The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to fil …

There are many networking events in london for tech people but none outside. In & around St Albans as well as Hertfordshire there are many IT companies of all shapes & sizes so I thought I'd create a meetup for us! I am looking for the group to consist of proactive people that are looking to achieve great things for their business using technology. The group will be what we make it! This meet up aims to be a platform that allows people to bounce ideas off one another, collaborate, discus …

OpenFlow has the possibility to disrupt the networking industry the way that Virtualization disrupted the server industryl. This is a community where we discuss/innovate and create new start-ups that leverage OpenFlow/SDN.

A Leeds based meet-Up for those interested in Riak, distributed systems, NoSql, and app development.

Thank you to everyone who attended SHD we hope you have made some great contacts and had some fun at the same time. Unfortunately (or fortunate for us) our office now has lots of new desks so it has become unusable to hold events. We hope to resume next year and we will you know.  Wishing you all the best in your Start-up ventures! From the IOVOX Team.

The Manchester Lean Startup Group is a group of entrepreneurs who learn from each other by trading stories about employing the Lean Startup principles within their startups. Lean Startups use customer development to reduce waste, reduce time to market, increase contact with customers and avoid incorrect market assumptions. They do this by employing a collection of techniques built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. Learn More about Le …

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

The Apéro Entrepreneurs are informal meetups on the first Thursday of each month for entrepreneurs only . As the name suggests, the atmosphere will be relaxed but it is also a good opportunity to network (don't forget to bring your business cards!)

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.

Traditional marketing is insufficient to address needs of today's customers. Science of marketing is now based on customer insights - understanding where the demand is and positioning and developing presence where opportunities exist. Well, it's time to do a remix of the traditional marketing mix. ReMix is just not about marketing but we talk all things about data, analytics, new technologies, product development, pricing, business models and new channels. We will inform, inspire, connect, sourc …

Are you a technology startup based in and around South and South West London, Or, a great developer looking to work for one? We're hoping to arrange monthly meetups to get the startup community going in SW London, discuss issues, meet like-minded individuals and talk tech - all over a few beverages. We're aiming squarely at those who have existing startups and those who want to work for them so if you fit the bill please join up and come along.

Make connections with other innovators & disruptors. Share experiences, ideas, tips and best practice about innovation, design, creativity and entrepreneurship. All business professionals welcome - managers, entrepreneurs, designers, developers, marketers, community leaders and business leaders.

Agile Peterborough aims to build a thriving community of technology advocates to enable local business growth, support local schools, share knowledge and learn from each other. Through talks, events, workshops and volunteering we hope to learn and share knowledge, to promote best practice and breed new talent. Peterborough has a wealth of both technology and engineering companies. Agile Peterborough is open to all technology and engineering enthusiasts to meet, discuss and share knowledge.

Ad-hoc group of Cambridge tech entrepreneurs getting together  to talk about the Lean Startup methodology and to meet other people in the same eco-system. Come grab breakfast, coffee, (for morning meetups) or beer and NOMS in the evening and hang out. Coffee and beer is excellent and free (sponsored). Follow us on twitter : @leanCambridge We’ll have a low key environment where we can just talk about startups, tech, and the world in general. Whether you come from a large corporate, new to Lean me …

We hold regular meetups and micro-conferences, inviting a host of prominent professionals in the world of web to share their experiences and offer guidance to those new to the arena. With a philosophy of simplicity and conciseness, nearly all talks are shorter than 20 minutes and refreshingly “data-light”. What do we talk about? Subjects vary depending on the speaker, but each talk is focused towards learners and encourages interactivity. We attempt to cover all areas of importance to those new …

Health 2.0 Manchester is a meetup group focused on innovations in the delivery of healthcare and health related technology. This group is dedicated to creating a community around  digital healthcare in Manchester as part of the international Health 2.0 movement. This community  aims to share, discuss, showcase and develop ideas to improve patient care. If you are interested in the intersection of health care and information and communication technology, this is a community for you. Technology en …

