Startup Weekend and AWS

Amazon Web Services is a global technology sponsor of Startup Weekend in 2013. Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups.

All Startup Weekend participants will receive $100 in AWS credits that they can use over the weekend to begin building applications. It only takes a few minutes to get started:

Step 1: Sign up for AWS (if you are already signed up, skip to Step 2)

The sign-up process requires a credit card which will not be charged until your usage exceeds the credit amount. Note that all new AWS accounts are also eligible for our free usage tier.

Step 2: Redeem your AWS credits

Visit the AWS Credit Redemption Page and enter your $100 promotion credits code. You must be signed in to view this page.

Verify that the credit has been applied to your account by viewing your Account Activity page.

Step 3: Get Started

Check out the tools and documentation on our Start-ups Page and in our Resource Center.

The Technical Appeal of Amazon Web Services

Matt Wood shares information on the AWS products available for Startup Weekend Participants who are looking to build low cost, scalable applications in the cloud.

The Business Appeal of Amazon Web Services

Matt Wood presents a non-technical overview of AWS and shares information about what's available to Startup Weekend attendees as part of our partnership.

For questions on how to use your AWS credits or to learn more about our partnership with Startup Weekend, please email awsstartups@amazon.com or tweet us at @AWSstartups.

To get involved in a Startup Weekend near you, check out the Startup Weekend calendar of events and read more about them at the Startup Weekend blog.