By Claire Lee DEMO Asia Begins Tomorrow In January we kicked off a competition in the APAC region for startups to win a place to pitch at DEMO Asia. In just a few hours, these ten lucky startups will be at Microsoft Singapore preparing for their...

Guest blog by Seaton Gras SURF will be opening over 15,000 square feet of class A office space to over 100 entrepreneurs this March. SURF Incubator is dedicated to providing the resources that startup entrepreneurs need in order to build their businesses...

Guest blog by Seaton Gras We wanted to highlight sponsorship opportunities for Founding Members at the brand new SURF Incubator in Seattle, open to grab before March 2 nd . For a limited time, those of you in the local startup ecosystem are invited...

By Brett Laffel Microsoft will be adding Arizona State University (ASU) Venture Catalyst and ASU Edson Student Entrepreneur Accelerator into the BizSpark Network Partner program. BizSpark Network Partners share Microsoft’s passion for driving...

By Brett Laffel IGNITE! kicks off on Tuesday, March 13 at 5 PM at RocketSpace, 181 Fremont Street in San Francisco. IGNITE! is a new monthly series of pitch events for early-stage startups looking to generate interest and investment from VC’s...

By Sharon Koshy Over the past few weeks, here’s a sampling of news highlights of members of the BizSpark One program , identifying a small number of the best companies in BizSpark, which is now comprised of over 45,000 startups. Week of January...

While the current economic climate means that there may be fewer job vacancies around, finding the right candidates is still a big challenge for companies all over the world. This is particularly true for SMEs, who are not only having to compete with...

Guest blog by Kattayil Rajinish Menon 54 Hours | No Talk | All Action 100 Participants | 68 Business Ideas Pitched | 15 Startups Bootstrapped 3 Startups Declared Winners Startup Weekend Bangalore was a great success. Microsoft helped...

Guest blog by Stephen Forbes, Skillpages.com “May you live in interesting times” Confucius once said, and we certainly do. On the one hand, we have economic crises, meaning that many people fear for their jobs. On the other hand, we have...

Guest blog by Brian Schultz If choosing a cofounder is like choosing a spouse, you'd better get dating. FounderDating Seattle hosts exclusive quarterly events for people with impressive talent and track records who are serious about starting new companies...

Guest blog by Ruud De Jonge It was pure coincidence that 30 th January was both the launch of BizSpark Plus and a Microsoft event for European government representatives in Brussels. But the timing was very relevant, because the topic of the event...