london silicon roundabout weekly newsletter 20-january-2012

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L o n d o n S i l i c o n R o u n d a b o u t

W e e k l y N e w s l e t t e r

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 ourBehind 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 fundraiserswill 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

[email protected] 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 Startupand 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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E V E N T S

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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I N T H E N E W S

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, 2012With 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 ofdevelopments 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

J O B S

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 e-

commerce 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

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