… A few of the books/resources we're into: Rework by Jason Fried Venture Hacks/AngelList The Lean Startup by Eric Ries The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson   I haven't figured out how this will work exactly, but for now I'm thinking of hosting a dinner every other week (maybe even weekly at some point) on a Tuesday night at a place like Bistro Du Coin in Dupont Circle. I figure Tuesday nights are a good night as …

Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur, maybe you are a developer, maybe corporate life is not for you. Have you been doing searches on startuply.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Our group will serve as a sort of match making service for co-founders. Check out this video from Summer 2011 in Rockville. Did you know VCs prefer co-founders over one-man startups? There are lots of benefits to starting a business with someone who compliments you. We'll try to bring together t …

Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur, maybe you are a developer, and maybe corporate life is not for you. Have you been doing searches on startuply.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Our group will serve as a sort of match making service for co-founders. Did you know VCs prefer co-founders over one-man startups? There are lots of benefits to starting a business with someone who compliments you. We'll try to bring together technical folks and business, marketing, sales pr …

Ready to dust of that business idea? Sometimes all you need is partner. Helps build courage, bounce ideas, and share the work till you're ready to go for broke trying to start your own business. Our group is based on the simple idea that startups have a higher chance to succeed when you team up with a co-founder who balances you out. Your technical, then you need someone who gets marketing, sales, networking. If you're a hustler, then you'll want a technical person (I use the word technica …

… What if there was a group that just naturally did not need any of those methods to build great mobile/web apps and services (possibly other products), What if the group, using lean start-up principles and support from mentors to just build something off of an idea within a couple of weeks and launched it for shared equity? After that project was completed, then they would repeat the process over, and over again, including assigning dedicated teams to manage the existing creations that are in pro …

… The first topic is "Basic Startup Strategies and Getting your Business on the web."

This is the central event group for the GeekEasy Co-Working Space in Washington, DC. We offer a tech community with 24/7 access to offices, fixed & virtual work spaces, a comfortable co-working lounge and room for events that matter to members. We're located in the historic Manhattan Laundry building just a few blocks from U St., NW Washington DC

  Welcome to the Washington DC Scrum User Group! This group is for Washington DC area Agile evangelists, thought leaders and enthusiasts that are passionate about all things Agile and Scrum. We are currently in the process of moving from our old user group at groups.google.com/group/dcnova-scrum-user-group to here Meetings are held monthly and are mainly discussions, workshops, or open space type sessions covering various topics about Agile and Scrum. Meetings will usually occur on the 3 …

… As stated by Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup; "A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty." To increase the likelihood of success, we focus on: Technology Strategy Marketing Leadership Perfecting your pitch Productivity Legal advisory Venture finance Professional networking No person is too young, old, or knowledgeable to join this group. It's the best time in the history of the world to be an entr …

In the dead of night, you come alive. When your friends are asleep, you're hard at work. You've got big things to do and not enough time in the day. Join us! DC Nightowls has an after hours coworking group for professionals. Bring laptops and notepads, work on projects, bounce ideas, pair-program, and make new friends with the brightest minds in DC.  

Loudoun County is a great place to start up your business! We are fortunate to have some of the brightest, hardest-working, most innovative, technological, affluent and motivated professionals in the country. Let's get together and develop the latest innovative and disruptive companies.