How to Scale like Amazon
Evaluate
Building self awareness is the first step toward growth. The Torch Leadership Assessment helps experienced professionals gain clarity on existing strengths and development opportunities.
Coach
During regular 1:1 video sessions, an experienced Torch coach will help the leader build a custom development plan based on their leadership assessment results.
Execute
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.
How it works
Integrate learnings and capture insights for a new leadership future.
Grow
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
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.
