Esri Startup Program Orientation: Acceptance & Onboarding

8000
0
11-11-2015 10:03 AM
Katie_Decker
Esri Contributor
1 0 8,000
This blog follows Program Benefits in the Orientation Series

Startup Program Acceptance & Onboarding

Within this acceptance onboarding series, we cover the following essential ‘getting started’ steps to access your software and partner benefits to ensure success.

If you’re reading this it means you’ve most likely been accepted into the Esri Startup Program, it's time to get started, congratulations! You will have received your three official emails, (1) Welcome to the Program, (2) Software Order, (3) ArcGIS Online Activation. Please save these e-mails.  

This process can take a few hours, PLEASE take the time to follow these steps carefully. 

Get Started:

 

Need Help? Contact Us

If you have any questions on the following please reach out to:

Note, we have a variety of international Esri Distributor Startup Program representatives who will support you in your local region.

Important Access Points:

Learn the Esri systems you will interact with critical to your success - sign-in with your ArcGIS login, gain permissions through your customer number, and by linking accounts and subscriptions.

Software & Administration:

  • My Esri: Start here! Connect to your Esri Customer #, For your admin(s) and technical POCs. A destination for software downloads and authorization numbers to install and activate your software licenses and admin your organizations relationship with Esri. Manage user permissions for tech support, training, orders/purchasing, activation & case management reporting, and other important access points for your team.
  • developers.arcgis.com: Sign up for a free ArcGIS Developer Account and enable pay-as-you-go-pricing to leverage ArcGIS Location Platform services via API Key or register your applications via your developer dashboard to get started. 
  • ArcGIS.com: Esri's commercial SaaS, ArcGIS Online accessed via user type account and credits. Note this is different to My Esri, individual user type members need to be added, invited, and managed in the organizational subscription. Members of the organization can create and share maps, apps, and other content; explore data; and publish data as hosted web layers. (Note, ArcGIS Enterprises also supports per-user type  licensing model, if  you would like to use in your deployment contact your partner manager for more information)

You can link/enable access to your ArcGIS Account username by linking your subscription to your My Esri Access if My Esri is connected with your customer number. 

Partner Benefits:

  • Partner Community Portal: Your primary destination for working with Esri as a partner. Access exclusive self-service technical, sales, and marketing resources, develop a partner plan, apply for Marketplace, Specialties, and special licensing opportunities. Get the latest confidential messaging from Esri, and collaborate with like minded partners and Esri staff from around the world.
  • Startup Program - Onboarding Blog Resources (Esri Community): Reference important startup program specific resources in this group's blog, such as program benefits, onboarding, and more.

 

Return: Program Benefits. Next: Access Your Software

About the Author
Marketing and technology entrepreneur for the Esri Startup Program. A global program that helps software startups succeed by giving them free three year access to Esri's ArcGIS online services, software development tools, ready-to-use content, training, technical support, global partnership opportunities, and co-marketing to help entrepreneurs starting technology product businesses with a mapping and location component. I build relationships and business with startups, Esri Partners, customers, accelerators and incubators to help them grow, thrive, and leverage the Esri ArcGIS Platform.