The Salon is for designers, lean practitioners, product managers, engineers, leadership, and entrepreneurs to gather together, hear from people tackling real-world problems in their day-to-day work, the strategies and tactics they are employing, as well as to have open and frank discussions of the challenges implementing lean strategies and design in organizations large and small to create better customer experiences.

This group is for anyone interested in the actionable applications of Lean UX en route to building products customer's love. Once a customer has come across your product, your UX is the make or break backbone of your business. Make it awesome, Make it Lean!

Bring your thoughts for a new Startup ideas, share your experience and come to find your future partners!

From Jay-Z to Warren Buffet there is no denying that Hip Hop has embedded itself all over the business world while influencing some of the greatest minds to date. We aim to show the correlation and lessons to be learned between Hip Hop and the Business World. While you wait for the next meetup, check out our interviews over at The Phat Startup!

StartupMonthly is a seed fund and an on-going startup accelerator in San Francisco providing a global ecosystem of resources, tools and mentors for early-stage startups. Startups accepted to the accelerator will get up to $300K initial investment. During our on-going mentorship program in our offices in San Francisco we will work with you to quickly build and release the right minimum viable product, analyze customer engagement and metrics, and then react and iterate accordingly. We will become …

"This is a group for people interested in meeting other people from all walks of life who wish to have a better economic future and economically improve themselves. people who like them share a passion for start ups and building new business from scratch, solopreneurs aka businesses of one person, freelancers and general entrepreneurship lovers are also welcome. in every meetup we will get together, network, brainstorm and talk about the best strategies to conceive and implement excellent busine …

Startup companies, freelance designers, developers, hackers, PR and marketing professionals, writers, students, lawyers, telecommuters and all-around brilliant, awesome people- interested in a coworking space in Astoria? We are opening a collaborative workspace in early 2013 and want to hear from you! Help us build a space to best fit your needs. Come out and have your say!

This group is for anyone interested in initiating and closing deals. No matter what business you're in, establishing mutually beneficial relationships with potential partners is a key to rapid growth, and this meetup will draw in some of the NYC' Startup Scene's top Biz. Dev. professionals so you can learn from the best!

Network & Learn To Become More Successful! If you enjoy Professional Socializing, Sharing and Learning Events this group is dedicated to creating the perfect opportunities for you to participate. Join Us With ONE EASY Click - All Profile Questions are Optional! Join us if you are an entrepreneur, solo-preneur, or art-preneur and want to meet new friends and make lasting connections which is the primary and best way to grow your business! Here, you will learn from top experts about marketing a …

Having created a few Angel & VC funded startups and then becoming a Co-Founder of a Silicon Valley VC firm that made investments in Seed/Early/Mid stage startups like DoubleClick, RealNetworks, NetRatings, Nuance, Citysearch and many others its now time to explore new opportunities. If you have a startup or are thinking of creating one and could benefit from someone who's been there and done that (16 IPO's and 32 M&A's) we should compare notes in a group environment or one-on-one.

Enterprise and/or startup technologists, think you have what it takes to pull off the next Yammer, or the next Salesforce? If so, this group is for you! This group is organized by enterprise technologists and startup enthusiasts, with the focus of bringing together developers, domain experts and designers interested in: - developing ideas focussed on the consumerization of the enterprise - transplanting technology leveraged primarily within large enterprises and making it available to relevant c …

There are more entrepreneurs now than ever before. With so many great concepts and start-ups and limited funding/investors, it is imperative that every idea has been well thought out for different scenarios to ensure it's plausibility for enduring success. The purpose of this meetup is to share our ideas with one another, brainstorm to help each person tweak their concepts as needed, and master our pitch so we can confidently showcase our product/service in a brief yet informative, captivating a …

We got a little sick and tired of being told that we had to schlep down out to Brooklyn or down to SoHo to find a decent conversation about technology. Not that we don't love those places, but it's time we had some fun in our neighborhood.

This is a group designed for Russian American developers, project managers, businesses development managers, entrepreneurs and investors to network and share ideas. With the goal to build relationships, further understanding and explore opportunities between local NY Start-ups and Russia's booming start up scene. Open to anyone interested in learning about Russia's growing tech industry, or anyone who wishes to share their experience in the industry.

When life gave you lemons, did you open a lemonade stand? Lemonade Heroes is for entrepreneurs to share their stories about how they have turned challenges into victories — not just in business, but on the personal side. If you're a Founder, then you're a Hero! LemonadeHeroes.com offers the recognition you deserve, for being one of the intrepid few whose vision and drive brought a business into being. Gain Visibility Add a press-ready high resolution portrait to your online profile, and share i …

Whether it's getting more done with less work in less time, or defining your goals and hacking your way there, Life Hack NYC is the go-to community and event series for being the best possible version of yourself! In the words of Seth Godin, "the key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like who you are." The core values of this meetup group are as follows: Focus on the essential and rid the optional, less is more Always conquer the 20% of eac …

This group is people who want to form or join a start-up. It is a meetup for Hackers who built something that works and people want; and Hustlers who sold product/service, raised capital, and/ or built partnerships. - This is NOT a social outing to have a beer and gossip about the latest story on TechCrunch. - This is NOT a VC beauty show. This is a serious and purposeful speed dating for people who what want to build the NEXT BIG THING and have chops to prove they can do it.

In the words of an ancient proverb: "Change is a dragon. You can ignore it, which is futile. You can fight it, in which case you will lose. Or you can ride it." [Anon.] In this group we seek similarly-minded individuals and organizations to partner with in developing & delivering the next generation of successful business solutions to market by bringing the very best innovative technology and services solutions to the marketplace they merit.

The tech scene in NYC is growing so big not even a body of water as wide as the Hudson can contain it. Since it has washed up on our shores--- it felt right to give it a name. Palisades tech breakfast gives a nod to the Palisade Cliffs just above the Hudson, from Tenafly to Weehawken. Though we'd welcome anyone with a 201 area code, really. Using the land of diners for our turf, and the skyline as our backdrop, lets grab some food (you have to pay for your own, sorry), grab a seat, and talk tec …