Why This group was formed to arrange informal social dinners in London for people involved in the startup scene.   When We hold a monthly after work dinner (usually on a Mon, Tues, Wed or Thur) and we socialise, eat, drink, share stories and meet new people. We try out a new restaurant each time so there's always something new in store =)   Who Those interested in startups, business, social media, digital media, graphic design, product development, PR, advertising, finance should join.

Are you the commercial person in an internet startup? Looking to develop your career in digital sales? Join the UK's first and only Meet Up group for salespeople who carry the number for the MVP. Sharing knowledge, experience & technique through featured talks and in person networking. This group is designed to support sales and business development people working in startups in the early stages of generating revenue. There are already loads of groups for Founders, Techies and VC's this one is f …

Standford University is offering 2 startup-related courses in 2012: Technology Entrepreneurship (aka "venture-class", from January 2012) How do you create a successful start-up? What is entrepreneurial leadership in a large firm? What are the differences between an idea and true opportunity? How does an entrepreneur form a team and gather the resources necessary to create a great enterprise? This class mixes in-depth case studies and research on the entrepreneurial process. Lean Lanchpad (aka …

This group offers a platform for entrepreneurs with complementary skill sets to connect with each other, facilitating the initial team-building process. As strong believers in the lean approach, we feel start-ups should not have to spend their hard-earned funding or personal savings to recruit team members. Instead, you just need the opportunity to meet likeminded co-founders/new team members in a relaxed environment. Whether you're a co-founder with a technical background looking to find a busi …

The Meetup group for anyone interested in IT Kanban and lean agile information technology in London UK.

… Using a combination of Lean Startup, The Four Steps to Epiphany, Crossing the Chasm, and Miller Heimann methodologies, at the end of the programme you will: Have pivoted several times and aligned your target market with your product development Defined your business model and extracted KPIs that measure your business growth Sat with potentail customers and gottent their feedback Sat with potential customers and engaged in selling Developed a robust go-to-market strategy Begun executing that str …

There has never been a more exciting time to be part of the UK’s startup scene, but something seems amiss. Sure, we all enjoy celebrating other entrepreneur's successes, whether they have achieved epic growth, closed seed rounds or raise VC, but we’re all far too ashamed of the bad days. Failboat London is here to fix that. If one of the keys to startup success lies in validated learning, then we should be proud of our failures, sharing them with one another and growing a stronger, more agile ec …

I created this group after being rejected and realising that there will be many people with awesome ideas that didn't make it through, and that maybe, just maybe, we might be able to help each other to get our ideas off the ground (with or without their help). Let us work together and help each other to create some awesome projects. We will be putting on a series of events to help with networking, product development, pitching, etc. turning this slight bump in the road into an opportunity. As …

A community of people who use tools to grow collaboration throughout their company and aspire to effective product & software development. The group members will share their experiences and help each other grow in their understanding of the possibilities.

If you are part of a business or idea that will need financeing over the coming years then it typically takes 6-9 months minimum to secure and requires you to have very strong relationships with investors. This MeetUp group was created by BankToTheFuture.com for entrepreneurs, businesses and investors to meet each other and share the challenging process of raising finance for businesses and finding good investable businesses. It was also to created to educate entrepreneurs, businesses and invest …

The Flagons Den is a social event for entrepreneurs who: - are looking to build teams to work on their ideas, or - want to join teams to work on great ideas - want more value from the networking events they find the time to attend.  

Start-up Now is where technology, web, and mobile start-ups really START. Quickly identify collaborators / co-founders, quickly agree how you are going to work together, and START.

The Young Directors Forum (YDF) organises events for the Institute of Directors (IOD) aimed a younger and new directors. We have a programme of events throughout the year for those who want to lean, network and engage with others. For more details see the IOD home page (Central London Branch) http://bit.ly/qvetCZ