The most radical and transformative of inventions are often those that empower others to unleash their creativity—to pursue their dreams. These are the stories of the inventors, authors, and small business owners who are transforming their lives with Amazon.
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Spencer Lindsay
Small Business
Spencer Lindsay
Dad's business shows his daughter she can soar
When this security guard is off the clock, he's in the kitchen crafting his signature sauces.
Read More
eero
Small Business
eero
He's Fixing Bad Wi-Fi
Nick Weaver's startup eero makes getting online simpler.
Read More
Amreek Singh
Small Business
Amreek Singh
Dad's Deliveries Support Daughter's Education
Amazon India's 'I Have Space' program makes it possible for Amreek Singh to save for his family's future.
Read More
Ned Hayes
author
Ned Hayes
Customers Told Ned His Novel Matters
Kindle Scout readers decided his story about a teen with autism needed to be published.
Read More
Fieldworks Supply Company
Small Business
Fieldworks
Supply Company
Mom's Lesson:
Bet on Yourself
When divorce put Lisa Dolezal's small business in jeopardy, strong sales on Amazon showed her she could still build what she dreamed of for her family.
Read More
Lee Chadeayne
Translator
Lee Chadeayne
His Words Bridge Cultures
Lee's translations connect German writers with English-speaking readers.
Read More
Panda Planner
Small Business
Panda Planner
Michael Leip Plans for Positivity
Customers are getting a boost from the little planner he made to rebuild his own life.
Read More
David Anaxagoras
Screenwriter
David Anaxagoras
His Scripts Look Up to Kids
This aspiring screenwriter made sure his script was true to “what I felt as a kid becoming a teen becoming an adult.” Amazon customers thought his creation deserved to become a TV series.
Read More
URB-E
Small Business
URB-E
An Invention Gathers Speed
California company gives city-dwellers a new, green way to get around.
Read More
Senda Athletics
Small Business
Senda Athletics
His Soccer Ball Plays Fair
Santiago Halty created Senda Athletics to make fair-trade products part of his favorite sport.
Read More
TenderTanks
Small Business
Tender Tanks
Helping Others with a Simple Shirt.
Carol Largent survived breast cancer. She invented a shirt that makes getting dressed easier for women facing the disease.
Read More
nutpods
Small Business
nutpods
Sweet Success. Hold the Sugar.
A reluctant entrepreneur bet on herself to create a popular dairy-free creamer.
Read More
Solar Jar
Small Business
Solar Jar
Dream Fueled by the Sun
A solar-powered lamp captured Stefan Neubig’s imagination. Now he sells them around the world.
Read More
LSTN Sound
Small Business
LSTN Sound
Headphones with a Cause
This small business donates a portion of its sales to help fund free hearing aids. By buying LSTN's headphones, Amazon customers are changing lives all over the world.
Read More
Tara Reid
Small Business
Tara Reid
Tara's Handmade New Life
She dreamed of handcrafting jewelry for a living, but she could never get her creations in front of enough customers. Then came Handmade at Amazon and a whole new life.
Read More
Pencils of Promise - Education for Every Child
Nonprofit
Pencils of Promise
Education for Every Child
AmazonSmile customers helped build a school in Ghana. That's just the beginning.
Read More
Author
A.K. Alexander
A Writer's Emergence
No longer mortgaging her house to support her writing—a Kindle Direct Publishing author's success.
Read More
Sonny's Handyman Services
Small Business
Sonny's Handyman Services
Unlikely Handyman Remodels His Life
Sonny Nguyen had a management job at a luxury car dealership when he got inspired to switch careers and become a handyman.
Read More
Maggie Umlauf
Small Business
Maggie Umlauf
Her Goal: Dog-Proof Cars
New mom thrives by making seat covers that protect cars from dogs like hers.
Read More
Christine Krogue
Small Business
Christine Krogue
Making a Difference, at Home and in Nepal
A mother of four from Utah writes about how her home business created connections between her family and families affected by the earthquake in Nepal.
Read More
Code.org - Bringing Coding to Students Everywhere
Nonprofit
Code.org
Bringing Coding to Students Everywhere
Using Amazon Web Services to ensure Code.org's platform could reach 20 million new coders during Hour of the Code.
