WE E K LY N E W SL E TT ER

ISSUE 07 OCTOBER 2011

Dear LSR member, Thank you for coming to the Oct Meetup of the Silicon Roundabout Group. This month it was on Crowd Sourcing 'Crowd Camp 2011' & we had 4 great presenters using crowd sourcing in different ways. We had only 1 cancellation last evening which I think is quite remarkable. For those that could not make it we had live streamed the presentation & will be shortly uploading the presentation videos as well as detailed presenter interviews. We have secured a larger space for our Startup Masterclass and have now opened up more places for members at the special price of GBP 10 for the evening & GBP 7 for students.

EVENTS London Silicon Roundabout November Meetup - BeMyApp Weekend November 11-13, 2011 (Friday-Sunday) [ RSVP HERE ] Startup Masterclass: Investment, Company Structure and Marketing October 24, 2011 (Monday) 6:00 PM UCL, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London [ RSVP HERE ] London Silicon Roundabout November Meetup SocMed December 8, 2011 (Thursday) 6:00 PM Innovation Warehouse, 1 East Poultry, 1st Floor, EC1A 9PT [ RSVP HERE ]

* Our Nov & Dec event dates have change so please cross check your RSVPs 10-Oct: London Ruby User Group October 2011 10-Oct: Twitter London Dev Teatime 11-Oct: London Ajax User Group Meetup: WebSockets and Template Systems 12-Oct: Silver lining: how the cloud is transforming government IT 12-Oct: David Pollak's Lift Basics Workshop 12-Oct: JUMP 13-Oct: Scala Lift Off London 2011 13-Oct: Scala Helix: the searchable cylinder of awesome 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 Pepsi announces financial award for 10 tech startups October 6, 2011 Pepsi drinks manufacturer PepsiCo has selected ten European technology start-up companies to support, with most of them in the UK. Can Britain foster the next Google? October 6, 2011 America has Silicon Valley: home to Facebook, Google and a constellation of other technology stars present and future. Now, in East London, the Government hopes Britain will muster a belated response, writes Matt Warman. The day Cisco tried to drown me October 6, 2011 The London 2012 Olympics is a test not only for the athletes taking part, but also for the IT suppliers whose technologies help to make it all happen. Firebox.com joins Google in Londons Tech City October 4, 2011 Gadget retailer Firebox.com has revealed it will be joining Google in Londons Tech City.

Lords Of The Ring: The Tech Titans of Silicon Roundabout October 4, 2011 A traffic-choked corner of east London seems an unlikely rival to Silicon Valley. But Google has just moved in and some of Britains brightest minds live next door. Record Quarter Strengthens Huddles Position as the Global Leader in Cloud Collaboration and Content Management October 3, 2011 Salesforce.com executive joins organization to drive enterprise growth Airbnb set to expand with London office October 3, 2011 Airbnb, the couch-surfing website which has morphed into a fully-fledged holiday property rental business, is to open its first office outside the US in London as part of aggressive international expansion plans. Virgin Business Media boost for Silicon Roundabout startups October 3, 2011 Virgin Business Media is giving Londons Silicon Roundabout incubator THECUBE, free use of a dedicated, carrier-grade 1Gb/s internet access point for a year. Innovation UK: A manifesto for change October 2, 2011 Building a culture of innovation in the UK is key to kick-starting the economy, but it will require sharp changes in incentives and learning, warns Danny Wootton 500 new jobs at tech start-ups October 2, 2011 Silicon Milkroundabout is back, showcasing 100 London tech businesses BT Business Helps Small Businesses with Startup Costs October 1, 2011 BT Business has started a new scheme under which it will help small businesses or start-ups get easy funding instead of relying on bank loans. Silicon Roundabout jobs hot spot on networking boom October 1, 2011 DOUBTERS be warned Silicon Roundabout, the cluster of technology companies around the Old Street junction is fast becoming a serious force in the social networking world.

Google to open London creche for tech geeks October 1, 2011 Google has unveiled plans for a creche for new technology firms in a bid to find Londons answer to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. We have also created subject specific Newspapers on Mobile Apps, Gaming, Startups, Cloud Computing, & London Silicon Roundabout

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READING &VIEWING 4 steps to acquirability in an age of tech optimism Memeburn Startup CFO: What Do They Do, and When Do I Need One? Women2.0 How to Estimate Startup Costs Entrepreneur My talk at Founder Fuel Fall 2011: Ok, you are a CTO now what did you get yoursfelf into? A Frog in the Valley 5 STARTUP TIPS FOR NON-TECHNICAL CO-FOUNDERS TechCocktail Who Budding Entrepreneurs Should Be Following Alberta Venture Five Rules to Prevent Startup Project Scope Creep Cayenne Consulting How to do SEO for startups tech.li Want to know your users better? Run your own analytics! The Ice Break Blog Succeeding in business, the way to go Business Day Online REVIEW: The Lean Startup Technology Spectator Most Undervalued Startup Skill? Transparency BNET More Startup info at TechStartHub

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Have a great weekend! Rgds, Shawn London Silicon Roundabout