IdeaWins RV tour is off and running !
We had incredible fun today launching the Ultimate Challenge bus tour from Manhattan, NY. The launch of the tour kicked off at Hello Deli and was hosted by one of the most famous small business owners in America – Rupert Jee who many of us have come to know and admire via his frequent appearances on the late show with David Letterman. Rupert gave a heartfelt speech about ideas and the spirit of entrepreneurism. He is a big fan of Microsoft software and was extremely gracious and hospitable as he interacted with the vast numbers of budding entrepreneurs who had lined up to submit ideas in person. We were also honored that Carolyn Kepcher who was a judge on the NBC show Apprentice and Liz Lang a successful business woman with her own line of maternity clothing at Target, joined Chris Capossela, Vice President Office Marketing as co judges. What a fantastic team of judges !. I also want to express my gratitude to Rob Walsh, Commissioner of Small Business for the state of NY who attended the event to support all the small businesses who have ideas and want to start their own enterprise. But most importantly, on behalf of the entire Microsoft small business R&D and marketing team, I want to thank all the small business entrepreneurs who came in to meet us and submit their ideas in person. Everything we do is all about them and we are overwhelmed by the positive response to the launch Office Accounting 2007 and the ideawins campaign.
Ideas have been pouring in at www.ideawins.com and we continue to be inspired by the passion and spirit of the small business entrepreneurs.
