This is a group for start-up founders, co-founders and people who are looking to join one of these ventures full or part time. Over lunch, we will meet, mingle and have quick introduction of new concepts, people and what they are looking for. This group is technology based and not for MLM or Realtors.

The Battle Begins... Do you need to find funding for your company?  Then you need a strategic plan of attack!  The competition and investment landscape for corporate funding is a brutal battlefield. You must be better prepared than the rest – there’s absolutely no room for weakness on these front lines! Very simply, either do it right or don’t do it at all! The process of raising capital will be one of the toughest battles of your life. It’s a process made for warriors who are committed to the s …

Lean Startup Circle is dedicated to applying lean startup thinking and building lean startup leadership. We bring the Tampa Bay lean startup community together in a variety of formats (many of which involve beer) 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 is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries* In addition to Eric's book, The Lean Startup, here are some similar resources: The Entrepreneur's …

The education industry is ripe for disruption by new technology, new innovation, and new passion. This group aims to bring together local technologists, teachers, and entrepreneurs who are interested in Educational Technology. We plan to have discussions and presentations with the intention of sharing and learning from each other.

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

Connecting Entrepreneurs, Developers, and Investors to inspire tech ventures and help new businesses in the Tampa Bay area. Each month we will have local startups or businesses pitch their idea to the group for feedback, investment interest, or just to share with other tech enthusiasts. A keynote speaker will present inspiring messages on the topics of entrepreneurship, development, or investing practices.

Minorities in Tech is a Monthly meetup that hosts Tech & Digital Media Professionals from in Orlando and surrounding regions. Our attendees include Tech Business Owners, Software Developers, Angel & Venture Capital Firms, Marketers and Digital Media enthusiasts. This group will serve as a forum for collaboration, networking, education and to lift each other up and develop mentorship within women and minorities in technology-related fields. Our objectives also include programming to help tech com …

Growth Hacking refers to any process used to grow and scale businesses in a measurable and repeatable way. This group is open to anyone who is interested in increasing revenue, users, or customers for their business. We have a heavy focus on technology companies, but love the challenge to help all companies grow.

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into growing tech businesses in Tampa Bay. Today we have over 100 members who are building, launching or growing over 100 web and mobile tech ventures. WaVE's officially stated goal is to help build an ecosystem here in Tampa Bay in order to build & launch 50 new tech ventures a year within 5 years. We are working with the local universities and other like-minded organization …

Global Entrepreneur Week (GEW) is an annual event that features the best and the brightest entrepreneurs, emerging companies and educational programs for fostering startup growth. The Kauffman Foundation, the worlds premier catalyst behind programs and policy for small company creation and growth is the world wide sponsor for GEW. Check out these mentions of last year's GEW in Tampa Bay: http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2008/11/17/daily25.html http://entrepreneurshipweekusa. …

This is a group for anyone interested in technology that wants to meet and discuss topics like Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development, Web Entrepreneurship and startups in the Downtown Deland area. We plan to meet once a month and have an annual BarCamp Deland meetup.

Welcome to Central Florida Tech Startup Investments, a technology start up investment network powered by local investors. Our goal is to identify capital for early stage tech companies and to identify potentially lucrative tech investments.

At Agile Lean Coffee Orlando, we discuss any topics on Agile and Lean software development that are of interest to whoever is gathered. We prioritize our list of topics by multi-vote. We manage our discussions via a Kanban "board", timeboxes and Roman vote. Visit LeanCoffee.org or Watch this 2min video courtesy of Agile Weekly. Hope to see you on Friday mornings!

Develop, design and publish Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps with the help of Microsoft and our Community of Developers and Designers. Listings will include events, contests and news of interest to software developers.

ABOUT  US Representing Central Florida’s powerful high-technology and state of the art healthcare corridor, the mission of the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce (EOCC) is to be a leader in Business advocacy, community engagement and regional connectivity. We help to create a positive business climate and a sense of unity throughout the region by providing various resources, including: • Leadership Development • Community Involvement • Networking Opportunities • Educational Programs and More! Sin …

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) with a mission is to enable and support the founders of tech startups and the supporting technology innovation community throughout Tampa Bay. Today we have over 60 members who are building, launching or growing over 80 different web and mobile tech ventures, 30% of whom are profitable and cash flow positive. One of our member ventures (Wufoo) was acquired earlier this year for $35 million, and we hope our efforts will g …

Christian Business Connections exists to promote fellowship and prosperity for its members. CBC Valrico South Brandon meets Tuesdays at 7:45 am at the Recipe Box 147 E. Bloomingdale Ave. The restaurant is in the shopping center on the Southeast Corner near the intersection of Bloomingdale Ave and John Moore Rd. We meet for about an hour and 15 minutes every week. Our history: About 2 years old as a group, seat specific with a Financial Planner, Mortgage Broker, Attorney, Information Technology, …

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Tampa Bay Meetup group! Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur, maybe you are a developer, and maybe corporate life is not for you. Have you been doing searches on CoFoundersLab.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Co-Founders Wanted of Tampa Bay serves as an in-person matchmaking service for co-founders. Did you know VCs prefer co-founders over one-man startups? There are lots of benefits to starting a business with someone who complements y …

We're a group of tech savvy professionals who spend most of our day behind some sort of screen. We all love networking, talks, and a craft beer here and there – but we also love to live a healthy lifestyle. So why can't we have all of the above? The Orlando Tech Buff Meetup wants to bring all of us health conscious tech buffs together twice a month to enjoy an active lifestyle, technology, inspiration, and... a beer here and there.

This group was started to bring together like-minded individuals residing in or near Winter Park, Florida. Each meetup will be designed to facilitate the learning of something business related that is currently top of mind. Virtually anyone can join but if you are a startup, entrepreneur, small business owner, or mobile professional, then you might be particularly interested. It's important to note that I am currently starting a coworking company called StudioMinds but the physical space is not …

Hello Orlando Tech Community! Orlando Tech Meetup happens the 3rd Thursday of each month at various venues around Downtown Orlando. Each Month we have 5 different web product companies out to demo the product they've built to the live audience. The company has 5 minutes to demo their product, then the audience has 5 minutes to ask questions and give real-time feedback to the companies that demoed. We desire to encourage openness and community within the Tech community here in Orlando. We hope to …

Meet your fellow agile practitioners --exchange ideas on agile development methodologies, tools that help you improve your agile processes, and general software development.  This group is open to all Agile roles including designers, developers, product owners, quality assurance, analysts, architects, ScrumMasters, executives, and even stakeholders.  Sorry no recruiters please! Meetups will be held in and around Hillsborough and Pinellas county on many diverse topics and in a variety of formats …

This group is for people already running or contributing to online businesses that are currently doing $1,000,000 or more in sales. It is a very relaxed, exclusive roundtable with some of the best minds in the tampa bay area. Members are expected to share resources and show what is currently working in their business.

If you like to make YouTube web shows, you stream internet talk shows, or make use of new media to make your voice heard this is the group for you. I started doing web shows a few years ago, and while I have not found supper stratum.... I have and continue to have lot of fun Skyping with people one or 2 times a week regularly and doing a show: Tech, politics, reviews... really what every we want to. The point of the club is to help new people do their first show who have an idea but may not know …

A discussion of generating traffic, obtaining venture capital, finding staff, and other start up related topics.