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The AWS Report – Marc Nager Talks About Startup Weekend

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In the latest episode of The AWS Report, I spoke with Marc Nager to learn more about Startup Weekend and how they answer the question “where do you go when you have a great idea?” He walks me through the 54 hours of the weekend (which starts on Wednesday in some countries) culminating in the simulated investor pitch, and tells me about his new project, StartupDigest.

Co-host Lee Zen talks to our colleague Natalie Surowiecki to find out how AWS works with Startup Weekend and supports startups in other ways, and then visits the Seattle office of Techstars to listen to some elevator pitches:

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Jeff Barr is Chief Evangelist for AWS. He started this blog in 2004 and has been writing posts just about non-stop ever since.