Small and Midsize Businesses get a boost at Microsoft Stores Bay Area businesses have something to celebrate: Microsoft Stores at Stanford Shopping Center and Valley Fair Mall have rolled out new SMB Zones. What’s that, you ask? The SMB Zone is a space where you can get hands-on access to business-grade technology — and it was designed with entrepreneurs and small and midsize business (SMB) owners in mind.
In the Bay Area, 42 percent of companies with 50-99 employees expect to increase their workforce over the next six months, according to Bay Area Council. To further help local businesses and their employees, the Microsoft Store is also offering the Accelerate Your Business leasing program – created to help small and midsize organizations choose the technologies that best meet their business needs as well as get training, support, warranties and deals for combined solutions.
To underscore Microsoft’s commitment to SMBs, on Thursday, Sept. 22, entrepreneur, author and CNBC contributor Carol Roth will host a live-streamed event at the flagship Microsoft Store in New York to discuss how small business owners can use technology to solve problems and take their business to the next level of success. Register here for the event, and tune in online starting at 1 p.m. Pacific Time to hear from Roth as well as a handful of other entrepreneurs.
In addition to the SMB Zone and the Accelerate Your Business program, SMBs can access a host of in-store and on-the-ground support, training, and services designed especially for them. Check out the Microsoft U.S. Small and Midsize Business Blog for more details.
