Get $100,000 worth of Google Cloud Platform credit for your startup
Having a startup business is all the rage nowadays; it is as trendy as a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Actually, if you go to Starbucks, you can probably overhear chatter from hipsters about some lamebrain scheme to launch a business. Of course, the business must have a wacky name to make it cool; throw a bunch of consonants (vowels are so passé) in a hat, pull out 5 and that's the new business name.
Despite the deluge of posers thinking they will be the next Mark Zuckerberg, there are legit people with sound business ideas too. These up-and-coming startups need all the help they can get. Today, Google announces that some startups can receive $100,000 worth of Cloud Platform credit.
"This offer is available to startups around the world through top incubators, accelerators and investors. We are currently working with over 50 global partners to provide this offer to startups who are less than 5 years old and have less than $500,000 in annual revenue. In addition, we will continue to add more partners over time", says Julie Pearl, Director of Cloud Developer Relations and Partner Engineering, Google.
Pearl further explains, "thousands of startups have built successful applications on Google Cloud Platform and those applications have grown to serve tens of millions of users. It has been amazing to watch Snapchat send over 700 million photos and videos a day and Khan Academy teach millions of students. We look forward to helping the next generation of startups launch great products".
If all goes to plan, with Google's help, the next cutting-edge company may grow from this initiative. While not all startups prosper, and most probably won't, it is still great to see a large company offering a helping hand to the little guy.
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