Read More
Ben Seaman of Eartheasy, seller of LifeStraw
Small Business
LifeStraw
Safe Water Changes Lives
Eartheasy has been able to translate strong sales of LifeStraw into support for a program that brings safe drinking water to schoolkids in Kenya.
Read More
J.R. Rain
Author
J.R. Rain
Bright Days for J.R. Rain
After decades of rejection by publishers, this lifelong writer is thrilled to have readers who want more and more.
Read More
Tower Paddle Boards
Small Business
Tower Paddle Boards
A Dad's Lessons in Small Business
Stephan Aarstol thought he needed other people's permission to pursue his dream. He's teaching his son there's a better way.
Read More
CameraMall
Small Business Owner
CameraMall
Online Camera Store Opens Local Shop
Craig hired Desmond for a summer job after high school. Today, in addition to running a successful online store, they’re co-founders of a vibrant local camera shop.
Read More
The Doll Hospital & Toy Soldier Shop - Building on a Family Legacy
Small Business Owner
The Doll Hospital & Toy Soldier Shop
Building on a Family Legacy
Kathryn Parish's son added Internet sales to build on his family's six-decade tradition of delighting kids and parents with quality toys.
Read More
R.C. Bray
Voice Actor
R.C. Bray
The Last Job He Expected to Love
The narrator of The Martian audiobook went from hating books to wanting to read them for a living. Here's how—and why—he switched careers.
Read More
EdX - A Classroom with Room for Everyone
Nonprofit
EdX
A Classroom with Room for Everyone
A bold nonprofit is connecting learners everywhere with some of the greatest teachers in the world for free.
Read More
Wonderbag - The Ultimate in Slow Cooking
Nonprofit
Wonderbag
The Ultimate in Slow Cooking
Remembering her grandmother's old method of keeping food warm, Sarah realized that same technology could be reinvented to change the world.
Read More
Bill & Dinah Vogel - Heart of a Family Business
Small Business Owner
Bill & Dinah Vogel
Heart of a Family Business
Bill and Dinah realized their formula for success would have to change when their son, Charlie, was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy at two years old.
Read More
Olo Foods - Sales Heat Up for Mom's Invention
Small Business Owner
Olo Foods
Sales Heat Up for Mom's Invention
During her maternity leave, Tessa had an idea—selling chipotle in a tube. She decided to turn her idea into a business.
Read More
Scott Nicholson
Author
Scott Nicholson
Writing His Own Way
Scott had to decide between keeping his job and taking a chance on self-publishing.
Read More
Duolingo - Bringing More Languages to More People
Developer
Duolingo
Bringing More Languages to More People
Using Amazon Web Services, startup can focus on what it does so well—teaching the world new languages.
Read More
Nnedi Okorafor - Books that Change Young Lives
Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Books That Change Young Lives
Worldreader uses Kindles to connect authors like Nnedi Okorafor with kids in Africa who crave stories they can relate to.
Read More
DL Byron - Inventing a Clip That Customers Love
Small Business Owner
DL Byron
Inventing a Clip That Customers Love
By insisting on a back-to-basics design that just plain works, DL Byron built the life he wanted.
Read More
BandPage - Powered by Amazon Web Services and Bringing Music to Fans
Developer
BandPage
Powered by Amazon Web Services and Bringing Music to Fans
From booking bands for a small coffee shop in his Virginia hometown to creating a music app that helps more than 500,000 bands and individual artists connect with their fans.
Read More
Malcolm Box - TV's Future? In the Cloud
Developer
Malcolm Box
TV's Future? In the Cloud
How losing his job helped Malcolm change the way people watch TV.
Read More
Dan Sheehan - Combat Veteran Redefines Bravery
Author
Dan Sheehan
Combat Veteran Redefines Bravery
Dan Sheehan's memoir about putting his life back together after the Iraq war offers hope and help to veterans and their families.
Read More
cirdan books - Husband and Wife Team Weather Wilma
Small Business Owner
cirdan books
Husband and Wife Team Weather Wilma
Their book-selling business nearly drowned in a record-breaking hurricane. Then they found a way to come back stronger than ever.
Read More
Barry C. Davis - Reaching for His Dream. At 40.
Author
Barry C. Davis
Reaching for His Dream. At 40.
