- Connect with startups, investors mentors and partners in your area.
- Get & Learn Microsoft software through a no-charge MSDN subscription.
- Participate with your peers online and in person.
Latest Articles:
Focusing on what really Matters
Startup Weekend is the ultimate exercise in focus. Everyone in a startup works hard, learns fast, and focuses on their project with everything they’ve got. Yet somehow, when you’ve only got 54 hours, you really push the limits. Read More
Speaker Lineup for Mega Announced!
One more day till MEGA! We are happy to announce our speaker lineup!
MEGA Experience: An Interview With John Cabrera
Over the past decade, John Cabrera has worked as a writer, director, and actor at the Hollywood studio level as well across a range of newly renovated and brand new areas of the Entertainment Industry. Read More
MEGA Gaming: Aaron Cammarata
Aaron Cammarata is a Game Designer with 16+ years of industry experience and a passion for innovation. He specializes in console game design, with emphasis on action games. In advance of MEGA Startup Weekend, Aaron answered some questions about his experience, and predictions for the gaming industry: Read More
Blog Posts:
Mobile apps, gamers and robots, oh my: MEGA Startup Weekend 2012
Was it Mega? Yes, it was!
The Opportunities For Robots, Startups And Women
Gaming Gig – Kinect for Windows @Mega
Calling all MEGA Startup Weekenders!
About Startup Weekend and BizSpark
Three years ago, Microsoft kicked off the BizSpark program to support early-stage tech startups worldwide. In that time, Microsoft BizSpark has become a rich program of incredible entrepreneurs and a global network of partners and advisors.
Today, Microsoft provides valuable assistance to more than 45,000 startups worldwide. BizSpark startups range from traditional VC-funded startups, to garage-style startups with limited resources, to the entrepreneurial small business person growing their business through technology. From the outset, BizSpark has offered startups access to Microsoft tools, software and licenses at no cost.
Microsoft BizSpark is proud to support Startup Weekend.
Sign up for BizSpark today.
Previous Startup Weekend events
Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them. During these weekend-long, hands-on experiences, entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. During the event, ideas are shared, teams formed, products built, and startups launched.
Check out the first MEGA Startup Weekend hosted by Microsoft BizSpark:
Check out the video: How Startup Weekend Fits In The Startup Ecosystem