Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

2013 is here and AR is beginning to hit the main stream.  Google Glass is in the pipeline with developer hackathons at the end of January/Early Feb.  Augmented World Expo (AWE) has become a destination developer conference and will (apparently?) undergo a rebranding due to its popularity.  The commercial AR development suites (Vuforia, Layar, Metaio, Total Immersion, String, et al) have thousands of registered developers around the world.  And it turns out, the greater Los Angeles area, and Sout …

A monthly show-and-tell where FIVE people get FIVE minutes to wow the LA tech community. Nerds, creatives, entrepreneurs, and investors welcome!

We provide innovative physical and virtual infrastructure that freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creative class professionals need to succeed in the 21st century knowledge economy. In an increasingly disconnected world, NextSpace creates a collaborative community that is revolutionizing the nature of work. Our business model is simple: NextSpace sells membership in that collaborative community. Our members come from a wide variety of industries: software, design, marketing, legal services, archi …

Feeling inspired?Create it. Got Spare Parts? Build it. Have an idea? Launch it Find out what is new and exciting in the tech world. See product demos from industry leaders and hear their stories. The tech is out there, so utilize it and find your team to create the next innovation. Join us and connect the different tech communities into an immersive experience. diy          web                         H MAKErs - TECHnology - Mobile APPlication E N If you are interested in gadgets, gamificatio …

This is a group for any and all start ups, entrepreneurs, techies and business minded folk that are looking for new ideas, support and integration ideas with current and emerging technologies to help support and grow your business.  Every meeting I will bring resources together for casual but in depth conversations around the latest and greatest ways to run your workflows and expand your business infrastructure. We'll get together for a sponsored happy hour (free drinks and apps) once a month on …

This Meetup group is intended to help begin assemble a private collaborative of the best internet marketers, entrepreneurs, and web designers & developers. This project is a select group that will become limited to the most exceptionally talented and committed members. The mission is to see how far the online marketing world can be pushed and what can be accomplished. It doesn't matter if you're black hat, white hat, old school, or new school...if you can contribute to helping push these boundar …

The mobile applications market is exploding as more phones, pads, & devices emerge.  Keeping up with developer options, new platforms, and best practices can be a challenge.  This group explores the work of developing software applications for mobile devices & how to help developers & entrepreneurs get there faster. Some of the platforms we cover are iPhone, Droid, and iPad, also operating systems like Symbian & Microsoft Mobile.  There are many software IDEs (interactive development environment …

Boxaplex is a co-working space in West Hollywood, California. Tired of working alone, or in a crowded (and noisy) coffee shop? We have desks for rent in a bright and modern office, where you can network with like-minded professionals and get...stuff...done. Started by Boxador (www.boxador.com), an online technology incubator. We would like to meet and work with like-minded entrepreneurs, user experience designers, web developers, software engineers, information architects, idea incubators or ju …

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour startup event that provides networking, resources and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch. Get connected with local developers, innovators and entrepreneurs. Build Community. Start Companies. No Talk. All Action More info here http://las.startupweekend.org Anyone is welcome to come! Developers, lawyers, students, marketing folks, business development types, designers, coders, entrepreneurs, UX, UI, people and Jack of all trades. On Friday …

Net2LA helps Los Angeles–based nonprofits—and those working toward nonprofit status—actively engage their base and find new supporters through community-empowering technology. We meet every month alternating between educational Support Sessions and partnership-building Happy Hours. Follow us on Twitter @Net2LA Facebook Fan Page Coming Soon.

Oh yes! it is a reality that the Economic and Social Conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continue to improve significantly. According to the World Bank, the economy grew by 5.3 percent in 2012, and 5.6 percent in 2013. The bank predictions state that, the Continent's long-term growth will increasingly reflect interrelated social and demographic changes creating new domestic engines of growth. The bank's researchers highlighted that, urbanization, an expanding labor force, and the rise of the …

JFE (Jews For Entrepreneurship) Network is the leading and largest organization and platform for connecting entrepreneurs and investors, and accelerating innovation in the Jewish community nationwide. We launched in San Francisco and Silicon Valley in November 2009. We opened a chapter in New York City in 2012 and are now bringing the Silicon Valley spirit of entrepreneurship to LA and other U.S. locations. Over the past 3 years we have hosted numerous pitch events, seminars, speaker panels, and …

