Google Campus, a centre to support start-ups—young, innovative enterprises operating in the IT industry—will open in Warsaw in the first half of 2015. Only London and Tel Aviv can boast similar facilities. The opening of the Campus was announced by Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, who came to Warsaw on 4 June 2014 for Poland’s 25th anniversary of freedom celebrations. Google is now one of the world’s largest companies in the information technology industry.
“We’re proud that the start-up community is growing so dynamically in Poland, also here, in Warsaw. We hope that Warsaw’s Campus will contribute to the growth of many tech companies, strengthen the start-up ecosystem and will boost innovation in Poland,” said Eric Schmidt after a meeting with Polish prime minister Donald Tusk to discuss the project’s details.
Google Campus on the basic level will be a co-working office—space for rent by start-ups, facilitating creative synergies. Since Google creates an environment for exchanging technology and entrepreneurial skills, companies operating at its Campus will be able to take part in numerous conferences, trainings and knowledge-sharing meetings with experts. This is the case in London and Tel Aviv. So on this level the Campus will provide space for thought exchange and establishing valuable business contacts, offering Polish start-ups solid support from Google programmes addressed to entrepreneurs. The opening of such a centre in Warsaw is a sign that the IT giant has noticed a large potential of Poland’s start-ups, which have been getting increasingly visible, for example at international competitions, including such prestigious events as TechCrunch or Le Web, where Poles have enjoyed great success recently.
Read more on: Polska.pl /Author: Aleksandra Stanisławska