esthiscoding/imaginecup

Resources to help you enter, and perhaps win, the Imagine Cup, a worldwide event by Microsoft

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.

After this training, you'll have an opportunity to attend free, live mentorship webinars hosted by Microsoft Cloud Advocates. Gain access to the webinar meeting information and our first three webinar recordings by completing the Post Training Quiz.

Sections

Section Number	Section
01	Imagine Cup Introduction
02	Building a Great Team
03	Generating project ideas
04	Building a Prototype / MVP
05	Integrating Azure into your project
06	How to create a successful pitch
07	Taking your project to the next level

Further Prep

Be sure to complete the Post Training Quiz - to access free, live trainings by Microsoft Cloud Advocates!

Check out recordings from our Build Your Epic kickoff event on the MSFTImagine YouTube Channel, featuring Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions with Microsoft FTEs on the Imagine Cup categories and frequently used technologies as well as Azure Bootcamp Workshops on IoT, Lobe, and Web Development.

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.

👉 Get started with Section 1 here!