• Extending runway • Licensing provisions
• Cash crunch • Installation/Configuration
• Technology lock in • Business model
• Professional support
• Market exposure
• Technical guidance
• Funding
• Architectural guidance
• Customer credibility
Source: Microsoft Startup ISVs Platform Selection Factors Qualitative Research, Sept 2007

Introduced in November of 2008, Microsoft BizSpark is a program designed to provide
software entrepreneurs all the resources they need to build successful companies.
Eligible companies (less than 3y.o and less than 1M$ in revenues) get, for 3 years:
Software
• Full featured Development tools and production
licenses (VS08, TFS, WS08, etc..) , Azure CTP
Software
• No upfront costs
Support
• Community support from over 1000 network and
Visibility
hosting partners
• Professional technical support from Microsoft
Support
Visibility
• Profile and promotion on the BizSparkDB.com
BizSpark is available in 82 countries, in 9 languages and already
counts thousands and thousands of startups.

Microsoft
University
incubators
Entrepreneur and
Trusted
and government
industry associations Hosters
partners
agencies
Network Partners sponsor Startups
Startups join BizSpark™

Eligibility Benefits:
• Private software company • Full featured dev tools + MSDN premium
(created or soon to be subscriptions
created)
• Unlimited production licenses of server
• Less than 3 years products
• Less than 1M$ in revenues • Technical support
No Upfront Cost, just a 100$ • Visibility
fee to pay at graduation
• Support from the community
• Discounts from Hosters

microsoft.com/bizspark
BizSpark@microsoft.com

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GoGrid

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Email and IM:
Julienco@microsoft.com
Twitter.com/bizspark

The “Crunchbase of the
BizSpark World”
• Profile your company
• Check out who is the startup of
the week
• Discover emerging and innovative
startups

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