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If you know someone that works for Google they can internally recommend you as well.

For real?

Good to know :)

Also keep in mind that most of these credits usually expire after one year, so definitely have a solid plan to get profitable before they run out.

If you have funding from some sort of fund or incubator, you can also ask your investors to talk to Google. (Our investors weren't on the official list, but we talked to them, and then Google put them on the list.)

Startup School Founders Track, but the 1st session is already underway; there will certainly be many more.

Wait .. is this the track where you get a mentor or does it include the "follow along" track as well?

Not sure, I think they're both named the same... But the deals from Google / AWS / Azure are only available to startups that have been accepted (that have access to mentors, office hours, etc.)

Find someone who's connected. We got credits despite not being a real start-up at all.