Last week Amazon announced “Start-Up Challenge“:
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for the next hot start-up that is leveraging AWS to build its infrastructure and business.
Do you have a great idea or an existing application that uses services from AWS? Enter the AWS Start-Up Challenge to win $100,000 in cash and AWS credits, and receive an investment offer from Amazon.
This got me all excited because I LOVE AWS! I use S3 for backup (both personal and for live database backups) and the message-queue service is forming up to be an integral part of my “Secret Project” architecture. The money would keep me rolling for 12 months at my current burn rate too.
So I just went to register and realised that I am locked out of the challenge because I am not a US resident.
Curse my antipodean geography!