{"id":258,"date":"2022-03-11T07:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T07:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2024-10-15T01:46:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T09:46:34","slug":"fhga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/fhga\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub now open to all – no funding needed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This was originally authored by Charlotte Yarkoni, Chief Operating Officer, Cloud & AI and published on the Official Microsoft Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Microsoft, we aim to create and maintain a healthy ecosystem where our partners and customers can thrive. Startups play a pivotal role in a thriving ecosystem given their outsized ability to push the entire ecosystem forward. Despite being vital to innovation and growth, by some estimates, over 90% of startups will go out of business in their first year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this in mind, we set out to better understand what startups need to be successful, especially when just getting started. Based on real-world feedback from thousands of entrepreneurs from around the world, across a range of backgrounds, we are excited to unveil, Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub. Open to anyone with an idea, the platform is designed to address the most common challenges startups face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is centered around three key areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n