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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.
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
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.
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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