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Dear LSR Member,

As some of you already know, I'm going to be spending my time from now concentrating on the TechMeetups Guru Program as well as my own startup.  This means I'll be handing over the reins to Kaitlin Dunning who is joining us next week to run the London Silicon London Roundabout Group and our monthly events.  Expect an introductory email next week where Kaitlin will let you know more about herself, I know already she'll do a great job.

The first of our monthly meetups Kaitlin will host is Crowdcamp on 4 October where you can learn about the best was to raise capital through crowdfunding, as well as how to run successful crowdsourcing projects.

It's been great to get to know so many of you this year, learn about the projects you are working on and seeing a number of them become fast growing businesses - credit to you for being such an inspirational group of people :)  You can still reach me at olga[at]techmeetups[dot]com if you have any questions about navigating the "startup scene" or if you're looking for connections to help you with any aspects of your projects.

Speaking of interesting projects, it's the perfect time to mention one of the startups we've worked closely with over the past year, OpenBrand, has just launched a very useful (and free!) Delivery Service which allows someone to send designs to those who need it, together with all the source files.  More info here - very much worth having a look if you're someone who works with branding.

Have a great weekend!

Olga

olga[at]techmeetups[dot]com

London Silicon Roundabout Group @techmeetupsLSR

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October #TechMeetups: Crowdcamp

October 4, 2012, 6:00 PM

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TechMeetups Hackathon: Mobile Apps #tmuhack

Nov 16 to 18, 2012, 6:00 PM

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TechMeetups London Silicon Roundabout Xmas Party #tmudrinks

December 6, 2012, 7:00 PM

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TechMeetups Guru Program: Business Models, Real World Problems & Solutions

January 29, 2013, 6:00 PM

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24 Sep: Intermediate Google AdWords

24 Sep: Creating Infographics From Scratch

24 Sep: 8th Annual Global Local Content Summit

24 Sep: Business Analysis Conference Europe 2012

24 Sep: In The Brain of Kevlin Henney: Cool Code

24 Sep: Simon Brown's Enterprise Software Developer

24 Sep: Social Media Week London Sep 2012

24 Sep: SOA & Cloud Service Technology Symposium 2012

24 Sep: UK Windows Azure User Group September meeting

25 Sep: Advertising Research

25 Sep: Amphibious Operations 2012

25 Sep: Behavioural Economics for the Web

25 Sep: International Close Air Support

25 Sep: NFP Technology

25 Sep: In The Brain of Trond Bjerkestrand - Working with databases in Scala using SLICK / ScalaQuery

25 Sep: Nextrad.io

25 Sep: Social Media for Property Professionals

25 Sep: TechHub Founders Secrets with the founders of Sugru - September 2012

25 Sep: Amoo Booster Series: How to negotiate with Venture Capitalists

25 sep: Introduction to 3D Design

26 sep: Social Collaboration: Fuelling Great Ideas

26 sep: U.S. PR Tactics

26 sep: Getting Started with a Social Media Strategy

26 Sep: 9th Annual Military Airlift 2012

26 Sep: Jon Jagger & Kevlin Henney's Agile Development for Developers

26 Sep: Communications Managers’ Workshop

26 Sep: Creative Social - Where digital meets Real

26 Sep: [CANCELLED] D&AD: Tech Tactics

26 Sep: Digital Sizzle 6 Art Hack Exhibition

26 Sep: Hacks and Hackers

26 Sep: In The Brain of Jon Jagger: Principles of Improvement

26 Sep: In The Brain of Philipp Haller: Composable Pipelines as a Pattern in Scala

26 Sep: Kevlin Henney & Jon Jagger's Agile Development for Developers September 26th - 28th

26 Sep: London Node.js User Group Meetup - September 2012

26 Sep: London Bloggers Meetup - The Video Edition

26 Sep: Socialising the Internet of Things

26 Sep: The Future of Britain’s Space Economy

26 Sep: TechHub & Ebay present 'Making the Most of Mobile Shopping'

27 Sep: South Startup Show 2012

27 Sep: Social Media Strategies for the Travel Sector

27 Sep: Creating Partnerships to Drive Your Business Forward

27 Sep: Full Day Financial Bootcamp

27 Sep: New Age Tech Startups - Talk by Dr Ralph Schnell of Siemens Vent...

27 Sep: AKQA Anoraks

27 Sep: Eurogamer Expo 2012

27 Sep: In The Brain of Fredrik Ekholdt, Starting with Play 2.0 and how to build non-blocking apps

27 Sep: Mobile Web Meetup - HTML5 on Mobile Web

27 Sep: MongoDB for Administrators and Operations

27 Sep: REMIX Global Summit

27 Sep: Social Gaming 2012

27 Sep: #SMWldn The Sharing Economy "Commercial Reality Throwdown"

27 Sep: Tech Tour Solutions

28 Sep: Food Blogger Connect 2012

28 Sep: London DataDive

28 Sep: Mind the Product 2012

28 sep: "5 benefits of using public relations for small business"

28 Sep: MiniBar Meet Up September

28 Sep: Rewire London Unconference

28 Sep: SIME London 2012

28 Sep: Social Media Platform Masterclass

01-Oct: TechHub Mobile MeetUp ‘Why VCs are so excited………

02-Oct: TechHub Demo Night - October 2012

04-Oct: TechHub Business Planning and Fund Raising with iGeneration

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