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If you have a business you can sign up for Microsoft's Bizspark program (bizspark.com) and you can get access to Azure for free (not to mention all of MS's othe

If you have a business you can sign up for Microsoft's Bizspark program (bizspark.com) and you can get access to Azure for free (not to mention all of MS's other development tools for free as well).

hello_moto 16y ago
I have heard about BizSpark program offering by Microsoft, that would only be available for a maximum of 3 years if I'm not mistaken? And you have to be a startup (e.g. have a business or whatnot) right? Not just a regular person/user registering to a website and have instant access to all these goodies.
- ryanelkins 16y ago
  Yes it's available until your business has been around for 3 years or has >$1mm in revenue. You are supposed to be a business although verifying that is done more or less in good faith. You are required to have a URL and an email at that URL. You don't have to be using the MS stack though. If I remember correctly, there are program directors, you contact one and ask them to sponsor you. They do whatever they feel they need to to verify that you're a business (our sponsor just looked at our website which had some simple info on what we were working on) and then they give you a key that you use to sign up. More info, including the sponsor we used, can be found here : http://www.47hats.com/2008/11/47hats-is-now-a-microsoft-bizspark-partner/ http://www.47hats.com/2008/11/47hats-is-now-a-microsoft-bizs...
  - jf 16y ago
    HN readers who want to get their startup into BizSpark can contact me directly to get signed up without hassle.
evo_9 16y ago
Nice, I hadn't heard about this yet and I'm in a start-up with just 3 people total that just formed. So yeah, this is looking like it will work for us. Hopefully vs2010 is a free download, that would save us a nice chunk of our limited startup dollars. Thanks for posting this.
- jf 16y ago
  evo_9 I didn't see any contact information in your profile. Send me an email and I'll get you guys into BizSpark.
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- benologist 16y ago
  bizspark is awesome ... took about a week for my little startup to get approved.

If you have a business you can sign up for Microsoft's Bizspark program (bizspark.com) and you can get access to Azure for free (not to mention all of MS's other development tools for free as well).

hello_moto 16y ago

I have heard about BizSpark program offering by Microsoft, that would only be available for a maximum of 3 years if I'm not mistaken? And you have to be a startup (e.g. have a business or whatnot) right? Not just a regular person/user registering to a website and have instant access to all these goodies.

ryanelkins 16y ago
Yes it's available until your business has been around for 3 years or has >$1mm in revenue. You are supposed to be a business although verifying that is done more or less in good faith. You are required to have a URL and an email at that URL. You don't have to be using the MS stack though. If I remember correctly, there are program directors, you contact one and ask them to sponsor you. They do whatever they feel they need to to verify that you're a business (our sponsor just looked at our website which had some simple info on what we were working on) and then they give you a key that you use to sign up. More info, including the sponsor we used, can be found here : http://www.47hats.com/2008/11/47hats-is-now-a-microsoft-bizspark-partner/ http://www.47hats.com/2008/11/47hats-is-now-a-microsoft-bizs...
- jf 16y ago
  HN readers who want to get their startup into BizSpark can contact me directly to get signed up without hassle.

evo_9 16y ago

Nice, I hadn't heard about this yet and I'm in a start-up with just 3 people total that just formed. So yeah, this is looking like it will work for us. Hopefully vs2010 is a free download, that would save us a nice chunk of our limited startup dollars. Thanks for posting this.

jf 16y ago
evo_9 I didn't see any contact information in your profile. Send me an email and I'll get you guys into BizSpark.
- deleted 16y ago
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benologist 16y ago
bizspark is awesome ... took about a week for my little startup to get approved.