Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

Silicon Beach is an informal group for anyone interested in entrepreneurship, the interwebs or technology. The active mailinglist is at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia.

Funding or about to fund a world-class technology start-up in the world's most livable city, Melbourne, Australia.

If you're bored of running your business, idea or creative studio out of your garage or bedroom, then it's time for you to move into a bigger garage - one thats filled with people who share an array of interesting ideas, friendly personalities and unique skillsets. GENIAUS is hosting a co-working session at RMIT for entrepreneurs, students, tech-heads, professionals and creatives. There will heaps of things to learn and lots of interesting people to meet – all of whom share a similarly powerful …

Travel Massive is a global initiative to connect people in the travel industry locally, bringing together travel brands, startups, bloggers and socially engaged travelers.

A group for people interested in the what, the why, and the how to successfully commercialise APIs. You don’t need to know how to code an API to join in. All you need is a genuine interest in discussing and debating how this incredibly disruptive technology is transforming the way Australian companies will do business in the coming years. Join a couple of self proclaimed API Strategy Geeks who pretty much won’t shut up about topics like API business models, how to market API services, when to op …

As .NET developers we've invested a lot of energy honing our craft with C#/VB/etc, the .NET framework and Visual Studio. Microsoft also spend a lot of time and resources enhancing and simplifying the framework (such as MVC, Web API, razor). The launch of Windows Azure has made putting an ASP.NET application into production easier than ever. So why is that you don't hear a lot about startups who are using ASP.NET? The aim of this group is to surface the lone rangers, isolated teams and start up …

Welcome, this group is for anyone who has an interest in Cloud Computing. You may be a developer an entrepreneur a business or a customer. You're all welcome.  We'll meet up on a regular basis to discuss all things around the great opportunity that is cloud. Cheers, Colin

Melbourne Jelly is a fortnightly co-working event where folks from all disciplines get together at a pre-determined location and get their work on! Read more here: http://workatjelly.com/We live on http://twitter.com/melbournejelly too!

A group for AngelCube mentors, companies, investors, stakeholders, friends and colleagues.

The Entrepreneur Club is a supportive community group consisting of very successful and motivated individuals. This group is made up of entrepreneurs, internet business & marketers, consultants, salespeople, business leaders, startup businesses and property investors. We get together every month, face to face (where possible) to talk about business, marketing (both in person and on the internet), small and medium business enterprises and success in life. I'm sure this is you, isn't it? driv …

If you love programming Ruby and use the Ruby on Rails (RoR) framework, or would like to learn, then this group is for you. If you don't care for Ruby or Rails but love programming and web development in general, are involved in a startup and have an entrepreneurial spirit, then this group may be for you too. :) Oh yeah, and you must live in the world's most livable city to join. If you don't know which city that is, then you probably don't. :)

Hi and welcome to the InternetPreneur meet-up! This meet-up is for people of all ages starting an internet business. There are plenty of start-up groups out there but this group is mainly for those starting an online business who has built or still building their website. Running a business is fun and rewarding but loaded with challenges. We need some outlet to socialise, have a chat and exhange ideas with other online business start-ups. The purpose of this group is to meet with like minded peo …

Are you a women in Tech? Do you run an online business or are trying to get started with an online business? Or maybe your female entrepreneur running her own startup or business? Are you any of the following : a web marketer, app designer, social media person, web developer, web designer, software developer, (or some other tech related occupation I've left out)? Great! Do you get regular manicures and pedicures, but wish you had someone to go with to talk about topics that interest you and are …

This group is designed to bring people from IT business together. You should join this group: If you are an IT Developer, IT Consultant, IT Analyst, Project Manager, IT Recruiter, Start-up manager or small business manager then this group will help to build your professional network in Melbourne. If you want to be more aware of the market's tendencies and up to date on new technologies. If you are looking for an IT Professional then you might find your perfect geek here as well. If you need an a …

Quora is an online web forum full of super interesting people having intelligent discussions about a huge range of topics. This is a group for those people and their friends to get to know each other and make new friends in real life. Popular topics are Social Media, Technology, Science, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Food, Travel, Politics, Books, Movies, Music, History, Business and Marketing. Please join us! Refer to http://www.quora.com and http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealLife

Port 80 Melbourne. We are web people getting together. We catch up informally once and month and we have the occasional presenter or two. All members of the web developer, social media, hosting, SEO and general online communities are welcome to attend. Port 80 Melbourne meets the first Wednesday of each month from 6pm.

New year, new friends, new opportunities. 新年新气象, 结识新朋友, 开创新机会.