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.

GitHub

https://github.com/microsoft/ImagineCup