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How much of Google's cloud stack are you required to use to apply for this program? If they require you to use GAE for your backend for example, I think it's going to be a dealbreaker for a lot of startups.
Anyone know what the eligibility criteria for this is? is this open to people from all over the world or restricted to a particular demographic?
From what I can see in the application form it looks like you can apply from every country. I also can't find any other information that conflicts with this. It looks like the eligibility criteria are pretty lax, but they are probably going to receive tons of applications and do some heavy filtering. It wouldn't be unthinkable that the country plays a role in that filtering, but that is only speculation.
It's tough to say what their intent is regarding this program. My initial inclination is that they have multiple possible motives for providing this service: 1. To bring more awareness to their developer services and offerings in the small business sector. They've recently stated that SMBs are of huge interest to them. For example, check out "Google My Business", a recent play of theirs: http://www.google.com/busines…
Also the emphasis on UX assistance and Play store priority sounds like they really want to improve the Android ecosystem.
How much of Google's cloud stack are you required to use to apply for this program? If they require you to use GAE for your backend for example, I think it's going to be a dealbreaker for a lot of startups.
we will release these icons later this summer through our design guidelines available for use on Android and web:
-- http://youtu.be/isYZXwaP3Q4?t=12m21s
presumably soon there: https://www.google.com/design/spec/style/icons.html
That would be a real value add ;)
It's tough to say what their intent is regarding this program. My initial inclination is that they have multiple possible motives for providing this service: 1. To bring more awareness to their developer services and offerings in the small business sector. They've recently stated that SMBs are of huge interest to them. For example, check out "Google My Business", a recent play of theirs: http://www.google.com/busines…
I think the basic idea is that if Google helps high growth companies launch, using entirely their infrastructure, that will pay dividends down the road, in many areas across the company. Startups built and scaled on Google products will stay loyal and have vendor lock in. Also the emphasis on UX assistance and Play store priority sounds like they really want to improve the Android ecosystem.