Azure BizSpark Camp @ New York: And the Winners are … - Evangelism for Microsoft ISVs, BizSpark Startups & Network Partners - Site Home

Thank you for making Microsoft BizSpark Camp for Windows Azure in New York, NY during January 28–29, 2010, so successful.

We got an overwhelming response (invited 22 Startups to the event). Day1 started with kick-off by Sanjay Jain and Larry Gregory, immediately followed by 3-hour Azure Training, delivered by following on-site advisors:

Organization	Person
Wintellect	Andy Hopper
Microsoft	Brian Gorbett
Collabera	Chander Damodaran
Microsoft	Gunther Lenz
Microsoft	Jacob Mullins
Microsoft	Sanjay Jain

After lunch, startup teams started design and development of their solutions with the help of on-site advisors. By end of the Day1, 13 teams were ready to pitch to Panel of Judges on Day2, out of which we invited following 5 Teams to pitch (using criteria listed here):

Day2 continued with Azure development. In morning we recorded video interviews (coming shortly). During breaks we got an opportunity to listen following speakers:

Organization	Speaker
AngelSoft	David S Rose
TheLegalist	Roman R. Fichman
AngelinaJao	Angelina Jao

We had a strong Judging Panel; see below:

Organization	Judge
Microsoft	Brooks Gibbins
AngelSoft	David S Rose
JumpStart Angel Network	Katherine O’Neill
Microsoft	Larry Gregory
New Jersey Technology Council	Leo Mennitt
Startup Weekend	Mark Nager
The Hatchery	Yao-Hui Huang