Tuesday, March 19, 2019
By
Penina Weiss
leadership
growth
learning
As engineers, there are several ways to grow our skills. The most common ones are on-the-job experience and training, meaning learning by doing and executing on new tasks, learning from interactions with others, and formal education such as courses and training.
In our experience, job experience and training have the most impact on developing your people. In this post, I would like to share with you three methodologies I have used to maximize and deepen the learning achieved from day-to-day tasks.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
By
James Turnbull
product
roadmap
engineering
planning
You have an amazing idea. You’ve taken the core concepts of your idea and turned them into a prototype, a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). The prototype is the first pass. It’s not pretty, nor complete, and often not tested. Frank Robinson said when he coined the MVP term:
"... think big for the long term but small for the short term. Think big enough that the first product is a sound launching pad for it and its next generation and the road map that follows, but not so small that you leave room for a competitor to get the jump on you."
Once you have your prototype and you know that it’s viable, how do you turn it into a fully-fledged product and how do you get there? Enter the product road map.
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Friday, March 8, 2019
By
Jeana Jorgensen
Backstage Capital
Startups
Diversity
Back in September, we shared the news that Microsoft for Starutps had joined Backstage Capital as a launch partner for Backstage Accelerator. Today, Backstage shared details of the first cohorts of…
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Thursday, March 7, 2019
By
Shaloo Garg
Shaloo Garg
North America
Microsoft for Starutps
I'm humbled to be joining Microsoft where I will be leading the startup business growth for Silicon Valley and Southwest regions for Microsoft for Startups. I’m ecstatic not only to continue working…
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019
By
Jeana Jorgensen
SXSW
Microsoft for Startups
Events
Event
News
Jeana Jorgenson
Silicon Slopes
Startup Grind
Startup Spotlight
Once a month, we’ll assemble the latest news from Microsoft and celebrate the successes of startups that we’re partnering with around the world.
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Sunday, February 17, 2019
By
Microsoft for Startups
Startup Spotlight
This post was created by the Microsoft Customer Stories team and was originally posted on https://customers.microsoft.comThe mission of Perspicace Intelligence Technology is to redefine the concept…
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Updated: Monday, February 18, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
By
Microsoft for Startups
Startup Spotlight
AI
Security
This post was created by the Microsoft Customer Stories team and was originally posted on https://customers.microsoft.comEgress helps customers manage risk and maintain privacy when sharing…
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Thursday, January 17, 2019
By
Microsoft for Startups
Startups
ScaleUp
AI
Microsoft ScaleUp London has closed registration for its upcoming AI for Good cohort as it prepares to launch the new initiative for AI startups and organizations next month.While much of the current…
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
By
Jeana Jorgensen
NRF
Retail
Startups
With National Retail Federation (NRF) 2019 just around the corner (January 13-15th) leading retailers from around the world will descend upon New York City to better understand the trends, challenges,…
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