#HNLondon, May 2014

The plan for next meetup is as follows:

18:30 - Beers and pizza
19:00 - Sponsors and introductions
19:15 - Michael Wawra (https://twitter.com/xmjw) (Twilio) - Making something different at a hack day. With fire. A gun. And some robots...
19:35 - Andrew Fogg (https://twitter.com/andrewfogg) (Import.io) - How to get a stranger to agree to something - every day negotiation over email, phone and face-to-face
19:55 - break
20:15 - Gil Dibner (https://twitter.com/gdibner) (DFJ Esprit) Q&A / AMA session - All you wanted to know about VC but were too afraid to ask
20:40 - Brian Leonard (https://twitter.com/bleonard) (Taskrabbit) - Startup Engineering
21:15 - Pub http://www.thewindmillinthecity.com/

If you want to submit a question for Gil's Q&A / AMA session in advance please email Jack Gavigan at jack@ldn2sfo.com. In Gil's words, "I want people to submit their toughest, least pleasant, VC questions (anonymously), and I will do my best to answer in real time". Let's not disappoint him

Videos from past events are online at http://vimeo.com/hnlondon

Y Combinator Startup School (http://startupschool.org/) is coming to London!

YC funded founders, along with some distinguished guests, will share practical advice from their own experience. Learn how they got started, what went wrong, what surprised them, and what happened as their companies grew.

Saturday, July 26, 9:30am-7:30pm

http://startupschool.org/

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