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by bpodgursky
2321 days ago
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The MS - for - startups page is pretty clear that Microsoft wants the startups they help to be helpful for _their_ customers down the road. So they want the startup to ideally play nicely with Azure / Office365 / GitHub / other Microsoft properties. The funding thing is a bit restrictive (speaking as a currently-bootstrapping founder), but I understand that it would be very challenging filtering out scammers and not-serious users otherwise. It's easy to put up a nice-looking website and then spend the (pretty generous) credits on unrelated work. I don't think anything here is especially nefarious, given how public they are about the restrictions and goals. Think of it as closer to an accelerator than a charity, if it helps frame the program better in your mind. |
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I even created a community for these types of companies http://inflectioncommunity.com
Maybe that wasn't clear from the language, but the thought is that we can only really introduce you to sales leads once you've figured out product market fit.
If you don't have product market fit and a sales rep starts introducing you to leads, it's not going to end well for anyone.
It's not really about scammers (I can't remember an internal conversation that centered around people scamming the program), more about making sure it's going to be useful partnership.