Told his novel would never be accepted, Barry C. Davis put his faith in readers and found an audience on Kindle.
Read More
Delivering on Results Day - Universities and College Admissions Services
Developer
Delivering on Results Day
Universities and College Admissions Services
Amazon Web Services helps UK colleges deliver superb admissions experience.
Read More
Nguyen Family - Revitalizing Dad's American Legacy
Small Business Owner
Nguyen Family
Revitalizing Dad's American Legacy
The recession hit Le Nguyen's mattress factory hard. When his kids rallied the business, customers responded.
Read More
Regina Sirois - A Breakthrough Young-Adult Novelist
Author
Regina Sirois
A Breakthrough Young-Adult Novelist
Before Amazon customers helped make her young-adult novel an award-winner, agents told Regina her book was "too intelligent."
Read More
Joe Ganahl - Loving Where He Works
Small Business Owner
Joe Ganahl
Loving Where He Works
Moving his company away from its Hawaii home was out of the question.
Read More
Missing Children Europe - From Not Found to Social Good
Developer
Missing Children Europe
From Not Found to Social Good
Missing Children Europe transforms error messages into something meaningful.
Read More
C.J. Lyons
Author
C.J. Lyons
“Like Entering a Magic Cave”
Independent publishing freed up ex-doctor C.J. Lyons to call her own shots and thrill her readers.
Read More
Jeff Gunhus - Kid Won't Read? You're Not Alone
Author
Jeff Gunhus
Kid Won't Read? You're Not Alone
When Jeff saw his 11-year-old's vocabulary slipping, he tried everything to get him to read. Here's his story of what worked.
Read More
Aric Davis - From Daily Rejection Letters to Writing Full-Time
Author
Aric Davis
From Daily Rejection Letters to Writing Full-Time
Squeezing in his writing between clients, a determined body-piercer reinvents himself as a novelist.
Read More
Maria Murnane - Who Says Writing Won't Pay the Bills?
Author
Maria Murnane
Who says Writing Won't Pay the Bills?
Publishers told Maria Murnane that "chick lit" was dead, but she was determined to prove them wrong and make her book a success.
Read More
Christopher Herz - Storyteller Takes His Book to the Streets
Author
Christopher Herz
Storyteller Takes His Book to the Streets
Christopher Herz wrote in the mornings before work and on the subway home. He sold his book on the streets until he got his big break.
Read More
Kristiana Gregory - Veteran Author Can Reach Kids Again
Author
Kristiana Gregory
Veteran Author Can Reach Kids Again
It crushed Kristiana Gregory when her books went out of print. She tells how a family effort brought them back.
Read More
Theresa Ragan - Overnight Success, 20 Years in the Making
Author
Theresa Ragan
Overnight Success, 20 Years in the Making
After 19 years of publishers' rejections, Theresa Ragan self-published, and Amazon customers made her an overnight success.
Read More
Superior Arch - Keeping Dancers on Their Toes
Small Business Owner
Superior Arch
Keeping Dancers on Their Toes
When an Arizona mom made a padded board to help her young ballerina stretch, the dancing world beat a path to her door.
Read More
Tech Armor - Creating Jobs
Small Business Owner
Tech Armor
Creating Jobs
Business is booming for Eric and Joseph, who aspire to nothing less than winning customers for life.
Read More
Pike Place Fish Market - More Fish for More Customers
Small Business Owner
Pike Place Fish Market
More Fish for More Customers
World-famous fishmongers and dozens of other Seattle originals team up with AmazonFresh to deliver local favorites straight to area doorsteps.
Read More
EasyLunchboxes - Your Kid's Lunchbox Reinvented
Small Business Owner
EasyLunchboxes
Your Kid's Lunchbox Reinvented
This entrepreneurial stay-at-home mom was losing hope, then sales of her EasyLunchBoxes quadrupled.
Read More
Okabashi Shoes - Finding the American Dream Online
Small Business Owner
Okabashi Shoes
Finding the American Dream Online
Third-generation cobbler left sleepless nights behind and found the perfect online solution for his family's business.
Read More
Element Jewelry - Kathy Finds the Life of Her Dreams
Small Business Owner
Element Jewelry
Kathy Finds the Life of Her Dreams
Kathy Wojtczak left 60-hour workweeks behind and found both profits and freedom.
