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You read that right, it’s easier than you think and we’re going to tell you how, step by step.

Bahrain’s Technology Week will be running from 25th to 28th September, beginning with the AWS Summit and concluding with the MITEF Innovation Forum, which are both taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, two minutes away from the Technology Week Pavilion which will be running throughout the entire week.

The Technology Week Pavilion is held in collaboration between the Bahrain Economic Development Board, Amazon Web Services, and the StartUp Bahrain community. This whole week is your perfect chance to connect, collaborate and learn more about technology, cybersecurity, AWS in Bahrain, and at the same time network with the StartUp Bahrain community which will be exhibiting the entire week! #techWeekBH

Now, let’s cut to the chase, here’s how you can win $50,000 and $20,000:

  1. Apply to the “FACE-OFF ON THE BAY” startup competition organized by Brinc, a global IOT accelerator, and C5 Accelerate, a technology innovation firm and an architect of the Cloud10 Scalerator program, which will be running from September 27th to the 28th.
  2. Meet the eligibility criteria, get up on stage, pitch your brilliant startup idea to the judges and the audience.
  3. Wow the judges and win $50,000 in cash by Tamkeen Bahrain as the first place winner prize, as well as get an all-paid trip to Web Summit Lisbon. For the second place prize, you can win $20,000, also by Tamkeen Bahrain!

Here’s how you can win $5,000 in cash by Tamkeen Bahrain:

  1. Apply to the “FACE-OFF ON THE BAY” startup competition.
  2. Get your friends, family, and users to vote for your startup on the @startupbahrain Instagram page by following the account and liking the picture you are tagged in.
  3. The most voted startup will win $5,000 in cash, by Tamkeen Bahrain.

Here’s how you can get 1,000 or 10,000 AWS credits to use for your startup:

  1. Apply to the “FACE-OFF ON THE BAY” startup competition.
  2. Immediately get 1,000 AWS credits, just because they’re nice!
  3. Make it to the qualifying rounds (second heat) and receive 10,000 AWS credits.

Not participating in the Face-Off? Here’s how you can win a brand-new iPhone, one every night during that week:

  1. Follow @startupbahrain on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or all to increase your chances.
  2. Sit back and relax, and a brand new iPhone could be yours by the end of the night.

You’re still here? What are you waiting for? Cease the chance to win all the above before someone else does.

Don’t forget to follow @startupbahrain on Twitter and Instagram for live and full coverage of four days of awesome activities.