Bizspark- a fantastic new program for start-up software vendors

Microsoft Bizspark- Turning today’s most promising Start Ups intotomorrow’s most successful businesses.

Bizspark is an innovative new program that unites Start Ups with entrepeneurial and technology resources in a global community with a common goal of supporting and accelerating the success of a new gernation of high potential Start Ups http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/

To be eligible for BizSpark, all of the following must be true. Your Startup:

• Is in the business of software development,
• Is privately held,
• Has been in business for less than 3 years and
• Has less than US $1 million in annual revenue

To be eligible to use the software for production and deployment of hosted solutions Startups must also be developing a new “software as a service” solution (on any platform) to be delivered over the Internet.

A New Venture

There are many reasons I have not posted for some time- my lapse started with a trip to Dubai and then a few weeks in Greece. Blog apathy continued as upon my return I headed to Sydney for Tech Ed and Readify’s Kick Off. I then had about 5 weeks of email and activities to catch up on. Ok that takes me up to about mid Sept. So over the past few months I have been handing over my QLD State Management responsibilities at Readify to Peter Fitzsimon. I am now focused on Readify’s product management role continuing to grow our training business and come up with a few innovative consulting offerings. I have also been renovating the house and starting my own business- am I forgiven?

Moving into 2009 I will continue with Readify as their National Product Manager and my new baby MVP Intel will be born. The website is currently under construction but should be up in late Jan 09 www.mvpintel.com.au – more on this as the company progresses.

So there’s the quick update.

I’ll make a new year’s resolution to blog more in 09. Merry Christmas in case I don’t blog before then- stay safe and happy.

Long time no post

Ok I warned you all at the start my posting would be random. I know I have not posted for quite some time. I hereby pledge to try and blog more:-)