Welcome to the Training for the Imagine Cup Competition!
Microsoft believes the next great thing could come from anyone, at any time. Now in its 20th year with nearly 2 million past competitors worldwide, Imagine Cup is Microsoft’s global technology and innovation competition for students. With the goal of empowering every student on the planet to achieve more, young developers are invited to submit their original technology solutions utilizing Microsoft Azure for a chance to win cash, prizes, mentoring and more.
Learn more about the Imagine Cup Competition at the Imagine Cup Website!
This training content is aimed at students who will participate in the Imagine Cup Competition, or any other Hackathon-type competition.
Microsoft Team members have come together to develop this training, and they are excited to share it with you!
Thank You to Our Authors: Chloe Condon, Jalen McGee, Pablo Veramendi, Jen Looper, Sarah Guthals, Ryan Mendenhall, the Microsoft Garage Team, and Chris Noring.
Lessons
Lesson Number
Topic
Section
Author
01
Welcome from the Global Imagine Cup Director
Imagine Cup Introduction
Pablo Veramendi
02
Past Winner Stories
Imagine Cup Introduction
Pablo Veramendi
03
Strategies for Choosing Teammates
Building a Great Team
The Microsoft Garage Team
04
The importance of Diversity & Inclusion
Building a Great Team
Pablo Veramendi & Jalen McGee
05
Collaboration Tools For Your Team
Building a Great Team
Jalen McGee
06
How to identify problems
Generating project ideas
Chloe Condon
07
Talking to potential customers
Generating project ideas
Chloe Condon
08
Vetting your project ideas
Generating project ideas
Chloe Condon
09
Building your first prototype
Building a Prototype / MVP
Chris Noring
10
Getting prototype feedback
Building a Prototype / MVP
Chris Noring
11
Iterating on your prototype
Building a Prototype / MVP
Chris Noring
12
Azure for Students
Integrating Azure into your project
Ryan Mendenhall
13
Azure 101
Integrating Azure into your project
Sarah Guthals
14
An Introduction to Web & Mobile Apps
Integrating Azure into your project
Jen Looper
15
How to communicate your idea
How to create a successful pitch
Chloe Condon
16
Pitching as a team
How to create a successful pitch
Chloe Condon
17
Pitch Deck Tips
How to create a successful pitch
Chloe Condon
18
Scaling your project
Taking your project to the next level
Sarah Guthals
19
Parting Advice
Taking your project to the next level
Pablo Veramendi
Further Prep
For further preparation for any hackathons or competitions, we recommend Microsoft Learn.
Offline access
You can run this documentation offline by using Docsify. Fork this repo, install Docsify on your local machine, then in the root folder of this repo, type docsify serve. The website will be served on port 3000 on your localhost: localhost:3000.