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. For more information visit www.StartupGrind.com or follow us on …

Cigars & Startups is an event with the goal of facilitating great conversations about the Seattle startup community while enjoying a great cigar We meet at The Veritgo Club in the SODO district of Seattle. This is a private club and the only placeto legally enjoy a cigar indoors in Seattle. If you are interested in a membership, please contact John Mitchell

This is not just another "entrepreneur" meetup.  We are not about meeting for the sake of meeting.  We are not about meeting to promote sponsors or to create business development opportunities for service providers. We are fed up with stale startup leadership and frustrated with the quality and content of local, well-intentioned startup organizations and groups.  We want to agitate the creation of a group that will focus on moving our local startup community forward by focusing entirely on the e …

StartupEastside is an independent startup community dedicated to bringing together some of the Eastside’s brightest minds from the startup industry. StartupEastside events are focused on helping attendees: Network with other technology industry professionals on the Eastside Provide education and information relative to the latest technologies and industry trends Generate opportunities for personal, professional and business growth Promote the Eastside as a desirable place to start and grow succ …

Welcome to Seattle Tech Meetup, Seattle's largest ongoing monthly event.  This event is for the community, by the community! Done in partnership with local community resources Startup Weekend, GeekWire, WTIA, StartupSeattle, House of Genius and more, Seattle Tech Meetup (aka: STM) happens on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. Want to know more? Watch this short video: Thank you for joining the Seattle technology and startup community.  We look forward to meeting you! See you around town, Greene a …

Want to change the world thru entrepreneurship and innovation? Network with accomplished and budding entrepreneurs. Learn about their experiences of creating successful companies.

Time to Get Off Our Collective Behinds I used to be in decent shape. And then I became an startup entrepreneur… and I quickly got out of shape. Our days are filled with meetings, airplanes, whiteboards… and of course lots of computer screen time. I know a LOT of entrepreneurs who just don’t make the time any more to get active. We are doing six-mile-ish walks. It is amazing for reducing stress, lowering blood pressure and improving the cholesterol math… and it doesn’t beat up the joints like …

The Kirkland Entrepreneur Meetup is for creative, value adding entrepreneurs from all walks of life looking for networking opportunities, support, inspiration, and more. Come join the community recently dubbed "The Next Silicon Valley" by Startup Weekend.  My goal for starting this meetup is to create a place where Kirkland residents and people interested in Kirkland can help strengthen the business community by creating great businesses that contribute to the local community, the Seattle-area, …

Coming Soon.  We are not quite ready to launch this meetup but expect to do so in early June 2013. This forum is being organized to address the need for innovations in the healthcare industry, including new technologies, business models, and services. We hope to provide a way for innovators to connect with each other and with the community.  It will be a forum for sharing insights from startups, existing healthcare institutions, and individuals interested in the dramatic changes occurring in the …

MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization part of a network of 28 worldwide chapters of the MIT Enterprise Forum headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Enterprise Forum is managed by Technology Review, an independent media company owned by MIT with a global readership of 2.6 million. An active chapter since 1971, MITEF NW’s mission is to inspire, connect, and educate entrepreneurs in the Puget Sound technology and business community. We cater to the ne …

Would you like to start a small web and design company? I've always thought about helping others that are starting their small business, non-profit, or group with the technical part of things. I myself have a background in marketing and graphic design, as well as experience with business development. The group is open for anyone wanting to start something like this, with this group or their own. Meetup style: informal, open-to-all, open space for like minded interest to mingle.

Welcome! I would like to thank you for checking into us. Major League Entrepreneurs or MLE is a vision my brother Casey and I committed to spread to this ambitious field. We realize that creating a start-up is demanding, both financially and socially. In addition, these days trying to make it as a solo entrepreneur is highly unlikely...but why should you?? Thats where are vision steps in - rather than following the same blogs, forums, and arcticles on other's success and tribulations, we offer t …

nReduce is a global community of founders giving each other feedback and support to help them build a better company. Our local groups are open to all founders and are designed to be very effective at helping founders get feedback on their ideas. The local meetings are also a great place to meet teams you may want to collaborate with on nReduce.com

You've thought about it for months now, maybe longer... taking your business idea to the next level. You know what you need to do... kind of. Almost. Just a little bit of help would push you past the tipping point – but you haven’t been able to do it yet. It’s like an itch you can’t scratch. Once a month we get together and spend some time scratching that itch. We explore best business practices in the areas of sales, marketing, branding, operations, etc. If you have a topic that you want discus …

This group is for innovators in education.  We strive to keep the balance between educators and technologists in our group. By bringing together educators, entrepreneurs, technologists, and all-around education enthusiasts, the Edu Tech Innovators group creates a collaborative space where people across sectors can work together to tackle challenges and find meaningful solutions to the systemic problems in the global edu landscape. We're people and professionals who want to democratize and unleas …

Inspire Rewire is a monthly group for individuals who are building a business or who are exploring whether to start a company of their own. Current and former business owners, Maureen Daniek, MSW, and Tama Borriello,CFP®, offer a sound foundation for understanding and examining the realities of owning your own company. Each month will feature vital concepts and information surrounding the world of start-up companies as well as personal interviews and field trips to current business owners. Inspi …

Young Professionals of Seattle is a networking organization that emphasizes professional development, volunteerism and helping other professionals make the right connections. You can catch us, and a handful of our 1,600+ members, at a YPOS monthly happy hour or one of our various educational, volunteer or special events.

AVIOS is an international speech technology applications professional society, and we have launched a local chapter in Seattle. Our mission is to: Build a vibrant speech technology community to encourage future commercial and research partnerships Increase awareness of current and future speech technology trends Stimulate innovation and further investment into speech technology Our goal is to bring together researchers, industry suppliers, companies using speech technology, developers and design …

The Pacific Northwest Innovation Consortium (PNWIC) is focused on the innovation ecosystem of our region. Our discussions are meant to identify the characteristics of an exceptional innovation ecosystem, highlight the qualities present in the PNW and determine strategies for improvements. Our belief is that the PNW can be the nations premier region for innovation. PNWIC looks to collaborate with individuals and organizations who share this belief. We will have two kinds of meetings. The first is …

This is a start-up networking and referral group for start-up organizations. There are some specific criteria you MUST meet in order to become a member: Female, solo business owner preferably start-up or early building phase, Not looking for a networking group with the usual suspects. Really hoping to bring in the unusual suspects, maybe tech or health care, or education industries. There are plenty of networking groups that have attorneys and bankers and insurance salespeople, so let's make thi …

We are organizing a community pledged toward one goal: Success for all. CEO Space has created countless success stories over the last three decades. When a second-grade school teacher comes into CEO Space with nothing more than an idea, and several years later sells her company for hundreds of millions of dollars...that's a success! And that is simply one story from 70,000 members! CEO Space has created an environment with "one-degree of separation", allowing access to top management in Fortune …

Works Progress is a community of individuals, businesses and nonprofits. We offer a place for collaboration and innovation to happen, encouraging radical change in today's work-life balance. Get stuff done. Make lasting connections. Get motivated. Get inspired. Grow.