EIO is an international, collaborative organization developed by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs.  Our aim is to flip the 96% failure rate of startup businesses upside-down on its head by providing emerging and established entrepreneurs with the know-how, training and development in a community of like-minded, high-performing peers. Free For Guests - Our Meetups are every Thursday! At ING Direct 466 Howe Street Vancouver from 7-9 PM.  Learn practical business take-aways while networking with ot …

The Vancouver Social and Mobile Gaming industry is exploding and this is a MeetUp for people working in the industry. Working to bring you great speakers and events every month!

You should join if your a founder/CXO of a Vancouver based web startup. We're going to be doing lunches to get to know the Vancouver Startup Community. The lunches are informal and there’s no monthly fee. We’ll pick restaurants that are reasonably priced (as we’re all start ups) and you can wear whatever you want (although some form of clothing is recommended). You can stay as long as you want to or can based on your busy schedules. This lunch is all about taking just a little bit of time out …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

Hello, We are starting this group to educate and to help business owners and like minded people network together. What you will get out of this is new friends, business partners, investors, and also valuable tools you will learn from our invites and key note speakers. You should join if your a business owner, looking to become a business owner, looking to connect with like minded people, looking to invest, or your just looking to meet new people.  This group is not for sales pitching.

We'll look at interface design and development as a dedicated discipline, and build community among members of Vancouver's growing crop of internet startups. We'll talk about integrating Interface Driven Design into your project, and within your development team.

The Vancouver Lisp Aliens is a group is for current or future Lisp hackers. In this group we talk about Lisp in all its incarnations, but Common Lisp is elevated above others as the group's official language. Coders of all levels are welcome to join the group—in fact, even if you have only a passing interest in “programming with alien technology”, please don't be a stranger to the meets. VLA exists so Lispers can code and learn in a social environment, bounce ideas off one another, and hopefully …

Empower by Design is a Meetup group for women in business. It's about creating a community that helps brings fresh perspectives, lively discussion and empowering ideas to your business challenges. Facilitated by DeAnn, a graphic designer and digital marketer, and Kristi, an internet strategist and business systems developer, both these women bring a wealth of professional experience and insights to help you simplify the overwhelming amount of technical, marketing, web and branding information ou …

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.

This group is for frustrated business people who want to make sense of the web... We will be touching on topics such as social media, blogging, building on online storefront.

//collaborate here Canada's largest tech meetups RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and …

A shared workplace in my home for other like-minded technology people. I work in and around the world of web applications, including (but not exclusively) Ruby on Rails, Unix (including Macs), and all related web technologies. If you know what Open Source Software is, you'll probably like working along side us. If you think Microsoft is the greatest technology in the universe, we'll probably have some spirited debates. I also run the Fraser Valley Ruby Brigade (http://www.fvrb.org) and have our …

You're always busy, yet your mandate is to get out and meet more people! Mornings suck, and evenings are already crammed with family, friends, and other stuff. Sure, there are events scheduled throughout the month, but they always seem to happen at the same time. Some networking groups look okay until they hit you with an application and a fee. So, what's a Young Urban Professional to do? How's about meeting at LUNCH? Grab a bite. Exchange cards. Give everyone a ten second pitch, and get …

A meetup in Vancouver for readers of Hacker News and fans of Y Combinator. We welcome anyone interesting in startups, hacking, tech and entrepreneurship.

A group for tech entrepreneur's interested in growing their companies and meeting other like-minded entrepreneurs. Have a beer and chat with seasoned tech CEO's, and learn how you can build the next Billion dollar company.