Amazon Web Start-Up Challenge

Amazon today announced the Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge - a contest for discovering the next hot start-up that leverages Amazon Web Services to build its infrastructure and business.

“To enter, developers, entrepreneurs, and start-ups begin by completing an online application by October 28, 2007. 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.

Finalists will be announced in November and Amazon will produce a video of each finalist to post on aws.amazon.com where the community can vote for their favorite start-up.”

Learn more about Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge

My Thoughts

This is a very cool contest and I’m really stoked to take part in the challenge. I’ve started taking actions to assemble a team of super big thinkers and am sure, if anything, it will be a great experience. At first, my selfishness had me thinking about doing this alone. After 16oz of coffee and a few cigarettes I realized the value in the opportunity to collaborate with some of my colleagues that I normally don’t think with.