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BizSpark™ Tampa Bay brings fellow Microsoft® BizSpark™, WebSiteSpark™, and DreamSpark™ startups and other Microsoft technology-based businesses together to connect, share ideas, and grow together, no matter what stage they are at now, whether start-up or long established, both in-person and virtually. Meetup topics cover new technology opportunities and how to capitalize on them, business basics, and case studies of successes, especially ones from within the community, and other topics of interest to the group and related to building a successful business. We also invite and welcome startup investors to join us, make contacts, and share ideas a well. Microsoft® BizSpark™ is a global program designed around companies building software to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources when they need it the most. Learn more at http://www.microsoftstartupzone.com/pages/home.aspx; WebSiteSpark™ is a comparable program for web designers, agencies, and hosting, more info at http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/; DreamSpark™ is for students https://www.dreamspark.com/

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ALL MEETUPS CANCELLED TIL MARCH 2012-March date TBD

Tue Mar 27
5:30 PM
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3 attending
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Tampa Microsoft Office: 5426 Bay Center Dr., Suite 700, Tampa, FL (map)

Going into my busy time of year, and we have been unable to draw a large constituency since the great August meeting by Jennifer Cook. And there is so much activity in... Learn more

Hosted by: Kathy Malone (Organizer)

This Meetup repeats on the last Tuesday of every month

ALL MEETUPS CANCELLED TIL MARCH 2012-March date TBD	1 attending	Tue Mar 27, 5:30 PM
ALL MEETUPS CANCELLED TIL MARCH 2012-March date TBD	1 attending	Tue Apr 24, 5:30 PM
ALL MEETUPS CANCELLED TIL MARCH 2012-March date TBD	1 attending	Tue May 29, 5:30 PM

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ALL MEETUPS CANCELLED TIL MARCH 2012-March date TBD
Tuesday 5:30 PM at Tampa Microsoft Office

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"Hi: My name is Vickie Comrie. I'm a graduate student at Keller studying MISM. I live in Las Vegas but would still like to belong to this group because Kathy is so brilliant and inspirational that I have to be in her orbit, no matter how far."
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October 13, 2011 at 2:20 AM

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