London Silicon weekly roundabout weekly newsletter ISSUE 25 April 2014
| From: | Silvija |
| Sent on: | Friday, April 25, 2014, 6:04 PM |
*** If you can´t see the links in this email view it online here: http://www.meetup.com/london-silicon-roundabout/messages/archive/*** Happy Friday guys! It’s been pretty busy week here at TechMeetups. Two big events are coming up in London, that you don’t wanna miss for sure! 1. Guru Program London Spring 2014 #TMUguru on 27 & 29th May ! Hurry up and grab a ticket for your Startup: http://guru-program-london-spring-2014-tmuguru.eventbrite.co.uk/ If you are interested in joining as a mentor please complete this online mentoring form, mentioning your session of interest, and after reviewing it someone from the Techmeetups team will get back to you. Hurry up-almost all mentor slots are filled out! 2. TechMeetups London Hackathon #TMUhack happening over the weekend of 14th & 15th of June: http://techmeetups-london-hackathon-tmuhack-june-2014.eventbrite.co.uk/ Developers, Idea Generators, Marketing person- Head over to the event page and book your tickets on time! http://techmeetups-london-hackathon-tmuhack-june-2014.eventbrite.co.uk/ If your company is interested in getting involved by sending your teams, mentors, sponsor or just observe on pitches- Feel free to contact me! This year TechMeetups has planned 4 Hackathons in 3 cities= http://bit.ly/1iiAPy7 We assure you- Don’t wanna miss them! If you have any questions, or need more info- please do not hesitate to contact me via [address removed] Have a nice weekend! -- Warm Regards, -- ISSUE 25 April 2014 Welcome to Our New Members Bernice: Creative fashion designer Francesca: Angel investor Dmitri Senchenko: Founder at Enthill.com Mike Johnson: Linux Sysadmin, HPC expert Versastyle: Global Digital Strategy on Enterprise Level Vishal Srivastava: Sales, Biz Development JoseC: Fintech entrepreneur Fikret Eroglu: Ancha Ltd Jennie Saywell: Tesco PLC Guy Levin: Public policy/politics Vladi F: Opportunist Chris Langley: Innovation Consultant at Coca-Cola Federica: Marketer & sales OUR EVENTS 27 & 29 May: Guru Program London Spring 2014 #TMUguru [RSVP HERE] 14 & 15 Jun: TechMeetups London Hackathon #TMUhack [ RSVP HERE ] IN THE NEWS DO YOU REALLY NEED AN MBA TO LAUNCH A TECH STARTUP? #tueinfographic Does anyone still need to get an MBA to run a successful startup business? If you’re a tech entrepreneur, the answer might be “no.” In fact, tech startups – especially recent ones – are less likely to have a cofounder with an MBA JOBS iOS/ Andriod Developer Ruby on Rails Developer @ Yieldify Yieldify is already being used by some of the largest websites in the UK and is backed by top angel investors. Full-stack Ruby developer @ Driftrock We’re looking for a pragmatic ruby developer to join our team. .Net C# Developer @ ldnrecruit A team of experienced commodity trading professionals are currently setting up an office in West London and are looking to build out all systems from scratch. PHP PHP / Symfony 2 Developer – Award Winning Startup “MyBuilder.Com” – 40-50k @ MyBuilder.Com Do you enjoy clean high quality, working and tested code, within an agile environment using the AWESOME Symfony 2? Free books and conferences as an added bonus? 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You will be responsible for founding and growing the Site’s Business Development/Sales function. Spanish Speaking Sales Manager @ Yieldify Yieldify is already being used by some of the largest websites in the UK like 02, Dorothy Perkins, Tesco Phone Shop and Barratts. Finance Financial Controller @ Yieldify Work with our third party firm to prepare management reports and financial information. If you have a job you would like to promote post it at TechStartupJobs READING & VIEWING THE HISTORY OF 3D TECHNOLOGY #tbt – Visionnw.com How to grow an awesome community to fuel your social startup #sundayschool – TNW IDEAS TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE If you have an idea please submit at TechIdeaHub LONDON FINTECH STARTUP WORKSHOP SPONSORS Crunch is an online accountancy firm specialising in easy, accessible accounting for freelancers, contractors and small businesses.Crunch is unique in that it offers both online accounting software and a full accountancy service backed by a team of experts. 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