Ultra Light Startups Ultra Light Startups brings together the world's most innovative technology entrepreneurs, in monthly events and accompanying online communities. Events feature pitching, networking and interactive, moderated panel discussions with leading industry experts. Topics cover: Design, Technology, Marketing and Finance And be sure to checkout our website and join our social media groups: Website - http://ultralightstartups.com/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ultralightstartu …

This is your chance to prototype your ideas before going to VCs or for seed funding. We all have dream applications that need machine learning and predictive analytics. We can hack those app. using available machine learning APIs (from Microsoft, Google, BigML, BPA EyeQ, and so on). No need to learn those complicated math or gymnastics of matrices. This is also your way to find a co-founder, good developers, and some good feedback. By the way, investors are also welcome; coding is good for our …

The Boston BizSpark Meetup group brings fellow Microsoft® BizSpark™startups and other startups interested in the BizSpark™program together to connect, share ideas, and grow together. We also invite and welcome startup investors to join us, make contacts, and share ideas a well. Microsoft® BizSpark™ is a global program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources when they need it the most. Learn more at http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark

OVERVIEW New Group!  Tech entrepreneurs and marketers come together to solve marketing, product marketing and product strategy challenges, big and small. Members are software/hardware/mobile app entrepreneurs and company founders, senior management, and folks from the marketing, product marketing and product management functions in companies big and small. The typical meeting includes a startup marketing case study (it could be YOU!), a rapid-fire roundtable discussion in which we we tackle …

Web Start Women is a group of smart, nerdy (and proud of it!) women who are taking over the world learning to program for the web so we can make awesome stuff online. If you have big ideas for new projects... If you want the satisfaction, control, and flexibility of building those projects yourself... If you're looking for a friendly community where you can share ideas and get inspired... And if you want to do it all in an open, supportive, intimidation-free environment with other women... …

The Boston Lean IT / Limited WIP Society is a local forum for sharing ideas and experiences of applying the Kanban Method and Lean Thinking to IT processes, including (but not limited to) software development, maintenance, and support. Lean Thinking can help IT teams, large or small, become more effective and productive. The Kanban Method has its genesis in Toyota's manufacturing processes, and was pioneered by David J. Anderson as a flow-based system for software engineering projects & operatio …

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Boston 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 Boston 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 compliments you. We …

The Worcester Entrepreneur meetup exists to help entrepreneurs in the area share knowledge, stay up to date on emerging strategies, and build a strong and supportive business network in the Metro-West area. We got sick of driving into Boston for entrepreneur meetups, especially when there are so many great local entrepreneurs right in the city! Anyone is welcome, from college students with questions on entrepreneurship and where to start... to seasoned and successful lifelong executives. We can …

Meet other Boston/Cambridge members interested in business model innovation. Whether you're an absolute beginner learning the ropes or a business tycoon with the next billion dollar startup, you are welcome to come out to exchange ideas, network with each other, learn, and have a good time.

In Nov 2012, Hao Chen stepped up to keep this meetup alive. The following description is from the ex-organizer: History/why I want to do this: As a young engineer in the late 90s/early 2000s I went to some loosely organized lunches with various industry pros, all architect/senior level working for many big names back then. Amazing things were discussed. It totally pierced my mind. Now, fast forward to 2012,  I want to get everyone together to discuss tech, over some good food :) I want to keepin …

A meetup group for MassChallenge alumni (and staff and mentors, too!) We'll be hosting monthly happy hours at different bars in Boston and Cambridge. Nothing fancy, just fun get-togethers over drinks and a way to keep the community we built going. If you want to receive updates on where the happy hour will be each month, be sure to sign up for this group!

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.

Do you want to learn more about the sharing economy? Do you want to learn about a new way of life where people share their time, objects, space and resources for a better world? Then join Sharers of Boston! This is an economy where peers, neighbors and people help one another meet basic needs, providing access over ownership. This group will facilitate bringing all of the sharers out there together to hang out, attend events, dinners, and meetups to tell stories and meet others who have the sam …

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by po …

The Reverse Startup is an accelerated product launch camp, driven by the open source community, focused on rapid prototyping and rapid execution around a series of proof-of-concept exercises. Encompassing a wide range of topics, this group is ideal for developers, designers, technologists, marketing professionals and entrepreneurs. The Reverse Startup is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the community and helping people actualize their dreams and professional goals. We endeavor to come tog …

Intelligent.ly connects Boston's top experts with entrepreneurs and startup folks who want to hone their skills. Improve your craft or learn a new subject in 90-minutes through workshop-style classes in Marketing, Product Management, UX, Business Strategy and more. Learn, to win!

So you had a good exit or founded a company and sold it and you're successful....Now you're working on the next BIG thing and people call you a serial entrepreneur.  The problem is that you are not sure what is the next project to start.  You've been jumping from one idea to another and can't focus?   The goal of this group is either to find that "cure"for you, (and for each other)  or set ourselves onto the right track and help focus on our dream project/company!

Do you work from home, coffee shops, and/or wherever you can balance your laptop? Are you a remote worker, freelance computer professional, or self-employed entrepreneur? Many of today's knowledge workers and computer professionals are able to do their work wherever they'd like. There are certainly benefits to this lifestyle. But let's be honest, it can sometimes get a little lonely. And exploring the limits of Starbucks' hospitality can be a bit awkward too. This group seeks to help with these …

There are a lot of great companies operating out of Davis Square and the area around it. Let's get together, chat about what's happening, and make our networks work for one another! After all, why should Kendall Square have all the fun?

Are you looking to join or begin working at a start up? Come have a drink and tell us about it. This Meetup is primarily about networking in the start-up world of Boston.

a fun, quick and strategic way to meet developers, entrepreneurs, investors, & designers from boston, ny, austin, chicago & miami.

This group is dedicated to helping marketers at startups succeed. We'll meet once a month to share tips and ideas, give advice on lead generation, messaging and branding, and explore how to grow the funnel.

Come join South Shore Web Developers, Designers, Programmers, and others for networking, sharing ideas on the latest trends in web development and beyond.  All are welcome!

This is a group for ALL things startup business or organization related - business, technology, social, and more. The area of Rhode Island is teeming with energetic entrepreneurs, creators, discovers, inventors, innovators, and their muses, but we all seem to be so isolated and disconnected. How can there only be so few and unpopulated groups in the area, that we must often trek to Boston or elsewhere? This group will make no barriers, no limitations, and no obstacles. This is a group for the ca …

Would you like more 'warm' referrals for your business? Welcome to the Charles River Professionals BNI group. We are a group of business professionals in the western suburban Boston area who get together weekly to find referrals for each other. In a enjoyable, non-competitive environment we get to know each other and learn to serve as informal sales teams for each other's businesses. If each member knows 200 people then being in our group of 25 people expands your referral pool to 5000! Currentl …

Each week a local entrepreneur will host a dinner to help the startup community share ideas and help each other out!

This is a group that thinks technology can do a lot to address the challenges in our food system. We want to come together to share ideas about how we could leverage web-based tools to facilitate conversations about food, make information about food easily available, inspire broad interest in healthier food systems, and design products that make it easier to find healthy food.

As students at the Startup Institute Boston, we learned what its like to work in the incredible startup community here in Boston, MA. This group lets us continue that experience with monthly talks from kick-ass startups, alumni news, and job opportunities. Its a private group for Startup Institute Alumni, but each member can bring along a guest so find one and have them bring you along. OK, so how do you find a member? Not sure yet, but we will make that possible soon. Please only join this grou …