My Newsletters 11/23/12

Marketing picture for the Xmas Party: During the party, I planned an "Ugly Christmas Sweater Competition." Attendees will strut down a "catwalk" to the tune of "I'm too sexy" donning their most hideous and tacky Christmas sweaters!

Dear LSR Member,
Hope you had a lovely week. I am still stuffed from all the turkey and cranberry sauce I ate yesterday(it's an American thing...gotta love Thanksgiving!) Since Halloween and Thanksgiving have now passed, that can only mean one thing; the holidays are right around the corner! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or just enjoy the bank holidays, join us for our annual Xmas Party! Cheers, Opa, L'chiam, Ole', you know it will be a good time!

As the London Community and Events manager for Techmeetups, it is my job to provide members with events. After my recent promotion to "Fun Manager," I am now responsible for ensuring that our events are actually really fun. Expect a snow machine, hot cocoa bar(as well as wine and beer,) a visit from Santa himself, fun photo ops, great catered food, hot mulled wine, great raffle prizes, and an ugly Christmas jumper competition at this year's Xmas Party. We have partnered with Community Links to help assist them in collecting toys for children that without our help, probably wouldn't have anything to open on Christmas morning. We ask that you please bring an unwrapped toy to donate to our efforts. We will be hosting a company/group competition: the group that brings the most toys will have their organisation announced and promoted by us, as well as win a prize! So start collecting at your offices or meetups now :)

Since public transport is far from glamourous, and we don't want anyone drink driving after our Xmas Party, Techmeetups are delighted to announce that we have partnered with UBER, to get all of you £20 OFF your journey to our Christmas party when you sign up with the promo code: TMUXMAS
With this code, you can look like a big dog and not even have to pay the price for it!


Uber is the on-demand, luxury car service that is transforming personal transportation across the globe and recently launched in London.  They have a fleet of amazing cars at the push of a button - Mercedes S Classes, Audi A8s, BMW 7 Series and Jaguar XJs - it all works exactly like having your own private driver. The San Francisco-based start-up now services 20 cities, just one app working in any of them: London | Paris | Sydney | Amsterdam | San Francisco | NYC | Los Angeles | Washington DC | Boston | Seattle | Chicago | Minneapolis | San diego | Philadelphia | Phoenix | Dallas | Atlanta | Denver | Toronto | Vancouver Rides are billed directly to your credit card on file, so there's no need to carry cash or have your card on hand. Plus, your receipt is automatically emailed to you at the end of your ride. All you need to do is: 1. Download the Uber Technologies app on your iPhone or android device. If you have a blackberry, visit m.uber.com via your web browser 2. Sign up and enter the promo code: TMUXMAS to receive your £20 OFF, it will automatically deduct from your first journey with Uber and show on your emailed receipt. This is for first time riders only. 2. Request & Ride: Select or type in your pick up location and press 'Request pick up now'. Your driver will arrive within minutes! For more information on Uber, email SupportLondon@uber.com Our Show Me The Money Masterclass is right around the corner! Like the famous words spoken by Tom Cruise in the film Jerry Maguire, “Show me the money!” is a phrase we are all too familiar with. Everyone wants to know how to make a profit, where the money will come from, and how much they can gain.
Statistics reveal that 90% of startups close down in the 1st year alone due to the lack of funding. This triggers a constant battle to stay afloat and generate income for oneself. With advancement of the net and various public & private initiatives, there are actually quite a few ways Startups can raise that crucial funding to get off the ground. TechMeetups is bringing you a workshop to cover various ways that you as a Startup can raise that important seed funding to get your business off the ground.
Experts and pioneers in startup finance will be joining us to help you understand which investment options are best for your business, whatever stage you’re at. We are looking very forward to our superb list of speakers including: Andrew Lockley, Howard Weintrob, David Myerson, Aristos Peters, Adam Baker and Stefano Tresca. Unless you have a money tree blooming in your garden, you literally can't afford to miss out on this masterclass!
Cool Stuff I like:
Because everyone likes to feel like Bond from time to time, beware of gifting this to pyromaniacs! Perfect gift to all your trek-loving friends. ****Funny video of the week.**** That's all for now y'all, Kait
EVENTS

Want to Fast Track Your Startup? Start Building a Community!
November 16, 2012, 6:00 PM
Venue: Google Campus - Central Working
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Show Me the Money
November 28,2012, 6:00 PM
Venue: Google Campus - Central Working
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TechMeetups London Silicon Roundabout Xmas Party #tmudrinks
December 6, 2012, 7:00 PM
Venue:Innovation Warehouse
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TechMeetups Guru Program: Business Models, Real World Problems & Solutions
January 29, 2013, 6:00 PM
Venue: Innovation Warehouse
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This session is part of the TechMeetups Guru Program, a practical 3 month educational and mentoring course to kick-start your Startup.  You can choose to attend just this session by booking here, or participate in the full course to receive additional support and mentoring for your company from our Gurus – find out more here.

