Welcome to the world's largest and most active Meetup.com group in the 'Startup Businesses' category. By joining and attending our official Startup Meetups, you will meet other local business owners, network with other entrepreneurs, share ideas and resources, get advice and avoid costly mistakes. Hear how others have overcome hurdles and are achieving success. RSVP for more than one event and we'll see you there. Check out our photos from past events and complete the polls - we want to know wha …

Health Tech Startups. We are building things that make healthcare better. If you are working on a healthcare venture, or want to connect with the healthcare start-up community then this is your crowd. We're hosting speaker events, co-Working meetups, and several other events aimed at building the healthcare technology eco-system in Minnesota. A lot of the things we're talking about are, specific challenges and opportunities in healthcare and launching health tech start-ups. As a growing communit …

The intent of this group is to encourage and develop relationships between small business owners and suitable investors. Monthly meetings will be focused on short presentations that provide timely and applicable lessons for starting, developing, and funding new business concepts. This group is solutions-oriented, and it embraces a no-nonsense approach towards immediate and actionable relationships, partnerships, and conceptual fruition.

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 technology 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 …

PLUG IN AT JOULE Work for yourself without being by yourself. Joule is a collaborative business community for those with a work at home lifestyle. Our members include startups, entrepreneurs, consultants, freelancers, telecommuters, developers and other independent professionals. JOIN US. joulemn.com

KICKSTART is a series of small group presentations and discussions for founders and managers of start-up businesses. KickStart events provide you with practical and actionable knowledge that will have an impact on you and your business.

We will start the year with Business 101, 102 and Economics 102. Each week a small group (9-10) will together to watch a short video on each of these topics and discuss afterward. It will stimulate our minds to work as a mastermind and learn more about business. This group was formed for anyone who would like to network, discuss business or never had the chance to go to business school The topics will be in this order: (We will watch and discuss 1-2 topics each meetup) Business 101: Principles o …

Tired of corporate life? Tired of the revenue scalability limitations of consulting? Tired of being a solo founder? Network with other entrepreneurs with skill sets that are complementary to yours. It's never too early or too late to find your next cofounder. Finding the right cofounder can be a difficult obstacle to overcome: http://www.tangosource.com/blog/Finding-a-technical-co-founder-Youre-doing-it-wrong/ The goal of this group is to help you meet other people who are looking for cofounders …

Running a business may leave you making decisions alone at the top.  If you are like most business owners, your family and friends cannot fully appreciate what it takes to run and grow a business. As a business owner, you face challenges that are common to business owners. We recognize the value of learning from each other (which is cheaper than hiring consultants). That's why we formed these "executive peer groups." Come discuss challenges and issues with your business peers who have built comp …

MN Healthcare IT is dedicated to advancing innovation in the delivery of healthcare through the use of information technology. We will have regularly scheduled meetups where interested stakeholders can share and discuss innovative ideas at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Professionals working in the healthcare and IT industries are invited to our events discuss and learn about the latest healthcare technologies.

Hi, this group is for people who are interested in mobile but specifically understanding mobile within business. Who would be interested? Entrepreneurs, business executives, producers, developers, social media enthusiasts and the mobile curious. Suggested topics for the group: - Estimating development costs for mobile. Where do I start? - How to approach design for mobile? - Native vs mobile web which one is appropriate? - How do I incorporate mobile into my business? - What’s the deal with Gam …

Merge is a blog discussing design and entrepreneurship curated by designer Doug Powell. On Merge, designers can find information and inspiration to take their business ideas directly to market. http://mergeblog1.wordpress.com/ Merge Meetups will be most valuable for people working as designers or creative professionals who are interested in discussing new ways of building their business.

Business 101:  Opportunity Networkers is essentially a networking event combined with educational seminars which gives business professionals a firm knowledge base on a variety of industries.  From business planning, business coaching, health and wellness, accounting, marketing, legal counseling, sales, to banking and finance, our events will present engaging professionals who work in these and are ready to share their knowledge and expertise. Our Meetups are free of charge unless otherwise note …