Technology Events, Promotion & Marketing

WE E K LY N E W SL E TT ER

ISSUE 28 OCTOBER 2011

Dear LSR member, We had a great inaugural Startup Masterclass. Over 80 members majority being Startups & a few students attended so Thank you to all for coming. Due to the demand for these short Masterclasses; we are planning regular classes in the next few months so hope to see you there. For those who missed it the slides have been loaded on the TechStartHub site.

EVENTS
London Silicon Roundabout November Meetup - BeMyApp Weekend November 11-13, 2011 (Friday-Sunday) [ RSVP HERE ] Startup Masterclass: How to make sure you're investment and exit ready November 8, 2011 (Tuesday) 6:00 PM UCL, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London [ RSVP HERE ] London Silicon Roundabout December Meetup SocMed December 8, 2011 (Thursday) 6:00 PM Innovation Warehouse, 1 East Poultry, 1st Floor, EC1A 9PT [ RSVP HERE ] * Our Nov & Dec event dates have change so please cross check your RSVPs

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31-Oct: JAX London 2011 - Autumn Edition 31-Oct: MobileTech London 01-Nov: The Better Angels of our Nature 02-Nov: Pitch Workshop 02-Nov: NOSQL eXchange 2011 02-Nov: LiDG 33 03-Nov: Is there a better kind of efficiency? 03-Nov: I'll Have What Shes Having 04-Nov: Mozilla Festival 2011 We hope to see you at some of these meetups. Do let us know if you would like us to organise meetups on any other subject or topic. If you have an Event you would like to promote let us know

IN THE NEWS
Kevin Hartz, the Silicon Valley whizz kid taking on Old Street October 27, 2011 Ticketing tech wonder Eventbrite raised $50m in Series E funding earlier this year. Now, its heading to London Taylor Wessing to open second London office in new tech push October 27, 2011 Taylor Wessing is to launch a second London office in east Londons Tech City as the firm looks to add to its client base with more UK and international technology start-ups. Tech Weekly Live: Tech City Talk (Enterprise) Reading October 26, 2011 If you build it, will they come? In November 2010, the government announced an innovation cluster called Tech City based in Londons East End. But whats actually behind the catchy title? Heres some background reading about tonights Tech Weekly Tech City Talk.

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Tech City: Inside Londons digital start-up hothouse October 26, 2011 For many Londoners, the east of the capital the area around Shoreditch and Hoxton is associated with a tribe of hipper-than-thou kids wearing shoes with no socks, glasses with no glass in them, and riding bikes with no gears. More than 500 developer jobs around Silicon Roundabout up for grabs October 25, 2011 More than 500 jobs will be showcased at Silicon Milkroundabout, a jobs fair for the London start-up community, which is taking place this Sunday. France Telecom, Publicis Said to Plan Joint Technology Fund October 25, 2011 France Telecom SA and Publicis SA agreed to set up a venture-capital fund focused on European technology startups, boosting support for the regions entrepreneurs, two people with knowledge of the plan said. Silicon Roundabout comes to Buckingham Palace October 22, 2011 It might be the most significant meeting of British royals and geeks since Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the web, received his knighthood in 2003. We have also created subject specific Newspapers on Mobile Apps, Gaming, Startups, Cloud Computing, & London Silicon Roundabout

JOBS
Developer Evangelist @ Twilio (Full-Time) Engage in technical conversations in the Twilio software development community with both existing and prospective customers. Generate content blog posts, sample code, screencasts, howtos, tweets whatever gets the word out & helps developers discover Twilio and our API. Provide world-class customer support on Twilio forums, email, social networks and wherever else technical questions arise. Experienced App Developer @ Shopazu (Full-Time) We are seeking a creative Mobile App Developer with 4-6 years experience to lead our mobile app development across iOS and Android. The ideal candidate should

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have a track record for developing commercial apps and an eye for creating slick, user-friendly customer interfaces. You will report to the CTO and work closely with the management team. Senior Software Engineer/Lead Developer @ Shopazu (Full-Time) We are seeking a world-class Senior Developer with 6-10 years experience to join our team as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Engineer. The CTO will be an integral part of the company and will lead the development team. The right applicant should be entrepreneurial, creative, proactive and have an interest in mobile innovation. The CTO will take on the technical leadership for the development of the Shopazu platform. Exciting mobile application challenge CTO potential @ andacojo (Full-Time) Setting up a smartphone based transport service from scratch. Handling massiv amounts of real time location based data. Using IOS/Android/ZEND If you have a job you would like to promote post it at TechStartupJobs

READING &VIEWING
Investment, Company Structure and Marketing Techmeetups Technology 200: Mobile, Interactive Marketing, and Crowdsourcing. Oh My! Venture Beat How to know when to leave your startup Venture Beat First international startup accelerator opens in Moscow East-West Digital News Some of Social Media Marketing is Community Management Tim Berry Saas Math Case Study: Dropbox StartupCFO Yammer Plays Facebook Card in Big-Business Poker Match Wired

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Infographic US Startup Funding by the Numbers Angel Investment Network Bootstrapping a Software Product Bram.us Entrepreneurship Myth: You Require An MBA to Start-up Pluggd.in Does Your Investment Pitch Have an IP Slide? IP Law for Startups Reflections from Lean Startup Machine 10/2011 Giff Constable Reduce Friction, Increase Happiness Tech Crunch Ten Tips On How To Work With Your Board Of Directors Tech Crunch More Startup info at TechStartHub

MEMBER OFFERS
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OUR PARTNERS
Jeffreys Henry LLP Jeffreys Henry LLP is well-known among their clients to be pro-active, hands on, responsive, approachable, straight-talking, and personable Jeffreys Henry LLP has been shortlisted in the Best Service Provider to Startups category by The Europas 2011. Jeffreys Henry is a top-1oo accountancy firm based just off Londons Silicon Roundabout . Please take a second to vote for Jeffreys Henry at http://theeuropas.com/vote/, select Jeffreys Henry LLP and click Vote. Elance Instant online staffing for your Business Radford Radford has provided compensation market intelligence to the technology and life sciences industries. WebMynd San Francisco HQ WebMynd ties up with TechMeetups to help London Silicon Roundabout companies develop cross platform apps more easily HR Insight HR Insight is a London Silicon Roundabout based Human Resource & Employment law specialists

Have a great weekend! Rgds, Shawn London Silicon Roundabout Cris Kerwin Pabuaya