• DreamIt and Microsoft Help Startups Dream, Then Do

    I was first introduced to Arie Abecassis, one of the Managing Partners at DreamIt Ventures, back in June this year. At the time, we were doing our bit to support DreamIt programs on the ground in NYC and Philly, a little in Israel, but Arie was keen to...
  • BizSpark Members Make Up 30% of Dave McClure's Fifth Class at 500 Startups

    Dave McClure's 500 startups announced their new class today , and since 9 of those 33 teams are members are BizSpark teams, we have reason to celebrate. Percentage-wise, Microsoft BizSpark members made up nearly 30% of those teams. Here's a rundown...
  • In Russia, Using Azure to Turn Your Daily Blog Reading into a Paper Route

    For the Russian speakers out there, here's a very handy series on how BizSpark members AtContent tweaked and worked with Windows Azure to get their company up and running . People who don't read Cyrillic can translate in Bing and enjoy the useful experience...
  • Rahul Sood On The Hardest Task for a Founder and Book Club Recommendations

    When you are building your company, you always end up facing that one hardest thing, or a myriad of hardest things. Every founder has experienced it, and if they haven’t, they really haven’t been a founder. At the most recent FailCon event...
  • BizSpark Member and DEMO Africa Roundup

    It's time to do a quick roundup of what African entrepreneurs did this past week, while they were building their companies. DEMO Africa ended on Friday, but that won't stop us from running our remaining interviews with some of the participants. ...