Read More
Honey-Can-Do - From 40 Rejections to 45 Employees
Small Business Owner
Honey-Can-Do
From 40 Rejections to 45 Employees
Struggling maker of stylish home storage solutions transforms into a thriving business.
Read More
Olivabel - One Family's Triumph After Katrina
Small Business Owner
Olivabel
One Family's Triumph After Katrina
After calamity struck the Gulf Coast, a former Florida real estate agent found a surprising new way to support his family.
Read More
State Bicycle Co. - Bicycle Startup Wins Uphill Race
Small Business Owner
State Bicycle Co.
Bicycle Startup Wins Uphill Race
Up against world-class bike manufacturers, State Bicycle Co. sells its cool "fixie" bikes online and wins customer hearts.
Read More
Dreamfoam Bedding - Dreamfoam Gets Your Bed Just Right
Small Business Owner
Dreamfoam Bedding
Dreamfoam Gets Your Bed Just Right
From super soft to rock hard and everywhere in between, new innovation lets you buy your mattress comfortably online.
Read More
Art of Appreciation - Mom's "Little Business" Makes a Big Difference
Small Business Owner
Art of Appreciation
Mom's "Little Business" Makes a Big Difference
Anji Cozart started a small business to make a few extra bucks while staying at home with her small children. Now she employs 40 people.
Read More
Bringing Mars Home - Amazon Web Services Powers NASA Site
Developer
Bringing Mars Home
Amazon Web Services Powers NASA Site
Amazon Web Services helped NASA broadcast Mars Rover's landing live, around the world.
Read More
GoSquared - Teen's Hobby Becomes Serious Business
Developer
GoSquared
Teen's Hobby Becomes Serious Business
14 year-old classmates turn website idea into business.
Read More
Worldreader - For Kids in Africa, a New Way to Learn
Nonprofit
Worldreader
For Kids in Africa, a New Way to Learn
Many children in Africa never own a book. Now students like Obiri are using Kindles to discover a love for reading and open up new possibilities for their future.
Read More
Ned Hayes
author
Ned Hayes
Customers Told Ned His Novel Matters
Kindle Scout readers decided his story about a teen with autism needed to be published.
Read More
Lee Chadeayne
Translator
Lee Chadeayne
His Words Bridge Cultures
Lee's translations connect German writers with English-speaking readers.
Read More
David Anaxagoras
Screenwriter
David Anaxagoras
His Scripts Look Up to Kids
This aspiring screenwriter made sure his script was true to “what I felt as a kid becoming a teen becoming an adult.” Amazon customers thought his creation deserved to become a TV series.
Read More
J.R. Rain
Author
J.R. Rain
Bright Days for J.R. Rain
After decades of rejection by publishers, this lifelong writer is thrilled to have readers who want more and more.
Read More
C.J. Lyons
Author
C.J. Lyons
“Like Entering a Magic Cave”
Independent publishing freed up ex-doctor C.J. Lyons to call her own shots and thrill her readers.
Read More
Author
A.K. Alexander
A Writer's Emergence
No longer mortgaging her house to support her writing—a Kindle Direct Publishing author's success.
Read More
R.C. Bray
Voice Actor
R.C. Bray
The Last Job He Expected to Love
The narrator of The Martian audiobook went from hating books to wanting to read them for a living. Here's how—and why—he switched careers.
Read More
Scott Nicholson
Author
Scott Nicholson
Writing His Own Way
Scott had to decide between keeping his job and taking a chance on self-publishing.
Read More
Jeff Gunhus - Kid Won't Read? You're Not Alone
Author
Jeff Gunhus
Kid Won't Read? You're Not Alone
When Jeff saw his 11-year-old's vocabulary slipping, he tried everything to get him to read. Here's his story of what worked.
Read More
Dan Sheehan - Combat Veteran Redefines Bravery
Author
Dan Sheehan
Combat Veteran Redefines Bravery
Dan Sheehan's memoir about putting his life back together after the Iraq war offers hope and help to veterans and their families.
Read More
Nnedi Okorafor - Books that Change Young Lives
Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Books That Change Young Lives
Worldreader uses Kindles to connect authors like Nnedi Okorafor with kids in Africa who crave stories they can relate to.
