discover science and technology, collaborate with like minded people, and pitch your research project to Pearing for potential investment. Don't just network, achieve something.

Join this group if you want to save time and money in launching any idea you can think of. Period. Lean Startup is something I came to after fluffing about with my startup and doing all I could NOT to talk to customers. Instead, I spent money building something I thought they'd like. They didn't. I scratched my head and wondered how the hell I could have a successful startup without wasting more money. At the Silicon Beach Meetup, people I spoke to about the problem kept telling me to read Steve …

“Intrapreneur” is an employee of a large company or a Government agency who is running or promoting a “startup within an enterprise” – a highly innovative project that promises great returns or great savings. An intrapreneur can focus their energy on a new product, or on using new tools and processes to support and improve existing products. In all cases intrapreneurs have to rely on their vision, on “validated learning” through the project and on gradually building the support rather than on ca …

Travel Massive is a global initiative to connect people in the travel industry locally, bringing together travel brands, travel startups, travel bloggers and travel professionals. Home to a few of the world's largest online travel companies, Sydney has a thriving travel blogging and startup crowd that loves sun, surf, and travel. For more information visit out website at www.travelmassive.com

Lean coffee group for people working around North Ryde. There is a vibrant tech community around North Ryde / Macquarie Park area, this is our chance to meet, connect, share ideas and move the local tech community forward! Lean coffee is about sharing lean principles and practices and working on particular issues the group members would like to raise for discussion. It's about sharing what you know and learning from others. Find out about our meetings on our web site here: http://northryde.leanc …

Are you thinking of starting a business? Do you have a few ideas but don’t know where to start and you are not ready to quit your job yet? This is the meetup group for you! We are experienced Entrepreneurs who love to help and empower people to start your dream business. We want to connect with aspiring entrepreneurs to see what ideas they have and how we can help them take the first steps. Our evenings include: - Experienced guest speakers - OpenForum on your challenges - let’s find a soluti …

We want to build human-to-human networks of people who care about creating ventures that do social good and create value for society above and beyond the bottom line. We believe that it is possible to create successful ventures that make a profit and do social good. We connect people with ideas to people with skills so that they can create new ventures together. Find out more at http://socialinnovationsydney.org/

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.

***Celebrating 40 Years of City Business SWAP in 2013*** City Business Swappers meet weekly for breakfast in Sydney's CBD, Thursday's 7.15 for a 7.30 start, closing on time at 9.00am. Our 90 minute weekly meeting includes: -Everyone's Self Introduction and Business Elevator Pitch -Table/Group discussions on relevant business sales marketing and management topics -Expert Speaker Key Note presentation and discussion -Networking and relationship development with positive minded business peop …

ENYA is a not for profit organisation, established in 2003, to create Australia's future enterprise leaders by providing access to funding, mentoring and education for youth entrepreneurs. We are the voice for Australia's enterprise leaders in lobbying government, and communicating with the financial sector and all private industry. ENYA, and Australia’s young entrepreneurs, provide leadership for the global economic community, and are critical for the future sustainability of the economy.

This group is for anyone in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney who is interested in sharing, and gaining knowledge. If you think you know it all, please don't join this group. In order to share your knowledge with others, we ask that you have an open mind to learn as well. Please get involved in the group by suggesting events & meetups where we can network & grow our knowledge together!

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 …

We live in Silicon Beach so it only seems right that we have a surfing meet-up for start-up founders, investors, and anyone involved in the local tech start-up community. We meet twice a week at the North Sydney break for some waves and an early morning catch-up out in the surf. Best way to start your day by a mile, and catch up with some familiar faces at the same time.

This group is for people who are in the corporate world that are looking at moving into startup business or just business in general. We can share ideas and help each other!

