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Students, Startups : Montréal and the world want you | KWS Montréal
This document promotes opportunities for students and startups in Montreal and around the world. It describes several programs like BizSpark and DreamSpark that provide free software and resources to startups. It also lists upcoming tech and startup events in Montreal, as well as the Imagine Cup competition where students can win prizes for games, innovations, or projects that solve world problems. The document concludes by discussing opportunities for startups in Africa and resources through Microsoft 4Africa.
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- 1. STUDENTS, STARTUPS: MONTREAL AND THE WORLD WANT YOU! Rami Sayar – Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft @ramisayar – wootstudio.ca
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- 5. BIZSPARK IS FOR STARTUPS! Over $13,000 in free software via MSDN. $150/month of Windows Azure Cloud credits. Partner Offers and Promotions. NO FINE PRINT. NO CONTRACT OR CREDIT CARD NEEDED. You graduate after 3 years and keep everything you’ve used, get discounts after graduation. http://aka.ms/bizsparkcanada
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- 9. STARTUPS FROM AROUND MONTREAL
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- 13. DREAMSPARK DreamSparkalso gives you the ability to publish Windows 8 or Windows Phone apps for free! Visit www.dreamspark.com to • Download your getting started guide • Download professional software tools and SDK • Get your free store account
- 15. Imagine Cup 2014| Competitions Competitions Our three main competitions return for 2014, and once again the prizes are substantial: $50,000 to the first-place team in each of the following: Games: Great games come from anywhere and people play them everywhere. Powerful game engines and libraries are available for free so students can get started right away. Innovation: Incredible, world-changing software innovations often come from students. Social networks, music services, – the list goes on. We’re looking for the next big thing. World Citizenship: Find a problem in the world, even in your own life or community, that affects many people, and then work to solve it. Build a project that could change lives.
- 16. Imagine Cup 2014| Challenges Global Online Challenges None of the challenges require programming or are they required for the main competitions. Instead, they are to help you get started with the Software Development Life Cycle. First-place teams win $3,000 (USD). Pitch Video Challenge (September—October): Record a five minute video pitching your project. Project Blueprint Challenge (November—December): Deliver a written project proposal covering your users, requirements, scenarios and business model. User Experience Challenge (January--February): Show us your user flows, wireframes, and a visual target for how your software will look on screen.
- 17. Canada at WorldFinals 2012 – Sydney, Australia Team Greeni from George Brown College 2013 – St Petersburg, Russia Team Sano from University of Calgary (won $10,000 KFC Russia Award) 2014 – Seattle, USA
- 18. Imagine Cup 2014| Sign Up Step 1: Register for your free account at www.imaginecup.com Step 2: Sign up for your favorite competition or challenge (or compete in them all!) Step 3: Create a team and invite up to three of your brightest friends to be part of it (consider finding a mentor to help you out!) Step 4: Start building your App or Game
- 19. IMAGINE CUP WINNERS FROM AFRICA Uganda : World Citizenship Competition
- 20. OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICA Agriculture Mining Tourism Medical Infrastructure Consumer Goods
- 21. AMAZING STARTUPS IN AFRICA
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- 23. PEOPLE TO TALK TO AT KWS Jean-‐Gabriel Jemea-‐Kuoh Dalekh @jemeakuoh Ingrid Biwole Africa Link @ingtel Jean-‐Louis Ntang DOTS LABS @ntabo0v
- 24. CONCLUSION Students, Startups: Montreal and the World Want You!
- 25. QUESTIONS? Rami Sayar – Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft @ramisayar – wootstudio.ca
- 26. REFERENCES http://swell.lpmo.com/post/60910191019/entrepreneurship-‐in-‐montreal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22dE8ut4Xk