BizSparkMicrosoft BizSpark OverviewElise SassStartup-LeadCentral Eastern Europe17.11.2015a-elsass@microsoft.com

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

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BizSpark

Microsoft Startup activities

Microsoft Ventures accelerators

Imagine CUP

Introduce startups and major clients

Microsoft Innovation Centers

BizSpark Plus accelerators

100+ Microsoft Innovation Centers

9 Microsoft Ventures Accelerators

150+ Local Partners/ Top Accelerators

We work with startups at every stage of maturity, providing the tools, resources, and expertise they need.

Our global reach

100,000+

startups Countries165 Across 6

continents

Hello, Startups! Welcome to BizSpark

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BizSpark – Helping Startups SucceedGet up $750/month FREE AZURE Cloud Services for three years• With support for Windows plus most OSS including and Linux, .NET, Node.js, PHP,

and Python.

Access to software and tools worth $13,000 • Download developer licenses for Microsoft’s most popular products optimized for

startups

Developer Store Accounts• Publish your Windows and Phone apps for free for one year

Technical Support• Hundreds of free training classes, professional technical and product support plus

four free phone support incidents.

Scale with Microsoft Azure 60k Offer• When you are ready to scale, work with our network partners, be nominated for

$5,000 per month for one year of Azure.

What’s it about?Early startups: Get $150/month of FREE, open source-friendly, Microsoft Azure for three years! Plus, other free software and tools, such as Visual Studio and Office 365.

Ready to Scale? Get up to $120K of FREE open source-friendly, Microsoft Azure for one year.

… and more

Azure cloud – scale quickly

• First get 750 USD per month 3 years

BizSpark Subscription• Later up to 10 000 USD per month

1 or 3 yearsBizSpark Plus

Introductions with major clients

Startups and Microsoft big clients meet

Solving InnovationChallengesForCustomers

Creating CommercialOpportunitiesFor StartUps

Approaching big companies

• You are one of many• Worldwide startups who want resources

• Decision makers might not be close• Find a person who introduces you internally• Research as much as possible• Products and people that you need

It’s all about relationships!

Elise SassStartup-Lead Central Eastern Europe@elisesassa-elsass@microsoft.com