Meet Co-opRating , a rocking start-up from the Microsoft Innovation Centre. Their founder Martin Smee talks about how they began: Co-opRating began as an idea at uni after us seeing someone else play the game Minecraft*. The freeform creativity, the fact that most people were building things for good...

September was a great month, with Tech.Ed, our first Gold Coast Bizspark Gathering & the MIC Summit in Spain! My trip to spain to mee t with MIC Managers from around the world was incredible and I have posted some photos up on our MIC facebook page . October is a busy month at the Queensland Microsoft...

On October 10th we are hosting our next Bizspark lunch with guest speaker Steve Davey from Cullens , patent and trade mark attorneys who will provide us with some tips for start-ups on protecting their intellectual property and ready to answer any questions that our start-up's at the Microsoft Innovation...

At the Queensland Microsoft Innovation Centre we recognise that most start-up's either work from home using skype or from a co-working space with other start-up's. We have some great facilities at the QMIC and we want to share the love. So what is it that we offer in terms of space for our start-up's...

JULY It's been a very exciting couple of months at the QMIC. A highlight in June was our Bizspark Kinect Start-Up Weekend. This was a 3 day intensive start-up weekend focused on building Kinect Applications. The Winning Team was Team EyeKare who presented an application solution for the elderly, to...

Declan Fischart ( QUT Innovation Space) and Emily Easterby ( MIC Manager) at our Launch Event On Tuesday May 22 nd 2012 , we officially launched our Microsoft Innovation Centre in Queensland. We are ready to kick off our first couple of month s of activities focused on training, business development...

Photography © Nicola Easterby 2011 Without giving too much away, I thought I would share a sneak peek of what is happening on the night of our Queensland Microsoft Innovation Centre Launch. At 5:30pm we are kicking off our evening with drinks, networking and live music followed by a presentation...

On the 22 nd May 2012 we are excited to hold the official launch of the Queensland Microsoft Innovation Centre. This new and exciting initiative aims to equip and inspire new start-ups in Queensland and grow the local software ecosystem. The Honourable Mininster Ros Bates, Minister for Science, Information...