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.

Technological developments are advancing at a faster pace than ever in history.  From DNA sequencing to Big Data analysis, the pace and scope of knowledge acquisition is mind-boggling.  But where and how will the great new ideas get the capital and business intelligence to bring them to fruition? The "Technology, Business and Finance Forum - Uptown, Dallas" was created to bring these sometimes divergent priorities together. We welcome the inventors, business creators as well as the investors and …

This is a Tech Startup support group. Share ideas, resources, network and building a community based on helping each other with our Startup Business ideas. We will have events sharing the ups and downs of launching a startup from concept to funding.  It was created in Garland, but  our meetings will mostly be in Dallas or Addison. Join us!

We are a group inspired to bring together people who will be attending SXSW 2013, from the Dallas/FT Worth community. Everyone is invited whether you are a start-up business, an independent contractor, a corporate head, or just a lover of technology, film and/or music. We will host events highlighting past attendees and their experiences, corporate participants, and social networking opportunities. Also, we will cover other things like travel tips, what to attend, the PARTIES and exploring Austi …

Welcome technology enthusiast of the Dallas areas. Whether you are a technology professional or a person interested, you will enjoy these meetups centered around new technologies useful to daily living. Pretty much anyone can join that isn't a jerk. The group is broad by design, the only goals of this group are to be interactive and allow technology enthusiasts to learn from each other, have questions answered, discover new useful tech, and hear stories that inspire. If you have recommendations …

The Ed-Tech Meetup is the hub for the amazing keynotes, panel discussions, ed-tech mixers, member spotlights, and hands-on learning experiences that inspire teachers, entrepreneurs, technologists, education reformers, and ed-tech enthusiasts to connect, collaborate, and innovate. We meet to explore various topics at the intersection of education and technology, to learn about the latest technologies that are supporting teachers, and to hear from teachers about the problems in education that mus …

This group discusses technical and non technical aspects of iPhone/Mobile development. Discussions will includes development technologies and techniques, Marketing iPhone apps and other Entrepreneurial opportunities in iPhone domain

In 2008 Alexander Muse, Co-Founder of ShopSavvy, decided to start hosting a regular startup-focused happy hour for the North Texas area. More 5,000 local entrepreneurs have joined us for beer and fellowship. The newspaper wrote about the event and lots of new companies have been formed from the relationships created at the event – for example Alexander met Rylan Barnes and joined together to start ShopSavvy. It has been a very fun couple of years and the event has grown hugely. The Dallas Startu …

Come Together For Health™ Improving access to affordable healthcare by promoting innovative technologies that transform healthcare. Health Technology Forum (HTF) is a platform for people worldwide who have a common interest in making healthcare better, more accessible and affordable. Our international network of technology and healthcare entrepreneurs, developers, regulators, and providers are advancing the pace of healthcare innovation by engaging in exciting and productive dialogue between e …

This group is for the tech savvy entrepreneurs & micropreneurs of DFW. If your a local ISV or a  team building SaaS applications on IaaS providers like (amazon/rackspace/azure) - you are going to meet like minded people. Individuals in this group are technology agnostic, span multiple disciplines, value differences, and are continually improving. This isn't a social drink gathering. This time is meant to be constructive in helping you move your company to the next level. Consider this your hack …

Connecting mobile applications developers and enthusiasts in Dallas/Ft Worth area. All skills levels are welcome, whether you are a senior developer or just getting started, please join us to learn more or contribute to the mobile applications development profession.

The Dallas .NET Users Group is dedicated to providing a forum for area technologists to discuss and present enterprise solutions utilizing .NET technologies as well as creating a community to promote the success and communication of its members.

Looking for funding for your company's research? The Texas SBIR/STTR Network is supported by the state to achieve success in research and commercialization funding requests to the federal Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Tech Transfer (STTR) programs by Texas small business. The Network provides free and low-cost resources and mentoring to assist entrepreneurs and emerging technology companies.

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 …

Fast-paced, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, global—Ignite is all of these and more. It’s a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by people who have an idea—and the guts to get onstage and share it with their hometown crowd. Run by local volunteers who are connected through the global Ignite network, Ignite is a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections in each city. And, via streaming and archived videos of local talks, local Ignites share all that knowledge and passion …

Keep Texas Innovative is a coalition of technology centric business owners, consultants, web developers, programmers, and marketers. Our goal is to assure Texas' maintains a thriving marketplace for web and mobile innovation.

Do you use WordPress? Have a site on WordPress.com? Meet other local fans of WordPress, the Internet's leading blog platform and content management system. Open to anyone interested in learning how to build a website, start a blog, and build traffic to their website. We also discuss the technical aspects of WordPress, and social networking topics such as Twitter. Our group's talented members have experience with web design, political blogging, video blogging, online marketing, photography, book …

CiviCRM is an integrated, open source solution for membership-driven community based organizations that need to manage their contact database. Our group brings together the users, developers, administrators, and enthusiasts to: 1) Learn more about the CRM system through peer knowledge sharing and training sessions 2) Discuss how organizations are using it to address their CRM needs 3) Demonstrate custom modules, user interfaces and configurations 4) Discuss future development of the system

DNet Events DNet Events services 3 primary audiences: Companies seeking to increase referral business from existing customers. Organizations seeking to increase membership, renewals and sponsors. Businesses seeking education focused on sales, business development and marketing DNet Speakers DNet Speakers services 3 primary audiences: Experienced speakers seeking to increase bookings and revenue. Individuals seeking to build a business as a speaker. Organizations needing to find the right spea …

This is a group of passionate Agile Enthusiasts in the DFW area who are looking to share inspiring and pragmatic techniques to promote effective use of Agile Software Development. We will meet monthly, typically over lunch to hear an inspiring speaker and exchange best practices to make the journey of Agile Software Development fulfilling and rewarding for our organizations.

This group creates a place where entrepreneurs can get together to talk about new ideas and explore advanced concepts that don't happen during typical conversation. This group was designed to explore and share new ideas to better help us DFW entrepreneurs fill that void that is often left spending too much time watching sports, hanging out at the bar, watching the kids, or playing video games. If you are an entrepreneur or just someone that loves to explore new ideas than this is meetup for yo …