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London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 20 JANUARY 2012

Dear LSR member, We have just passed the 1,800 members mark which is a great way to end the week. Welcome to all our recent new members! Heres what weve got coming up for the rest of this month: If youre looking for investment or thinking about it, come along to our Behind the Scenes with VCs and Venture Backed Startups Masterclass on Monday 23 Jan where the line-up is fantastic two experienced VCs and two successful fundraisers will share behind-the-scene stories of raising seed investment, preparing for further rounds and how the cash changed their startup. Further, if you think your startup is at the stage where youre ready to raise anywhere between 200k to 3m; get in touch. We are currently in preparation for our first investor day and will be considering a couple more investment-ready startups to pitch to our panel of Angels and VCs. Email me at olga@techmeetups.com if youd like more info. Then, on Monday 30 Jan we have a very special presentation by Adam Lashinsky, the senior editor at large at Fortune magazine and author of the acclaimed new book Inside Apple. Adam has been following Apple for over 15 years and will be sharing some of the companys strategies and secrets hes uncovered during various interviews with its staff. His presentation on the night is entitled Apple: Worlds Largest Startup and hell be concentrating on lessons that startups can learn from the companys success.

Have a nice weekend, Olga London Silicon Roundabout Group @techmeetupsLSR

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EVENTS
Startup Masterclass: Behind the Scenes with VCs and Venture-backed Startups January 23, 2012 (Monday) 6:00 PM Innovation Warehouse, 1 East Poultry Avenue, 1st Floor, EC1A 9PT [ RSVP HERE ] Apple: World's Largest Startup. Special presentation by Adam Lashinsky January 30, 2012 (Monday) 6:00 PM Innovation Warehouse, 1 East Poultry Avenue, 1st Floor, EC1A 9PT [ RSVP HERE ] London Silicon Roundabout February Meetup BeMyApp Mobile Olympics 2012 February 24 26, 2012 Venue To Be Announced [ RSVP HERE ] 21-Jan: Start it up! Entrepreneurs, do what you have to do! 23-Jan: Simon Brown's Software Architecture For Developers Workshop 23-Jan: InterconnectionWorld Forum 23-Jan: Customer Experience Management in Telecoms 23-Jan: London iOS Technical Group: Prototyping your iPhone/iPad app 23-Jan: London Web Standards - January 23-Jan: Central Presents... Startup Week 24-Jan: Your Marketing Strategy Made Easy 24-Jan: Business Workshop: Think Differently for 2012 and Achieve Greater Business Success 24-Jan: Workshop on young people

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24-Jan: Cyber Defence & Network Security 24-Jan: Content Strategy Lightning Talks 24-Jan: Crowdsourcing analysis for policymakers 25-Jan: Chartwell Conversation: Fostering Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs 25-Jan: Lean Startup Metrics - The Keys to Success 25-Jan: co-creating a discovery workshop 25-Jan: Lean Startup Metrics - the keys to success 25-Jan: Hacker News London meetup January 2012 25-Jan: Learning Technologies 2012 25-Jan: Mobile Games Forum 25-Jan: CloudCamp London 26-Jan: Finance, Tax & Accounting Clinic @ Central Working 26-Jan: Amoo Booster Series: Online PR - build your brand at Internet speed 26-Jan: Kick Start your Startup with Rachel Bridge 26-Jan: OSHUG #15 Wireless 26-Jan: Cut and Paste London 27-Jan: How entrepreneurship and innovation affects a city 27-Jan: The Design of Understanding 2012 28-Jan: Rewired State: Social TV Education 28-Jan: London Green Hackathon 28-Jan: Winter Hackathon

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IN THE NEWS
NYSAs first event kicked off successfully January 19, 2012 TechMeetups meetup group in New York also known as New York Silicon Alley or NYSAs first event kicked off successfully with an amazing line up of two all-star social media industry debaters, 3 innovative start-up presenters, and of course the dedication of our fantastic NYSA planning committee. Over 40 attendees showed up on Tuesday, 13th Dec 2012 to support NYSA and get a taste of our amazing beer selection. Top tips for starting your own business January 19, 2012 With youth unemployment at record highs, one way for young people to get a job is to start their own business. Instead of waiting for someone else to hire you, why not set up a company and employ yourself? But how do you launch a business during an economic downturn? Apple Navigates China Maze January 18, 2012 Apple Inc. is increasingly finding itself pinched between the promise and perils of doing business in China. That challenge was thrown into sharp relief by a pair of developments Friday. Under pressure from activists in the U.S. and abroad, the company released a 27-page report detailing working conditions throughout its supply chain, which sprawls throughout Asia, but especially China. Kirsten Gillibrand On New Yorks New Digital Future January 18, 2012 At the ABNY breakfast this morning, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said growing New Yorks technology sector is key to improving the states economy. She said she hopes to help high tech companies flourish in New York by pursuing new legislation, investment and tax credits, and by supporting the push for an NYU and Polytech applied sciences campus in Brooklyn. White House Says It Opposes Parts of Two Antipiracy Bills January 17, 2012 The Obama administration said Saturday that it strongly opposed central elements of two Congressional efforts to enforce copyrights on the Internet, all but killing the current versions of legislation that has divided both political parties and pitted Hollywood against Silicon Valley.

