This is the place to be for mobile fans (including BlackBerry, Symbian, WIndows Mobile, iPhone, Android), developers, and entrepreneurs who are involved in the planning and implementing of applications as well as those wishing to learn more about the business opportunities related to the technology of the BlackBerry. Symbian, Windows Mobile, and other platform folks are also welcome. We get together monthly to share information on projects, opportunities, and how-to’s related to developing for t …

Practice and advice giving technical presentations. Each month, one member gives a technical presentation to the group, which then discusses the presentation, offering comments and critiques. Finally, the presenter gets to ask and respond to questions. The meetings are hosted at Startpad in Seattle. http://startpad.org/about-us We hope you will join us to improve your presentation skills, help others, and discuss technology.

Join the Microsoft Store for workshops on Windows 7, Office 2010, Windows Phone 7 and more. Each month we offer a workshop on how technology can improve your small business, professional organization, company, or non-profit. Have a request for an event for your company? Rent out our theater space free of charge! We also offer small business consultations to find a personalized solution to help your company grow. Give us a call or shoot us an email! Visit us online at www.microsoftstore.com. Pho …

Lean Startup Seattle is for anyone interested in the application of Lean Startup Principles and the Customer Development process developed by Steve Blank and refined by Eric Ries.  We are bringing the Seattle Lean Startup community together in a variety of formats to learn from each other. What works? What doesn't? Is lean just a buzzword? Or can it really help build businesses? "The Lean Startup movement is taking hold in companies both new and established to help entrepreneurs and managers do …

J-Tech allows Jewish tech professionals to connect with the Jewish community and to each other in meaningful ways. You will have the opportunity to network, engage in professional development and make a social impact through your unique skills and resources. J-Tech is a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization part of a network of 28 worldwide chapters of the MIT Enterprise Forum headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Enterprise Forum is managed by Technology Review, an independent media company owned by MIT with a global readership of 2.6 million. An active chapter since 1971, MITEF NW’s mission is to inspire, connect, and educate entrepreneurs in the Puget Sound technology and business community. We cater to the ne …

How's your business or side project coming along? Come join us for a healthy discussion of a dimension of startups that the Startup Tabloids rarely cover: Building a web product business without VC interference. Maybe you are consultant or freelancer like us, sick of looking for client work and taking client calls. You'd rather be your own client, and build a product you own, that can bring real freedom to your worklife. We call it FREERlancing: You are free to decide how to build out your idea, …

This group was created to help online merchants get the most from their e-commerce store. Whether you're just setting up and want to know the best cart solution for you or whether you're site is up and running but you now need to optimize sales - then we're the group for you. Come meet other merchants and learn from each other.

Analyst like Gartner and Forester claim small merchants are quickly going extinct. Your odds of survival grow slimmer by the day as giants like big box retailers like Wal-Mart and massive online dominators like Amazon grow their market share affording technologies and resources that just aren’t available to the common merchant. E-Commerce - Social Commerce Mobile and Tablet Commerce Groupon, LivingSolcial, etc… Presence on Facebook, Pinterest, FourSquare, etc… SEM and SEO Amazon, eBay, Etsy, et …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of the Digital Age. The global reach of the Internet has democratized entrepreneurship. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning drive to succeed,  to make it big in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions.  Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, fin …

This is a group for anyone interested in meeting over breakfast to discuss legal and regulatory developments applicable to startups and growth companies.

This is not just another "entrepreneur" meetup.  We are not about meeting for the sake of meeting.  We are not about meeting to promote sponsors or to create business development opportunities for service providers. We are fed up with stale startup leadership and frustrated with the quality and content of local, well-intentioned startup organizations and groups.  We want to agitate the creation of a group that will focus on moving our local startup community forward by focusing entirely on the e …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning more about the business of domains and domaining and doing business online. No experience required. Let's inspire one another with our domain and website ideas, insights and experience. And, let's discuss our successes and our failures. We can all benefit from the camaraderie of our mutual interest and shared passion of becoming more profitable with our online businesses, and making the internet a better place to do business.

A community of entrepreneurs, startups, non-profits, and small businesses with a natural affinity for passion and inspiration.

RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

Regus is proud to host a monthly networking event for those in the tech community. Whether you are building a website, launching an app, or are a web programmer, we invite you to network with a number of like-minded individuals. Learn best practices from a variety of new and established companies, and experience the atmosphere of a coworking environment. Each monthly event will have a guest speaker within the community to speak about their company and network with the group. Bring your business …

Would you like to start a small web and design company? I've always thought about helping others that are starting their small business, non-profit, or group with the technical part of things. I myself have a background in marketing and graphic design, as well as experience with business development. The group is open for anyone wanting to start something like this, with this group or their own. Meetup style: informal, open-to-all, open space for like minded interest to mingle.

MentorMeMentorYou for Men was inspired by the original MentorMeMentorYou (for Women) and is a group of mixed aged men coming together to exchange life experiences, ask questions, listen, and share from the heart in confidence that what they say will be heard and respected without being judged. The idea is that we all have life experiences that were hard earned and often came at the end of a long road of pain and struggle. These strengths in some cases could not have been gotten any other way; we …

Seattle Entrepreneurship Club was started by a group of professionals enthusiastic about entrepreneurship in Greater Seattle area in April 2008. Over the years, this group grew to more than 400 members and counting. Seattle Entrepreneurship Club’s mission is to promote the spirit of Entrepreneurship among the Chinese community, provide mutual support among entrepreneurs, help companies in China to explore the global market, help those who are interested in China to explore the Chinese market, an …