Andrey Golub

Interviewing Ian Sands: the Long Term Strategy for Microsoft.

Ian Sands- Sr.Director- Envisioning Lab, Microsoft Corporation

Style Star TV was interviewing Ian Sands during the Style Star Lounge event in Cannes, May 2010.

 

Keywords: Ian Sands, Long Term Strategy, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, Sr.Director, Envisioning Lab

Andrey Golub

MODA E TECNOLOGIA/ STYLE STAR IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ITS ENROLLMENT IN MICROSOFT BizSpark(tm) PROGRAM.

read more about Style Star by Moda e Tecnologia.

btw, I'm a CTO of Style Star/ Moda e Tecnologia.

 

What is Microsoft® BizSpark™?

Microsoft BizSpark is a global program designed to accelerate the success of early stage Startups.

BizSpark provides software, support and visibility to Startups:

Software: BizSpark provides entrepreneurs fast and easy access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools and productions licenses of server products, with no upfront costs and minimal requirements.

• All the software included is equivalent to a Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System Team Suite (VSTS) with MSDN® Premium subscription. Additionally, VSTS Team Foundation Server (Standard Edition) is available for use by the entire development team.
• Expression® Studio Version 2
• Production use rights to host a “software-plus-services” solution (developed during participation in the BizSpark Program, on any platform) over the Internet, with regard to the latest versions of Microsoft products including:
  • Microsoft Windows Server® (all editions up to and including Enterprise)
  • Microsoft SQL Server® (all editions)
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint® Portal Server
  • Microsoft BizTalk® Server
  • Microsoft System Center for managing hosting server operations.
• In addition to the core program offering, BizSpark startups may be eligible for other Microsoft offerings, such as Virtual Earth
• Startups may also work with a BizSpark hosting partner to deliver their software–plus-services solution using the latest Microsoft server products. For specific details on technology offerings and hosting scenarios refer to the Microsoft BizSpark Program Guide for Startups (Appendix A and Appendix B).

Support

• Community-driven support (guidance, resources and mentoring) by Network Partners, active members of the global software ecosystem who are qualified to provide support and advice to Startups
• Professional Support from Microsoft: Two technical support Incidents per Startup and Access to MSDN, online library, etc.
• Unlimited email support, online training and invitations to local technical events for entrepreneurs working with early adopter technologies, like Windows 7, Silverlight, Azure and SQL Server 2008.

Visibility

• Each BizSpark Startup will have the opportunity to profile their organization in the BizSparkDB, an online Startup directory, hosted on the Microsoft StartupZone web site. Startups will get exposure to potential investors, partners and customers around the world.
• Opportunity to be highlighted on the BizSparkDB as a featured company and be promoted as a BizSpark Featured Startup on the Microsoft StartupZone website.

An eligible Startup must have the following characteristics at the time of joining:

• Actively engaged in development of a software-based product or service that will form a core piece of its current or intended business[1],
• Privately held,
• In business for less than 3 years at the time of enrollment[2], and
• Less than US $1 million in annual revenue [3].

To be eligible for Production License rights, Startups must also be developing a "software-plus-services" solution (on any platform) to be delivered over the Internet.

[1]Startups cannot be in the business of providing services to others such as hosting, web agency, system integration or outsourced development.

[2]Startups who are actively engaged in software development but have not yet completed the formalities of establishing a business are also eligible for entry into BizSpark.

[3]This requirement has been adjusted to add local variances calibrated to local economic conditions in the startup’s place of business, below. If a Startups’ place of business is not listed below, then the revenue limit is US $1 million.

Keywords: Andrey Golub, CTO, Marina Garzoni, Microsoft, Style Star, e-motional commerce, start-up, BizSpark

Andrey Golub

Business of Luxury Summit 2010 by The Financial Times.

The Financial Times is pleased to present the sixth annual Business of Luxury Summit which will take place June 13 - 15, 2010 in Los Angeles.  The Summit will once again bring together senior luxury executives, business leaders and financiers from around the world, to debate the key issues facing the luxury industry in the current global economic climate.

The theme for the 2010 FT Business of Luxury Summit is The Medium and The Message. The Summit will take an unvarnished look at communications mid-and-post recession. If it is true that traditional consumers have changed their buying habits, and new generation consumers have changed their information gathering strategies, how do luxury companies reach them and optimize sales/loyalty?

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Robert A. Iger, President and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman Emeritus, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Edgar Huber, CEO, Juicy Couture
Nicolas Bos, President & CEO, Van Cleef & Arpels Inc.
Bryan Lourd, Managing Partner, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Jean-Christophe Bédos, President & CEO, Boucheron
Tamara Mellon, President & Chief Creative Officer, Jimmy Choo
Sebastian Suhl, COO, Prada Group
Diane von Furstenberg, CEO & Founder, DVF Studio

The 2010 Summit provides an unrivalled opportunity to gain incisive marketing intelligence from industry peers, participate in debates and hear the results of specially commissioned research.

AGENDA. http://www.ftconferences.com/luxury2010/Page/Agenda/

SPEAKERS LIST. http://www.ftconferences.com/luxury2010/Speakers/

STYLE STAR SPEAKER: MARINA GARZONI. http://www.ftconferences.com/luxury2010/speakerdetails/1683/

Place: Crystal Ballroom
Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Boulevard
Beverly Hills

more info: http://www.ftconferences.com/luxury2010/

Keywords: Andrey Golub, Business of Luxury Summit, FT, Financial Times, Marina Garzoni, ft.com, Style Star

Andrey Golub

SOCIAL MEDIA DAY :: 30 :: 06 :: 2010.

Con Mashable.com e Meet the Media Guru!

proGURIamoci nuove idee!

Nel 2005 Meet the Media Guru iniziava il proprio cammino.
Oggi, a cinque anni di distanza, siamo una comunità; anche noi a modo nostro un Social Media “partecipato” da molte migliaia di appassionati.
Forse saprete già che i ragazzi di Mashable, appurato che ancora non esisteva, hanno deciso di creare un Social Media Day.

La data scelta è il 30 giugno e Meet the Media Guru non poteva perdersi questa occasione di… socializzazione.
Perché anche di questo, in fondo, si tratta.

I Social Media stanno cambiando giorno per giorno il significato stesso di comunicazione e hanno sicuramente già cambiato il modo di conoscersi, fare amicizia, condividere esperienze, costruire progetti, informarsi, organizzare le nostre vite, il nostro lavoro, e molto altro ancora.
E in questo Mashable ha ragione: è arrivato il momento di festeggiare i Social Media e di dedicargli una giornata.

il compleanno di Meet the Media Guru.

Il fatto che il primo Social Media Day coincida con il compleanno di Meet the Media Guru aggiunge un motivo in più alla voglia di festeggiare e noi vogliamo che sia anche un’occasione per raccogliere e condividere idee sul futuro di Meet the Media Guru, sulla prossima stagione, sulle novità e sui progetti da sviluppare per continuare a crescere come comunità e a trasmettere la nostra voglia di innovazione.
E quale modo migliore di farlo se non incontrandosi faccia a faccia nel luogo dal quale siamo partiti 5 anni fa con i nostri eventi sull’universo digitale?

Vi aspettiamo nel giardino della Mediateca il 30 giugno dalle 19:00 per scambiarsi idee e conoscersi meglio.

Niente discorsi da uno a molti. Soprattutto: conversazione!

Se volete partecipare con un contributo creativo, contattateci: info@meetthemediaguru.org

L’evento è su facebook e, ovviamente, anche su Meetup

Keywords: Meet the Media Guru, SOCIAL MEDIA DAY, proGURIamoci, Mashable.com