Microsoft Finland To Send A Team To Imagine Cup
Editorial note: This is a sponsored blog post by Microsoft as part of their series Hear it from startups.
Imagine Cup is an annual competition aimed at students worldwide, who are looking to change the world. Each year students compete against each other in many different categories for the best application. Applications are judged by their real world potential in changing the world, but also how viable they are business wise.
This year the finals will take place in Sydney, Australia and Microsoft Finland will be sending one team from Finland to the finals. The team however, has to win the semi-finals in Finland first.
Imagine Cup has multiple different categories available, but if you choose to enter the competition local semi-finals will be held for the Windows Phone Challenge as well as the Software Design categories.
Interview With Rainer Wehkamp Of Techila Technologies
In our series with Microsoft - Hear it from the startups, we talk to Techila Technologies about their use of Microsoft Technology and business development in general. Rainer Wehkamp is the founder of Techila Technologies and in the interview below he explains what led him to start the company. Techila offers a cloud based solution to access high-performance computing for very specific use cases.
Microsoft BizSpark European Summit Finalists Announced
Microsoft BizSpark European Summit released the names of the 14 finalists from the whole of Europe. The competition involved hundreds of startups from all over Europe and making it to the top means that the selected startups had great potential to impress the selectors. Each of the finalists had to battle their way to this spot against numerous companies and two qualification rounds to grab a chance to pitch their ideas live in front of an audience of investors and a panel of expert judges. This final event will be held on June 14, in Brussels. Impressively, 4 companies are from the Northern European region.
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Be sure to check out OMLegal's pro bono legal advice at "OMLegal: Helping Startups". They're also sending out document templates to startups, who want to ask for them, so take advantage of the offer.
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Innovate!100 to Spotlight World's Most Promising Tech Startups
Microsoft BizSpark is partnering with Guidewire Group in a global competition to identify a group of 100 top Startups from around the world, to be known as the Innovate!100. Winners will get global recognition, media promotion, expert feedback, and access to a variety of resources and opportunities to accelerate their growth. Visit Innovate!100 for more information and to apply.
Check out for the local Pitch Slams, Helsinki – 24 March 2010 and Stockholm 22 April 2010!
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Innovate!100 to Spotlight World's Most Promising Tech Startups
Microsoft BizSpark is partnering with Guidewire Group in a global competition to identify a group of 100 top Startups from around the world, to be known as the Innovate!100. Winners will get global recognition, media promotion, expert feedback, and access to a variety of resources and opportunities to accelerate their growth. Visit Innovate!100 for more information and to apply. Check out for the local Pitch Slams, Helsinki, Finland – 24 March 2010!
EnterpriseHelsinki is an ongoing city initiative for new entrepreneurs and startups. In addition to free basic advisory on starting or growing your business, their mission is to help local startup ecosystem, by organizing and supporting related events, and by providing helpful tools and resources for the ecosystem.
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Starting Year 2010 BizSpark program will include BizSparkCamps.
In Finland BizSparkCamps start with Azure, 8th of February!
Following the commercial availability of Windows Azure, we’ll be announcing free cloud computing use on the Windows Azure platform for all BizSpark customers. To kick-start developers on this powerful platform, subscribers will get 750 free compute hours per month for eight months.
Book you place and make a mark to your calendar and you are welcome!
Learn more about BizSparkCamp: where, when and what from the link and register!
http://www.microsoft.com/finland/bizspark/default.mspx
EnterpriseHelsinki is an ongoing city initiative for new entrepreneurs and startups. In addition to free basic advisory on starting or growing your business, their mission is to help local startup ecosystem, by organizing and supporting related events, and by providing helpful tools and resources for the ecosystem.
