Hi, we're the coordinators of NEXT LA, an exciting pre-accelerator program for early-stage startups, founded on the principles of Steve Blank ("Four Steps to the Epiphany") and Startup Weekend. We're excited to bring this program to Los Angeles as a way of helping entpreneurs turn their ideas into products, and their products into companies. We will incorporate principles such as Customer Discovery as well as introduce entrepreneurs to mentors and advisors from the startup community!

OC Lean Startup Circle is the Orange County Chapter for the lean startup movement. It is hosted by K5. The OC Lean Startup Circle is a group of smart and driven high-tech entrepreneurs that are focused on building products that matter, based on focused customer discovery, market opportunity and the right timing. Lean Startups (which can include for profit and not for profit organizations, new product/innovation organizations within larger companies and even government agencies) achieve success f …

Connect the digital people (tech entrepreneurs, programmers, and designers...) and high quality venture investors in Santa Clarita, CA to establish, mentor, and grow technology companies in the Santa Clarita Valley. The next great tech companies will come from SCV!

This is group for anyone interested in collaborative innovation, new venture development and project management.  We will learn how to use the INNOVATEstudio.com application and have experts in agile project management, software development, product design, startup financing and other topics of interest speak to the group.

RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

Are you a minority entrepreneur with the next great Billion Dollar idea? Have you founded a $Million dollar company and want to share your knowledge? Now is an exciting time for entrepreneurs of all kinds, and we want to create a community and ecosystem to attract, cultivate, mentor and support the next great entrepreneurs of diverse backgrounds. We believe changing the world begins with entrepreneurs. With less than 1% of venture backed startups founded by African-American or Hispanic/ Latino A …

This is a Techology Startups oriented group using group members collaboration to help kick off local tech companies and support those who have ideas but don’t have the resources to bring it to market. There are so much talents that is under-utilized that we wanted to create an environment that help channel creativity and entrepreneurship and be specifically focused on early ideas and how to support transforming those ideas into tangibles. We welcome professionals in all fields (business, account …

Come SIP with us a glass of wine and network with our San Diego high-tech community. It is FREE, no sales pitch, just schmoozing. We meet every first Wednesday of the month after 6pm and you are welcome to bring guests.