{"id":761,"date":"2018-02-14T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T16:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/?p=761"},"modified":"2018-02-14T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T16:53:53","slug":"microsoft-announces-new-startup-program-invest-500m-next-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/microsoft-announces-new-startup-program-invest-500m-next-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft announces new startup program, to invest $500M over the next two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/microsoft-announces-new-startup-program-invest-500m-next-two-years\/cropped-baronsoftwarelogo_2018-fw_-1-png\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?fit=474%2C98&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"474,98\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?fit=474%2C98&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?resize=474%2C98&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?resize=300%2C62&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Microsoft announces new startup program, to invest $500M over the next two years<\/h4>\n<p>Microsoft is investing into startup companies that use Microsoft products as well as future enhanced product lines that will be ready for the population.\u00a0 When a large company such as Microsoft shells out money to smaller firms it is a &#8220;win-win&#8221; for everyone that is involved with the project.\u00a0 Microsoft has done this in the past and it has worked extremely well.\u00a0 This is a boost to the economy with this type of Monetary\u00a0 backing.\u00a0 For future information click on the link below to go to the Microsoft web site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mspoweruser.com\/microsoft-announces-new-startup-program-invest-500m-next-two-years\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"762\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/microsoft-announces-new-startup-program-invest-500m-next-two-years\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover.jpg?fit=1170%2C877&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1170,877\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-762 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/microsofts-logo-gets-a-makeover.jpg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"shunno-post-rate-meta\">\n<div class=\"shunnopostmetainfo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"phonestest\" class=\"entry-content col-md-8\">\n<article class=\"singa\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft today announced a new startup program called \u201cMicrosoft for Startups\u201d that will provide product, technical, and go-to-market benefits to help accelerate the growth of startups. Through this program, Microsoft will offer joint sales engagements with startups, along with access to latest Microsoft technology, and new community spaces that promote collaboration across local and global ecosystems. Microsoft is planning to invest $500M over the next two years as part of this program. Microsoft is ready to work with startups and partners of all sizes at all stages in their growth.<\/p>\n<p>Benefits of this program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cloud Marketplace Promotion &amp; Sales Support:<\/strong>\u00a0As your launchpad for your go-to-market partnership with Microsoft, our cloud marketplaces let you take advantage of promotional benefits as well as instantaneous lead sharing integrated into your CRM system when you launch an application or solution in either\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/\">Azure Marketplace<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/\">AppSource<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>On Demand Business Resources:<\/strong>\u00a0Business resources that help you build your cloud business model and market strategy, including tutorials, partner profitability models, business design sessions, and other go-to-market guidance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local Technical and Business Events:<\/strong>\u00a0Participate in local community events with Microsoft executives and technical or business experts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>On Demand Technical Resources:<\/strong>\u00a0Technical resources that help you build on Azure, including code samples, Azure roadmap, Azure updates, knowledge center, whitepapers, and technical courses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Microsoft Partner Network:<\/strong>\u00a0Join our worldwide partner ecosystem and discover how Microsoft can help you expand your business, engage customers, and earn more money.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announces new startup program, to invest $500M over the next two years Microsoft is investing into startup companies that use Microsoft products as well as future enhanced product lines that will be ready for the population.\u00a0 When a large company such as Microsoft shells out money to smaller firms it is a &#8220;win-win&#8221; for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft-development","category-news-items"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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