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I don't know how to ask this and not sound ironic...I hope it doesn't. Do you believe they would ignore a good startup and not invest in it even if they didn't
by eusman 19y ago
I don't know how to ask this and not sound ironic...I hope it doesn't.
Do you believe they would ignore a good startup and not invest in it even if they didn't win a prize?
- pg 19y agoI was only talking about the prize aspect of it. The rest is impossible to evaluate. All they say is that they'll make an offer of investment. That could either be good or worthless, depending on the amount, the valuation, and other terms. FWIW, my guess is that they'd err on the side of ignoring good startups. Amazon has not so far been in the investment business, and I don't think that is their goal here. Their goal is to promote AWS to startups. They're raising the prospect of investment because they know that's something many startups are interested in.
- altay 19y agoAmazon has invested in at least one startup: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/25/amazon-invests-in-shelfari/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/25/amazon-invests-in-shelf... Whether or not it's a good startup is another question.