London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 17 February 2012 Dear LSR Member, Message of the week is: get ready for BeMyApp on 24-26 Feb! Heres how the numbers stack up for the event right now: 90+ people registered including developers, designers, marketers and app idea generators 1 minute for idea generators to pitch their app idea on Friday night 48 hours to build a prototype (well, 46 actually by the time youve formed your team) 5 minutes for teams to pitch their prototype on Sunday evening to a jury of experts in mobile 5 fantastic mentors giving you advice over the weekend including Bob Schukai, Global Head of Mobile Tech at Thomson Reuters and David Harfield from iPhoneAppCafe who reviews apps every single day 2 great tools for developers to try out from Cloudbees and Mashery plus support from them throughout the weekend 1 great presentation from Paul Ardeleanu, top app veteran, on how to best structure your time over the weekend to build the best possible prototype A prize pot for the winning team to support your app launch including contributions from Cloudbees, Squarespace, Elance, TechMeetups and more. Plus, there will be a special prize for the developer that builds the best Mashery hack using any of the APIs in their network: http://developer.mashery.com/apis Register for BeMyApp here. In other news - Id like to welcome our new Group Sponsor: EC1 Capital. Theyve launched just this week and were delighted to be supporting them as they get their name known around Londons tech scene. They will be investing between 25k 200k in early stage digital startups with solid teams showing tangible progression. Have a nice weekend, Olga olga[at]techmeetups[dot]com London Silicon Roundabout Group

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EVENTS London Silicon Roundabout February Meetup BeMyApp Mobile Olympics 2012 February 24 26, 2012 Venue: Innovation Warehouse [ RSVP HERE ] EcomSummit - London Silicon Roundabout March Meetup March 15, 2012 Venue: Innovation Warehouse [ RSVP HERE ]

20-Feb: Are you following me? 20-Feb: Martine Devos' Certified ScrumMaster and Estimation Class 20-Feb: In The Brain of Andreas Ohlund 20-Feb: Digital DJ's 20-Feb: SES London 21-Feb: Caf Scientifique: Some science of your mobile phone 21-Feb: LJC - The London Developer Sessions

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21-Feb: LJC - Zero Downtime of JavaEE applications and Home Automation with Java and Arduino 21-Feb: London Ruby User Group February 2012 21-Feb: Joel Spolsky @TechHub 21-Feb: Tech Bootcamp 21-Feb: sameAs: storytelling 21-Feb: UCL & LSE Startup Speed Dating 21-Feb: Tech Startup Bootcamp 21-Feb: Entrepreneur Country February Forum 2012 21-Feb: Writing to sell - afternoon session 22-Feb: The Creative Juice - The Changing Face of Recruitment 22-Feb: JCI London presents: Guide to the disruptive business world 22-Feb: SETsquared Workshop: Recruitment 22-Feb: Maybe its time you started your own business? 22-Feb: So What is Data Science? 22-Feb: Hacker News London Meetup February 2012 22-Feb: London Node.js User Group Meetup - February 2012 22-Feb: Executive Speaker Series Presents: Craig Massey - CEO of Last Second Tickets

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22-Feb: Meet the... Nominet Trust 22-Feb: #TruLondon 22-Feb: How we got our startup from idea to launch 23-Feb: Paywall Strategies 2012 23-Feb: PHP UK Conference 2012 23-Feb: Maonomics 23-Feb: Freight advice workshop (Southwark, London) PM 23-Feb: The Beginners guide to the Lean Start-up (How to bootstrap a high growth business). 24-Feb: @TechHub PR42 Press and Comms workshop 01-Mar: Angel Investors - The Full DNA From The Expert!

IN THE NEWS Blocking the web is the wrong way to help creative industries February 14, 2012 The internet economy is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK. It already represents 7pc of GDP and that number is growing rapidly.. Ten East London Tech Startups to Watch February 14, 2012

Europes tech industry seems to have found base in East London, or at least thats how the U.K. government plans on selling Londons newly expanded Tech City district.

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We have also created subject specific Newspapers on Mobile Apps, Gaming, Startups, Cloud Computing, & London Silicon Roundabout JOBS Front-end Web developer for leading online art retailer @ Easyart (Full-Time) Easyart are looking for a talented and passionate Front-end Web Developer to join our growing technology team in London. Youll be responsible for the continual improvement of the design, functionality, usability and sales conversion of our network of websites. Youll need a keen eye for design, be fluent in HTML and CSS and have a passion for making apps that people love to use. Ruby and JavaScript Programmer (other languages may be OK!) @ bullresearch (Full-Time) The team is looking to teach a keen recruit the tricks of the trade, so while commercial experience can only be a benefit, we are looking for evidence that you have a passion for programming. If youre good enough for this job, we expect you to teach us a thing or too as well. Technical Co Founder/CTO @ Nutshell (Part-Time) Nutshell is looking for a technical co-founder/CTO to be able to build on the first Nutshell iteration and then provide the inspiration and technical capabilities behind developing Nutshell 2.0 which will be quickly iterated from the launch clients feedback. The ability to deliver a high quality site as the development requests come in will make or break the potential huge success that Nutshell is on the brink of exploiting. Android Developer @ ribot (Full-Time) Well, were a group of designers, developers and general tech tinkerers who have come together to make future interfaces simpler and more helpful. Were based by the sea down in Brighton, work with Tesco, Google, Intel, Swiftkey & others and weve been around for some 5 years now.

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READING & VIEWING Starting Up: London Vs. The Valley Innovator Inside 14 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week PO Today in Tech: Whats Google doing with $120 million? FORTUNE Silicon Valley wont dominate the tech world forever TNW Subscription Startups Are Very Fat Cash Cows The New York Tech Blog Startup Turns Data Crunching into a High-Stakes Sport Technology Review How to Get More From Your Brands Facebook Data Ad Age Nonprofit Marketers: Rebels With a Cause Who Help Make a Difference Ad Age Mark really?! ITPR Startups pass on Silicon Valley to find their fortunes in New York GIGAOM Turn your socializing into networking SILICON PARIRE Why VCs Are Getting Into PR TC

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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