The Innovation Garden will uniquely fill the gap in financing and hands-on advisory and business support services for the two earliest phases of a company’s lifecycle: seed stage and early stage. Innovation Garden is desgined to accelerate the growth and development of the most promising young companies and technologies in New Jersey through the unique capabilities of the Innovation Garden Accelerator Program (IGAP) and financed by the Innovation Garden Accelerator Fund (IGAF).

The Technology Special Interest Group (Tech-SIG) educates the members of the Somerset County Business Partnership (Chamber of Commerce) and the business community on where technology is going and how it can impact their business by meeting regularly to share best practices and offering educational workshops. Learn more about he SCBP at http://SCBP.org

Princeton Startup Pitch Night focuses on providing monthly opportunities for you to practice, refine, and perfect your startup pitches.  We also provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the Princeton, New Jersey region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. Princeton Startup Pitch Night's events are run by a leadership team that works to find the meeting venues and plan out and execute all the Meetup events.  Our mission is to be known as the place t …

Want to see cool new technology? Want to interact with other cool techies, startups, and business folks? Have some time in the morning? Then come to TechBreakfast, a monthly breakfast in Philadelphia (modeled after the existing ones in DC, Columbia, Baltimore, and Northern Virginia -- check out http://www.meetup.com/techbreakfast for that...) where entrepreneurs, techies, developers, designers, business people, and interested people see showcases on cool new technology in a demo format and inter …

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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 complem …

The MIT Enterprise Forum is the preeminent organization of entrepreneurs in the global innovation economy. Since 1978 the MIT Enterprise Forum has produced programs and events about innovation, technology and entrepreneurship for an engaged community of 50,000+ thought leaders through a worldwide network of chapters. Founded in 1978 as part of the MIT Alumni Association, the MIT Enterprise Forum offers over 400 educational and networking events globally. MIT Enterprise Forum participation and in …

All we need is a magic number - how many partners or co-founders we have in the start up and how to make it work !! A great combination can make great companies and that's the basic formula for successful startups. Finding the right partner or co-founder is not always easy and is a big challenge. This platform will give the oppurtunity to meet and network like minded entrepreneurs and get started !! NOTE :choosing smarter people than you wouldn't hurt :)

The purpose of the group is to meet, network, and discover what we're all doing with Educational Technology. Whether you are from academia, K-12 education, higher education, the private sector, or an edtech startup - let's get to know each other! We have two events a month. One is purely social and the other is more formally organized. All of the events are a relaxed atmosphere geared around learning, sharing and making new connections. If you have an idea for an upcoming meetup theme or activit …

PET is a group of people enthusiastic about technologies for the enterprise and B2B market. We will bring corporations and the tech startup community together to cultivate ventures serving the enterprise. Whether you are an entrepreneur, corporate executive, software developer, designer, or investor, you are invited to join us and participate in a series of panels, pitches and networking events specifically focused on enterprise tech. We are affiliated with the Enterprise Tech Innovation meetup …

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® meetings are for founders of early stage technology 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 abou …

How is technology, entrepreneurship and innovation making Philadelphia better? The Technically Philly Meetup is a fast-paced evening presentation and demo event that explores how the local tech community is impacting job growth/retention, digital access/education and government/policy reform in Philadelphia. The events will range from pre-hackathon receptions, civic app demos, digital access discussions and cross-city, cross-community and other partnered meetups. Organized by local technology ne …

Connecting all things Tech! Inventors, mad scientists, garage hobbyists, DIYers and investors are welcome! This is a project oriented group interested in sharing ideas, skills and current work. Bring your product, ideas and inventions, regardless of what stage they are in...from the smallest seed of a vision to the fully developed prototype ready for the road.  Get feedback. Innovate. Create! Berks Tech Ventures is for tech enthusiasts interested in getting together with others who love to exper …

***Meet-Up group organizer has changed to Glenn Fratangelo COO of Innovation Garden a VC/Tech Accelerator.....Changes will be coming in order to breathe new life into the group, and adapt to this every changing technology community***

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Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of the Digital Age. The advent of the Digital Age has democratized innovation and entrepreneurship. Never before has it been more possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big, and,  in the process, change the world in a relatively short period of time. HP, Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo,  eBay, Amazon, Google, Facebook and many, many, many other iconic companies all started with just …

