Today marks a pretty huge milestone in Microsoft relationship with startups, so we’re not going to be shy about this. Today, we launched the second in a series of Microsoft Accelerators with our partner TechStars that work with startups from around...

Job Description: Overall, as an onsite Azure Accelerator Associate, you will be given a special opportunity for hands-on involvement in Seattle's startup entrepreneur community. You will gain unprecedented experience and training with the lifecycle...

Job Description: Overall, as an onsite Azure Accelerator hackstar, you will help build the next amazing crop of technology startups, as they grow & progress from early-stage to venture-backed stars. Coding alongside entrepreneurs, investors &...

Last week the Microsoft Accelerator played host to Hacker News Meetup as they celebrated their first birthday! About 150 people gathered to network, devour giant cookie cakes, and hear a great talk by Brian Hall, General Manager of Internet Explorer,...

Letting hundreds of companies know that they didn’t make the cut is never fun. It’s tough telling entrepreneurs “no”, especially when they are so passionate and creative. Many of you may want specific feedback on why your application...

During the last two months I’ve had the pleasure of mentoring some of the teams in the Microsoft Kinect Accelerator program. It has been an exciting period and the teams are now racing to refine their business models and presentations in time for...

We are one-third of the way through the Kinect Accelerator. Through the first month of working with a great group of mentors, many companies have adjusted their business and technical strategies to line up with the best opportunities. Kinect development...

By Sam Rosenbalm April 17, 2012 Entrepreneurs and startup founders understand the opportunity that cloud services can bring to their business. At Microsoft, we see an important role for our Windows Azure Cloud services to play as companies look...

GestSure Technologies is happy to announce that we’ve been chosen as one of 11 companies to be invited to Seattle as part of Microsoft’s Kinect Accelerator, powered by TechStars. Having just arrived on the West Coast, we’re already...

Remember move-in day back in college? You wait in ten different lines, get all kinds of cards, passes, sign papers, see your room listed in some location you have never been before, and then you dash into your dorm room to get the bed by the window. That...

Letting hundreds of companies know that they didn’t make the cut is never fun. It’s tough telling entrepreneurs “no”, especially so many interesting ones all at once. For all practical purposes, these companies may perceive that...

Startups and big companies around the world are building some pretty amazing applications on the Kinect – especially with the launch of Kinect for Windows . Recently, Microsoft’s chief strategy officer, Craig Mundie , held Tech Forum, a...

We have been overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of ideas – hundreds of applicants ready to take their project and turn it into a successful business with the help of the Kinect Accelerator . The recent announcement that the Kinect for Windows...