I have taken a number of edX classes in the past year and was notified of this opportunity. edX is offering two online entrepreneurship classes from MITx and offering \$1,000 of Amazon Web Services free when you pass the class. The classes start this week.
https://www.edx.org/AWS-activate
Get \$1000 of Amazon Web Services free when you earn a verified certificate
in Entrepreneurship 101 or Entrepreneurship 102
Use your edX course experience and AWS to grow and quickly scale your business
Starting a company? Looking to scale a business? Want access to a global network of support and entrepreneurs?
Amazon Web Services provides businesses with low cost, easy to use infrastructure needed to scale and grow.
AWS Activate is designed to provide you the resources needed to get started on AWS. Join some of the fastest-growing startups in the world and build your business using AWS.
What do I get?
- \$1,000 in AWS credits valid for 2 years
- Free access to the AWS Essentials: 1 day web-based or instructor-led training (normally ~\$600/course), plus 8 tokens for self-paced labs (normally ~\$30/lab)
- One month of premium AWS Business Support
- Free access to 1:1 virtual office hours with AWS solutions architects
- Special offers from other companies that help startups, including Chef, Bitnami, Amazon Payments, SOASTA, Podio, CopperEgg and more
Am I Eligible?
- Enroll in the verified track in Entrepreneurship 101 or Entrepreneurship 102
- Receive a passing grade in the course.
- The AWS offer is limited to one per person.
How does it work?
- When you pass either Entrepreneurship 101 or 102 as a Verified student you will receive an email with a code that you can use on the AWS site.
- Step 1: Sign up at AWS with the coupon code provided
- Step 2: Fill out the form edX will email you with your student email address, name and AWS Account #
- In approximately 3 weeks, AWS will confirm your eligibility and grant you access to your AWS credit
