Issue 21 Feb 2014
London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Updates
Hi everybody,
Hope you all had a good busy week, and looking forward to enjoy your weekend.
We are proud to announce that we had successful TechStartupsJobs Fair in London yesterday, with 35 employers and 300+ attendees. If you attended, hope you had a good time, and found what you’ve been looking for! Feel free to share your ideas, comments, feedback, etc.
Because of technical issues, you couldn’t see presentations of Just-Eat and State’s video, so you’ll all receive them additionally.
Our next upcoming event is on 27th March, called Fintech Startup Workshop.
Here is the event page: http://london-fintech-
If you are interested in presenting your cool Fintech company, please fill out this online presenter form.
If you are interesting in mentoring and want to help startups- please fill up our mentoring form: https://techmeetups.com/
If interested in sponsoring, please contact me via silvia(at)techmeetups(dot)com or fill out this promote form.
If you haven’t yet, be sure to join us on facebook and twitter !
Until next week 🙂
Thank you!
— Warm Rgds,
New York Silicon Alley Weekly Updates
Happy Friday!
It’s just over a week away! Our Startup Workshop is March 4th.
We have announced some great mentors and this week and by Wednesday cost of the workshop doubles, so grab your tickets now! Only a few tickets left!
What:
TechMeetups has designed the Startup Clinics to help Startups make the most of a single event: learn as much as they can, get valuable feedback and make those important connections. It brings in the best of mentoring, speed dating, wisdom of the crowd and networking all packed into one evening.
When:
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Where:
Tinypass
13-17 Laight
Street #506
New York, NY 10013
If you are an attending startup interested in product or pitch feedback, the ‘100 minds’ portion of the evening is an open pitch-ortunity. Apply here.
If you haven’t yet, join us on facebook and twitter !
TTYL!
Francesca
TechMeetup
Hi everybody,
Hope you all had a good busy week, and looking forward to enjoy your weekend.
We are proud to announce that we had successful TechStartupsJobs Fair in London yesterday, with 35 employers and 300+ attendees.
Our next upcoming event in Berlin is on 20th March, called Gaming 2 Gamification.
Here is the event page: https://berlin-gaming-2-
If you are interested in presenting your cool Gaming company, please fill out this online presenter form.
If you are interesting in mentoring and want to help startups- please fill up our mentoring form: https://techmeetups.com/
If interested in sponsoring, please contact me via silvia(at)techmeetups(dot)com or fill out this promote form.
Another event you might be interested in getting involved and book your tickets now is the TechStartupJobs Fair on 13th of May: http://techstartupjobs-fair-
If you are job seeker- make sure you book your ticket on time, and if you are a startup/company- Make sure you check all Employer/Sponsor options and book your tickets & gain extra promotion!
If you haven’t yet, be sure to join us on facebook and twitter !
Until next week 🙂
Thank you!
— Warm Rgds,
Welcome To Our New Members
Patrizio Moratto: Business developer
Samuel Li: Startup entrepreneur
Monica Abdurehaman: UX design
Daniel: Freelance
Kate Tancred: MD of film tech start up The Smalls
Doug Thompson: Web developer and designer
Sara:Working at ITV
Emmet Cassidy: Developer
Alessandro: Marketer, Business development
Lyndon: An Alternative Assets manager
SeaFre: IT Generalist
Nicole Benson: Art/Design; Marketing
Olarinde: Developer
Thomas Laughlin: Entrepreneur and consultant
Ralph N: Software engineer, improviser
Jeff: Startup advisors and co-founders
Kirsten: Creative strategist
Parinda Darden: Ruby/Rails developer
Daniel: Law student
Tobias Degele: Founder of Gambify
Andrea Puiatti: CMO at Skysense
Arminé Mosh Avagyan: Product management
Lefteris Karapetsas: Software engineer working
Upcoming Events
London
26 Mar: TechMeetups Partner & Mentor Meet
27 Mar: London Fintech Startups [RSVP HERE]
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