Cambridge Silicon Fen Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 10 FEBRUARY 2012

Hello all, I am planning our next meetup for Tuesday 28th February. I have some speakers lined up already but please come forward if you could speak at this or subsequent meetups. The main focus is on web and mobile startups in Cambridge and so anything related to that would be of interest to the audience. Kindest regards, Martin Willitts Cambridge Silicon Fen @techmeetupsCSF

EVENTS
Featured Events: CEO Tales: Joel Spolsky, Stack Exchange & Fog Creek Software February 20, 2012 Cambridge, UK

Cambridge STC Meetup March 06, 2012 Cambridge, UK

Other Events:

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LONDON Startup Masterclass: Best Practice in Mobile App Development and Marketing February 15, 2012 Venue: Innovation Warehouse [ RSVP HERE ]

BeMyApp Mobile Olympics: 48-Hour Mobile App Hackathon February 24 26, 2012 Innovation Warehouse, 1 East Poultry Avenue, 1st Floor, EC1A 9PT, London [ RSVP HERE ]

EcomSummit - London Silicon Roundabout March Meetup March 15, 2012 Venue: Innovation Warehouse [ RSVP HERE ]

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IN THE NEWS

Technology Firms Upgrade Office Space Demand February 08, 2012 The flurry of tech-orientated firms snapping up office in Central London should underpin a long-term confidence in the market according to Knight with the arrival of Apple, Facebook and Google helping to double the up-take of office space secured by the technology sector during 2011.

How Google will court startups at London Campus February 08, 2012 Updated: When the news broke a few months ago that Google was taking up a lease on a seven-storey building in East London, it wasnt exactly clear what the Internet giant wanted the space for. There were some vague mentions of a creative space and hackathons but in reality it all seemed a little vague.

Fears of a mild recession across Europe February 06, 2012 The projection for global output has been revised downwards to 3.25% in 2012 amidst expectations of a mild recession across the euro area. A rise in sovereign yields, effects of bank deleveraging on the real economy and the impact of additional fiscal consolidation have all served to decrease market confidence in Europe.

Ian Burrell: Time to build a legacy now the big boys have arrived at Silicon Roundabout February 06, 2012 Google will this week announce plans for its seven-storey campus near east Londons Silicon Roundabout. Twitter arrived in the area last year through its acquisition of the UK business TweetDeck and now Foursquare, the location-based social-networking site from New York, is moving into the neighborhood.

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Steel City son David Richards stands out from Silicon crowd with a Made in Sheffield twist February 06, 2012 However, the Steel City calls a tiny portion of the worlds technology capital its own because Sheffield entrepreneur David Richards leads Wandisco, which has found an unwieldy name, is no obstacle to its software being used by 5m companies.

We have also created subject specific Newspapers on Mobile Apps, Gaming, Startups, Cloud Computing, & London Silicon Roundabout

JOBS
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

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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.

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.

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READING & VIEWING

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The Entrepreneurs Dilemma: Bootstrapping Versus Venture Capital FUELED Tech City webinar presentation January 2012 slideshare Facebook IPO Filing Reveals Its Stunning Size: A Private Jet, $1 Billion In Profits, And More Huffington Post New program lures startups to St. Louis ST.Louis American Attention Entrepreneurs! First New York Tech Day to Showcase 200+ NYC Startups! Examiner Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon and Boeing data center experts launch Vizualiiz Geek Wire 5 Big Takeaways from Lean Startup Machine Toronto Jason Little

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