Microsoft BizSpark

Quickstart Global has formed a partnership with Microsoft BizSpark, providing technology based startups with access to Microsoft’s software, services, and ecosystem, paired with in-house teams worldwide using our In-House Anywhere™ offering. Companies that can effectively leverage BizSpark on a global footprint are equipped to realize accelerated, exponential growth.

About Microsoft BizSpark

BizSpark is an innovative new program from Microsoft that unites Startups with entrepreneurial and technology resources in a global community with a common goal of supporting and accelerating the success of a new generation of high-potential Startups.

The program has been uniquely designed to accelerate your success by providing fast, affordable access to current, full-featured Microsoft tools and technologies, plus production licensing for hosted solutions. For support, BizSpark unites a global community of technology and entrepreneurial experts who can guide you through the hurdles of growing a new business.

Visit Microsoft BizSpark’s website for more information on the program.

Benefits

Microsoft is committed to help technology startups realize their goals on their own terms and in the shortest amount of time. Microsoft BizSpark offers Startups the opportunity to:

Get Software: Receive fast and easy access to Microsoft's current full-featured development tools, platform technologies, and production/hosting licenses for immediate use in developing and bringing to market innovative and interoperable solutions. There is no upfront cost to enroll in Microsoft BizSpark.
Get Support: Get professional support from Microsoft and get connected to BizSpark Network Partners around the world that provide a wide range of support resources for software startups. Network Partners are incubators, investors, advisors, government agencies and hosters who are vested in software-fueled innovation and entrepreneurship.
Get Visibility: Startups have the opportunity to achieve global visibility to an audience of potential investors, clients, and partners by profiling their company in the online Startup directory, BizSparkDB, on the Microsoft Startup Zone Website. Startups also have the 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.

Joining BizSpark

To be eligible for BizSpark, all of the following must be true. Your Startup:

Is in the business of software development,
Is privately held,
Has been in business for less than 3 years, and
Has less than US $1 million in annual revenue.

To be eligible to use the software for production and deployment of hosted solutions Startups must also be developing a new “software as a service” solution (on any platform) to be delivered over the Internet.