Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge

Tagged Under : ,

If you haven’t heard Amazon is putting on an awesome competition. Until I heard about this competition I didn’t know anything about all the different types of web services that Amazon provided. I had heard that you could make your own type of store front using a service they had but I was never interested in trying to sell books. Then, with the announcement of this challenge I started to investigate the services they had. I wanted to learn what the big deal was because in the details of the challenge it mentions:

“The Amazon judges’ panel will review all applications and choose five finalists, based on originality and creativity of the idea, likelihood of long-term success, how well it addresses a need in the marketplace, and implementation of pay-as-you-use Amazon Web Services.” (AWS Start-Up Challenge)

I had no clue what they meant by ‘Pay-As-You-Use’ and I was defintely intrigued. What I learned is that Amazon provides some incredible services that have nothing to do with selling books. So the idea is to come up with some great idea that uses their services and Amazon will give you some cash and invest in your project. Below is a list of the services that are available to use:

I am personally interested in the new Flexible Payments Service. You could basically create your own better PayPal type service. The incredible thing about it is that it allows you to make Micropayments!

No Comments| Posted by : Jason
Read More

Make a comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.