{"id":35366,"date":"2023-10-20T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/google-to-sponsor-startup-weekend-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:38:08","slug":"google-to-sponsor-startup-weekend-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/google-to-sponsor-startup-weekend-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Google to sponsor Startup Weekend &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has forged a partnership with Startup Weekend, promising start-up creation events in new cities and the worldwide rollout of developer workshops.     <span id=\"more-4527\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Startup Weekend, founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, holds start-up creation events over 54-hour periods, during which time entrepreneurs gather together, swap their ideas and launch a product.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now Google has agreed to support Startup Weekend through a global partnership, enabling the expansion of Startup Weekend\u2019s current operations, which spans 200 cities across six continents.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Startup Weekend has held events in both Sydney and Melbourne, with plans to hold one in Perth.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Startup Weekend spokesperson Joe Pomerenke, the partnership involves some form of sponsorship, referring to the figure only as a \u201csignificant amount of capital\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mary Himinkool, Google head of global entrepreneurship outreach, said in a company blog the partnership will enable Startup Weekend to expand to dozens of new cities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It will also enable the launch of] new vertical competitions focused on specific themes such as education, health or gaming,\u201d Himinkool wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Himinkool, the alliance will also facilitate the worldwide rollout of pre-Startup Weekend Google developer workshops.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Workshops are already scheduled in Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, London, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be working to bring in Google\u2019s developer community in the form of Google Technology User Groups as an additional resource to Startup Weekend participants,\u201d Himinkool wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarted in early 2008, there are now more than 280 GTUGs in 86 countries that bring tech enthusiasts together via hundreds of events each month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGTUG members will receive discounted registration for Startup Weekend events and will help run pre-weekend local boot camps on Google\u2019s developer platforms and tools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Startup Weekend, these boot camps are designed to help attendees develop their technical skills so they can \u201cjump head-first\u201d into their Startup Weekend project.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese boot camps [will be rolled out] all over the world. Google and Startup Weekend will help provide content, curricula and resources to the local organisers of the boot camps,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Google says it will begin rolling out its product training and community events at Startup Weekends in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Startup Weekend EDU series received a $250,000 grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The EDU vertical within Startup Weekend is purely focused on education. 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