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Did you apply via https://cloud.google.com/startup https://cloud.google.com/startup? I'm in a similar position and those credits would be lifechanging.

by aroman 6y ago

doomslice 6y ago
Yes, exactly. The grants start out small (I think the first one was $3k) -- but then once you spend 75% of them you can apply for the next round, which for me they gave me $17k out of a possible $30k based on previous usage. After I spent around $15k for that over the next year I applied again and got $100k. Just one note though that I already had an MVP that I was running on GCP at the time I applied (but I was within the $300 free credits that I started with so I didn't pay out of pocket).
- alberth 6y ago
  What does GCP get in return. If they give you free credit, do you have to give then equity in your company, do you guarantee them X spend, etc?
  - faeyanpiraat 6y ago
    If you have enough funds, you might not care about building an efficient architecture, and when the credits run out, you’ll spend more? Also good PR.
  - omarhaneef 6y ago
    If you hit it big, you’ll spend on their platform for a long time. You don’t have to explicitly promise anything because you’ve built everything around their platform for months/years.
  - xur17 6y ago
    Your future spend. Once you start using them, it would be a decent amount of work to change.
  - matwood 6y ago
    Moving clouds is hard if you use the cloud features. Giving credits to startups is a cheap way to get them locked in for the future.
  - kbar13 6y ago
    probably vendor lock in
  - kateho 6y ago
    my understanding is that GCP has recently changed their startup programme. I applied a few weeks ago, and had the same bad service as the OP.
jaimex2 6y ago
Oh you'll pay in the end.
- aroman 6y ago
  Care to elaborate?
  - hw 6y ago
    vendor lock-in. Good luck switching away from GCP once you're tied in to their cloud services. Might as well spend the VC money and not worry about moving.
    - aetherane 6y ago
      How does spending VC money help with this? You will still inevitably end up getting locked into whatever company you use

Did you apply via https://cloud.google.com/startup https://cloud.google.com/startup? I'm in a similar position and those credits would be lifechanging.

by aroman 6y ago

Did you apply via https://cloud.google.com/startup https://cloud.google.com/startup? I'm in a similar position and those credits would be lifechanging.

doomslice 6y ago

Yes, exactly. The grants start out small (I think the first one was $3k) -- but then once you spend 75% of them you can apply for the next round, which for me they gave me $17k out of a possible $30k based on previous usage. After I spent around $15k for that over the next year I applied again and got $100k. Just one note though that I already had an MVP that I was running on GCP at the time I applied (but I was within the $300 free credits that I started with so I didn't pay out of pocket).

alberth 6y ago
What does GCP get in return. If they give you free credit, do you have to give then equity in your company, do you guarantee them X spend, etc?
- faeyanpiraat 6y ago
  If you have enough funds, you might not care about building an efficient architecture, and when the credits run out, you’ll spend more? Also good PR.
- omarhaneef 6y ago
  If you hit it big, you’ll spend on their platform for a long time. You don’t have to explicitly promise anything because you’ve built everything around their platform for months/years.
- xur17 6y ago
  Your future spend. Once you start using them, it would be a decent amount of work to change.
- matwood 6y ago
  Moving clouds is hard if you use the cloud features. Giving credits to startups is a cheap way to get them locked in for the future.
- kbar13 6y ago
  probably vendor lock in
- kateho 6y ago
  my understanding is that GCP has recently changed their startup programme. I applied a few weeks ago, and had the same bad service as the OP.

jaimex2 6y ago

Oh you'll pay in the end.

aroman 6y ago
Care to elaborate?
- hw 6y ago
  vendor lock-in. Good luck switching away from GCP once you're tied in to their cloud services. Might as well spend the VC money and not worry about moving.
  - aetherane 6y ago
    How does spending VC money help with this? You will still inevitably end up getting locked into whatever company you use