{"id":37635,"date":"2016-03-11T12:35:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T12:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vmengine.net\/2016\/03\/11\/ibm-smartcamp-how-to-boost-the-business-of-innovative-startups\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:14:06","slug":"ibm-smartcamp-how-to-boost-the-business-of-innovative-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/2016\/03\/11\/ibm-smartcamp-how-to-boost-the-business-of-innovative-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM SmartCamp: how to boost the business of innovative startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><strong>IBM Italia<\/strong> organizes the fourth edition of <strong>SmartCamp<\/strong>, an event through which startups will be able to make themselves known and get in touch with <strong>Venture Capitalists<\/strong>, <strong>Mentors<\/strong>, <strong>Universities<\/strong>, <strong>Media<\/strong>, <strong>Business Partners<\/strong> and <strong>Customers<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIn this way, the company confirms its constant commitment to support and encourage the modernization of companies. Since 2010, the <strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.ibm.com\/startups\/\">IBM Global Entrepreneur<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong> program has provided startups with useful resources and tools to develop innovative projects. In fact, <strong>innovative startups<\/strong> can make an important and concrete contribution to the country&#8217;s economic recovery by providing a change of gear through a focus on new technologies and the service economy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Think your startup can change the world? IBM SmartCamp will give you the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An effective slogan that gives startuppers an opportunity to be seized. Among the nominated projects, the 4 most innovative ideas will be selected and will participate in the award ceremony that will take place in <strong>Milan<\/strong> on <strong>May 5, 2016<\/strong>.<br \/>\nAs in 2015, the final will be included in a major IBM event, <strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www-01.ibm.com\/marketing\/iwm\/iwm\/web\/signup.do?source=swg-IT_WEB-ORG_Cross&amp;S_PKG=ov11894&amp;lang=it_it\">IBM BusinessConnect<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>. Suffice it to say that last year the 4 finalist startups had the opportunity to present themselves to an audience of 900 customers and business operators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/ibm1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-43\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/ibm1.jpg\" alt=\"IBM demo day\" width=\"264\" height=\"139\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are the <strong>benefits<\/strong> of participating in this program?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mentoring and networking opportunities;<\/li>\n<li>direct technical support with IBM;<\/li>\n<li>use of IBM software for testing and demos with technical training;<\/li>\n<li>visibility and communication on the market;<\/li>\n<li>possibility to use the IBM Cloud for infrastructure (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/cloud-computing\/it\/it\/infrastructure\/index.html\">SoftLayer<\/a>) and for application development (<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.ibm.com\/sso\/bmregistration?ca=ecodeu-_-Social-_-Italy-_-2016\">Bluemix<\/a>), with a usage credit unmatched on the market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And what are the requirements for participation?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>company with less than 5 years;<\/li>\n<li>private company;<\/li>\n<li>have the development of a project, product or service that uses software or cloud platforms<br \/>\nnot be a reseller of IBM products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM Italia organizes the fourth edition of SmartCamp, an event through which startups will be able to make themselves known and get in touch with Venture Capitalists, Mentors, Universities, Media, Business Partners and Customers. In this way, the company confirms its constant commitment to support and encourage the modernization of companies. 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