Read More
Barry C. Davis - Reaching for His Dream. At 40.
Author
Barry C. Davis
Reaching for His Dream. At 40.
Told his novel would never be accepted, Barry C. Davis put his faith in readers and found an audience on Kindle.
Read More
Regina Sirois - A Breakthrough Young-Adult Novelist
Author
Regina Sirois
A Breakthrough Young-Adult Novelist
Before Amazon customers helped make her young-adult novel an award-winner, agents told Regina her book was "too intelligent."
Read More
Aric Davis - From Daily Rejection Letters to Writing Full-Time
Author
Aric Davis
From Daily Rejection Letters to Writing Full-Time
Squeezing in his writing between clients, a determined body-piercer reinvents himself as a novelist.
Read More
Maria Murnane - Who Says Writing Won't Pay the Bills?
Author
Maria Murnane
Who says Writing Won't Pay the Bills?
Publishers told Maria Murnane that "chick lit" was dead, but she was determined to prove them wrong and make her book a success.
Read More
Christopher Herz - Storyteller Takes His Book to the Streets
Author
Christopher Herz
Storyteller Takes His Book to the Streets
Christopher Herz wrote in the mornings before work and on the subway home. He sold his book on the streets until he got his big break.
Read More
Kristiana Gregory - Veteran Author Can Reach Kids Again
Author
Kristiana Gregory
Veteran Author Can Reach Kids Again
It crushed Kristiana Gregory when her books went out of print. She tells how a family effort brought them back.
Read More
Theresa Ragan - Overnight Success, 20 Years in the Making
Author
Theresa Ragan
Overnight Success, 20 Years in the Making
After 19 years of publishers' rejections, Theresa Ragan self-published, and Amazon customers made her an overnight success.
Read More
Spencer Lindsay
Small Business
Spencer Lindsay
Dad's business shows his daughter she can soar
When this security guard is off the clock, he's in the kitchen crafting his signature sauces.
Read More
Amreek Singh
Small Business
Amreek Singh
Dad's Deliveries Support Daughter's Education
Amazon India's 'I Have Space' program makes it possible for Amreek Singh to save for his family's future.
Read More
Fieldworks Supply Company
Small Business
Fieldworks
Supply Company
Mom's Lesson:
Bet on Yourself
When divorce put Lisa Dolezal's small business in jeopardy, strong sales on Amazon showed her she could still build what she dreamed of for her family.
Read More
eero
Small Business
eero
He's Fixing Bad Wi-Fi
Nick Weaver's startup eero makes getting online simpler.
Read More
Panda Planner
Small Business
Panda Planner
Michael Leip Plans for Positivity
Customers are getting a boost from the little planner he made to rebuild his own life.
Read More
URB-E
Small Business
URB-E
An Invention Gathers Speed
California company gives city-dwellers a new, green way to get around.
Read More
Senda Athletics
Small Business
Senda Athletics
His Soccer Ball Plays Fair
Santiago Halty created Senda Athletics to make fair-trade products part of his favorite sport.
Read More
TenderTanks
Small Business
Tender Tanks
Helping Others with a Simple Shirt.
Carol Largent survived breast cancer. She invented a shirt that makes getting dressed easier for women facing the disease.
Read More
nutpods
Small Business
nutpods
Sweet Success. Hold the Sugar.
A reluctant entrepreneur bet on herself to create a popular dairy-free creamer.
Read More
Maggie Umlauf
Small Business
Maggie Umlauf
Her Goal: Dog-Proof Cars
New mom thrives by making seat covers that protect cars from dogs like hers.
Read More
Solar Jar
Small Business
Solar Jar
Dream Fueled by the Sun
A solar-powered lamp captured Stefan Neubig’s imagination. Now he sells them around the world.
Read More
LSTN Sound
Small Business
LSTN Sound
Headphones with a Cause
This small business donates a portion of its sales to help fund free hearing aids. By buying LSTN's headphones, Amazon customers are changing lives all over the world.
Read More
Tara Reid
Small Business
Tara Reid
Tara's Handmade New Life
She dreamed of handcrafting jewelry for a living, but she could never get her creations in front of enough customers. Then came Handmade at Amazon and a whole new life.
