Transcript Software and Web Entrepreneurs: Go Big with BizSpark and WebsiteSpark Mix10-CL54 Julien Codorniou Sr. Program Manager Platform Evangelism [email protected] Alex Souza Sr.

Software and Web Entrepreneurs:
Go Big with BizSpark and
WebsiteSpark
Mix10-CL54
Julien Codorniou
Sr. Program Manager
Platform Evangelism
[email protected]
Alex Souza
Sr. Program Manager
Platform Evangelism
[email protected]
What is BizSpark ?
Introduced in November of 2008, Microsoft BizSpark is a program designed to provide
software entrepreneurs all the resources they need to build successful companies and
connect them with a community of experts, with no upfront costs.
Software
Visibility
Support
Software
• Full featured Development tools and production licenses (VS08, TFS,
WS08, SQL 08 etc..) , for 3 years
• Free Windows Azure computing time for 8 months.
Support
• Professional technical support from Microsoft: Email support,
Managed newsgroups, invitation to BizSparkCamps,
• 2 Free MSDN Support incidents
Visibility
• Profile and promotion on the BizSparkDB.com
• Connections with VCs, Hosters, Mentors, peers, etc..
30 000 Startups can’t be wrong!
How we measure the performance
BizSpark partners
BizSparkCamps, coming 2 u !
Follow us !
http://twitter.com/bizspark
http://www.facebook.com/bizspark
Python Server Hardware
Over ten servers were required to attempt to
meet peak traffic levels.
Frequent site outages hampered site growth.
Slow response times resulted in a poor user
experience.
Site became notorious for going down during
seasonal peak traffic.
.NET Server Hardware
Only three web servers and one active database
server required to meet peak traffic levels.
No more site outages.
Capable of handling record traffic levels.
Sub-second response times, resulting in a
satisfying user experience.
Daily Page Views
23.58 M
8.01 M
4.65 M
WoW Patch 2.4.0
(Python)
WoW Patch 2.4.1
(Python)
4.77 M
3.13 M
WoW Patch 2.4.2
(Python)
WoW Patch 2.4.3
(Python)
WoW Patch 3.01
(.NET)
Daily Unique Visitors
1.69 M
1.51 M
1.17 M
0.98 M
649 K
518 K
447 K
329 K
WoW Patch WoW Patch WoW Patch WoW Patch WoW Patch WoW Patch WoW Patch WoW Patch
2.4.0 (Python)2.4.1 (Python)2.4.2 (Python)2.4.3 (Python) 3.01 (.NET) 3.1.0 (.NET) 3.2.0 (.NET) 3.3.0 (.NET)
Curse.com Statistics
Each web server is capable of delivering over
1,500 pages per second.
Under peak traffic, Curse.com has delivered over
25-million page views per day, and exceeded 2million page views in one hour -- all while
operating at roughly 20% of capacity.
Between web traffic and game addon downloads,
Curse.com uses nearly 7 gigabits of sustained
bandwidth.
Curse has no dedicated IT department, and is able
to manage its own servers.
Overview
WebsiteSpark ignites the success of Web Pros through three core areas:
Driving New
Business
Opportunities
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Help Web Pros to
expand their reach
and customer
touchpoints
Providing Software
and Solutions
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Help Web Pros
benefit from comarketing activities
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Provide Web Pros
with fast, easy, and
immediate access to
current, full-featured
Microsoft
development tools
Give Web Pros
discounts from
Hosting Partners to
deploy Internet sites
and applications
Delivering Professional
Support and Training
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Provide Web Pros with
support and guidance from
Microsoft engineers and
Network Partners
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Offer Web Pros community
support for marketing,
development, and design
work
Offer Detail
For Web Pros
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Drive new business opportunities
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WebsiteSpark Partner Catalog, a site where Web Pros can
showcase their capabilities and be found by customers
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Partner Recruiting Portal, a resource on the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN)
for finding partners with complementary skills
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Web App Gallery, a resource to find and publish Web applications
Benefit from professional support and training
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Two professional support incidents per program membership for break-fix issues
Unlimited access to technical managed newsgroups on MSDN
Unlimited program support for non-technical issues
Broad community support through partners and peers
Receive software and solutions for development and hosting
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Design Tools/Development Tools/Testing Tools:
o Visual Studio® 2008 Professional Edition – 3 user licenses
o Expression® Studio 2 (or 3) – 1 user license
o Expression® Web 2 (or 3) – 2 user licenses
o Windows Web Server® 2008 – 3 user licenses
o SQL Server® 2008 Web – 3 user licenses
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Production Hosting Licenses (if self-hosting)
o Windows Web Server 2008 – 4 processor licenses
o SQL Server 2008 Web Edition – 4 processor licenses
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Premium Web site control panel (DotNetPanel)
Benefits for Network Partners
Network Partners provide services to help Web Pros succeed in their
businesses. In return, Network Partners benefit from the following:
Business Development and Market Retention
o Ability to deliver value outside of augmenting development and
design services:
 Get referred by Web Pros to their clients and other partners
 Connect to the community of Web Pros
o Opportunity to provide Web Pros with valuable technology-based
benefits, at no cost to the Network Partner’s organization
o High-profile, global exposure as a Microsoft partner
Exposure
First numbers
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More than 18,000 web pro’s enrolled
40% with no .Net experience
More than 500 network partners
More than 4,500 new public domains
reported
Product Downloads
Web PI
11%
Windows
Server
20%
Expression
Studio
19%
Expression Web
12%
SQL Server
23%
Visual Studio
15%
How to Join
• Call to action enroll as web professional or
network partners at
http://www.websitespark.com
•Questions?
#websitespark
http://www.facebook.com/websitespark