by Brian Solis
Microsoft StartupZone, The TechSet and Austin’s Startup District launched “Ignition” on Thursday night at Speakeasy. The event commemorated the launch of Microsoft BizSpark and celebrated the local spirit of entrepreneurialism and innovation.
Austin pulled out the stops with local tech leaders, enthusiasts, and champions packing the Speakeasy with rich and invigorating conversations, networking, product demos, and a refreshing diversion from the day-to-day aspirations of improving the world, one app at a time. It was simply an incredible event, courtesy of the very people who participated.
SD|2020 kicked off the night with a showcase of the best early-stage startups in Texas.
Presenting companies included:
BizSpark
Piryx
Minggl
Gendai Games
QikCom
Ringlight
OtherInBox
RUWT? Sports
GAMEWAGER
TechRanchAustin
Microsoft BizSpark was recently launched at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco as a new program designed to support those founders and service providers who contribute to the dynamic ecosystem that help startups flourish.
I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…
John Erik Metcalf
Joshua Baer
Tom Serres
Dewey Gaedcke of Minggl
Tan Tran
Christopher St. John, Nikhil Nilakantan, Blake Burris
Hugh Forrest of SXSW and Stephanie Agresta (TechSet, InternetGeekGirl)
Dusty Reagan of FriendorFollow
Kristine Gloria and Erica O’Grady
Cesar Torres
Jacob Mullins, Microsoft BizSpark
Clinton Schaff
Katie King of SXSW
Silona Bonewald, Bill Erickson
Anand Iyer, Microsoft BizSpark
Jacob Mullins, Anand Iyer, Josh Dillworth, Tammy Lynn Gilmore, Brian Solis, Silona Bonewald
Speakeasy
Michelle Greer, Archana Ramachandran, Whurley – William Hurley, Erica OGrady, Sara Dornsife, Tammy Lynn Gilmore, Stephanie Agresta, Anand Iyer, Giovanni Gallucci, Silona Bonewald
RockBand!
Cesar Torres, Dane Hurtubise, Kristine Gloria
Jacob Mullins and Tammy Lynn Gilmore
Next stop:
December 4, 2008 – Silicon Valley
December 10, 2008 – Los Angeles
For more pictures from the Microsoft BizSpark, TechSet, SD|2020 event in Austin, please visit my album on Flickr.
To see pictures from the Ignite New York, please visit my this album on flickr.
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Hey Brian,
It was great seeing you, but I think I speak for everyone when I say we’d like to see you in Austin more often. You going to be at BarCampAustin in March?
Thanks for posting the pics,
whurley
Thanks for posting the pics, Brian, and great seeing you. Using my pic as my profile pic!
Thanks to Brian, John Erik and and Jacob from BizSpark for putting this event together. I’m glad Nikhil, @cks and I made the road trip from Dallas. As always, great hanging with the Austin startup crowd.
Rad pics. Thanks for a good time. See you in March; sooner if I’m lucky!
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