Microsoft program to help give startups a start
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft has long said that what is good for its partners is good for the software giant. To prove the point, Microsoft launched the Startup Accelerator Program to give startups special access to Microsoft internal resources.
"We're a platform company, and we do well when our partners build things on top of our platforms," Dan'l Lewin, corporate vice president of Microsoft's strategic and emerging business development, told InternetNews.com.
Under the Startup Accelerator Program, the company is providing custom access to technical and marketing resources inside Microsoft to companies it has identified as "high-potential software startups," according to Lewin. The company identifies such candidates as "innovative, compelling, disruptive and potentially strategic to Microsoft."