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Tech Entrepreneur Nanodegree helps developers turn apps into business (it can be free)
August 10, 2025
You may be able to make amazing apps, but it takes a special set of skills to effectively get your content into some of those1 billion+ active Android users around the world. There’s over 1.6 million Android apps in the Google Play Store (according to Statista), so the competition is fierce and you need to be able to stand out.
Sadly, many of us tech geeks are not great at business, something Google is trying to fix with its newest educational program for developers. Offered in collaboration with Udacity, the Tech Entrepreneur Nanodegree is meant to educate developers on everything that goes into making an app successful. The program taps into design, validation, creating a prototype, monetizing, marketing app ideas and more.
Want to kick your business off? Google and Udacity can have you certified in 4-7 months, with tuition amounting to $200 a month (after a free week trial). This fee will grant you access to all the courses, coaches, guidance, career counseling, a certificate and even the chance to pitch your application to “venture capitalists at Google”. The latter is exclusive to top graduates, though.
Here’s the kicker: as it goes with other Nanodegree programs, you canget half your tuition back if you graduate before 12 months. This is pretty much a steal, as the classes are said to last much less than a year! But the craziest part is that the tuition fees are only necessary for those who actually want the certificate and all the added support. Those who only seek the value in knowledge provided by these courses can take all the classes for free!
Taking the courses with no charges
You read that right! you’re able to gain all the knowledge without paying a penny. All the courses in the Tech Entrepreneur Nanodegree can be found atUdacity’s website… completely free of charge.
Wrapping it up!
Whether you are interested in the actual Nanodegree or not, we can’t deny these are some great tools Google is offering developers. The Search Giant also announced theirAndroid Nanodegreefor aspiring developers, and now they are helping app makers put all that coding knowledge to good use.
Are any of you guys enrolling? If you are, verify you do so before October 26th at 11:59 AM ET, which is when enrollment closes.
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