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So, long story short, trying to join BizSpark to make use of Azure and all of the other help they give (quite a lot). I have a website, email and satisfy all of their criteria yet keep getting turned down without explanation other than to check the requirements FAQ (as stated, I satisfy each of the requirements).
Anyone here got an in or contact with these guys that I could speak to/email or another way of getting BizSpark? They are ignoring other emails so am pretty frustrated - I can't make it right if they won't tell me what the problem is!
Thanks.
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We had the same experience a few years ago, and never got an explanation of why we were rejected. We just ended up buying an Action Pack instead.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Microsoft outsources the vetting to another company. You should have received an email from this company with their contact info. I had to go a couple rounds to get things straightened out, but they responded to my emails in a timely manner. The key thing is to have your business paperwork appropriately filed with your state.
My business website was also developed using MVC, maybe that helped. 
Good luck.
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littleGreenDude wrote: You should have received an email from this company with their contact info.
The email came directly from MS - nothing from anyone else.
littleGreenDude wrote: The key thing is to have your business paperwork appropriately filed with your state.
It is open to pre-business start-ups: that shouldn't be an issue; at least, that is not mentioned on the site. Interesting - how would they know?
littleGreenDude wrote: My business website was also developed using MVC, maybe that helped.
The site implies that you can use any framework, not just the bad ones. 
Thanks for the info. 
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I had similar issues, I ended up having a couple email conversations after using the "contact us" button (or whatever it was.) Typical turnaround was a week to get a reply, and every time it was some niggling little thing, I eventually gave up.
Marc
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It's almost as if they really don't want anyone to have it!
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I could not access my BizSpark account a few months ago. I filled out the web form and got a response email a week later. Send me a PM and I'll send you the email address. It was a real person so maybe he can point you in the right direction.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Thank you very much but your email link is not displaying for me.
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That's because he forgot to set the 'Allow private email replies to this message' checkbox.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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There might be some hidden criterion that you didn't pass. Maybe they don't like your business idea or plan.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Maybe they don't like your business idea or plan.
I suppose that is a possibility.
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That could solve so many relationship problems!
"You did too make that face!"
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That's really creepy... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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"Imagine multi-lingual video conferencing where the face video of a participant could be altered to match the audio of a real-time translator"
So that's how the universal translator on Star Trek managed to make the lip movement of all the aliens they encountered match the screen.
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A new twist to Face Off[^]...
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I've still never seen it!
We had it on VHS a looong time ago...
Maybe I should check it out sometime soon?
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I haven't seen it either. Why don't you watch it and let me know how you like it?
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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The lower half of the face is handled very well though the eyes are less well done but you probably wouldn't notice if you weren't monitoring both faces at the same time.
What does this mean?
You will never know who your really skyping from now on or who's giving that controversial interview on the news bulletin.
Regards
David
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So...pick your favorite politician, wait until they pause in their speech, over-dub and give them a case of Tourette's.
Hilarity ensues.
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"Ask techies for culinary ideas"
So, I am stoopid then. We're off to a party this evening of the bring some food, they provide the drinks. It is Mrs Wife's work's "Santa Evening" so there are children and partners.
I am already making puff pastry twists, very quick and easy - roll out pastry, put a filling in the middle, fold and roll again, then cut into strips and twist them before cooking for 10-15 minutes. Simples as.
Now what fillings shall I do? I am already doing Nutella [sounds awful but works well] and Cheese & Herb. Please, any sane suggestions will be considered and top-shelf brain-dribblers will be taken up on. 
So I've made:
- Nutella: does what it says on the tin; children will be happy
- Bacon & Garlic; not sure I shouldn't just leave them here, I'm sure no one will want any #innocentwhistle
- Cheese & Herbs; good, not as good as I thought they'd be, but good.
veni bibi saltavi
modified 11-Dec-15 9:03am.
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Basil, mozzarella, and sun-dried tomato.
Black olive tapenade.
But Cheddar is probably the best!
(I'd be tempted to make some sausage rolls as well, while I had the pastry ready...)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sausage rolls are not very Magyar. Imagine 50 Brits in forn-parts having a get together, they will want their own stodge, not foreign stodge! The pastries I can get away with, perfect Tesh food.
veni bibi saltavi
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Did I suggest you take them with you for others to eat? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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