26-Nov: Brand Strategy Jumpstarter: Defining Your Startup’s Role in the...
26-Nov: Management Reporting for Entrepreneurs
26-Nov: Advanced Javascript with Damjan Vujnovic
26-Nov: XPDay 2012
26-Nov: Tomas Petricek & Phil Trelford's Functional Programming in C# and F#
26-Nov: Dierk Koenig's Practical Groovy for Developers Workshop
26-Nov: JS Kings
26-Nov: Tech Entrepreneurs Week 2012
26-Nov: iStrategy London
26-Nov: SANS London 2012
26-Nov: Ayende Rahien’s NHibernate 3.0 Workshop
27-Nov: Conversion Conference London 2012
27-Nov: Future of Digital Communications in the Public Sector
27-Nov: In The Brain of Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien: What is new in RavenDB 1.2
27-Nov: Next Generation Network Delivery Solutions
27-Nov: Healthy Planet presents: "The Conservation Community"
27-Nov: eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit
27-Nov: London MongoDB User Group #9
27-Nov: 10th Annual Military Radar 2012
27-Nov: Accelerating Growth Using Actionable Metrics
27-Nov: Managing Working Capital for Startups
27-Nov: Mumpreneurs and MBA Babies Get-together
27-Nov: PeoplePerHour visits The Office Group
28-Nov: Making it Mobile 2012
28-Nov: Kevlin Henney & Jon Jagger's Mastering Agile Practice
28-Nov: Cultivating a Fast Track IT Architecture
28-Nov: TechHub Venture Capital Finance Workshop with W&B Legal
28-Nov: Air Power in Irregular Warfare
28-Nov: MongoDB for Developers
28-Nov: Changing the game: positioning your charity to succeed in the new health service market
28-Nov: Croydon Creatives (November '12)
28-Nov: BLN Making it Mobile Forum - MiM Forum
28-Nov: London Node.js User Group Meetup - November 2012
28-Nov: Conference on Visual Media Production
28-Nov: The Mobile Wallet Summit Europe 2012
28-Nov: Jon Jagger and Kevlin Henney's Development for Developers
28-Nov: Dierk Koenig's Practical Grails for Developers
28-Nov: Association of Business Mentors - Professional Information Morning
28-Nov: Social Media Masterclass with Warren Knight
28-Nov: Show Me the Money Masterclass
28-Nov: Cambridge] From Student to Startup: Life as a Graduate...
28-Nov: How to Run Effective Usability Testing
28-Nov: Creating Partnerships to Drive Your Business Forward
28-Nov: Understanding How to Think Like a Programmer for Non-Techies
28-Nov: The Art & Science of Building Relationships
29-Nov: Ian Robinson and Jim Webber's Neo4j Tutorial
29-Nov: In The Brain of Jon Jagger, Principles of Improvement
29-Nov: MIT's "Mobilizing Entrepreneurship" launch and networking event
29-Nov: 2012: A year in digital trends
29-Nov: Paul Ardeleanu's Introduction to iOS Development
29-Nov: RavenDB course by Ayende Rahien
29-Nov: The Tech Business Mini MBA #6
29-Nov: Figaro Digital Marketing Conference
29-Nov: Gojko Adzic's BDD for Developers
29-Nov: AKQA Anoraks
29-Nov: [Oxford] Student to Startup
30-Nov: GA and Escape Present: Landing a Job at a Startup
30-Nov: Storytelling, the key ingredient of your website
30-Nov: Everybody Technology
30-Nov: UK Museums on the Web: Strategically Digital


IN THE NEWS

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, But Our Speakers Will Grow On You!
Like the famous words spoken by Tom Cruise in the film Jerry Maguire, “Show me the money!” is a phrase we are all familiar with. Everyone wants to know how to make a profit, where the money will come from, and how much they can gain.

Ride in Style to our UBER Cool Xmas Party!
Since public transport is far from glamourous, and we don’t want anyone drink driving after our Xmas Party, Techmeetups are delighted to announce that we have partnered with UBER, to get all of you £20 OFF your journey to our Christmas party when you sign up with the promo code: TMUXMAS
With this code, you can look like a big dog and not even have to pay the price for it!

Techmeetups Annual Xmas Party
The London Silicon Roundabout Xmas Party (#lsrxmas) is being hosted in partnership with Innovation Warehouse on 6 December to bring you the very best networking event of the Xmas party season!

Show Me The Money Masterclass
Statistics reveal that 90% of startups close down in the 1st year alone due to the lack of funding. This triggers a constant battle to stay afloat and generate income for oneself.

Angelhack summary
ngelhack London was a raving success! Hosted in the impressive Bloomberg building, close to 250 hackers and 60 teams collaborated and hacked into the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning last weekend.

London’s technology industry has highest proportion of women entrepreneurs in Europe
London’s technology sector has the highest proportion of women entrepreneurs in Europe, according to a global study of 50,000 start-ups.

The “Tech City” Delusion – A cluster of digital businesses in East London
A cluster of digital businesses in East London, the “Tech City” concept was launched by the Prime Minister, has been lauded in the media and studied by economists.


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Why Investing In Tech Startups May Be A Smarter Way To Grow Your Money – Ventures

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