AWS Startups Blog
Category: Startup
Navigating a Changing Fundraising Landscape with Entrepreneur First
Matt Clifford, co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, takes a global view when investing in people and their ideas. Not surprisingly, to hear Clifford tell it, there is practically no place on earth where startups and their investors are conducting business as usual. So, what should founders anticipate as they look to raise their next round, and whom should they place their trust in as they navigate the months ahead?
How CAPMO uses AWS to Revolutionize the Construction Industry
The construction industry in Germany is second to last when it comes to digitalization, but software startup Capmo hopes to change that by seamlessly integrating with modern technologies and advancements in other fields, as well as newly gained insights from analyzing data to drive disruption of the industry.
How dely Uses Amazon SageMaker to Provide Personalized Recipe Recommendations
Since dely is able to create its own recipe content, the startup can control both human wave-attack based and rule-based annotation, as well as how to apply feedback from user activities. In particular, Amazon SageMaker allows dely to train and deploy models quickly without the cost of additional resources. Here’s how.
The Simplest, Yet Most Powerful Trait: Trust
Data practically runs through the veins of Steven Mih, CEO of opensource data orchestration startup Alluxio. He’s a serial startup CEO with more than two decades in the distributed data world. We recently sat down with him on the What Works podcast to learn more.
ProGlove: Smart Scanning Gloves for Industry 4.0
Industrial wearables startup ProGlove’s philosophy builds upon the pillar of putting the human worker at the center of everything the company does and draws on the belief that a human centered approach allows for better business decisions. Here’s how they’re doing it.
Invoiced Simplifies and Automates the Accounts Receivable Process
All startups begin with a great idea. Some seek rapid acceleration with venture capital dollars. Some iterate organically until they have a workable product that truly meets a market need, then use venture capital as rocket fuel. Invoiced, an accounts receivable (AR) management startup, is proudly in the latter category.
Danggeun Market’s Online Platform Brings Local Communities Together
Founded in 2015, Danggeun Market has built an online platform for communities. From job postings to classifieds, the company is looking to rebuild the sense of local trust that seems to be dwindling in the age of the internet.
Six Ways to Reduce Your AWS Bill
Whether you are seeing usage soar because your customers are relying more than ever on your services, or you just want to dial-in your spending for the road ahead, there are things you can and should do to optimize your cloud costs. In this webcast we’ve highlighted six quick cost optimizations every startup should consider depending on workloads and the patterns you are seeing today.
IGAWorks Empowers Digital Marketing through Data and Technology
Founded in 2006, Seoul-based startup IGAWorks focuses on building proprietary technology within the mobile big data field.
Inside Angel Investing: The Education of George Burgess
Serial startup founder, angel investor, and college dropout George Burgess founded exam prep startup Gojimo when he was an undergraduate student at Stanford. Burgess was seemingly living the founder dream, but as his dorm-room startup found an audience Burgess found it was too hard to juggle both school and building his company. So, he left Stanford, and that is where his entrepreneurial education really began.