This group is people who want to form or join a start-up. It is a meetup for Hackers who built something that works and people want; and Hustlers who sold product/service, raised capital, and/ or built partnerships. - This is NOT a social outing to have a beer and gossip about the latest story on TechCrunch. - This is NOT a VC beauty show. This is a serious and purposeful speed dating for people who what want to build the NEXT BIG THING and have chops to prove they can do it.

New York Angels - one of the largest and oldest angel investment groups in the US, has set up this meetup site with the aim of spreading the knowhow and tools required for early stage investment processes in the state of NY and its surroundings. The education / workshops / seminars we will provide will come from the best sources in the industry and will be delivered at cost - to maximize the knowhow transfer. Target audiences include angels, entrepreneurs, very early stage VC's (i.e. - VC 2.0), …

When life gave you lemons, did you open a lemonade stand? Lemonade Heroes is for entrepreneurs to share their stories about how they have turned challenges into victories — not just in business, but on the personal side. If you're a Founder, then you're a Hero! LemonadeHeroes.com offers the recognition you deserve, for being one of the intrepid few whose vision and drive brought a business into being. Gain Visibility Add a press-ready high resolution portrait to your online profile, and share i …

What is Co Working ? Co-working is redefining the way we do work. Built around the tenets of community building and sustainability. Co working spaces are shared community spaces for independent professionals to work from like an office but with much more flexibility and creativity.

As a startup solo-preneur myself at http://facebook.com/learnosaurus I often run into a lot of things that can be solved by talking them out and bouncing ideas off others. I don't have an official advisory board, and it's often difficult to snag enough dedicated people to show up on a regular basis. So this is my proposed solution. Come one, come all, founders and partners of startups in NYC that are education-based. We can act as our own "mutual" advisory board and share war-stories about lega …

Data is all the rage these days, often presented as the next big trend in the evolution of the Web, and the next big opportunity for internet entrepreneurs. This Meetup focuses on the business aspects of the data revolution: startup opportunities, new products, business models, funding trends, emerging players, and ways for existing startups to leverage their data. Technical aspects will also occasionally be discussed, but attendees do not need to have a technical background. While hosted at Blo …

A few years ago I started a business in New York City. We were immediately profitable. What I noticed from this process is that there are a lot of resources for level 1 start-ups that are trying to take an idea, turn it into a product, and bring that idea to market. I noticed that most fail and will never make a profit, because ideas take little investment. I also noticed that there are a lot of people who specialize in level 3 start-ups, companies that have a large client base, and are highly p …

Welcome to Crowdfunding for Startups where we wanted to bring like minded investors and startups together to talk about the huge benefits for startups from the crowdfunding movement! Host: Return on Change is the next generation's crowdinvesting platform that will bring high-impact start-ups and investors together! The law has been passed and now is the critical time for us to bring our heads together to think about ways to help shape crowdinvesting into the revolutionary platform it is intende …

NYC Music Meetup focuses in empowering music professionals, promoters, artists, and fans.

Venturing Hoyas is a private group of Georgetown students and alum who are active in entrepreneurship and venture capital. Our mission is to create stronger community within our group, enabling members to meet, share, and collaborate.  We plan to foster this community by hosting a number of social and professional events: Social events: Regularly scheduled happy hours, networking events, etc.  The easiest way for us to quickly build a stronger network, get to know each other, and see if people …

Queens Tech Meetup (QTM) is a gathering of tech enthusiasts who come together from around the greater NYC area to foster a vibrant tech community in Queens through participation, interaction, and experimentation. At each of our meetups, we host 1-2 featured speakers and 2-3 interactive product demonstrations. After the demonstrations, we encourage our guests to meet other techies. We host the meetups at different venues in Queens, showcasing great spaces in the borough. Join us and come check us …

Purpose: To learn and implement Steve Blank's customer discovery and customer validation business model. The goal is to find a repeatable, scalable business model by the end of the 8 weeks. We will get out of the building during the week to speak with customers, partners, and competitors. We will follow his syllabus as taught at Stanford School of Engineering 2012. Who: Entrepreneurs: Apply as groups of 2 - 4 or individuals. We are capping it at 40 people, or 10 teams. Materials: "The Startup Ow …

NYC has countless tech meet-ups and events, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products, be it a cold fusion engine or a bionic fork. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware start-up eco-system, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in the Big Apple.

