london silicon roundabout weekly newsletter 23-september-2011

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ISSUE 23 SEPTEMBER 2011

Dear member,

We have just launched Junior TechMeetups at Hackney Community College with

the support of our partners - Hackney Council, the Learning Trust & The Mayor's

Office. We are looking for LSR members from the area who wants to get involved.

You might have interesting technology for schools & colleges, want students to joinyour Startup or simply have a few hours to volunteer. Do write to us to see how

you can get involved, we need all the support we can get to make this work.

UPCOMING EVENTS

London Silicon Roundabout October Meetup Crowd Camp

October 6, 2011 (Thursday) 6:00 PMInnovation Warehouse, 1 East Poultry, 1

stFloor, EC1A 9PT London

[RSVP HERE]

Techmeetups Events

11-Nov:BeMyAppWeekend

06-Dec:London Silicon Roundabout November Meetup SocMed

* Our Nov & Dec event dates have change so please cross check your RSVPs

26-Sep:Business Analysis Conference Europe 2011

26-Sep:Semantic Tech & Business Conference

26-Sep:Mobile Monday London: Accessibility Workshop

27-Sep:Tom Wilkie on Castle

27-Sep:London IA September 2011

28-Sep:Monetising Mobile

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28-Sep:Mobile Learning: Now and the Future

28-Sep:Flagons Den Demo Night

28-Sep:Music 4.5: Brand Discovery...

28-Sep:London Node.js User Group Meetup - September 201129-Sep:Mozilla Add-on SDK Workshop

29-Sep:The Gamification of Everything

29-Sep:Hacker News London Meetup September 2011

29-Sep:Appsjunction Sep 2011 - Developers, Clients, Apps, Ideas

30-Sep:Viadeo Hackday

01-Oct:API Developer Day

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

Meet 5 stand out startups from this years Pitch 11 event September 22, 2011

This past Thursday was the Pitch 11 Event, a chance for nearly 90 startups to pitch

their wares to interested investors, potential collaborators and startup enthusiasts,

held at the home of the San Francisco Giants, AT&T Field

FilmFunds Crowd-Sources the Test Screening September 22, 2011

FilmFunds, a new company designed to replace test screenings with a social

platform, launched at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Talent Hot-Spots in Emerging Markets September 20, 2011

Slow long-term growth forecasts from the IMF in advanced economies mean that

unemployment and salary levels are set for modest improvements, reflected in

theRadford Trends Report Q2 2011 Edition.
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TCi Eric Van Der Kleij Tech City Investment Organisation September 20, 2011

Facebook and Blackberry make links

with Bow school at technology launch September 19, 2011

Leading firms including Facebook and Blackberry chose an east London girls school

to launch a venture aimed at steering more young people into technology careers.

Lord Sassoon visits Tech City to talk Open Data September 19, 2011

Lord Sassoon, commercial secretary to the Treasury, paid a visit to the Tech City

start-up hub in Londons East End on Friday to discuss how the governments Open

Data strategy can help tech entrepreneurs.

Tech City happy to annex restof UK September 18, 2011

The man behind the Governments plans to create a new Silicon Valley in East

London is happy for the tech hub to spread across the UK.

The Future of Tech City Defining the proposition September 17, 2011

Future of London teamed up with Work Foundation and the Big Innovation Centre

to discuss the big challenges facing Tech City in East London.

Oscar Jazdowski: Why Silicon Valley Bank came to London September 17, 2011

As far as Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is concerned, the decision to base our European

operation in London was not a difficult one.

Tech City Video: V3 talks

to the entrepreneurs of Silicon Roundabout September 17, 2011

Last year the government announced its intention to build a Tech City in Londons

East End to rival Silicon Valley

We have also created subject specific Newspapers on Mobile Apps, Gaming,

Startups,Cloud Computing, &London Silicon Roundabout
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JOBS

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(Full-Time)

The job is based at our Primrose Hill offices in London and would involve working

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Our driver app is rapidly gaining popularity among Londons black cab drivers (with

take-up increasing at an eye-watering rate). Now we are on the cusp of launching

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Our driver app is rapidly gaining popularity among Londons black cab drivers (with

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If you have a job you would like to promote post it atTechStartupJobs

READING &VIEWING

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The Tech World Deserves Better Than TechCrunch Xconomy

Startup accelerators and Internet bubbles Reuters

More Startup info atTechStartHub
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