Microsoft for Startups, formerly known as Microsoft BizSpark, is a Microsoft program that provides support, Azure credits, and free licenses to selected Microsoft products, which are then also provided to software entrepreneurs and start-ups, providing the benefits and the perks to the selected members of this program for a term of 3 years. Microsoft launched BizSpark One in 2009 as an enhanced service for selected startups. The BizSpark program was discontinued on February 14, 2018 and was replaced by the Microsoft for Startups program. In October 2021, a new hub for Founders was added, providing improved oversight of benefits and the startup company profile.
External links
- Microsoft for Startups site
- Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
- Microsoft BizSpark site
- news report on Microsoft Malaysia investing in BizSpark
- Commerce Guys wins Microsoft BizSpark start-up competition
- Socmedtech Partner of Microsoft BizSpark
- Microsoft BizSpark FAQ
References
Murphy, Shannon. "Corporate Partnerships for Entrepreneurship: Building the Ecosystem in the Middle East and Southeast Asia" (PDF). Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved 23 June 2012. program offers software resources and technical support to software start ups http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/CSRI/publications/report_41_corporate_entrepreneurship.pdf ↩
Murphy, Shannon. "Corporate Partnerships for Entrepreneurship: Building the Ecosystem in the Middle East and Southeast Asia" (PDF). Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved 23 June 2012. program offers software resources and technical support to software start ups http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/CSRI/publications/report_41_corporate_entrepreneurship.pdf ↩
"BizSpark Program Update". trainingsupport.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2018-02-22. https://trainingsupport.microsoft.com/en-us/tcbizspark/forum/tcbsprk-tcjoin/bizspark-program-update/4457bcb6-418c-4233-84bc-13e856a47a00 ↩
"FAQ | Microsoft BizSpark". portal.startups.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2021-12-26. https://portal.startups.microsoft.com/en-us/about/faq ↩