{"id":61542,"date":"2016-12-08T08:48:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T16:48:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:34:24","slug":"zoom-infoq-week-featuring-bizspark-plus-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/zoom-infoq-week-featuring-bizspark-plus-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom on the InfoQ week, featuring BizSpark Plus startups!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four BizSpark Plus startups were interviewed by IT publication InfoQ France, following their participation at Microsoft Experiences conference last October. 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