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10/15/17 5:14 PM

#35434 RE: mantis #35433

That’s true, but Microsoft does offer one thing to start ups- investment. I’m curious to see if they’re involved in that way

MightyBull

10/15/17 5:42 PM

#35439 RE: mantis #35433

Brand recognition in my opinion. It helps attract other deals with F500 companies. Adds to the resume. Not to mention the significant number of companies Microsoft owns a direct stake in. Looks like about 140 of them as seen on this Wikipedia page (definitely some big names) ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Microsoft_Corporation

So it opens up doors with companies within the Microsoft portfolio.

Maybe the most significant detail. Microsoft pretty much powers every branch of the USA government. I would venture to say all major USA gov branches have lucrative contracts with Microsoft. So that helps with getting government contracts.