The App Demo and Drinks MeetUp group is a social event for all mobile app developers in the Los Angeles community to engage and showcase apps currently in development. We are designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and general enthusiasts gathered together to learn how to create quality successful mobile apps. Come connect and engage with fellow app developers across ALL mobile platforms over drinks and appetizers. App developers can network, showcase, receive feedback, share tips and create prela …

Los Angeles Startup Pitch Night focuses on providing monthly opportunities for you to practice, refine, and perfect your startup pitches.  We also provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the Los Angeles, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. Los Angeles Startup Pitch Night's events are run by a leadership team that works to find the meeting venues and plan out and execute all the Meetup events.  Our mission is to be known as the p …

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Join the Los Angeles community of Lean Launchpad-ers! While we wait to take Steve Blank's free online "Lean Launchpad" Class offered via Stanford, sign up for the free Tech Entrepreneurship Class also offered for free online from Stanford. The professor, Chuck Eesley takes a research approach to startups, noting what does and does not work. It's a great class. Sign up at venture-lab.org. Sign up by May 1st to get put into a group by the course's assistants. Check out the introductory videos at: …

We are a group of Facebook developers that gather to learn from each other, share our creations, and network. Based in Santa Monica, Venice, Culver City, and surrounding areas, we represent a diverse group of coders, entrepreneurs, digital marketers, and tech lovers.

Disruptive new business models are emblematic of our generation. Yet they remain poorly understood, even as they transform competitive landscapes across industries. Business Model Generation offers you powerful, simple, tested tools for understanding, designing, reworking, and implementing business models. Business Model Generation is a practical, inspiring meetup for anyone striving to improve a business model — or craft a new one. Change the way you think about business models Business Mode …

Join us and be a part of a growing community of women in the LA area that want to learn hands-on DIY/technical skills. From coding to woodworking, our meetups offer opportunities to meet like-minded women while learning new skills. We're a group of aspiring developers, hackers, and makers with diverse backgrounds and skills. This group is a place for us to learn the basics, collaborate with others and find places in LA to continue our development.

106 Miles is a network of startup founders, engineers, and friends. Our mission is to strengthen the connections between SoCal tech startups and Silicon Valley resources. We help you to get the missing pieces your startup needs for the next level. Go to http://socal106miles.launchrock.com/ and enter your email for future VIP event reminders Our values are Reputation, Innovation, Solidarity, and Education. This is our SoCal group; see also our Silicon Valley group. Please join us if you're …

The So Cal COMMUNITY IS LARGER THAN REPRESENTED BY THIS SITE & IS ON ANOTHER low volume, nonmeetup EMAIL LIST which you can join in addition to, or instead of this, meetup(info provided in your welcome email): we've added this meetup site to expose more people to these events & provide more social media options to our community so that the email-list stays low volume.  Plus our focus is around sharing experiences together in the real world, not spending time reading & typing on the internet: The …

As a business owner or CEO you need to understand Search Engine Optimization and Online Marketing Strategies. Whether you hire an SEO company or have an internal SEO team, knowledge of the various Online Marketing components will allow you to effectively employ, oversee and evaluate Online Marketing efforts that are being implemented for your company. Hear speakers, network, participate, talk to SEO pro’s and share your online marketing experience with other online marketing experts and business …

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Are you a a tech startup founder? Let's organize events to help each other crowdsource tasks that founders can't do alone. How about user-generated content writing parties? Market research events where everyone brings 25 copies of a survey for the group to fill out? Usability/UX testing demo days, where we take turns critiquing each other's apps? The possibilities are endless. We're all in the same boat, so we might as well help each other succeed.

This group is designed for the Small Businesses all over the States.  We will be promoting meetups to enhance how small businesses marketing themselves. If you have an event you think would work well for this group AND you are a member, email me the details and we can promote it to the members. It can not be spam! I look forward to bringing you the bleeding edge tools and marketing ideas!!

Are you a founder, engineer, or designer who loves startups? So are we. Come have cereal, bagels, doughnuts and other O shaped goodness with a venture firm that invests in startups and would love to meet you.