From 5:30pm -8:00pm there will be cocktails and a reception open to the startup community.  Marc and I will be in attendance and we’re hoping we to have a chance to meet many of you.  The event is free to attend, please click “Register” to sign up.

Marc and Clint from Startup Weekend will be flying out the end of Jan. for the Azure BizSpark Camp in NYC at the MS office in Manhattan. This is a FREE event with a chance to win $5k. If you are familiar with Azure or any other MS platforms or want to learn, this is a great opportunity.

Not a member of BizSpark? Apply through Startup Weekend here.

We will be putting on a happy hour with the help of the BizSpark team one of the evenings which the entire Startup Weekend community is invited to come out and partake in. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime, check out the details of the event:

“With several successful Microsoft BizSpark Incubation Weeks under our belt (Azure Atlanta, Win7 Boston, Win7 Reston, CRM Reston, CRM Boston, Win 7 Irvine, Mobility Mountain View,), we are pleased to announce Microsoft BizSpark Camp for Windows Azure in New York, NY during January 28–29, 2010. Based upon your feedback we have made several changes including offering cash prize, compressed time commitment and much more. We hope you’re tapping into the growing BizSpark community.

• Chance to win cash prize of $5000
• Nomination for BizSpark One (an invitation only program) for high potential startups
• Learn and build new applications in the cloud or use interoperable services that run on Microsoft infrastructure to extend and enhance your existing applications with help of on-site advisors
• Get entrepreneurs coaching from a panel of industry experts
• Generate marketing buzz for your brand
• Create opportunity to be highlighted at upcoming launch

We are inviting nominations from BizSpark Startupsinterested in Windows Azure Platform that target one or more of the following:

• Windows Azure
• Microsoft .Net Services
• Microsoft SQL Azure
• Live Services
• Microsoft SharePoint Services
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Services

The Microsoft BizSparkCamp for Windows Azure will be held at Microsoft Technology Center, New York, NYfrom Thursday 1/28/2010 to Friday 1/29/2010. This event consists of ½ day of training, 1 day of active prototype/development time, and ½ 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 developer). It is required to have at least 1 developer as part of your team. To nominate your team, please submit the following details to Sanjay Jain (preferably via your BizSaprk Sponsor) no later than Monday January 18, 2010. Nominations will be judged according to the strength of the founding team, originality and creativity of the idea, and ability to leverage Windows Azure Scenarios.

• BizSpark Startup Organization Details: Name, Web Site URL, Mailing Address, Solution Overview, Key Windows Azure Scenarios, Target Industry, Company Size and Year Founded, How did you hear about this event?
• BizSpark Sponsor Details: BizSpark Network Partner or Microsoft Champion Name, Web Site URL
• Team Details: For each participant, Name, Brief BIO, Email, Phone, Twitter, Blog

All info here: http://www.microsoftstartupzone.com/Blogs/sanjay_jain/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=77465549-f53f-497c-a9e1-5b32eac479bc&ID=8

These are the type of teams that truly make Startup Weekend what it is. This event is sure to be one for the record books!

A sincere thank you to everyone in NYC from the Startup Weekend Team!

Startup Weekend is excited to announce it is partnering with the guys at DEMO to help further our efforts to provide new and valuable opportunities to our community!

DEMO is one of the foremost tech conferences in the world. What types of companies come from DEMO?

vmware, Salesforce.com, Tivo, Bitgravity, Symantec, Java, E*Trade, Boingo, palm, six apart, and more!

Why is this cool?

Successful Startup Weekend companies will get “fast track” consideration with the directors of DEMO for the Alpha Pitch segment of the event for early stage startups! Stay tuned for other great opportunities to come from this partnership!

Already a Startup?

Get the Demo Facts, and Attend DEMOspring 2010 in California March 21st-23rd.

Quick update – We have changed venues to a couple blocks away. The event will now be held at Sun Microsystem’s office in downtown at 101 Park ave! We needed a venue that was a bit bigger and more suitable for the tech focus (aka. needing a ton of wifi!!

Sun will have some reps out there helping with some of their platforms as well as providing FREE hosting for 6 months for all teams!

We will also have David Kidder speaking on Friday night!

Things are shaping up great, and we are going to have an amazing line up of mentors/advisors helping with free legal, strategy, and investment perspective over the weekend. The press should be huge as well. We will have reporters their from local news and Forbes as well!

This will be an event not to miss! Be sure to tell your friends!

Best,

The Startup Weekend Team

Twilio is teaming up with us for the weekend of November 13th through 22nd to encourage innovation with voice enabled applications, using our open API. If your team uses Twilio in any way over the course of the weekend, you’re eligible to win Netbooks for your team members.

How It Works

Startup Weekend teams range in size, so we will award the winning team with up to six Netbooks, along with other Twilio goodies. Startup Weekend teams in six cities will compete for the chance to win, and we’ll be blogging and tweeting about your projects throughout th weekend and beyond.

Get Motivated

Brainstorm Ideas for Your Project Pitch

Do you have a laundry list of projects you’ve been meaning to build, or are you drawing a blank? Either way, its time to begin generating ideas so you can decide what to pitch on Friday night.

Read About Past Twilio Projects at Startup Weekend

• ShoutNow
• Monkey Calling
• Escape My Date

See the April 2009 Highlights:

GEW08 Review from UnleashingIdeas on Vimeo.