Accelerate business growth with Startup Launch & Launchpad Online
Last June, we launched
Startup
Launch, a program to help tech startups at all stages become successful on the
Google Developers platform and open-source technologies. So far, we’ve helped more than 3,000
entrepreneurs transform their ideas into burgeoning websites, services, apps, and products in
150 countries. Hear some of their stories from the Czech Republic, Poland, Kenya, Brazil and
Mexico in our
Global Spotlight playlist.
Launchpad Online
Today, we’re bringing the program to a wider audience with a new web series called
Launchpad Online, to share knowledge based on
questions we’ve had from entrepreneurs using our products. The series kicks off with technical
instruction from Developer Advocate
Wesley
Chun on getting started with Google developer tools and APIs and over time will
expand to include topics covering design and distribution.
This show accompanies our established
"Root
Access" and “
How
I:” series, which bring perspective and best practices to developers and
entrepreneurs on a weekly basis.
Launchpad Events
Launchpad Online follows the curriculum set out by our ongoing Launchpad
events, week-long bootcamps
for startups in select cities. In 2014, over 200 startups participated in events in Tel Aviv,
London, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin, and Paris, which consisted of workshops on product strategy,
UX/UI, engineering, digital marketing and presentation skills. Check out our videos covering
recent events in Paris and Berlin
here.
You’re invited
In addition to events and online content, the program offers product credits to participants,
from $500 of Cloud Platform and AdWords credits to startups who are just starting off, up to
Google’s Cloud Platform startup offer of $100,000 USD in Cloud Credit offerings to startups
ready to scale their business. You can apply for these benefits, and to be selected for future
Launchpad events, at
g.co/launch.
Startup Launch runs in conjunction with our
Google
Business Groups and
Google
Developer Groups on the ground. Together, these communities have hosted more than
5,000 events in 543 cities and 104 countries this year, helping startups connect with other
developers and entrepreneurs. Attend an upcoming
business or
developer event near
you. We hope to see you there!
Posted by Amir
Shevat, Global Startup Outreach Program Manager, Google Developer
Relations
