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Amazon launches Start-up Challenge

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I have applied a couple of times. I don't have anything against Amazon and use their services every single day (my current startup uses it) but I'm hesitant to apply again.

Each year the "startup" that ends winning the competition has received a couple million in VC before entering or is a pretty well established startup.

Maybe I'm confused about what a Startup means these days (like mine for example: single founder, couple of collaborators, hustling every single day, counting pennies, you know the drill...) but 100K in cash and the Amazon Credits will be exponentially more helpful to companies like mine than to heavily VC invested "startups".

Either way good luck to everyone ;)

Amazon link: http://aws.amazon.com/startupchallenge/

Entry period ends on Oct 2.

Thanks for the link.

There is no "save" button on the younoodle registration form: do you happen to know if the form can be submitted several times or just once?

(The form says "Please only click Submit once" but is this just to avoid double "first submissions" or does it actually mean the form can never be re-submitted for the same applicant?)

Link to the form (EMEA):

https://e.younoodle.com/c/aws_2011/er/aws_emea/submit?lang=a...

@bambax – once you click submit on the form, you will always be able to return and edit your application. That message about only clicking once is there to avoid copies of the same entries. You are also welcome to submit more than one application, especially if you have different startups/business plans you’d like to enter. Please refer to our official contest rules for full details: http://aws.amazon.com/startupchallenge/rules/ and drop us a note if you have any questions: awsstartups AT amazon.com (Disclaimer – I work for AWS)

Thanks for the link. Either I'm extra cranky tonight, or I've just had to navigate the pointer to the close box of one too many modal "subscribe to our blahdyblah" windows on websites, but as soon as that popped up I closed the tab. I clicked to the comments here hoping there'd be a little more information.

I'm not sure if they're offering it this year, but previous years' entries would automatically get $25 in free AWS credit. That alone made it worth to enter.

Don't kid yourself that you have a chance to win, but spend 10 minutes filling out the app to save $25. Not a bad deal.

They are; from the rules [1]

6. ENTRY CREDITS. All eligible entrants who submit a qualified Entry will receive a credit of $25 USD (approximately 17 EUR) to be used toward Paid Services from AWS (does not include Amazon FPS). Individual credit codes valued at $25 USD (approximately 17 EUR) will be emailed to such entrants following the announcement of the Grand Prize winner.

[1] http://aws.amazon.com/startupchallenge/rules/

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