sanjayjain: Day1: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Incubation Week

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Wow!! Thank you for such an overwhelming response to 1st Dynamics CRM Incubation Week. We got so many cool nominations from all over US, making it difficult to finalize. Congratulations to finalists; for others please keep an eye on this blog for future announcements.



I plan to share the excitement everyday as the week unfolds. Here are the key pre-event updates:



· Five teams are rushing to Microsoft Technology Center, Reston, VA.



· Six Dynamics CRM experts are flying in to roll their sleeves to join these startup teams to convert their business ideas into a reality.



· Three industry experts have volunteered to coach these entrepreneurs on various critical aspects to be successful.



· One Dynamics CRM offshore development company has volunteered to expedite the momentum by offering their CRM expertise along with Time Zone advantage.



· A strong Judging Panel (CRM Industry Thought Leader, area Incubators, area VC companies) is getting ready to critique team pitches and give various awards.





Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

http://blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain







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The current economic downturn is putting many entrepreneurs (startups and students) under increasing pressure, making it critical to find new resources and ways to reduce costs and inefficiencies. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Incubation Week is designed to offer following assistance to entrepreneurs.

· Learning and building next generation business solution on Microsoft Dynamics CRM Platform (a rapid application development platform to reduce the cost and Go-To-Market time) with help of on-site advisors (Microsoft Dynamics CRM experts).

· Getting entrepreneurs coaching from a panel of industry experts (academic and angel investors)

· Generating marketing buzz for their ideas



The 1st CRM Incubation Week is being held at Microsoft Technology Center, Reston, VA from Mon 12/15/2008 to Fri 12/19/2008. This event consists of ½ day of training, 3 ½ days of active prototype/development time, and a final day for packaging/finishing and reporting out to a panel of judges for various prizes.



This event is a no-fee event (plan your own travel expenses) and each team can bring 3 participants (1 business and 1-2 technical). To nominate your team, please submit the following details to Sanjay Jain.



Organization Details

Name



Web Site URL



Mailing Address



Solution Overview







Team Details

Participant 1:



Name



Brief BIO



Email



Phone



Participant 2:



Name



Brief BIO



Email



Phone



Participant 3:



Name



Brief BIO



Email



Phone







You may want to enroll into recently launched Microsoft BizSpark, an exciting new offering that enables software startups to leverage Microsoft development and platform technologies to deliver next generation web and Software + Services applications. For details see here.



Sanjay Jain

ISV Architect Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation

http://blogs.msdn.com/SanjayJain





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