, I partnered with Luis Aburto, CEO of Scio Consulting (a local Azure consulting group) to host Startup Conversations . Pitching in with organizing the event was Red Russak of Startup City with the exquisite...
  • Saving Trees and Startups - PrintEco, BizSpark, & CloudShare

    Guest blog by Ilana Bercovitz, CloudShare - Interview with Arpan Shah, PrintEco Arpan Shah is co-founder of PrintEco , a Microsoft BizSpark startup company that helps companies and consumers alike save paper and minimize their environmental footprint...