Thursday, January 16, 2020
By
David Smith
Toronto
Microsoft for Startups
Savvyy
Fable Tech Labs
Vantage
Thank you to everyone who attended Afterwork Toronto, hosted by Microsoft for Startups and held January 7 at OneEleven, Toronto. The Afterwork party was our way of celebrating the new year with…
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
By
Daniel Sevitt
On January 16-17, Microsoft Ignite the Tour our premier IT technical readiness customer event, is coming to London, the UK’s capital. Once again, Microsoft for Startups is hosting a Startup Gallery at the event where we have invited eight groundbreaking startups from across our portfolio to showcase their solutions for attendees. If you’re in London, we invite you to come by and check them out.
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Thursday, January 9, 2020
By
Daniel Sevitt
NRF
National Retail Federation
New York
Uncrowd
Today, we’re excited to host a guest blog from Richard Hammond, CEO and founder of Uncrowd: This time last year, we were a startup team of three and gearing up to make a run from the UK to the American National Retail Federation’s (NRF) giant annual show in NYC. We were winging it, having only a single meeting lined up and taking a gamble on finding some useful hustle.
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Thursday, January 9, 2020
By
Daniel Sevitt
Startups
Startup Showcase
M12
NRF
National Retail Federation
On January 12-14, Microsoft for Startups and M12 will host three Startup Showcases at the Microsoft Flagship Store in New York highlighting a dozen disruptors from the retail vertical. The primary focus of the Startup Showcase is to provide customers and partners with a venue for inspiring fresh, strategic conversations around reimagining retail and aligning with NRF.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
By
Daniel Sevitt
Female Founders
X0PA
Entrepreneurs
HR
CTO
Hiring
This week I had the distinct pleasure of talking with Nina Alag Suri the founder and CEO of X0PA—an AI platform that enables companies and job seekers to find the right match with each other—about her life and her company.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020
By
Daniel Sevitt
Startups
Ecosystem Update
End of the year. End of the decade. Let’s take a last look back at some of the key Microsoft for Startups stories from December 2019 as we head into the roaring twenties!
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Thursday, January 2, 2020
By
Microsoft for Startups
Ignite the Tour
Startups
On January 8-9, Microsoft Ignite the Tour, our premier IT technical readiness customer event, is touching down in Toronto, Canada. Come meet the range of exciting startups we will be presenting there,
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Thursday, December 19, 2019
By
Daniel Sevitt
2019
2020
startups
Entrepreneurs
Venture Capital
VC funding
VCs
The Microsoft for Startups team from around the world gather to talk about the companies and trends they are seeing in each of their regions. The resulting conversation provides a ground-level snapshot of the startup ecosystem in several territories as well as list of companies to watch in the months ahead.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
By
Microsoft for Startups
BC Tech
Canada
British Columbia
Startups
Cloud
Microsoft for Startups and BC Tech announced a partnership today that will develop, strengthen and accelerate the growth of the startup ecosystem on the west coast of Canada. “British Columbia boasts one of the most vibrant tech ecosystems in the world, and BC Tech is doing incredible work to cultivate talent and support local startups,” said Adam Nanjee, Managing Director of Microsoft for Startups Canada.
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