This meetup was created to being together Koreans and Korea lovers who are also passionate about startups and entrepreneurs.  There is immense talent both here and in Korea and this group was created to give people the opportunity to network, share ideas and bring great businesses to life! We eventually want to grow this meetup into a cross border hub between here and Korea to be able to bring the best of both worlds together and create a powerful group for the startup community.  We would like …

This is the place for everything crowd-related. The founders of the Crowdcentric Network have 30 years experience in the entertainment and IT industries, and are currently the founders of a global crowdfunding platform which will soon be a major crowdsourcing portal too. We started this meetup group to bring together like-minded individuals interested in everything crowdcentric. We will hold regular networking mixers, and panels with industry experts and successful entrepreneurs so we can help e …

Calling All Entrepreneurs and people in Small Business. Are you curious about getting your business to thrive, and with more ease? This will be the premier business networking and educational group in NY. Our members are entrepreneurs, small business owners, investors, and those starting businesses, who want to network and collaborate with others, and also learn tools to grow their businesses. The Purpose of This Group is for You to: 1. Surround yourself in a positive business community, where …

Startup companies, freelance designers, developers, hackers, PR and marketing professionals, writers, students, lawyers, telecommuters and all-around brilliant, awesome people- interested in a coworking space in Astoria? We are opening a collaborative workspace in early 2013 and want to hear from you! Help us build a space to best fit your needs. Come out and have your say!

VentureOutNY is focused on helping to enable international startups to launch and succeed in New York City. Based on the philosophy that talent is evenly distributed but opportunity is not, VentureOutNY’s mission is to bridge that gap between the entrepreneurial talent abroad to the vast opportunities in burgeoning technology community in New York. Through regionally focused events, VentureOutNY introduce the world’s most talented international entrepreneurs to the startup ecosystem in NYC, fast …

JFE (Jews For Entrepreneurship) Network is the leading and largest organization and platform for connecting entrepreneurs and investors, and accelerating innovation in the Jewish community. We launched in San Francisco and Silicon Valley in November 2009. Right now we are bringing the Silicon Valley spirit of entrepreneurship to New York City and other U.S. locations. Over the past 3 years we have hosted numerous pitch events, seminars, speaker panels, and networking mixers. We have witnessed nu …

"This is a group for people interested in meeting other people from all walks of life who wish to have a better economic future and economically improve themselves. people who like them share a passion for start ups and building new business from scratch, solopreneurs aka businesses of one person, freelancers and general entrepreneurship lovers are also welcome. in every meetup we will get together, network, brainstorm and talk about the best strategies to conceive and implement excellent busine …

Described by The New York Times as "the most important organization affecting America's relationship with Israel,” AIPAC is a 100,000-member grassroots movement of activists committed to ensuring Israel’s security and protecting American interests in the Middle East and around the world. AIPAC’s priority is to ensure that both America and Israel remain strong and that they collaborate closely together on a wide range of issues. From promoting peace between Israel and its neighbors to facilitatin …

We've all heard about YCombinator accepting there first non profit startup with https://watsi.org/. We know there is so much good that can be done through these channels and so many smart people out there who are interested in this area. If you're interested in making a real impact or just want to get inspiration from the community come join to discuss how to take humanity into a better future. We are hoping to get people from the non profit community to come and talk and thus new idea's can inc …

The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (www.sopenet.org) & its LinkedIn groups is a not-for-profit 501(c)6 global biomedical and healthcare innovation network. Members include healthcare entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, and industry representatives. The mission of SoPE is to help biomedical and healthcare entrepreneurs get their ideas, discoveries and inventions to market by providing them with education, connections to service providers & investors, and offering value added products …

Welcome! This group is for anyone who would like to participate in business networking and socializing in a casual environment. Get to know your fellow business owners in the area and exchange information. Make some new friends and create new business opportunities! Suggestions for meetup locations or any other suggestions are welcome. -Suzanna AbundantIdeas.com

Where Founders can meet, in person, have a drink, break some bread and commiserate on our latest entrepreneurial challenges :)

This is the MeetUp for all Big 10 alumni living in NYC interested in entrepreneurship, tech, startups and business in general. There are so many of us here with such a variety of talents, abilities, and experiences, and this is the place to bring it all together and show the NY business community what the Big 10 has to offer. Every month we will get together, listen to either a chosen speaker or pitches from Big 10 founders, and follow that up with snacks and some drinks. Looking forward to seei …

This meetup group is intended to bring together bioinformatics software developers, life scientists and entrepreneurs interested on the applications of cloud computing to the analysis of large-scale genome sequencing datasets. We welcome members from academia, non-profits or industry, who would like to discuss research ideas, software, explore ventures in cloud computing / genome sequencing technologies, or simply build a network with others that are enthusiastic for the potential offered by the …

Gotham Media's Innovation Lab focuses on presenting programs for entrepreneurs and innovators. We'll focus on how to reach the next level when it comes to starting and/or improving a company. Whether you're starting a company, working on improving an existing company, big or small, or just thinking about innovation and entrepreneurship, this is the place to be. Related Meetups included Gotham Media and FoodTECHNYC