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If you ask the questions “Is it possible to do successful IT companies in Russia?”, “Who did it happen?”, “What and how do these companies realize in terms of technology?”, As well as “How to start your own IT business? "And" Where to get support? "Then our startup track is for you!

During the first day at the DevCon 2016 conference, the Microsoft team working with start-ups, together with partners and development institutions of the startup ecosystem, as well as IT companies that are making progress in the development of their business, will also discuss these issues at the Start-up track.
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Our experts will highlight the innovative perspective and areas that will be breakthroughs in the next 5-10 years. They will tell you what opportunities for launching and promoting the product are provided by cooperation with Microsoft, even if the product is created entirely on Open Source. You will hear what difficulties beginner IT companies face and how they overcome them. You will find out which areas are interesting for investors, how to make your project in Internet things, as well as where and how you can get the missing expertise and support for start-up companies.

We hope that at the end of the day you will not only realize that a successful startup is a reality, but also you will feel that this is the future that is unfolding here and now.

Let's start to get acquainted with the program and key speakers of the track in more detail.

The program is opened by representatives of Microsoft Russia and Microsoft Ventures, the international division of the corporation, which is responsible for providing comprehensive support to young IT entrepreneurs both in Russia and around the world.

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On the general approach of Microsoft to cooperation with startups, both in Russia and globally, as well as programs to support novice IT entrepreneurs, participants will be told by Natalia Radosteva . You will learn about the powerful levers and unique opportunities for the implementation of large-scale projects that are opened in the framework of Microsoft cooperation programs in Russia and around the world. Hear about Microsoft acceleration for startups, its stages, as well as real stories and examples of projects that have recently been born in our country.

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You will also have an exclusive opportunity to attend a session at which Navot Volk , a representative of Microsoft Ventures in Israel, will talk about the most innovative trends in the industry from Microsoft Science & Research, share world experience in developing entrepreneurship and best practices of Microsoft Ventures in other countries.

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Developing business-oriented products is a challenge for start-ups. Microsoft's technology acceleration gives you the opportunity to draw on Microsoft's experience and expertise to create high-quality and reliable solutions.
Konstantin Goldstein , who devoted himself to the development of innovative B2B solutions, will hold a session on how the Microsoft team has built technology acceleration for IT companies, and will also give examples of solutions that were born inside this acceleration.

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At the end of the first half of the day, you will be given the opportunity to apply for acceleration from Microsoft, as well as to communicate with technology and business experts who implement this program.

In the second half of the day, partners and development institutions of the start-up ecosystem of the IIDF, Skolkovo and GVA LaunchGurus, as well as IT companies that are making progress in developing their business, Turbodiller and HelloBaby, will they really be successful startups in Russia, not only with a reference to the Russian market? , but also on foreign.

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Ilya Korolev from the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) will talk about directions that are interesting for investors, as well as what Smart Money and the IIDF accelerator will address the problems of Russian entrepreneurs and how to create business in Russia. From Dmitry Beznasyuk - co-founder of the Turbodiler service, you will learn how to “raise” a startup in Russia, what problems start-up companies face and what decisions they make to overcome them.

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Another interesting session from Skolkovo about Internet things is awaiting participants together with Alexander Anufrienko and technological evangelist Alexander Belotserkovsky , who will touch upon the most pressing issues of the popular IoT direction in the industry, light up what the Internet of Things is and where the key areas exist and the business begins, as well as the possibilities offered by the Microsoft platform for IoT solutions.

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Two representatives of GVA LaunchGurus will be the speakers of the final start-up session. Zamir Shukhov and Daniil Kozlov will share practical tips on how startups prepare and become successful globally, what tools they can use to do this, talk about the role of startups in the development of innovations in corporations and their interaction models. Using the example of a successful startup, HelloBaby will present the real story of entering a foreign market.

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DevCon 2016

DevCon is the largest Microsoft conference for developers in Russia. We spend its sixth year and traditionally try to gather those who are not indifferent to the Microsoft platform outside the city, in a comfortable country park hotel, to discuss current technologies together and try out the latest versions of products in practice.

In 2016, DevCon will appear in an updated format. We are happy to share with you the secrets of preparing our conference: why we have come to a new format , how the conference grid is being formed. At the same time, we publish details about the conference program, for example, you can get acquainted with the new format “intensive” in the previous announcement of the intensive on ASP.NET Core . Announcements of various workshops and a separate post about a master class on Xamarin can also be found in our blog.

This year, participants in the event will have more opportunities to immerse themselves in technology and gain new knowledge. We have prepared a large number of new interesting master classes, which will be described in more detail in the next announcement. At the same time, DevCon is still more than just a conference, with a rich program and communication with experts and colleagues outside the program. On the site you can learn more about how to become a member.

We remind that this year we offer simplified participation in DevCon 2016 with a new category of Guest Pass tickets for 2500 rubles, which include transfer to the venue, attendance of all reports and workshops of the first day of the conference, and an interactive exhibition!

See you at the conference!