Microsoft BizSpark Overview

STAGKOURAKI NAGIA Startup Community Specialist Microsoft Hellas v-nagias@microsoft.com

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Manager

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Business Evangelist

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www.microsoft.com/bizspark

BizSpark – a Global Program for Startups

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Software §  Get up to $750 per month of

FREE Azure cloud services for 3 years; that’s $150 per month each for up to 5 developers

§  Free software and tools such as Visual Studio and Office

§  Available to tech startups less than 5 years old, privately held, and earning less than $1 million annually

• Professional technical and product support

• Unique and valuable offers from the BizSpark Network Partners to help run your business

• Four free MSDN Support Incidents.

• Connection to the BizSpark ecosystem, investors, advisors and mentors

• Access to 200+ leading regional accelerators

• Marketing visibility

Support

Visibility

Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that provides free software, support and visibility to help startups succeed. Over 85K startups from 165+ countries have joined BizSpark. The three year program is free of charge and gives startups:

Access to featured Microsoft Technologies:

To qualify, startups must be:

›  Developing Software

›  Privately held and making less than US $1M in revenue per year

›  Less than 5 years old

Eligibility

BizSpark Plus or $120K offer Special offers to BizSpark Startups who are members or alumni of an Accelerator

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Cloud

Offer

A one year cloud computing offer for hi-potential startups who are a member of alumni of an accelerator

Helps cover cloud computing costs by providing up to $120K of Microsoft Azure through a $10K monthly credit for 12 months

We are partnering with over 150 accelerators in 47 countries to deliver BizSpark Plus. They offer: •  Coaching, mentoring •  Investment,

workspace •  Generous access to

Microsoft technology Technical Support

Startups get access to: •  BizSpark Technical Evangelist Office Hours

•  In person events and training

•  Online training and support at windowsazure.com

Microsoft Azure for BizSpark Plus Offer

www.microsoft.com/bizspark/plus

Found.ation

BizSpark Country Champs

Microsoft Innovation Centers

Microsoft Ventures Accelerator

Engaging Locally Around the World

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Microsoft Azure

Azure

Linux MongoDB PHP MySQL Node.Js Hadoop

mobile services

compute

virtual machines web sites

cloud services

data services

SQL database tables

blob storage HBase

app services

virtual network

traffic manager

networks

express route

caching ALM Online scheduler mutlifactor

auth/on storsimple automation add ons sql data

sync

media cdn HDInsight service bus site

recovery market place api mgmt

machine learning

Stream Analytics

integration identity remote app Document

DB search event hubs azure batch backup operational

insights

Successful stories

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