Microsoft BizSpark launch
Last week, Microsoft launched their BizSpark program designed to help early stage startups get resources which would otherwise pose a barrier to entry:
- Software - the Visual Studio Team System Team Suite with MSDN Premium subscription and VSTS Team Foundation Server, a “production” license to use several Microsoft server products for “Software-As-A-Service” hosting, Expression Studio (for .NET, Silverlight, PHP and AJAX development)
- Support - access to betas, business mentoring, technical support incidents and resource support from Microsoft’s support forums and network partners.
- Visibility - presence on Microsoft’s ChannelBuilder, SolutionProvider profiles and visbility to the Microoft Emerging Business Team which can profile the company in a startup directory and get exposure to potential investors, partners and customers.
Eligibility:
You need to be a privately held company building a software-based product or service (even using Open Source code), in business for less than 3 years and have annual revenues less than $1 million.
To enroll, Contact Momentum and we’ll provide some information.
Tags: development, startup