Strategy and Architecture Council : BizSpark

BizSpark Phoenix – Legal Issues for Startups

dpeuswr — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:33:59 GMT

On May 13, 2009 Garland Brown, an attorney with Greenberg, Traurig, LLP presented a well-rounded overview of some of the core legal issues facing startups. I have included his presentation in this post but I also wanted to share my personal notes on some of his key points for technology startups.

Read the full article on Dan Willis’ blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/danlistens/archive/2009/05/18/bizspark-phoenix-legal-issues-for-startups.aspx

Eduify Innovates to the Edge – BizSpark, Azure..

dpeuswr — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:41:03 GMT

Eduify is a web application and its mission is to give every student the tools and services they so critically need to become better writers and more importantly deliver to President Obama’s impetus to re-invigorate education in America.

So before we talk about Eduify capabilities here is a real life scenario of a high school kid going through a very scattered process writing a paper.

T1 – Starting to thinking about the paper while at home

T2 – Next starting then start writing on a word processor at school.

T3 – Next at a friends house searching for sources and copy the quotes down by hand

T4 – Next writing the bibliography at home

T5 – Next proofreading the paper while on the bus

T6 – Finally turn it in the paper

With Eduify, a student can start writing in their web browser, find guidance from the available paper templates available, do research within the editor, have those sources automatically formatted, run the paper through a proofreader and plagiarism checker, and ask for help from family or friends when necessary.

Read the full article on Raj Ramabadran’s blog at http://rajramabadran.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/eduify-innovates-to-the-edge-bizspark-azure/

BizSpark hits 12,000!

dpeuswr — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:39:56 GMT

Yesterday, marked 6 months since the launch of this fantastic program and with it came a great achievement – 12,000 startups!

Microsoft BizSpark is a great DEAL! It is a program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources – software, support, and visibility.

Read the full article on John Stame’s blog at http://jcstame.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/bizspark-hits-12000/

BizSpark – Giving Startups a boost!

dpeuswr — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:50:43 GMT

Starting a company to build software and/or web services, requires innovation, technology, business services, risk management, in addition to a lot of coffee and hours! BizSpark, lowers some of the friction and costs associated with building an early stage company.

Read the full article on John Stame’s blog at http://jcstame.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/bizspark-giving-startups-a-boost/

Thinking of Starting a Business

dpeuswr — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:46:02 GMT

Have you thought about starting a business or have started one in last three years? If so, you need to know about BizSpark from Microsoft. This program enables you to obtain software for free to help start your business. I’m talking about full versions of Visual Studio Team Suite, SQL Server, SharePoint, Windows Server and just about everything you need to get up and running for free. These are production licenses, not just development licenses.

Read the full article on Joe Shirey’s blog at http://www.joeshirey.com/2009/04/15/ThinkingOfStartingABusiness.aspx

Microsoft BizSpark?

dpeuswr — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:17:51 GMT

I have blogged about BizSpark in the past but now my associate Anand Iyer has posted and good blog post on how to join BizSpark in his post How do I join BizSpark? and he is even doing a web cast about what BizSpark is and why startups would want to participate in it.

Microsoft BizSpark: It’s value to you and how to enroll startups

Read the full post on Woody Pewitt’s blog at http://blog.pewitt.org/2008/12/09/MicrosoftBizSpark.aspx