Microsoft® has an exciting new program specifically designed to provide early stage Startups like yours with software, support, and visibility to help ignite your success. The program, called BizSpark™, provides access to:

Software:

• Design and Development and tools for your development team (including Expressions Studio, Visual Studio 2008 and VSTS Team Foundation Server)
• Production licenses to run your software-as-a-service business on the following server products: Windows Server, SQL Server, Office SharePoint Server, Systems Center, and BizTalk Server

Support:

• Professional support from Microsoft: 2 technical support incidents per Startup
• Access to MSDN Premium: managed newsgroups, forums, download, etc.
• Community Support from BizSpark Network Partners: guidance, resources, and mentoring to help your Startup grow

Visibility:

• Opportunity to achieve global visibility to an audience of potential investors, clients, and partners by profiling your company in the online Startup directory, BizSparkDB, on the Microsoft Startup Zone Website
• Opportunity to be highlighted on the BizSparkDB as a featured company and be promoted as BizSpark Company of the Week on the Microsoft Startup Zone Website

The program lasts 3 years. Enrollment is free.

Eligibility requirements are minimal: If you're a privately held company building a software-based product or service (even using open source code), in business for fewer than three years, and with less than USD$1M in annual revenue, you're in!

To join BizSpark, you must be sponsored by Berytech, a BizSpark Network Partner. You’ll find more program details here. When you’re ready to sign up, contact us about sponsorship and get your enrollment code.

Once you have your enrollment code, joining BizSpark is fast and easy. No payment or credit card information is required, and there are no upfront costs. (Microsoft will assess a USD$100 program offering fee at the end of participation in the program, or the end of three years, whichever comes first.)

Visit the Microsoft Startup Zone to learn more!

Download the BizSpark Data Sheet here

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