-ENTERPRISE INCUBATOR FOUNDATION, MICROSOFT LAUNCH BIZSPARK

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2009 16:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "In world crisis circumstances there’s a growing
demand for information technologies, allowing to increase job
effectiveness and lower expenditures in any sphere, including the
inner market of Armenia. Microsoft and Enterprise Incubator Fund have
launched BizSpark joint project aiming to serve startup organizations’
needs," Microsoft Armenian Representation Director Grigor Barsegyan
stated.

BizSpark is an innovative new program 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.

According to him, BizSpark is uniquely designed to prove 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 the organization through the
hurdles of growing a new business at no cost to the organization.

To be eligible for BizSpark, all of the following must be true. The
Startup should be: in the business of software development, privately
held; in business for less than 3 years, and have less than $500 000
in annual revenue.

The first counties to implement BizSpark projects were Great Britain,
Germany, Russia and Southern Europe. Currently more than 60 countries
around world are using BizSpark.