Its been a while since I had time to write …that;s because I have been busy. Its been a super exciting fiscal year with my team’s launch of the BizSpark One program this past fall. As you can imagine my colleagues and I have been heads-down trying to execute this exciting new program. However I have had so many inquiries lately as to what I have been up to; and more and more people want to find out more about BizSpark One ..so its time for the REVEAL…:
What is BizSpark One?
The official definition :
Microsoft® BizSpark™ One, the latest extension to the Microsoft BizSpark program, accelerates the growth of selected high potential Startups through a one-to-one relationship with Microsoft and a global community of advisors, investors, and peers. BizSpark One pairs each Startup with a dedicated relationship manager at Microsoft who works with the Startup to identify its unique opportunities and build a tailored plan to promote the Startup’s visibility, expand its network of investors and mentors, expose it to business opportunities, and develop cutting edge applications
As one of eight panelist on the selection team, we have been busy trying to recruit the most innovative companies into the program. On the team I own the Enterprise and Vertical sector as well as the Dynamics product line and so I have been looking for innovative companies to incubate.
Who are some of the exciting new companies I am working with?
Below are a profile of a few that span various vertical industries or are doing innovative things with our Dynamics product line:
SImplifi- great new company based in North Carolina that address the area on Online Banking in the Financial Services industry.
gloStream - An exciting new company based in Michigan in the Healthcare Space. This company is building the next generation EMR solution based on Microsoft office (profiled before in an earlier blog)
Dayforce – a company building Workforce Management solutions on our Dynamics Platform. Really snazzy application based on SIlverlight, Dynamics and all the goods…
Artesian – a fabulous cloud/SaaS based company in the UK that’s providing Sales Intelligence around CRM
Lokad – a disruptive cloud based company based in France addressing Sales Forecasting based on our WIndows Azure cloud platform
Lattice Engines - .NET based Predictive Analytics on CRM - currently been integrated with Microsoft Dynamics (profiled in an earlier blog)
NextPage – great company with an innovative approach to Document Management based on SharePoint technologies
Acumatica – exciting new ISVs with reputable founders from Russia with a cloud/SaaS based ERP solution. The solution is all Microsoft technologies with great soon to be integration with Microsoft Dynamics.
Now the dust has settled with BizSpark One – I will be providing a digest on each company over the coming weeks so you can have a nice preview to all the exciting new innovations Microsoft has across various vertical industries. Stay tuned and for folks who regularly read my blogs apologies for taking so long to write…
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