How to Scale like Amazon

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Leaders then set their own growth goals with the help of their Torch coach. Together, they will define specific actions to track progress and hit leadership development targets.

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You'll meet with your mentor monthly during your 6-month partnership, to work on your goals and focus areas

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Come hear the principles and insights that have fueled Amazon’s growth since its startup days. We will give you an insider’s guide to Amazon’s success. If we were to start a company today, these are the lessons from Amazon that we would take with us.

Schedule

Four sessions, held from September 16, 2021 to October 7, 2021. 

Who should attend?
MVP stage technical founders, CTOs, or tech leads

Session #2 (Workshop): From Idea to MVP: How to Quickly Build Full-Stack Apps on AWS

Learn the easiest way to get started and deploy your MVP on AWS. This hands-on, live workshop will include an overview of AWS Amplify, including authentication, data storage, and more.

Session Date:
27 May 2021, 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Ali teaches people to code. She loves Python, JavaScript, and talking about programming. She has been writing React since before es6 classes. She leads developer advocacy for AWS Amplify. Ali also blogs about code, aimed mostly at a beginner audience. Her writing has gotten over a million readers in the past year. She has also spoken at over 50 events in the last few years. When Ali's not working, you can find her watching New England sports, competing on CodeWars, taking runs around the city, rock climbing, or participating in coding community events.

Led by Ali Spittel, Senior Developer Advocate, AWS

Session #3 (Activity): Founder Series Activities

Complete one of the following activities by June 7:

  • Option 1: Post a question about a technical challenge to the Getting Started Series forum channel and one of our solution architects will respond.
  • Option 2: Share your MVP in the AWS Getting Started Series forum.

Jeff Henriod, AWS Startup Business Development. Jeff works with Y Combinator companies to help them build on AWS. Prior to AWS, Jeff was the first sales hire at Lambda School (YC S17), where he built the placement team and helped Lambda’s first 1,000 graduates get hired. Before that, he worked in product and marketing roles at Amazon.

To qualify for credits, you will need to complete a feedback survey for each session, including the Getting Started Series Activities.

Tuesday, Dec 14th at 9am PT

About the presenter:

Schedule: 

Four sessions, held from September 16, 2021 to October 7, 2021.

In addition to these sessions, we will host asynchronous AMAs with solution architects from 9/16—9/22 and 9/30—10/6. 

Date & Time

Topic

Presenter(s)

Sept 16 at 9am PT

MVP Product Roadmaps and Prioritization (and Beyond)

Ant Wilson Co-Founder and CTO of Supabase (YC S20, $6MM raised) and Caleb Hicks, Co-Founder of Lambda School (YC S17, $120MM raised)

Sept 23 at 9am PT

How to Get the Most Out of Your Cloud Spend

Mike Apted, AWS Principal Solution Architect

Sept 30 at 9am PT

Security and Compliance Best Practices

Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder and CEO of Vanta (YC W18, $53MM raised)

Oct 7 at 9am PT

Choosing the Right Architecture

Jillian Forde, AWS Solution Architect

By registering, you agree to the AWS Event Terms and Conditions and the AWS Community Codes of Conduct.

Date & Time: Sept 16 at 9am PT

Topic: MVP Product Roadmaps and Prioritization (and Beyond)

Presenters: Ant Wilson Co-Founder and CTO of Supabase (YC S20, $6MM raised) and Caleb Hicks, Co-Founder of Lambda School (YC S17, $120MM raised)

Date & Time: Sept 23 at 9am PT

Topic: How to Get the Most Out of Your Cloud Spend

Presenter: Mike Apted, AWS Principal Solution Architect

Date & Time: Sept 30 at 9am PT

Topic: Security and Compliance Best Practices

Presenter: Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder and CEO of Vanta (YC W18, $53MM raised)

Date & Time: Oct 7 at 9am PT

Topic: Choosing the Right Architecture

Presenter: Jillian Forde, AWS Solution Architect

Jeff Henriod, AWS Startup Business Development. Jeff works with Y Combinator companies to help them build on AWS. Prior to AWS, Jeff was the first sales hire at Lambda School (YC S17), where he built placement team and helped their first 1,000 graduates get hired. Before that, he worked in product and marketing roles at Amazon.