Read More
Sonny's Handyman Services
Small Business
Sonny's Handyman Services
Unlikely Handyman Remodels His Life
Sonny Nguyen had a management job at a luxury car dealership when he got inspired to switch careers and become a handyman.
Read More
Christine Krogue
Small Business
Christine Krogue
Making a Difference, at Home and in Nepal
A mother of four from Utah writes about how her home business created connections between her family and families affected by the earthquake in Nepal.
Read More
Tower Paddle Boards
Small Business
Tower Paddle Boards
A Dad's Lessons in Small Business
Stephan Aarstol thought he needed other people's permission to pursue his dream. He's teaching his son there's a better way.
Read More
Ben Seaman of Eartheasy, seller of LifeStraw
Small Business
LifeStraw
Safe Water Changes Lives
Eartheasy has been able to translate strong sales of LifeStraw into support for a program that brings safe drinking water to schoolkids in Kenya.
Read More
CameraMall
Small Business Owner
CameraMall
Online Camera Store Opens Local Shop
Craig hired Desmond for a summer job after high school. Today, in addition to running a successful online store, they’re co-founders of a vibrant local camera shop.
Read More
The Doll Hospital & Toy Soldier Shop - Building on a Family Legacy
Small Business Owner
The Doll Hospital & Toy Soldier Shop
Building on a Family Legacy
Kathryn Parish's son added Internet sales to build on his family's six-decade tradition of delighting kids and parents with quality toys.
Read More
Bill & Dinah Vogel - Heart of a Family Business
Small Business Owner
Bill & Dinah Vogel
Heart of a Family Business
Bill and Dinah realized their formula for success would have to change when their son, Charlie, was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy at two years old.
Read More
Superior Arch - Keeping Dancers on Their Toes
Small Business Owner
Superior Arch
Keeping Dancers on Their Toes
When an Arizona mom made a padded board to help her young ballerina stretch, the dancing world beat a path to her door.
Read More
Tech Armor - Creating Jobs
Small Business Owner
Tech Armor
Creating Jobs
Business is booming for Eric and Joseph, who aspire to nothing less than winning customers for life.
Read More
DL Byron - Inventing a Clip That Customers Love
Small Business Owner
DL Byron
Inventing a Clip That Customers Love
By insisting on a back-to-basics design that just plain works, DL Byron built the life he wanted.
Read More
cirdan books - Husband and Wife Team Weather Wilma
Small Business Owner
cirdan books
Husband and Wife Team Weather Wilma
Their book-selling business nearly drowned in a record-breaking hurricane. Then they found a way to come back stronger than ever.
Read More
Pike Place Fish Market - More Fish for More Customers
Small Business Owner
Pike Place Fish Market
More Fish for More Customers
World-famous fishmongers and dozens of other Seattle originals team up with AmazonFresh to deliver local favorites straight to area doorsteps.
Read More
Joe Ganahl - Loving Where He Works
Small Business Owner
Joe Ganahl
Loving Where He Works
Moving his company away from its Hawaii home was out of the question.
Read More
Olo Foods - Sales Heat Up for Mom's Invention
Small Business Owner
Olo Foods
Sales Heat Up for Mom's Invention
During her maternity leave, Tessa had an idea—selling chipotle in a tube. She decided to turn her idea into a business.
Read More
Nguyen Family - Revitalizing Dad's American Legacy
Small Business Owner
Nguyen Family
Revitalizing Dad's American Legacy
The recession hit Le Nguyen's mattress factory hard. When his kids rallied the business, customers responded.
Read More
EasyLunchboxes - Your Kid's Lunchbox Reinvented
Small Business Owner
EasyLunchboxes
Your Kid's Lunchbox Reinvented
This entrepreneurial stay-at-home mom was losing hope, then sales of her EasyLunchBoxes quadrupled.
Read More
Okabashi Shoes - Finding the American Dream Online
Small Business Owner
Okabashi Shoes
Finding the American Dream Online
Third-generation cobbler left sleepless nights behind and found the perfect online solution for his family's business.
Read More
Element Jewelry - Kathy Finds the Life of Her Dreams
Small Business Owner
Element Jewelry
Kathy Finds the Life of Her Dreams
Kathy Wojtczak left 60-hour workweeks behind and found both profits and freedom.
