AWS and SmartCompany are offering a suite of free resources to help you grow your startup

It’s potential that makes startups so exciting. From the seed of an idea, world-changing companies can emerge — but it doesn’t just happen by itself. Whether you’re at the very beginning of your startup journey, seeking funding or pushing to scale in 2024, the power to reach that startup potential — and maybe get your name on the next SmartCompany top 10 capital raises list — is in your hands. Sometimes, you just need a little help.

To give every startup the boost it needs for ongoing success, SmartCompany is partnering with AWS to provide some valuable resources. You’ll receive the benefit of a year-long SmartCompany subscription valued at $99, plus you’ll get access to a suite of AWS eBooks for startups, covering everything from generative AI tools, how to harness the power of your own data, and finance tips to optimise your business costs. To get access, simply sign up at the link below. 

Power up your startup today with SmartCompany and AWS.

Here’s what you’ll receive from from the AWS eBook library:

AI eBook

• Generative AI for every startup
• 7 leading generative AI use cases
• Optimize the cost of generative AI for your startup
• Top 6 generative AI use cases for startups’
• Step-by-step guide for startup founders

The power of AI and ML can be vital for emerging startups, but it’s important to have a little context on how to make it work for your business. The five eBook resources included when you sign up cover topics like AI fundamentals, basic AI use cases for every business and how to include AI costs in your business infrastructure. You’ll also find a crash-course in how to make use of generative AI and a guide to startup-specific use cases.

Data eBooks

• 7 essential data use cases for startups
• Transform your startup into a data-driven leader

Successful startups know one thing: data is a powerful asset. These two data-focused eBooks hone in on the ways that startups can make data management a key pillar of growth and success by creating a holistic data strategy (everything from ingesting, storing, and querying data to analysing, visualising, and running ML models) and how to use a data strategy to create value for your customers.

Finance eBooks

• 3 ways to optimise your startup spend
• Boost your startup with AWS Activate
• The startup guide to data cost optimisation

For startup founders, finance is half the battle, so it’s important to make sure you’re doing everything you can on the ledger sheet to make scaling easy. These three resources offer in-depth advice on cutting cloud costs for rapid-fire scaling (including how to choose the right pricing models and avoid resource waste), how you can take advantage of $800,000 of resources from AWS Activate and how startups storing data in-house can optimise data infrastructure costs.

Ready to take your startup to its full potential? Sign up today and receive a year’s subscription to SmartCompany and access to a library of AWS eBook resources.