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New York rising: Brooklyn gets its first VC fund January 17, 2012 With all the momentum around New Yorks burgeoning tech scene, the focus has been on Manhattan and various startups taking off there. But Charlie ODonnell, a principal at First Round Capital, thinks Brooklyn is increasingly where the action is, and hes launching the first Brooklyn-based venture capital fund to help kick-start companies on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge. Hello VentureBeat: Im your new sleuth in Silicon Alley, serving up scoops with your morning coffee January 16, 2012 I didnt know much about the Silicon Alley scene until the day I stumbled into NYC Resistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn. That was about three years ago. The air smelled like burning metal and people were talking about laser cutters and 3D printers and robots that dispensed drinks. It was a little slice of geek heaven, I thought, and maybe a good focus for my career as a journalist. Can New York City ever be the next Silicon Valley? January 16, 2012 For years now different cities not only in the U.S. but across the world have hoped to become the next Silicon Valley but none of them have slightly come close to compete against the Tech Capital of the world. Collaborative Consumption Reaches the Garage January 14, 2012 That Dodge Nitro sure looks like a sweet ride. Parked in an alley near Bostons Symphony Hall, its just waiting to be boosted. My accomplice and I pull our winter caps low and sidle up to the white SUV. I pull out an electronic card, pass it along the windshield, and hear a reassuring click as the door locks release. We quickly duck into the seats, find the hidden ignition key, and start it up. No alarms. I step lightly on the gas and we pull away. JWT Creative Hires Represent Needed Sizzle January 14, 2012 With the appointment of new creative leaders from Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, JWT CEO Bob Jeffrey seems to be trying to regain the star power he lost when Ty Montague left in 2010.

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StartUp Games to attract foreign start-ups to Tech City January 13, 2012 The government is to invite 300 international start-ups to Tech City at the same time as the Paralympic Games, to take part in a new StartUp Games initiative. The event which will be organised by the governments trade and investment promotion industry, UKTI, in cooperation with the Olympic Park Legacy Company will see foreign start-ups compete to be recognised among the worlds highest potential start-ups. Heres Where I See Tech Going In 2012 January 13, 2012 2011 was a watershed year for technology throughout the world (see my post), with technology enabling collaborative consumption, mobile marketing, empowered individuals, social commerce and disruption in the education sector. 2012 is poised to be even more exciting. Whats in store? We have also created subject specific Newspapers on Mobile Apps, Gaming, Startups, Cloud Computing, & London Silicon Roundabout

JOBS
Senior Ruby Developer @ Shutl (Full-Time) Shutl is looking for a Senior Ruby Developer and Agile Evangelist to join our exciting London based tech startup. This is a tremendous opportunity to join a high profile/growth venture backed business with an awesome team that is making some major waves. The right candidate will join Shutls engineering team based in Shoreditch, and will be instrumental in architecting, designing, building, and scaling the Shutl technology platform. Head of Business Development @ skimlinks (Full-Time) At Skimlinks, we have a team of bright, passionate business development managers, who believe in our company motto that we dont just sell our technology to our customers, but we sell ourselves: our love of innovation, our empathetic approach to winning and retaining customers, and desire to delight everyone we come in contact with. We want someone to lead this team and take Skimlinks to further greatness.

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JavaScript Front End Engineer @PeerIndex (Full-Time) You: a Javascript ninja (yeah, we hate saying it) who is sick of getting the call for yet another website that is more of brochure-ware and marketing glitz. You have been itching to prove that MVC works ont he front-end as well. Youd love to create engaging interactions using HTML5/CSS3 solutions that run on the better browsers, iPads, mobile devices so your friends and family can understand what it is you do beyond my son/daughter makes the Internet. Sales Executive @ Gloople (Full-Time) If you are passionate about sales and excited by technology and the world of ecommerce and social media and want to work in a growing sales team, then this is the job for you. We are young, fast moving and entrepreneurial and we are looking for a smart, friendly sales executive with a passion for technology and sales to be part of the team. You will be working in our lovely offices near the Silicon Valley in Shoreditch and be paid your expenses + commission. Flash Developer @ Bossa Studios (Full-Time) We are looking for experienced Action Script Developers to join our coding team. You will be working on next generation social games for Facebook; these are big projects and take a minimum of 6 months. The environment is fun, rewarding and challenging. We believe in all hands to the pumps as the situation requires, a high degree of flexibility in your attitude to work is essential. VP Product Delivery / CTO @ The Currency Cloud (Full-Time) The Currency Cloud is now seeking to strengthen its Executive Team with the addition of VP Product / CTO. This position will work alongside the Managing Director, Chief Architect and report directly into the CEO.Based in London this role will have responsibility for managing the build, development and delivery of The Currency Clouds platform. Candidate must have experience of building and maintaining a high traffic online platform. Product Manager @ Project Enthuse (Full-Time) There is a strong element of project management to the role. The product manager has to manage a product increment through the cycle, from requirements gathering, inception, design, development and then testing and QA. We follow the agile and scrum methodologies. Reporting to the CEO, the Product Manager will be

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READING & VIEWING


Six Marketing Mistakes at CES 2012 Harvard Business Review Oh Private Money, Where Art Thou? ArcticStartUp How to Start Up in the New Year Small Business Why Startups Shouldnt Hire PR Firms Business Insider Social Entertainment Network GetGlue Raises $12 Million In New Financing TechCrunch Techstars Startup Contently Raises $2 Million From Lightbank To Hoard 3,000+ Freelance Writers For Advertisers Business Insider Mayor Bloomberg Will Learn How To Write Code In 2012 TPM Idea Lab Capital Sources Reveal Easier Path For New Business Success Active Filings Help unlock London, UK on SkillShare. Click here to vote and tweet I want @techstarthub to teach startup masterclass on @skillshare. http://skl.sh/qUt5WK #unlockLondonUK More Startup info at TechStartHub

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