Hey All - there are lots of events for startups in Sydney but none specifically for the ever growing FinTech startup community - until now... This group is for FinTech Startups - Startups creating technologies for the Financial Services industry. It's a blank canvas for now - so let us know what you'd like the group to be by posting in the Discussion board and we'll go from there. As with all community-based things, the success of this group will depend heavily on how involved you get. So speak …

Are you an Entrepreneur wanting a quick pick-me-up that will leave you energised and ready to go get 'em? Great! This Meetup is for you. As an entrepreneur, professional skier and member of the Australian Fencing Squad, I decided to create a group for entrepreneurs like me. Just by changing my diet and doing a bit of exercise, I don't need as much sleep and so have added 3 invaluable hours to my day to get stuff done! But being the ultimate multi-tasker, I thought, what if I can combine exercise …

Sydney Datapreneurs is a niche group, specifically for entrepreneurial people who build businesses/software based on data. If that's not your interest, check out these meetups: For Sydney startups, check out http://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Beach/ and http://www.meetup.com/open-coffee-sydney/ Analysts and data mining consultants should check out http://www.meetup.com/datarati/ and http://www.meetup.com/R-Users-Sydney/ For big data, check out http://www.meetup.com/SMAQDown-Sydney/ and http://sydney. …

This is the first Sydney based meet-up dedicated to learning Ruby on Rails. Whether you are a developer, a startup founder, or someone who just wants to learn how to code, this is the meet-up you can't miss! We'll discuss all Ruby on Rails related topics, let you know about workshops, hack-fests and share lots of great beginner material as well! Ruby is such a beautiful language, why not to spread the joy?

Join our community of next generation startups. Let's get together to network, socialize and share best practices about the new way of building and running your business more efficiently and competitive than ever before. We will organize various events and workshops with the support of the world's leading online work platform. These events will be a great opportunity for you - as an entrepreneur, small business owner or startup enthusiast - to network with like-minded people in your area, learn …

About Us Startup Wars is a twice monthly meeting between anyone who wants to come to an event and network, share their ideas, have fun and make new friends. The catch is that you are given a week to form groups and develop a new product/app/whatever you want. The Mission Obviously, Rome wasn't built in a day, neither was it built in a week, so we don't expect your next revolutionary idea (keep that to yourself :P ). The main point is to try new things, develop your skills, build up your netwo …

More and more people launch new startups based on existing successful businesses and innovations. You call them local offices, branches, API-based services, franchises, spin-off, ... The common factor is that these "innovation interpreters" increase their chances of success by reusing and adapting existing assets, in all domains : social innovations, IT, retail, ... Come to our meetups to share your own experiences or your will to become a successful entrepreneur.

If you're building a business, we know it can be as tough as it is rewarding. What's more, if you're working from home or cafes it can be isolating too. That's why we want to bring you together with other business owners and tech startups from the North Shore. We run events around StartNest, the new co-working incubator in Crows Nest.

This group assists business people - entrepeneurs, business owners and professionals to develop their presentation skills, learn about modern presenting and rehearse their presentation - a presentation, pitch or video to promote their business.

This is a group for professionals relating to careers, business, entrepreneurship, startups and trade between Korea and Australia. Koreans in Sydney, Korean-Australians and Australians interested in doing business in Korea or working with Korean businesses in Sydney should join this group. Plenty of Korean BBQs, drinks and Noraebang. With guest speakers and opportunities to meet other people in this space this isn't just about passing business cards around but about connecting with others in a c …

This is a community of business owners who desire to learn and mix with others who wish to grow their business from zero to millions or from where they are at in their business phase, to a desired business size and form. Join us for networking events, discussion groups, mastermind events and to mix with others who want fast growth in their businesses.

This is a group for everybody who owns their own business and is inspired by other entrepreneurs. It's a nice, simple, relaxed way to meet other like minded business owners, share ideas, create new networks and create new business opportunities. We meet once per week on a Tuesday morning for a brisk walk around North Sydney park and a coffee afterwards.

This is intended to be a fun and social way to meet others in Boni beach who are interested in startups and entrepreneurship. You can be a local small business owner, a newbie to startups, a seasoned investor or anything in between. The focus Is on having a great conversation and not so much on 'networking' although you're free to bring business cards if you really want.

A meet-up to get tech start-up co-founders investors together on a monthly basis for a Poker Tournament