1. BizSpark Microsoft BizSpark Overview Elise Sass Startup-Lead Central Eastern Europe 17.11.2015 a-elsass@microsoft.com

2. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Entrepreneurs Investors Students Accelerators Incubators Corporations Governments

3. 3 BizSpark Microsoft Startup activities Microsoft Ventures accelerators Imagine CUP Introduce startups and major clients Microsoft Innovation Centers BizSpark Plus accelerators

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

5. 100,000+ startups Countries 165 Across 6 continent s Hello, Startups! Welcome to BizSpark But not Antarctica

6. BizSpark – Helping Startups Succeed Get 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.

7. 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

8. 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 years BizSpark Plus

9. Introductions with major clients

10. Startups and Microsoft big clients meet

11. 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!

12. Elise Sass Startup-Lead Central Eastern Europe @elisesass a-elsass@microsoft.com