Google launches Startup School India, targets 10,000 startups in small cities
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Google has launched the Startup School India initiative which seeks to assist and train 10,000 startups in small cities.
Google launched the Startup School India initiative today, July 6, which aims to gather relevant information on startup building into a systematic curriculum to help 10,000 startups in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
The nine-week virtual programme will involve fireside chats between Google leaders and collaborators from across the startup ecosystem.
Topics covered will include fintech, language, social media and networking, job search, and business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce.
An effective product strategy, product user value, designing apps for the next billion users in markets like India, and user acquisition are just a few of the other topics covered in the curriculum's instructional modules.
"Aimed at early stage founders with a minimum viable product, the programme provides the flexibility of a virtual curriculum and allows attendees to pick and choose the modules they'd like to tune in for," a blogpost by Google said.
Additionally, there will be chances for entrepreneurs to learn from talks about what makes a successful founder, formalising recruiting, and other important factors.
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