Are you involved in creating, co-founding, or funding a tech/online/mobile startup in the South Bay (Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Torrance, El Segundo, Westchester, Gardena, Hawthorne, San Pedro, Lawndale, Carson, Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes)? This group exists to put people together people who are driving new businesses and ideas, and can help each other. People who should join? Entrepreneurs, investors, programmers, business development experts, marketers …

OC Lean Startup Circle is the Orange County Chapter for the lean startup movement. It is hosted by K5. The OC Lean Startup Circle is a group of smart and driven high-tech entrepreneurs that are focused on building products that matter, based on focused customer discovery, market opportunity and the right timing. Lean Startups (which can include for profit and not for profit organizations, new product/innovation organizations within larger companies and even government agencies) achieve success f …

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Orange County Meetup group! Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur, maybe you are a developer, and maybe corporate life is not for you. Have you been doing searches on CoFoundersLab.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Co-Founders Wanted of Orange County serves as an in-person matchmaking service for co-founders. Did you know VCs prefer co-founders over one-man startups? There are lots of benefits to starting a business with someone who compl …

A group that connects entrepreneurs, startups, investors, educators, and pioneers interested in using technology to improve the learning process.

Are you looking for inspiration? Seeking community? Hungry? Thirsty? Join the FLF community of hungry startups and entrepreneurs and help us change the world. www.thefreelunchfriday.com. We feed the startups and entrepreneurs that feed our global economies. Free Lunch Friday (FLF) is a non-profit with a simple goal; to provide community, content, connections and access to capital to the hungry startups and entrepreneurs who drive global economy. Free Lunch Friday is a connector for startups, ent …

This is a Techology Startups oriented group using group members collaboration to help kick off local tech companies and support those who have ideas but don’t have the resources to bring it to market. There are so much talents that is under-utilized that we wanted to create an environment that help channel creativity and entrepreneurship and be specifically focused on early ideas and how to support transforming those ideas into tangibles. We welcome professionals in all fields (business, account …

TCVN is one of Southern California’s premier technology business networks. Through a wide variety of forums, pitch sessions, workshops, and other networking events, we bring together entrepreneurs and resources from every facet of the technology and startup landscape.

This meetup group is all about the WebJaguar eCommerce & Marketing platform. Our goals is to educate Web Designers to learn more about WebJaguar, hints and techniques, latest features, demos, sample codes, and discuss how WebJaguar can be a fit to potential customers. Discuss potential deals and opportunity on the table and help with deal closing. If you are a web designer or an IT consultant, and would like to learn more on how the WebJaguar platform can help you close deals, help your customer …

#TechBeer is for the young internet professionals that want to exchange ideas and projects over beer. The idea of #TechBeer is to bring together the web/geek culture in Fullerton and North Orange County. By coming together once a month or more often, we can exchange ideas, projects, work together and make friends. Growing business and getting results are not happening in your home or office, but when you are out, meeting people :-) This is a social event! The meetup is organized monthly in Fulle …

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"Ideas without relationships is just academics. Relationships without ideas is just networking." - Phil Lader TechChic is a community inspired by Benjamin Franklin's coffeehouse. The London coffeehouse that Franklin founded was a place where great people congregated to discuss profound ideas that led to breakthrough innovation. TechChic replicates that concept in a modern day context for the tech industry, starting first with Los Angeles. The founders, Melissa Lim and Sandra Pan, are tech enthus …

TIMEOC was started to help people get technology ideas made into reality. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Anyone with a technology idea (ESPECIALLY if you have been thinking about it for some time and have not REALLY done anything about it just yet). Software and/or business developers, graphic artists, testers, copywriters, etc. Others that may want to contribute. WHAT WE DO: We take your idea and help you refine it, test it and build your prototype.  Just to be clear - you are doing the work.  We just …

This is a group for curious people who have the Social entrepreneurship spirit. People who are interested in looking at our current social problems and finding ways to create a business model around it.

Are you a wedding company? Or a tech company? Or a little bit of both? We're often straddling the line, and we're here to compare notes, network, and help the wedding industry move into the 21st century as quickly as possible.

Cerritos business Network was formed by a local business owner from Cerritos, California. As an organization it has three main goals: To bring together trustworthy business collegues from the local community. To help and support each other in learning new marketing and advertising techniques. To generate a regular source of new business for the benefit of one another. Unlike other business networks, CBN is an organization that exists purely for the benefit of its members. At this time there …

Come meet other web entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, and chat about the business of buying and selling websites with our marketing lead, Ophelie.

Calling all web, mobile and application developers near the South Bay of Los Angeles, California... We're getting together to share information about creating solid technology products in a variety of development platforms. Our goals are (in order): fun, career advancement, education, and networking (meeting people IRL). We're connected to the South Bay Entrepreneurial Center, a new option for startups in the South Bay, but you don't have to be in a startup to want to have fun, learn more and me …

If you want to join some software dev/design meetups but hate having to drive too far, then this group is for you. South Bay locals, you know what I mean. Hoping to get together at least once a month for drinks, dinner, and discussions about software development, technology, startups, and other geeky related topics.

We are launching in Orange County. The NYC Business Networking Group (NYCBNG) is one of the premier, exclusive networking groups in NYC and has been a leader in hosting business events for nearly 4 years. In 2010, we launched our first West Coast group in LA. We're expanding to Orange County to bring our events to professionals in the local area. CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR GROUP VIDEO Group members are the city's most influential, successful business professionals including small and medi …

Net 10 Members enjoy these benefits: Business networking in a casual, friendly, low-pressure environment Exclusive category networking (one business/member per profession); you’re the star of your category Many low- to no-cost opportunities to speak and showcase your business, including your own FREE web page here on Meetup One-on-one networking at beginning and end of each meeting Guest speakers presenting topics pertinent to small businesses Marketing, product, research, web, interactive/digi …

Long Beach Tech is a network of Entrepreneur, Designers, and Techies with a passion for making Long Beach a tech hub. ** You must be approved to join Long Beach Tech. **

This is a meetup group for those interested in learning more about MongoDB.

The Business Blogging Academy - Los Angeles is where small business owners, local business SEOs, internet marketers, Social Media players, entrepreneurs, start uppers, bloggers and writers gather...online and in person to learn and do things right. Ask your self these questions - How much would you pay for 1. A website evaluation from an SEO, traffic and business blogging expert? Read what people pay me for website evaluations. (The earlier you get in the higher the likelihood of getting an eval …

The San Pedro International Film Festival was founded to celebrate the diverse culture and community of San Pedro with a wide spectrum of independent film, documentaries, and shorts. SPIFF is committed to exhibiting films that embody inspiring entertainment for all. Works that express fresh voices and differing global perspectives, with the intent that these films enlighten audiences while providing invaluable exposure for filmmakers, local and international. www.SPIFFest.org

Founder Friday is a Women 2.0 event to promote the creation of new networks among aspiring entrepreneurs, current entrepreneurs and investors in innovative cities globally. Both men and women are invited to attend Founder Friday. Founder Friday is hosted in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Austin, New York, Boston, Detroit, Madrid (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Bogota (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico), Vancouver (Canada) and …

We are freelancers and start-ups, we like working for ourselves and we really like to work around other people. We are here to bring the independent work force out of isolated home offices into shared spaces. We still do our own thing but we share the experience of working with a smart hive of free independent people.

This group is for networking professionals interested in marketing & technology.