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Bing Fund is looking for startups that are building online or mobile experiences that incorporate fresh insights. Participants are not required to use Microsoft technology. We enroll startups into our program on an ongoing basis, investing in and working with a small number at any given time. Here's what we offer: * Subsidized use of unique APIs from Bing's data ecosystem * The opportunity to access certain technology assets developed by Microsoft Research * Assistance from Bing Fund team members who specialize in design, engineering, marketing, and building businesses * Consultations with Subject Matter Experts at Microsoft, some of whom are world experts in their areas * Exposure to Microsoft executives * Connections with our partners and customers * Funding * Co-workspace for startups located in the Seattle area.

"It may sound strange for the CEO of an investment management firm to say this, but managing your career well is much more important than managing your investments well. Good investment management - using low-cost ETFs and low-fee advice - can mean higher returns in your investment portfolio. Over time, that might add up a lot of money, maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars on larger portfolios. But the economic rewards that follow from good career decisions in the technology industry are potentially much larger. Today, Wealthfront is launching a Startup Compensation Tool to help our clients with that part of their financial lives: their careers. The Tool offers data on the tech startup job market, including cash compensation and equity packages for a range of jobs, so that you can maximize the return on your career. You can embed the Tool by using the toolbar at the bottom."

9 Most Important Elements of a Business  Osterwalder's business canvas helps illustrate how a company intends to make money. It's made up of nine key points that represent any company's complete business (for much more detail, read either The Startup Owner's Manual or Osterwalder's Business Model Design (Wiley). 

"A Seattle data technology startup is taking the phrase "know your customer" to a whole new level. Versium Analytics today introduced a new analytics platform called LifeData. Led by former InfoSpace executives Chris Matty and Kevin Marcus, the 12-month-old company is trying to help organizations learn more about their customers by using a patent-pending technology that verifies and cross-indexes large sets of data."

"Whether looking for a job or a spouse, it's more important than ever to be able to differentiate yourself and easily express what's important to you. But, sometimes, words just can't do the trick. And for those times, Portland startup Vizify thinks it has the solution. Their latest offering is something they are calling Vizcards - described as "bite-sized infographics about you.""

"Seattle big data startup SpaceCurve announced today that it has set a real-time Big Data performance record for ingesting streaming data and spitting out numbers immediately for queries. SpaceCurve ran a full-blown analytics test on Tweet records that averaged 2,500 bytes in size and included location, user and time information. The rate of operation was done at millions of records per second, hundreds of billions of records per day and petabytes of data per day - a new record, according to SpaceCurve."

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Big data might very well be the tech buzz word of the year. And just how hot is it? Consider this:  Data scientist Stephen Purpura - an expert in artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics who is studying for his PhD in information sciences at Cornell University - has received no fewer than 45 job offers in recent months. And they just aren't any fly-by-night offers, with some rolling in from big-name companies touting salaries of $300,000 or more.

P5 will provide mentorship, advice, and an environment where good work can actually happen. The mission of this project is to increase the number of people doing this kind of work, and to encourage newsrooms to see this as work to be fostered. We hope to establish that this is a basic journalistic function and not a faddish, high-tech gizmo, by exposing talented journalists to a fully functioning department. This is a brand new idea for ProPublica. We admit we don't have all the answers so if you're awesome but some of this doesn't quite describe you, apply anyway. However, this really isn't and can't be a program that will teach non-developers how to code. You'll need the skills to hack with us and to go back to your newsroom ready to take it the rest of the way to the finish line. More Details We're best at Ruby, Rails, and JavaScript. But if you code in some other language, you should still apply. P5 is open to people from anywhere. However: We can't sponsor a visa for you, and you'll need to have a firm grasp on English in order to communicate easily with us. We'll have a Mac with web development tools and the Photoshop suite available for your use, but if you've got a complex setup, it's probably smart for you to bring your own laptop.