Do you own a small*, LOCAL company based within 50 miles of Philadelphia? If you own a franchise, do you keep more than ~75% of the profits? If you sell/distribute products, do at least ~25% of your supplies come from LOCAL companies? If you sell/offer services, are at least ~25% of your clients also LOCAL? OR, do you consider yourself to be a LOCAL entrepreneur or independent consultant? If you're a network marketing affiliate, do you keep more than ~50% of all your sales? If you represent a …

This is a group I envisioned where various groups could meet to discuss video games - The logistics of the games, whether they're opensource, GP/L, etc, languages and technologies, and all that - I'd love to have 1 huge group make a big game and market it together and split the proceeds but we'd have to decide the logistics of that and something tells me from the other groups I'm in, that the group will grow in population faster than the group is ready for in function. This group is for all fu …

1. Startups for Grownups is a community where likeminded baby boomers (women and men) with diverse skillsets connect, learn, create, collaborate and launch ideas together. 2. Although the startup world is now dominated by young technology folks, research reveals that startups ignited by women and men aged 40-60+ statistically fare much better. It is our goal to unite our region's best and brightest boomers and create a dynamic, creative environment that's conducive for collaboration and success. …

We meet monthly around Bridgewater  NJ ( focused on Somerset and Hunterdon Counties)  to hear from smart feature speakers and receive pitches from interesting start ups. The goal is create an atmosphere learning from both failure and success while fostering a spirit of innovation and local growth.

Princetonian Brilliance welcomes Technologists, Start-Ups, Small-Medium Businesses, VCs, College & University Grads, Talent and Job Seekers as well as anyone who has a brilliant idea or wants to network with such people. Bring on your Brilliance to Princeton !

A monthly gathering of techies around Princeton. Nerds, creatives, entrepreneurs, and investors welcome! We hope to create a community similar to the NY, NJ (Hoboken), Jersey Shore and Philly Tech Meetup groups, without the long drive for those who live and work in between the metro areas. We want to bring Princeton students and faculty together with experienced professionals so they can benefit from each other's advice, knowledge, experience, perspective, and energy. Each meeting should have so …

The goal of this meetup group is to bring together Venmo users to share tips on how to take the stress out of exchanging money and make it easier for anyone to accept non-cash payments. Are you someone who hates ATM fees? Never carry checks or cash? Are you looking for an easy way to accept credit card payments or provide exception customer service? This meetup group is for you.

One Simple Wish's Board Meet Up Group is the place to find all internal and external events available for our Board members to attend. All Board Members are encouraged to create Meet Ups events on the calendar to keep the team informed of opportunities to network, promote One Simple Wish and to give back to our organization and our partners.

Code for Philly—a Code for America Brigade—would like to invite you to come join us.  We are PHL-based developers, designers, catalogers, organizers, and other citizens working to build a better Philadelphia by applying web technology to government and communities.  We meet weekly, usually Tuesday evenings, and work on a variety of projects building PHL 2.0.  You can join an existing project, create a new one, or bring in something you're already working on and get CfP to help out.  We welcome a …

Are you a small business owner, entrepreneur, communicator or marketer? Looking for fresh ideas on how to market online? Every month, the Greater Philly Small Business Marketers host events in the Philadelphia region to network and learn practical strategies to connect with customers and grow your business. As a member, you'll get to: Learn from other small businesses Share your knowledge Swap stories Network with fellow small business marketers Discover new ways to grow your business Our Ev …

For start-ups, entrepreneurs, hackers, and technology enthusiasts in the Lehigh Valley to share and demo what they are working on.  Come to learn about the start-ups in the Lehigh Valley and to network with other technology professionals. If you are interested in presenting a demo of your product or project contact mark@lehighvalleytech.org.

Winner City Kids is a non-profit startup that is looking to connect children with coders. Programmers donate their time and expertise to kids how to build something they can take with them throughout their future and potentially give them a head start as a programmer. This meetup is to inspire programmers to contribute to the cause and to raise awareness for the mission.

Make no mistake about it - starting up a tech company is hard work. Are you able to live the Hard Knock Life before the rewards and fame come along? The aim of this group is to provide insight and support for the entrepreneurs who have the moxie to go for it. However, there is no need to go at it alone. We can stand on the shoulders of giants to help see further and avoid common mistakes. Our meetings will be every 2nd Tuesday of the month. I will add a topic for each meeting to discuss. Please …