The purpose of the Meetup Group is to bring together Organizers of Lean Startup Meetups. Let's Meetup at big conferences that we are all likely to travel be attending! Feel free to post a Meetup if you are going somewhere that other Lean Orgs are likely to be attending.  Between big events we will swap notes, tips, ideas using the online tools & mailing list.

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality. The first Startup Weekend Austin is now officially on for the weekend of September 10-12th! We will be hosting the ev …

Do you have an idea for a product or service involving technology, the Web, Software, Consumer Package Goods, Arts, Fashion, or a smartphone app?  Here’s your chance to get quick feedback from pros in the area – plus, winners will share over $2,000 in prize money! All you have to do is submit an entry, describing your idea. Your application will be scored on the following criteria: innovation, potential impact, feasibility and sustainability.  People submitting the top ideas will be asked to pre …

For Aspiring entrepreneurs or existing Small Business Owners--especially the "solo-preneurs"--this meetup will focus on the resources available to start your own business, to assist with finances for startups, to network with other entrepreneurs and to recommend tools for the Small business (either online tools, as well as free and fee-based ones, as well). We will also focus on the resources that can assist the entrepreneur and the events that will be happening --both locally and remotely-- tha …

In this series of hands-on, real-world workshops, Jae & his guests will show you the proven strategies, invaluable tips, and industry secrets in how to plan, execute, and maximize your time and resources in creating a great website for your business or startup. For the past 14 years, Jae has worked for some of the top agencies in the country, for both Fortune 500, small business, and startup companies, and also taught as a full-time professor in graphic and interactive design at a New York Stat …

The group was designed for technical founders, angel investors, developers, and startup entrepreneurs who enjoy road cycling and wish to meet bi-weekly for 25-30 mile intermediate pace rides on south mopac, 360, or bee caves rd.  It's a chance to get in some great scenery, challenge ourselves as cyclists, and learn about new ideas and ventures. Basically a healthier version of the more ubiquitous happy hour events you see in most cities.  Basically, if the above resonates and you know what TechC …

If you are looking for co-founders or want to join super-early-stage startups, this is the group to be in. Our goal is to organize face-to-face meetings.

Design is finally taking center stage in the business world. This presents an amazing opportunity for us to create something meaningful. Learning how to effectively incorporate design into the startup process allows us to change the way products are built, and quite possibly change the world. This group is for anyone interested in design and product development. We are exploring the art of entrepreneurship.

Come out and celebrate Being Badass with other Ambassadors of Badass each month at this new Austin mixer hostessed by Betty Jean Bell (BeingBadass.com & TheCenteredStartup.com). Life is too short and amazing to be trapped in a prison of your own creation. The game has changed and it is more possible than ever to make a great living while still having plenty of time to do intensely epic things with your life. This is what I call: Being Badass. Location independence, the income you want, a beaut …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

Austin Women Attorney Entrepreneurs are solo practicioners or small fim partners who meet periodically to share tips, advice, counsel and network. If you are a mover and shaker for your own solo or small firm, come meet with us!

Austin's Community of Practice for Kanban, Kaizen, Second-Generation Agile and Lean Software Development

We are interested in facilitating and meeting with people to discuss the trans-media/convergence "mashup" marketplace which we define as the global $500 billion+ global marketplace for entertainment-focused products, services & offerings in a number of areas: social everything, gaming & immersive worlds, mobility & communications, digital advertising & interactive, net video/tv, digital film, digital music and animation & cgi. This includes "mashups" involving content/context, applications, serv …

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What is Austin Entrepreneurs? The Austin Entrepreneurs Meetup Group exists to motivate and enhance successful business inititatives and ventures in Austin Texas. We are a community of entrepreneurs willing to share our stories. Our primary goal is to keep the local entrepreneur informed to their competitive advantage.  What Austin Entrepreneurs is NOT: Our primary objective is not to create a marketplace for entrepereneurs to sell each other products or services but to provide a each oth …