Key facts:

• Intense 4 month curriculum with a strong focus on customer development and lean startup principles
• Get hands-on business and tech coaching from our experienced staff as well as our network of high-caliber mentors, experts and partners
• A truly international program, Microsoft Ventures operates Accelerators in 6 countries (India, China, UK, France, Israel and Germany)
• All participating startups get $60,000 worth of cloud hosting for free, as well as free access to all Microsoft software
• Work with internationally acclaimed pitch trainers whose previous credits include among other things the TED conference
• Impressive office space in the heart of Berlin (Unter den Linden) with great views all around, rooftop terrace, fully serviced, free beverages and high-speed WiFi
• The Microsoft Ventures Accelerator is technology agnostic
• Microsoft Ventures Accelerator takes absolutely no equity and the program is completely free

Application deadline February 1, 2015.

For further information and application, please visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/bizspark/accelerator/index.html

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