Microsoft BizSpark – Accelerate your startup Tautvydas Dagys ([email protected] ) http://blogs.msdn.com/tdagys http://www.twitter.com/tdagys Developer & Platform Evangelist Microsoft Lithuania
Microsoft BizSpark – Accelerate your startup Tautvydas Dagys ([email protected])http://blogs.msdn.com/tdagys http://www.twitter.com/tdagys Developer & Platform EvangelistMicrosoft Lithuania
What is BizSpark ?
Software• Full featured Development tools and production
licenses (VS08, TFS, WS08, SQL 08 etc..) , for 3 years• Free Windows Azure computing time for 8 months.
Support• Professional technical support from Microsoft: Email
support, Managed newsgroups, invitation to BizSparkCamps,
• 2 Free MSDN Support incidents
Visibility• Profile and promotion on the BizSparkDB.com • Connections with VCs, Hosters, Mentors, peers, etc..
Support
Visibility
Software
Introduced in November of 2008, Microsoft BizSpark is a program designed to provide software entrepreneurs all the resources they need to build
successful companies and connect them with a community of experts, with no upfront costs.
Featured Startups
University incubators and government agencies Investors
Entrepreneur and industry associations Hosters
BizSpark program payers
Startups join BizSpark™
Network Partners sponsor Startups
BizSpark startups and partners
30 000 Startups can’t be wrong!
How we measure the performance
How we are doing in our region?
Network Partners in Lithuania
How we support startups in Lithuania?
• 1:1 technological and business consultation in our Microsoft Innovation Center
• Inviting to all our events• Established BizSpark award in Login
conference• Inviting Startups to present themselves to our
conferences• Doing joint marketing and PR activities
Top BizSpark companies in Lithuania
Estonia & Latvia
BizSpark DB Entries
Joining is easy!
www.microsoftstartupzone.com
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