Read More
Honey-Can-Do - From 40 Rejections to 45 Employees
Small Business Owner
Honey-Can-Do
From 40 Rejections to 45 Employees
Struggling maker of stylish home storage solutions transforms into a thriving business.
Read More
Olivabel - One Family's Triumph After Katrina
Small Business Owner
Olivabel
One Family's Triumph After Katrina
After calamity struck the Gulf Coast, a former Florida real estate agent found a surprising new way to support his family.
Read More
State Bicycle Co. - Bicycle Startup Wins Uphill Race
Small Business Owner
State Bicycle Co.
Bicycle Startup Wins Uphill Race
Up against world-class bike manufacturers, State Bicycle Co. sells its cool "fixie" bikes online and wins customer hearts.
Read More
Dreamfoam Bedding - Dreamfoam Gets Your Bed Just Right
Small Business Owner
Dreamfoam Bedding
Dreamfoam Gets Your Bed Just Right
From super soft to rock hard and everywhere in between, new innovation lets you buy your mattress comfortably online.
Read More
Art of Appreciation - Mom's "Little Business" Makes a Big Difference
Small Business Owner
Art of Appreciation
Mom's "Little Business" Makes a Big Difference
Anji Cozart started a small business to make a few extra bucks while staying at home with her small children. Now she employs 40 people.
Read More
BandPage - Powered by Amazon Web Services and Bringing Music to Fans
Developer
BandPage
Powered by Amazon Web Services and Bringing Music to Fans
From booking bands for a small coffee shop in his Virginia hometown to creating a music app that helps more than 500,000 bands and individual artists connect with their fans.
Read More
Bringing Mars Home - Amazon Web Services Powers NASA Site
Developer
Bringing Mars Home
Amazon Web Services Powers NASA Site
Amazon Web Services helped NASA broadcast Mars Rover's landing live, around the world.
Read More
Duolingo - Bringing More Languages to More People
Developer
Duolingo
Bringing More Languages to More People
Using Amazon Web Services, startup can focus on what it does so well—teaching the world new languages.
Read More
Malcolm Box - TV's Future? In the Cloud
Developer
Malcolm Box
TV's Future? In the Cloud
How losing his job helped Malcolm change the way people watch TV.
Read More
Delivering on Results Day - Universities and College Admissions Services
Developer
Delivering on Results Day
Universities and College Admissions Services
Amazon Web Services helps UK colleges deliver superb admissions experience.
Read More
Missing Children Europe - From Not Found to Social Good
Developer
Missing Children Europe
From Not Found to Social Good
Missing Children Europe transforms error messages into something meaningful.
Read More
GoSquared - Teen's Hobby Becomes Serious Business
Developer
GoSquared
Teen's Hobby Becomes Serious Business
14 year-old classmates turn website idea into business.
Read More
Pencils of Promise - Education for Every Child
Nonprofit
Pencils of Promise
Education for Every Child
AmazonSmile customers helped build a school in Ghana. That's just the beginning.
Read More
Wonderbag - The Ultimate in Slow Cooking
Nonprofit
Wonderbag
The Ultimate in Slow Cooking
Remembering her grandmother's old method of keeping food warm, Sarah realized that same technology could be reinvented to change the world.
Read More
Worldreader - For Kids in Africa, a New Way to Learn
Nonprofit
Worldreader
For Kids in Africa, a New Way to Learn
Many children in Africa never own a book. Now students like Obiri are using Kindles to discover a love for reading and open up new possibilities for their future.
Read More
Code.org - Bringing Coding to Students Everywhere
Nonprofit
Code.org
Bringing Coding to Students Everywhere
Using Amazon Web Services to ensure Code.org's platform could reach 20 million new coders during Hour of the Code.
Read More
EdX - A Classroom with Room for Everyone
Nonprofit
EdX
A Classroom with Room for Everyone
A bold nonprofit is connecting learners everywhere with some of the greatest teachers in the world for free.
Read More
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Did you know? Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street is the first kids' series to receive a greenlight from Amazon Studios' open-door pilot submissions process. First time writer David Anaxagoras, a preschool teacher, was one of many aspiring filmmakers and screenwriters who submitted their ideas for original series through AmazonStudios.com.