Evangelism for Microsoft ISVs, BizSpark Startups & Network Partners : Mobility

Day2: Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week for Azure @ Atlanta 10Nov09

Sanjay Jain — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Day2 coverage from Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week for Azure at Atlanta. Check out the live tweeter-coverage (#MBIWk) here.

All teams are in high gear in developing their solution with the help of on-site advisors and off-shore development team. We are witnessing a new level of innovation as the week is progressing, underscoring the key aspects of Windows Azure.

Sanjay Parekh, today’s guest speaker, did an awesome job sharing his insight on “How to Pitch to Investors”. It was a highly interactive session, with a simple and slim slide-deck. Folks loved it.

Sanjay Bhatia from Izenda started a Meetup for Atlanta BizSpark Startups. So if you are from Atlanta area you may want to join.

Enjoy today’s pics..

Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

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Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week for Mobility @ Washington DC

Sanjay Jain — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:46:00 GMT

It’s time to grow your Mobility Application business by either porting your existing application to Windows Mobile or incubating a brand new application with the help of upcoming Incubation Week in Washington DC during 09/28/09 – 10/02/09.

The current economic downturn is putting many entrepreneurs under increasing pressure, making it critical to find new resources and ways to reduce costs and inefficiencies. Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Week for Mobility is designed to offer following assistance to entrepreneurs.

· Learning and building Windows Mobile application with help of on-site advisors and off-shore development team

· Getting entrepreneurs coaching from guest speakers and a panel of industry experts

· Generating marketing buzz for your brand

· Opportunity to win prizes

During the week, Windows Mobile Gurus will be on-site to help Mobility Entrepreneurs including:

· Session on Windows Mobile 6.5 (you may download Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit)

· Windows Marketplace for Mobile

See the winners from last Mobility Incubation Week. To learn more and submit your nomination click here.

Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

Blog: http://Blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain

Twitter: http://twitter.com/SanjayJain369

Media Coverage: 2nd CRM Incubation Week

Sanjay Jain — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:49:00 GMT

Thank you for making the 2^nd CRM Incubation Week such a huge success. We could not have done this without your support. See the market buzz this event has created!!

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Last Updated: 06/18/09

Date	Organization/Team/Site	Person	URL

06/17/09	MSDynamicsWorld.com		Article
06/06/09	YouTube: FourthLink		Video
06/06/09	YouTube: myStaffingCRM		Video
06/06/09	Channel9: SkyLine VS		Video
06/06/09	Channel9: FourthLink		Video
06/06/09	Channel9: myStaffingCRM		Video
06/03/09	Channel9: HIPAAMatic		Video
06/02/09	YouTube: SmartRedPen		Video
06/02/09	Channel9: SmartRedPen		Video
05/11/09	Ascentium	CRM MVP Aaron Elder	Blog
05/05/09	Microsoft DPE Corp	Girish Raja	Blog
04/30/09	Proteans	Venkat Hari	Blog
04/29/09	dBusinessNews		Article
04/28/09	Sonoma Partners	CRM MVP Jim Steger	Blog
04/28/09	myStaffingCRM		Blog
04/27/09	Ascentium	CRM MVP Aaron Elder	Blog
04/20/09	Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange		Event
04/07/09	Microsoft US DPE East Audience	Chris Bowen	Blog
04/06/09	JER979	Jeremy Epstein	Blog
03/31/09	MTC Boston	Rich Crane	Blog
03/31/09	MTC Boston	Bob German	Blog
03/31/09	Microsoft DPE EBT	Brian Hoskin	Blog
03/25/09		CRM MVP Ayaz Ahmad	Blog
03/25/09	Microsoft DPE Corp	Ben Riga	Blog
03/23/09	Dynamics	Chris Kahl	Blog
03/23/09	Microsoft DPE Corp	Girish Raja	Blog
03/12/09	Microsoft US DPE Partner	John O'Donnell	Blog
03/11/09	Boston User Group	Bob Familiar	Event
03/05/09	Customer Effective	CRM MVP Joel Lindstrom	Blog
03/05/09	Microsoft DPE EBT	Don Dodge	Blog
03/03/09	Microsoft US DPE Partner	Bruce Kyle	Blog
03/03/09	Microsoft US DPE Partner	William Leong	Article
03/01/09	CourseMax	Dan Blake	Blog
02/27/09	Ascentium	CRM MVP Ross Lotharius	Blog
02/27/09	CRM Team	Humberto Guadarrama	Blog
02/27/09	US DPE Public Sector	Lamont Harrington	Blog
02/26/09	Microsoft US DPE Partner	Murray Gordon	Blog
02/26/09	Microsoft US DPE East Customer	Bob Familiar	Blog
02/26/09	Colorado Technology Consultants	Julie Yack	Blog

Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

http://blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain

http://twitter.com/sanjayjain369

Day5: 2nd CRM Incubation Week

Sanjay Jain — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:55:00 GMT

Directly from 2^nd CRM Incubation Week in Boston, MA..

