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by Brian Solis

Microsoft Startup Zone, in partnership with Stephanie Agresta and yours truly of The TechSet, hosted a special event for tech innovators in Silicon Valley and San Francisco to celebrate the launch of BizSpark, a new program designed specifically for those who contribute to a dynamic ecosystem that helps startups flourish.

While glamorous and absolutely one of the best stops on our four city tour, it was also bitter sweet. San Francisco was the last Ignition event of the current series that spotlighted and introduced us to amazing entrepreneurs, founders, leaders, and influencers in Austin, New York and Los Angeles.

Ignition-San Francisco was hosted 52 floors above San Francisco at The Carnelian Room. The view and the company was nothing less than incredible.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Transamerica Building

Stowe Boyd and Jeremiah Owyang

Krystal Ariel

Karl Long

Shobeir Shobeiri

Nick Starr

Carl Heiney and Scott Beale of Laughing Squid

Dan’l Lewin

Kedric Van De Carr

Scott Stanfield

Shaherose Charania

Anand Ayer

Daniel Riveong

Jackie Danicki

Cathy Brooks

Anthony Ha of VentureBeat

Oren Michels of Mashery

Chris Heuer

Karen Hartline

Tara Hunt

Arad Rostampour, Brian Solis, Rebecca Woodcock

Stephanie Agresta and Jacob Mullins

Christopher Peri

Adam Jackson and Marissa Louie

Kristin Kueter and Cathy Brooks

Arad Rostampour, Anand Iyer, Jacob Mullins

Dale Larson & Adam Jackson

Dave Mathews of Boxee

For more pictures from Ignition-San Francisco, visit my album on flickr.

If you’ve missed our previous events, you can relive the experiences below:

New York

Austin

Los Angeles

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by Brian Solis

Last week, the Microsoft BizSpark team, in partnership with The TechSet (Stephanie Agresta and yours truly), celebrated Southern California startups and the spirit of innovation at Ingnition-LA. Hosted at the beautiful Beso, owned by Eva Longoria, in Hollywood, 300 entrpreneurs converged to demo, network, and forge alliances that will carry them forward for years to come.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this such a tremendously successful event!

San Francisco, you’re next! See you on 12/16 at the beautiful Carnelian Room, 52 floor above the city!

RSVP for the San Francisco event here.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Shira Lazar and Geri Hirsch

Anand Iyer of BizSpark

Tyler Crowley of Mahalo

Efren Toscano and Linda Sherman

Kedric Van De Carr, Arad Rostampour, Jacob Mullins, Anand Iyer

Streamy.com

Girl Gamer

Dan Portnoy

Shira Lazar keeps people in line

Rock Band

Robert Yang, Lolita Carrico, Jim Lin, Matt Singley

Stephanie Agresta and Nina Bargiel

Kedric Van De Karr, Misty LaChance, Angela Costa Roque Baptista

Raj Chauhan of Rubicon Project

Hayden Black and Michael Pilla

Marc Russell Hustvedt, Jessica (need last name), Taryn O’Neill, Michael Davies

Jessica Wilzig Gottlieb and Erin Kotecki Vest (QueenofSpain)

Dragana Ognenovska & Wm. Marc Salsberry

Todd Sawacki

Frank Sinton of Meefeedia

Stephanie Agresta

Kurt Daradics and Heather Meeker

Linda Sherman and Amanda Coolong

Blackberry Storm

Jason Nazar of Docstoc and Shira Lazar

Jonathan Dingman

For more pictures from Ignition-Los Angeles, visit my album on flickr. Within the set, you’ll also be treated to a few pictures from the after party at Bao, Hollywood, where we also celebrated @queenofspain’s birthday!

Here are a couple of pics to get your started…

If you’ve missed our previous events, you can relive the experiences below:

New York

Austin

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by Brian Solis

The spirit of entrepreneurialism is what drives all of us to innovate and excel. Economics aside, there is no better time than now to pursue and invest in that next big idea. This is your time to shine and we want to celebrate you, your vision and help you succeed.

Announcing Ignition Los Angeles.

Microsoft Startup Zone, in partnership with The TechSet (Stephanie Agresta and yours truly), is bringing together the tech innovators in Southern California to celebrate the launch of BizSpark, a new program for those who contribute to a dynamic ecosystem that helps startups flourish.

Join us at Beso in Hollywood for free hors d’oeuvres and drinks, and also the opportunity to network with some of the most influential technologists around. All attendees can participate in a “twitter raffle” to win an XBox 360 Elite.

Beso
6350 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Make sure to RSVP here: http://ignition-losangeles.eventbrite.com/

If you’ve missed our previous events, you can relive the experiences below:

New York

Austin

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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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by Brian Solis

Austin, what are you doing tonight?

Microsoft StartupZone, The TechSet and Austin’s Startup District present “Ignition,” an event to commemorate the launch of Microsoft BizSpark and celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurialism.

Join Stephanie Agresta, Brian Solis, Austin entrepreneurs, the BizSpark team and partners for this can’t miss event from 7-10pm with free drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Plus, you will have the opportunity to meet some of the most influential technologists around.

RSVP here.

SD|2020 is also bringing together the best early-stage startups in Texas – 20 slides, 20 seconds each slide, on the 20th of this month.

Pitching at SD|2020:
BizSpark
Piryx
Minggl
Gendai Games
QikCom
Ringlight
OtherInBox
RUWT? Sports
GAMEWAGER
TechRanchAustin

In attendance:
Rudder
Nectar
DailyMile
Volunteer Spot
Bet Arcade
Moximity
turn2live
SnapPages
FriendOrFollow
Saltlick Labs

BizSpark is a new program launched by Microsoft designed for those founders and service providers who contribute to the dynamic ecosystem that help startups flourish.

Where:

Speakeasy
412D Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701

If you can’t make it to the Austin event, hopefully you can join us in one of our other cities:

December 4, 2008 – Silicon Valley

December 10, 2008 – Los Angeles

To see pictures from the Ignite New York, please visit my album on flickr.

For more pictures from Ignite New York hosted by Microsoft BizSpark and TechSet, please visit my album on Flickr.

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