A new tech startup community in Leicester for existing and aspiring tech startup entrepreneurs. Aimed at geeks, techies, scientists, coders, entrepreneurs and innovators who are serious about turning great tech ideas into money via startups, spin-offs and joint ventures. Suppliers of directly relevant business services who are willing to help build the community rather than hard-sell are welcome too. Organiser: Ben Ravilious, ben@ultimateweb.co.uk, 07703460866

We are a community of data scientists, technologists and analyts that work with data. This is a new meetup that aims to discuss the tools, methods and technologies used by many startups and enterprises to analyse large scale data (big data), obtain predictive insight, and exploit business opportunities from data products. We'll have data scientists talking about topics like: big data analytics, distributed data analytics, Pig, Hive, data mining, machine learning, scalable data analytics, predict …

The new entrepreneurship era is all about customers and their problems Lean Startup is a collection of techniques built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. We're a group of entrepreneurs taking lean startup and customer development techniques to practice in our startups. We're ready to talk implementation and share data from our experiments. We welcome new people see what Lean Startups is all about. * The Lean Startup is a trademark and …

A meetup after work for startups every Friday! TechBasin Beers is a regular after work drinks for startups every Friday around Manchester's Tech Basin! Founded by Doug Ward and Shaun Gibson from Tech Britain, TechBasin Beers is open to startups of all sizes as a place to meet like-minded people, have some fun and relax after another busy week in the North West. 5:30pm, in the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly Basin TechBasin Beers is held every Friday evening, from 5:30pm at a different venue in a …

We're setting up a fun, informal poker tournament for techies and startup/entrepreneur types. The tournament will be no-limit texas holdem, £10 in (no fees) and there will be no re-buys. The intention is to make this a monthly event. Whisk will be hosting the event and will provide a few beers and some pizza (as well as tables, chairs, heat & light.... and cards/chips) Please only apply if you're a techie, entrepreneur or involved with startups...

It's the Malvern web/tech pub meetup group reborn! It's a meetup for web, mobile, tech people in or around Malvern, UK. We'll be mixing meetups in a pub with more formal presentation-based evenings at http://wyche.in/

We meet for some startup talk over coffee/tea/breakfast on the last Wednesday of every month. Startup Brew is a place where you can meet other entrepreneurs and like-minded people.

A place for like minded people to meet casually and share stories about the ups and downs of starting and running a business. I am creating this group so we can all bounce ideas between each other. There will be a meetup on the first Wednesday of every month after work between 6pm to 8pm-ish. It costs peanuts to run a group on here and I am planning on using local pubs as venues so there will be no charge to participate.

This is a group for entrepreneurs and small business owners interested in networking and sharing inspiration.The perfect place for start-up businesses in and around Luton! If you use technology and the internet in your business this is a great place to network with similar business owners. We also encourage and support all members to make the most of technology, cloud computing and the internet for better business in a modern world. Let's get together to collaborate & boost small business online …

We're looking to setup a new meetup in Birmingham aimed at people like us; We're a group of startup techies based in Birmingham, applying the latest tools & techniques to interesting problems; these include the latest web frameworks, No-Sql databases, functional programming toolsets, cloud infrastructure and anything else new and shiny. We're looking for more people like us to share knowledge with and are setting this up to cover a broad range of hacker type topics. Whisk are sponsoring the even …

Our networking events are for sole traders, home based and small business owners to meet up to openly discuss, debate and collaborate on issues affecting their businesses locally. Attendees are encouraged to share ideas and experiences. We also offer educational events around subjects that directly affect small business. The FSB's mission is to be and remain the largest and most effective organisation promoting and protecting the interests of the self employed and small business owners within th …

Designers, techies, entrepreneurs and normal people; share ideas and explore the possibilities of this intriguing technology; #3DPrinting (aka Additive Manufacturing or Free Form Fabrication) is the future, and heralds in a new age of making stuff and shopping.