Microsoft offers start-ups access to technology by opening up R&D division.

For many entrepreneurs and small business owners, a corporate giant like Microsoft is similar to Mt. Everest: extremely large and very intimidating. However, a new project being launched by the software empire aims to change this perception.

Announced earlier this month, Microsoft Intellectual Property Ventures grants entrepreneurs and new businesses access to the company’s multibillion-dollar research and development division through a licensing program. There are currently over 20 technologies developed by Microsoft research that are now available to emerging companies.

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