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We've recently published case studies on two of the companies on the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program, Corebridge and Viapost . Both are great examples of the business benefits that startup companies can get from using Microsoft technologies...
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In early May, at Startup Camp in San Francisco, I had the chance to talk to two startups about their open source projects and how community plays a role in these projects. I have been thinking about the best kind of community we could create on the Microsoft...
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Last week I sat down with Deborah Gage of the San Francisco Chronicle. We talked about how I came to work at Microsoft and what my mission here is, as well as how Microsoft works with software startup companies, how we acquire and integrate them into...
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This week, Microsoft is hosting a week-long event that supports startups and students at the Microsoft Technology Center in Silicon Valley. You can view the progress in action at the Incubation Week Facebook site. Participants receive one day of training...
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I decided to get serious about Technorati today and have "claimed" my Microsoft Startupzone blog. (Of course, I thought I had done this a year ago!) I have an authority of 1 and it's ranked 2 millionth something. We'll see how that changes...
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Two days ago, Bill Gates spoke at Stanford – about the promise of innovation from today’s students. He also announced a program which is really cool: DreamSpark , free software for college students and later high school students. You might argue that...
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Today I spent the afternoon and evening at the Second Chance Tuesday event in London. In the afternoon there was an "Early Stage Funding Workshop" for an audience of about 100 companies, which consisted of a panel discussion with entrepreneurs...
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After John Shinal and I talked in late November, we followed up with another short talk about “lessons learned” and advice for startups. This is short but contains three ideas I think are important for startups. I have run startups and I’ve worked with...
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Late last year, I spoke with Andy Plesser , founder and CEO of Beet.tv, about Microsoft’s IPTV efforts and how they related to startups in particular. Andy and I had a follow up talk looking into the process of partnering with Microsoft, and our engagements...
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In late November, I spoke to John Shinal at Vator.tv about the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program and other ways that the Emerging Business Team can help a startup partner with Microsoft. The full transcript is below, or you can watch the video right...
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This November I gave a keynote address at the NewTeeVee conference in San Francisco. Later I chatted with Andy Plesser, founder and CEO of Beet.tv, about Microsoft’s IPTV efforts and opportunities for entrepreneurs. Some highlights from my talk with Andy...
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In October, I was interviewed by Om Malik and Joyce Kim about my role in Silicon Valley and how Microsoft works with startups. A video of the interview is posted on our site, www.microsoftStartupZone , and Don Dodge, on my team, blogged about it . Some...
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In October, I was interviewed by Om Malik and Joyce Kim about my role in Silicon Valley and how Microsoft works with startups. The interview is posted on our site, www.microsoftStartupZone , and Don Dodge, on my team, blogged about it . Some highlights...
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One of the questions I get asked most frequently by start-up software companies, and one that came up during The Online Opportunity event last week, goes something like this:   "We would like to build a business around a solution we're...
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This morning we had nearly 180 people turning up for an event at Microsoft's London office in Cardinal Place near Victoria Station. The title of the event was "The Online Opportunity" and the intention was to bring together some of the UK's...