STUDENTS,  STARTUPS:  MONTREAL  AND  THE  WORLD  WANT  YOU!  

Rami  Sayar  –  Technical  Evangelist  @  Microsoft  

@ramisayar  –  wootstudio.ca  

STARTUPS,  STUDENTS,  MONTREAL,  WORLD.  

NOTMAN  HOUSE  

BIZSPARK  LOUNGE!  

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  

MONTREAL  NEW  TECH  

STARTUP  WEEKEND  MONTREAL  

INTERNATIONAL  STARTUP  FESTIVAL  

STARTUPS  FROM  AROUND  MONTREAL  

FOUNDERPROJECT  

THE  NEXT  36  

#HACKMCGILL  +  CODE  JAM  

DREAMSPARK  

  DreamSpark also 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

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.

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.

Canada at World Finals   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

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

IMAGINE  CUP  WINNERS  FROM  AFRICA  

  Uganda  :  World  Citizenship  Competition  

OPPORTUNITIES  IN  AFRICA  

  Agriculture    Mining    Tourism    Medical  

  Infrastructure    Consumer  Goods  

AMAZING  STARTUPS  IN  AFRICA  

MICROSOFT  4AFRICA  

PEOPLE  TO  TALK  TO  AT  KWS  

Ingrid  Biwole  Africa  Link  @ingtel  

Jean-­‐Louis  Ntang  DOTS  LABS  @ntabo0v

Jean-­‐Gabriel  Jemea-­‐Kuoh  

Dalekh  @jemeakuoh

CONCLUSION  

Students,  Startups:  Montreal  and  the  World  Want  You!  

QUESTIONS?  Rami  Sayar  –  Technical  Evangelist  @  Microsoft  

@ramisayar  –  wootstudio.ca  

 

REFERENCES  

   http://swell.lpmo.com/post/60910191019/entrepreneurship-­‐in-­‐montreal  

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22dE8ut4Xk