This week, Microsoft announced WebsiteSpark, a new program designed to jumpstart business development for small Web development/design companies that helps drive new business opportunities by providing tools, solutions, support, training, and increased visibility and connections with partners and customers.
The program offers companies with 10 members Microsoft software and solutions, including training, support and market exposure for their products. This way, Microsoft offers them the help they need in the crucial first years. Certainly in these hard economy, this program can help a starting business a lot.
The program offers an entire ecosystem of customer, partners and professionals to connect with one another. This way, a company can broaden its customer base (available via www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/market, available later this fall). Also, support in provided where needed, including technical support from Microsoft, managed newsgroups and MSDN dev community resources. Last, but certainly not least, the program offers immediate access to all software your company may need: Microsoft dev tools and web server and database production licenses!
All the info you need to sign-up, can be found at www.microsoft.com/web.