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Helping America’s startups grow
April 20, 2011
(Cross-posted on the
Small Business Blog
)
Every business starts out small—whether with an idea or the hanging of a shingle outside an office or storefront. Even Google was once a small business, operating out of a garage in Menlo Park, Calif. We’re proud of our success, but we’re even more proud of the role we’ve played helping a lot of other businesses grow. In fact, in 2009 Google search and advertising tools
generated $54 billion of economic activity in the United States
.
To further help new American businesses create economic growth, today we’re announcing a commitment of up to $100 million to the
Startup America Partnership
—an alliance of the country's most innovative entrepreneurs, corporations, foundations and other private sector leaders—for companies to promote their business with Google advertising over the next year.
Startup America participants will be able to use Google advertising platforms like
AdWords
and
Boost
and receive a $1,000 Google match for $1,000 spent between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012. Our chief economist Hal Varian has calculated that
businesses make an average of $2 in revenue for every $1 they spend
on AdWords, so we think this commitment will be especially powerful.
If you are (or know of) an entrepreneur that’s interested in getting involved with the Startup America Partnership, you can visit its
Resource Center
for more information. Our goal as a participant in this national initiative is to help entrepreneurs grow amazing businesses, and we believe our commitment will help them do it.
Posted by Claire Hughes Johnson, Vice President, Global Online Sales
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