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 filter …

DIYbio San Diego is the DIY bio meetup group for San Diego County. We do not have our own mailing list yet, so join the discussions on the SoCal DIYBio Google Group ( groups.google.com/group/socal-diybio ). Inspired by the DIY science of the Hackerspace movement, and other DIY bio groups like BioCurious ( www.BioCurious.org) and SoCal DIYbio ( www.meetup.com/SoCal-DIYBio/), DIYbio San Diego aims to gather like-minded science geeks from the Greater San Diego area. We believe that if BioTech is to …

The NYC Business Networking Group (NYCBNG) is one of the premier, exclusive networking groups in NYC and has been a leader in hosting business events for nearly 4 years. In 2010, we launched our first West Coast group in LA. We're expanding to San Diego to bring our events to professionals in the local area. CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR GROUP VIDEO Group members are the city's most influential, successful business professionals including small and medium business owners, entrepreneurs and star …

Ansir Innovation Center is startup hub located in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego. We are committed to building the San Diego startup ecosystem.

Please visit www.sdentrepreneurcenter.com to learn more about us. Help us become the LARGEST Entrepreneurial Eco-system and Membership Network in San Diego, becoming the role model for other US cities to follow, and in developing our San Diego Sustainable Connections Collaborative Community (SDS3C initiative), County Wide!.  We are looking for domain experts in a variety of areas who would like to get get involved, and potentially be workshop presenters. Our meetup group is barely a year old, an …

A group for CTO's based in San Diego to get together, share challenges, solutions and a beer.

GetupStartup is a collective of young, driven entrepreneurs who are interested in networking, learning and sharing tips, tricks and advice. We host all sorts of networking events, roundtables, lectures and workshops - to learning new skills, share best practices and connect with like minded forward thinkers. When it comes to your startup, it's what you know AND who you know. Follow us on a journey to improve both. Don't forget to Check out the website [getupstartup.org] and connect with us on Fa …

We're building a community for San Diego hackers and founders by organizing local study groups on technology and entrepreneurship around the free online university classes provided by Stanford, Berkley, MIT, Udacity, Coursera, and others. Sign up for any of the free online classes and join their San Diego study groups.

A group of seasoned entrepreneurs and leaders from various San Diego and California organizations have banded together to form the Startup California San Diego Region! Startup San Diego and Startup California are regions of The Startup America Partnership, a public private initiative founded by President Obama and former AOL Chairman Steve Case. It's also backed by the Case Foundation and the Kauffman Foundation. The Startup America Partnership is based on a simple premise: young companies that …

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.

Who we are? Disruptive Thinkers influences global leadership by disrupting existing public policy conventions through crowdsourced solutions, capturing the best military and entrepreneurial perspectives. We act as a catalyst for societal and market-based innovation. Disruptive Thinkers is a decentralized think tank composed of civilian entrepreneurs and young military leaders. Ideas, not ideology, are our source of inspiration. We are the young innovators of our generation, tired of divisive pol …

Second Screen TV, Second Screen is a term that refers to an additional electronic device (e.g. tablet, smartphone) that allows a television audience to interact with the content they are consuming, such as TV shows, movies, music, or video games, extra data is displayed on a portable device synchronized with the content being viewed on television. Beyond the above, using a tablet to select info about a specific object you see on TV like you do with web pages and getting that info on your table i …

With so many exciting technologies being developed around Southern California, the key to reaching scale is to launch your product with a killer digital marketing strategy. The core group is made up of entrepreneurs that have years of experience breaking down business models to recommend appropriate customer acquisition tactics. We love helping software and product-based start-ups reach critical mass and providing you with the essential information, resources and direct feedback during our meet- …

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 nationwide. We launched in San Francisco and Silicon Valley in November 2009. We opened a chapter in New York City in 2012 and are now bringing the Silicon Valley spirit of entrepreneurship to San Diego and other U.S. locations. Over the past 3 years we have hosted numerous pitch events, seminars, speaker pane …

This meetup is for small business owners, entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs to get together and network, learn and inspire. Accion hosts a number of high quality, FREE business training events through the year in partnership with a number community organizations. Training topics include small business financing, marketing, tax preparation, and utilizing technology in business. Join our meetup to be the first to hear about these great events!

The San Diego Sun is priceless, we all agree on that but as a start up city we need a lot more than just the Sun to catch up with Tech Hubs such as Silicon Valley. We need to do it our way…. the San Diego way!.... the Happy Hour way! Imagine SD Tech Happy Hour as a City wide bar where Web Developers meet charismatic Founders, Entrepreneurs meet the next Investors and Legal Team and App Designers come up with their next big thing right before the happy hour ends. We are all about Happy Hours, Tec …

Have you ever wanted to be part of a startup business but not been willing to take the risk that it entails? Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants are a great way to get your foot in the door with other talented individuals. This group is meant to serve as a catalyst for team formation where experience and knowledge can help bolster a successful application for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. These grants are great stepping stones to get the initial funding for a st …

As a software engineer looking at creating my very first company, I get plenty of advice from non-technical CEO's and business owners and enjoy every minute of it, but some of the biggest companies in the world were started by Technical and Engineering minded CEO's with a technological vision that most in regular business can't grasp. My goal is to meet those kind of people, to have lunch with or sit down and talk to Hardware or Software Engineers that run their own companies or want to start. W …