AWS Startups Blog
Tag: Founder Kit
Insider Insights: Crowdfunding for Startups
In the second episode of AWS Startups Stories* we heard how Monzo, a mobile only challenger bank made one million pounds in 96 seconds on Crowdcube, the world’s first equity crowdfunding platform.
VC 101: How VCs Operate, and What You Should Know as a Founder
Drew Russ, AWS Startup & Venture Capital Business Development Manager, held sessions at the AWS Pop-up Lofts in San Francisco and New York that covered the basics that a founder needs to know about venture capital. From the definition of VCs to mechanics and bargaining, the discussion served as a primer for the second […]
How to Get Funded: Seven Keys to Get Backing from a Silicon Valley VC
The AWS Pop-up Loft in San Francisco filled up quickly on Monday night as attendees from Silicon Valley startups eagerly awaited Edith Yeung, General Partner at 500 China and Mobile Collective Microfund. This would not be a traditional ‘Loft Talk’ about architecting on AWS, or using serverless securely, so why was the AWS Loft packed […]
Three Internal Software Tools Every Startup Should Use
Guest post by Vanessa Kruze of Kruze Consulting