Final day!! Everyone is excited and little nervous; want to do the best today.

Larry Gregory, Sr. Director, US Partner Evangelism, briefed the Panel Judges on the Microsoft’s vision and programs for startup ecosystem. I explained the concept of CRM Incubation Week and how it aligns under BizSpark offerings for Startups.

Each team worked very hard and gave their best pitch to Panel Judges. We were fortunate to have following judges as part of the panel.

1. Denis Pombriant, known CRM Industry Analyst from Beagle Research Group

2. Jim Sargent, Vice President of Tectura’s Enterprise Services Business Unit

3. James Geshwiler, Managing Director, CommonAngels

4. Joe Caruso, Bantam Group VC

5. Todd Higgerson, Commonwealth Capital Ventures

6. Don Dodge, Emerging Business Team, Microsoft

Lunch was great; love Indian Cuisine. During closing session, we were lucky to get several senior leaders from Microsoft to share their vision and encourage startups.

Christopher Sakalosky, Dynamics General Manager, East Region, Microsoft Corp, shared his vision on Dynamics CRM as a business application and CRM as a Platform (XRM), and what it can mean to Startups in today’s economy.

Liam Spaeth, General Manager, MTC, Microsoft Corp, shared his vision on Microsoft Technology Centers and how it helps various organizations in adopting various technologies. Liam started the 1^st MTC in Waltham, MA and now we have 8 MTCs in US.

I know you can’t wait to hear the winners. Every team is winner. The fact that each team got invited to this event is itself a big recognition and in addition each team got a colorful Graduation Certificate. And the Award goes to:

Award	Startup Team	Location
Most Innovative Award	Hipaamatic	Houston, TX
Most Viable Business Award	FourthLink	Newton, MA
Best XRM Solution Award	myStaffingCRM	Lima, OH

Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

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Day3: 2nd CRM Incubation Week

Sanjay Jain — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:31:00 GMT

Directly from 2^nd CRM Incubation Week in Boston, MA.

Today was the most stressing day as every team is trying to hit product development milestone. Proteans team in India was so great and good to work with; they stayed pretty late night to accommodate our time-zone.

We had our 2^nd Guest Speaker, Ben Grossman. Ben shared his deep passion (OUT-THINK) on how to do more with less when it comes to branding. Ben walked us on the ways we can leverage digital channels like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs.

Enjoyed the group Pizza dinner and ice-cream. Some teams stayed very late and I know one team was here until 6AM.

Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

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Day2: 2nd CRM Incubation Week

Sanjay Jain — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:03:00 GMT

Directly from 2^nd CRM Incubation Week in Boston, MA..

Day started with calls with offshore-development team (Proteans, Bangalore, India), which further expediting the development progress. I started daily project reviews with each startup team.

Now you must be wondering about the startup teams got invited to this event. Here are the 5 startups from 30+ nominations we received from all over the country.

Startup	Location	Solution
FourthLink	Newton, MA	Project Management and Resource Scheduling for Professional Services Organizations
Smart Red Pen	Lancaster, MA	OnDemand educational portal for learning 2^nd Language (Spanish)
Skyline Vertical Solutions	Charlottesville, VA	Project Management and Cost Control for AEC Market
myStaffingCRM	Lima, OH	HR Staffing, Recruiting and Leasing
Hippamatic	Houston, TX	Automate Mobile Radiology including Order Entry, Dispatch, Billing and Reporting for Health Care Providers

Today we had our 1^st Guest Speaker, James Geshwiler, Managing Director, CommonAngels. James did a wonderful job discussing about what it takes to pitch to VCs/Angels to get early stage funding while keeping the whole session very interactive and answering questions.

Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

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1st Mobile Incubation Week

Sanjay Jain — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:59:00 GMT

Got a cool Mobile Application idea on Windows Mobile 6.1/6.5? Now it’s time to grab the opportunity to incubate it and get a limelight on Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

As part of ever growing Incubation Week Series, our Mobility Team has announced 1^st Mobile Incubation Week in Mountain View, CA during April 13-17, 2009. For startups outside US, look for more opportunities in Europe and Asia soon.

Submit your team nomination to Mobile Incubation Week with details requested here.

Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

http://blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain