Amazon Has a Challenge for Start-ups
September 3rd, 2008 (8:00am) Mike Gunderloy 3 Comments
Amazon and their Amazon Web Services (AWS) tend to get the most notice when something goes wrong\. But their latest announcement is about something going right – for one lucky company, anyhow. The new AWS Start-Up Challenge is a contest for start-ups and entrepreneurs with a $100,000 grand prize (half in cash and half in service credits).
The contest is open to any site or service that uses one of the AWS services are part of its solution: S3, EC2, SimpleDB, SQS, FPS, DevPay, Alexa Web Services, or even Mechanical Turk. You’ve got until October 3 to enter, and if you’re in the top 5, they’ll fly you out to Seattle for a dog-and-pony show.
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ChrisV says: September 4th, 2008 8:15am
Too bad they didn’t open up the competition to websites that use their free web services, like http://www.amazanian.com
ciscopower says: October 9th, 2008 10:20pm
The web service of amazon is very good and also a great opportunity for those developers who know how to use it effectively. I build a amazon discount tool also based on webservice http://www.tophotdeal.com/search-discount-coupons/
Jeff says: October 17th, 2008 5:01pm
http://www.jungle-search.com uses AWS and is feature filled and finds deals, fillers and watches Amazon pricing for you. Also helps find items eligible for Prime.