This is a group for anyone interested in technology that wants to meet and discuss topics like Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development, Web Entrepreneurship and startups in the Downtown Deland area. We plan to meet once a month and have an annual BarCamp Deland meetup.

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Tampa Bay 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 Tampa Bay 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 complements y …

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into growing tech businesses in Tampa Bay. Today we have over 100 members who are building, launching or growing over 100 web and mobile tech ventures. WaVE's officially stated goal is to help build an ecosystem here in Tampa Bay in order to build & launch 50 new tech ventures a year within 5 years. We are working with the local universities and other like-minded organization …

This is a group for start-up founders, co-founders and people who are looking to join one of these ventures full or part time. Over lunch, we will meet, mingle and have quick introduction of new concepts, people and what they are looking for. This group is technology based and not for MLM or Realtors.

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

This is a forum for local tech innovators, geeks and entrepreneurs who want to connect with others to discuss how we can make Tampa Bay more startup friendly. Topics include startup challenges, emerging industry trends as well as public policy issues that need more attention and investment from our local elected officials and economic development agencies. Current participants are founders of tech companies, free lance developers / designers and people with boring day jobs looking for the next b …

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) with a mission is to enable and support the founders of tech startups and the supporting technology innovation community throughout Tampa Bay. Today we have over 60 members who are building, launching or growing over 80 different web and mobile tech ventures, 30% of whom are profitable and cash flow positive. One of our member ventures (Wufoo) was acquired earlier this year for $35 million, and we hope our efforts will g …

The Battle Begins... Do you need to find funding for your company?  Then you need a strategic plan of attack!  The competition and investment landscape for corporate funding is a brutal battlefield. You must be better prepared than the rest – there’s absolutely no room for weakness on these front lines! Very simply, either do it right or don’t do it at all! The process of raising capital will be one of the toughest battles of your life. It’s a process made for warriors who are committed to the s …

A discussion of generating traffic, obtaining venture capital, finding staff, and other start up related topics.

A bit about our Agile Lean Coffee Orlando: everyone owns the gathering (though usually one of us makes sure we have supplies.) We seek any topics that are of interest to whoever is gathered. We prioritize our list of topics by multi-vote. We manage our discussions via a Kanban "board", timeboxes and Roman vote. Hope to see you on Friday mornings!

We're a group of tech savvy professionals who spend most of our day behind some sort of screen. We all love networking, talks, and a craft beer here and there – but we also love to live a healthy lifestyle. So why can't we have all of the above? The Orlando Tech Buff Meetup wants to bring all of us health conscious tech buffs together twice a month to enjoy an active lifestyle, technology, inspiration, and... a beer here and there.

Whoops! Looks like I got busted without a description... So, I had planned on announcing this at the conference but I am starting a monthly meetup for anyone interested in Front-End Design. I won't have the location for the first event set until after the conference, but the goal will be to get together once a month to make something. I'm thinking that we will begin by approaching some HTML5 and CSS3 items, do some tutorials together and eventually start knocking out our own. I'm hoping to mak …

Hello Orlando Tech Community! Orlando Tech Meetup happens the 3rd Thursday of each month at various venues around Downtown Orlando. Each Month we have 5 different web product companies out to demo the product they've built to the live audience. The company has 5 minutes to demo their product, then the audience has 5 minutes to ask questions and give real-time feedback to the companies that demoed. We desire to encourage openness and community within the Tech community here in Orlando. We hope to …

The Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF) is the largest and most influential membership organization for the technology industry in Central Florida. With over 300 member companies that range from entrepreneurial startups to some of the largest companies in the region, the organization hosts over 85 events annually. In addition to supporting and promoting the technology industry, the organization’s strategic goals include workforce objectives to highlight the need for highly skilled IT workers, init …

BizSpark™ Tampa Bay brings fellow Microsoft® BizSpark™, WebSiteSpark™, and DreamSpark™ startups and other Microsoft technology-based businesses together to connect, share ideas, and grow together, no matter what stage they are at now, whether start-up or long established, both in-person and virtually. Meetup topics cover new technology opportunities and how to capitalize on them, business basics, and case studies of successes, especially ones from within the community, and other topics of intere …

Entrepreneurs and business owners will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with loan officers, talk with web designers, graphic artists, insurance providers and merchant service specialists, all in a comfortable, neutral environment. Attendees will be able to find and compare everything from small business loans to printers, small business software and phone systems. Small business owners and entrepreneurs may visit and speak with small business lenders and other service providers, or simp …

The Independent Network Konnecting E-commerce Related Sellers A tinker used to travel from village to village, selling, trading, and buying goods. Now-a-days, we travel by sitting at our desks and surfing the web. And what better way to sell, trade, and buy than through the internet? I am a certified instructor for eBay. I know dozens of people who sell on eBay, Amazon, and through their own e-stores. I thought it would be nice to get together with other "tinkers" and share our expertice, exch …

Meet us for a CEO Mastermind Workshop! Do you have your own business? Do you want to start a new business? Does your marketing plan need a boost? Confused or frustrated about social media marketing? Are traditional networking events not your style? Want to have in depth conversations about things that MATTER to you in your business? You've come to the right place! We provide real world training and education, expert speakers and mastermind group sessions to help you grow your business. We provid …

Meet us for a Lunch Workshop & Mastermind! This group is for entrepreneurs who have started their own business or who want to start a business. We provide real world training and education, expert speakers, mastermind group sessions to grow our business and genuine, organic relationship building among other CEOs and startups just like you! We are a community of entrepreneurs learning and growing together through targeted programs at each Lunch Workshop and through our connections with each oth …

Meet us for Great Guest Speakers, Lunch, Meet Other Like Minded Professionals & participate in a Mastermind Session! This group is for entrepreneurs who have started their own business or who want to start a business. We provide real world training and education, expert speakers, mastermind group sessions to grow our business and genuine, organic relationship building among other CEOs and startups just like you! We are a community of entrepreneurs learning and growing together through targeted p …

Develop, design and publish Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps with the help of Microsoft and our Community of Developers and Designers. Listings will include events, contests and news of interest to software developers.