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 …

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 …

This is a forum for local tech innovators, geeks and entrepreneurs who want to connect with others to discuss how we can make Tampa Bay more startup friendly. Topics include startup challenges, emerging industry trends as well as public policy issues that need more attention and investment from our local elected officials and economic development agencies. Current participants are founders of tech companies, free lance developers / designers and people with boring day jobs looking for the next b …

The Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF) is the largest and most influential membership organization for the technology industry in Central Florida. With over 300 member companies that range from entrepreneurial startups to some of the largest companies in the region, the organization hosts over 85 events annually. In addition to supporting and promoting the technology industry, the organization’s strategic goals include workforce objectives to highlight the need for highly skilled IT workers, init …

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. …

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 …

TiE  started in Silicon Valley 20 years ago. It's a global, not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and business professionals dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. TiE provides a platform for mentoring, networking, and education to entrepreneurs and business professionals. Each TiE location is called a chapter. TiE presently has 61 chapters globally and more than 25,000 members. It's the largest and oldest entrepreneurial organization in the world.  TiE TampaBay meets monthly to con …

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 …

Trinity Referral Network is a group of highly dedicated local business owners who are looking to grown their business through referrals while making a positive impact in the community.

Are you a Professional Coach (Life, Business, Executive, Health, etc.) wanting real, practical support from fellow coaches on running your business? How about developing new relationships with your "peeps," to toss around business strategies, brainstorm that new project, share marketing tips, find resources and referrals, and discuss joint venture/partnership opportunities? Then this group is for you! We don't focus on lecture learning (speakers). I don’t know about you, but I am up to my ears …

We are a savvy and supportive community of entrepreneurial women. Together we create the synergy that enables each of us to achieve more than we ever could alone. With stunning energy and focus, our goal is motivate, educate and inspire women all over FL. You can check out our Tampa & Orlando chapters on Meetup at: http://www.meetup.com/Working-Women-of-Tampa-Bay/ http://www.meetup.com/Working-Women-of-Central-Florida/

Whoops! Looks like I got busted without a description... So, I had planned on announcing this at the conference but I am starting a monthly meetup for anyone interested in Front-End Design. I won't have the location for the first event set until after the conference, but the goal will be to get together once a month to make something. I'm thinking that we will begin by approaching some HTML5 and CSS3 items, do some tutorials together and eventually start knocking out our own. I'm hoping to mak …

Coworking is a place where freelancers, technical artisans and entrepreneurs meet to work, chat, collaborate and think. We are here to help foster growth of Tampa Bay's emerging, but well hidden grass roots tech community and to make central Florida a more start-up friendly area. For more info: http://www.ideafield.org Sponsored by: startupmonkey.com

We are a group of business professionals dedicated to working together to increase business for both ourselves and our fellow members. BNI is a single profession membership, with only one business per category represented. Benefits of Membership: Increased exposure to many other people and businesses. Substantially increased referrals. Tools to network more effectively, including an orientation CD giving the "Formula for Success" in BNI, a badge, a vinyl card holder to carry members' business c …

Aside from our once a month network meet and greet, we will send out emails to our member list about your recent business activity.  If you just made a big sale, have a big event you want to promote, or offer a discount to our members, I will broadcast that information for you. We will be promoting this group and you, all over the Meetup network as well specific groups within other social media sites including linkedin, and facebook. There are many business people and consumers of your products …

Whether you are a an internet junkie or you are just learning the ropes, members will learn new tips and tricks on the growing world of social media. Small businesses can network with other business owners to discuss the latest trends in marketing and promotions. We hope that anyone who has an interest in Media Relations, Community Affairs, Audio/Video Production, Social Media, Journalism, and more will join this group. Bring your ideas and see what others have to offer.

This is a group for anyone interested in learning how money works and have the opportunity to build your own business while learning to manage your money. We have regular weekly meetings and frequently invite specialists to teach us on specific topics so we can improve our knowledge. I started this group in order to find like-minded people who want to learn and grow their business.