He said he hopes the same mentality that has helped once-small start-ups challenge the dominance of companies like Microsoft can make strides against a seemingly intractable problem like homelessness.
Sonian was named an Amazon Web Services Start-up Challenge finalist back in 2008.
Amazon has announced the winners of its 2009 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Start-Up Challenge.
The company was very much under the radar until it showed up as a finalist for the Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge last month (see video below).
Zoombu, which launched in 2008, has won a number of awards and made it to the final 5 of 1,500 businesses in the Amazon Web Services Start-up Challenge 2010, the only European company to reach this stage.
Amazon Web Services has the "Start-Up Challenge," which is a competition for start-ups that use its Web, e-commerce and cloud-computing technology to build their infrastructures and businesses.
Five brave attendees competed in the small business start-up challenge, which awarded more than $5,000 in cash and business support.
Start-Up · Shellye Archambeau says technology can help solve four start-up challenges, including hiring talented employees.
Silicon Valley, though, liked the proposal perhaps because Give Directly is a bit like a technology start-up challenging traditional ways of doing things (in this case, aid).The charity relies heavily on technology.
The Start-Up Challenging Conventional Notions.
"There are a lot of challenges starting up a business.
