The Fetch – london – 2012-08-27

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27 August 2012 // thefetch.com // London

Hand picked for you...

This week, we'd like to welcome another community ambassador to the team, Amanda Foley from TechHub. We're looking forward to hearing her event reviews and hot tips in the coming weeks. Don't miss NOW* Crowd Funding event, and learn how to master the web at GA's Programming for Non-Programmers one day workshop. This weekend become a culture vulture and attend Culture Geek Conf, Ideathon and the free Thames Festival ending with fireworks on the Sunday. And summer's not over yet with parties from Moo and Chinwag. Thanks to @malvarez1802 for this pic. Enjoy! @ThatGirl_Chloe // @thefetchlon

Business and entrepreneurship events

Featured event: NOW* Crowd Funding

media140 have joined up with Mashup* events and formed a new series called NOW*. The first event focusses on Crowd Funding and is happening Tue Sept 18. Use the promocode 'fetch10' and save 10% when you register. Don't miss out and buy your tickets here

Cool jobs

Must-reads, link love

Review: Tech in Sport

Keith reviews the Techologies in Sports event run by Amoo Venture Capital Advisory as part of their Amoo Booster Series. The evening included a presentation from Angus McNab of Opta Sports, plus a quick fire pitch round from sports startups IAmPlayrBodyrocket and GuessMate.

Digital and tech events

Featured course: Programming for Non-Programmers

This General Assembly one-day workshop happening on Sat Sept 1, is designed to give total beginners the best practices they need to understand the web better, talk confidently with developers, and even get their first website up and running. To book, click here.

Interview with founder of Whisk, Nick Holtzerr!

This week, Community Ambassador Keith McGuinness was thrilled to interview Apprentice 2012 finalist Nick Holzherr about the upcoming launch of Whisk and how his appearance on the show has impacted the business. Read the full interview here

Creative, design and culture events

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