Issue 04 October 2013
Dear London TechMeetups Member,
Our Guru program session dedicated to Marketing and PR for Startups is coming up this Tue and we are thrilled to announce speakers for the evening:
1. Tamsin Fox-Davies, Development Director at Constant Contact UK
2. John Webb, Marketing Director at Rackspace
3. Claire Unwin, Senior PR Consultant at Rostrum Communications
Join us and meet the amazing group that comes to all Guru sessions.
We are proud to announce the partnership with Rackspace and excited to have the chance to offer Rackspace Startup Program to our members which provides 12 months of free Cloud hosting to a value of £1,325 per month.
Here are the terms and how you can claim this offer:
New to Rackspace
– Be going through or has been through an Incubator / Accelerator program and / or has received Angel or VC-backed funding
– Registered business – Digital / online core component of the business offering – Multiple founders including a tech co-founder
– Can articulate the idea and business plan
– Have a monetisation strategy
Existing Rackspace Customer
– Must qualify as above
– Have been a Rackspace Cloud customer < 3 months
Claim the offer here!
Warm Rgds,
Mirjana
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