We want to connect investors with technology and marketing companies. Technology more than ever is rapidly expanding. There are many great technology solutions in the works. Unfortunately, it is difficult for many to network with the right groups and professionals. We want to simplify this by creating a valuable networking group for our members.

Join the Microsoft Store for workshops and classes on relevant community, educational, business and gaming topics and technology. Featuring complimentary workshops on Windows 7, Office 2010, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery and more! Committed to community and business development The Microsoft Stores features a fully equipped theater with a 103” touch screen presenter PC, Sound system, wireless mic , and seating 30+. Set within an interactive high tech environment where we en …

Join the Microsoft Store for workshops and classes on relevant business topics and technology. Also events featuring Windows 7, Office 2010, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and more along with great networking opportunities. Each month we will offer different workshops on how technology can improve your small business, professional organization, company, or non-profit. Committed to community and business development The Microsoft Stores features a fully equipped theater with a 103” touch screen present …

Time Freedom, Money Freedom, Location Freedom. These meetups will be focused on various ways of learning and applying the concepts of the Dot Com Lifestyle. The "Dot Com Lifestyle" is a term that describes the lifestyle that is achieved by using internet technologies to make a living. We'll be covering technology topics like blogging, websites, email, SEO, advertising, lead generation, lead conversion, social media and all that relates to earning a substancial income from online activities. Meet …

Rockfield Labs is put together by a group of awesome and nerdy serial tech entrepreneurs. Our goal is to help you build your product using the best practices and methods for web and mobile app rollout. Connect with the best speakers, find nerdy technophiles, partner up with a hackers, find business developers to rock our technology ideas, get mentored by seasoned entrepreneurs and most importantly, help you build your big f'ing idea. So if you've got a great idea but don't have all the right too …

Are you a digital professional interested in learning about the latest trends and emerging technology in interactive? Our group is dedicated to bringing together the people who make the great website, mobile and interactive projects come alive (including designers, developers, project managers, mobile application developers, business owners, managers, social media gurus, etc.) for continued education in web technologies, trends and networking opportunities.

OCRuby is for anyone interested in learning or sharing experiences with "Ruby" or "Ruby on Rails" or tangential technologies (NoSQL, etc.) In existance since 2006 (but new to Meetup), we usually meet the last Thursday of each month (moving on holidays or other exceptions) at smart-soft.com in Irvine, CA. Regards, Forrest Chang OCRuby organizer

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 …

Our meetings involve educational presentations, networking, and collaborative support, to keep you up to speed with developments in multimedia, web technology, and the digital arts. We have speakers and presentations on Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Muse, Adobe Edge, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and more! Our members include web developers, computer graphics artists, designers, illustrators, animators, videographers, voic …

Semantic Web in Orange County Meet local people interested in the Semantic Web, an initiative by the W3C [ http://www.w3c.org] to make the web "one giant database": The Data Web. We address technologies such as RDF, RDFS, OWL and applications that help to develop or that use ontologies, controlled vocabularies and rules systems in the enterprise and on the World Wide Web. The existence of a semantic web meetup group in San Diego will hopefully stimulate information exchange, and the growth o …

If you work in Healthcare and interested in the use of Technology to enhance the tools care providers have, and you live in SoCal, this group is for you. If you are interested in Bigdata, Cloud and Mobile and want to discuss and see their case studies in Healthcare, this group can also be of interest to you. I searched before starting this group, and the same problem that faced HealthIT for decades still exists, at least in SoCal, there are great interest and venues for Technology driven initiat …

This group is focused on bringing tech startup founders, team members, associates, etc. together to discuss topics that are specifically relevant to them. We will also bring other members of the startup ecosystem to the group, including VC's, angel investors, law firms, thought leaders, PR and marketing specialists, etc.

TCVN is one of Southern California’s premier technology business networks. Through a wide variety of forums, pitch sessions, workshops, and other networking events, we bring together entrepreneurs and resources from every facet of the technology and startup landscape.

Southern California's Near Field Communication (NFC) technology group. Our mission is to bring together NFC professionals in this exciting industry to share ideas and network. Southern California members only please: Orange County, Los Angeles or San Diego requests will be honored.

Startup California and Startup OC are regions of The Startup America Partnership, a public private initiative founded by President Obama and former AOL Chairman Steve Case. The Startup America Partnership is based on a simple premise: Young companies that grow create jobs. As a core American value, entrepreneurship is critical to the country’s long term success and it’s time to step up our game. Startup Orange County is part of the Startup California ecosystem, and has three key goals: 1. Provid …

Social Media Mastermind Orange County (SMMOC) was founded by Bob Watson in May 2009. SMMOC is a facilitated discussion group providing a safe* environment to share and learn social media, technology and the Internet. Come ready to listen and participate! We meet most Saturday mornings from 9-11. From our beginnings when we met at Peets coffee in San Clemente we have grown to a solid base of over 400 members worldwide and our meetings are now primarily held at the SMMOC Lab/Klingaman Creative …

STEP 1: Register at www.OCHackerz.com STEP 2: Introduce yourself to the group STEP 3: Check our discussion forum STEP 4: Sign up for the next event. Mission Statement:- OCHackerz is a human institution designed to create new products or services under conditions of extreme uncertainty. The vision for this group is to meet, network, learn and share ideas to build a community of people from all backgrounds, entrepreneurs, business strategists, accountants, legal attorneys, contractors, marketer …

The 23b Shop is a (highly) mixed industrial hacker space. We work on a large range of projects including automotive, motorcycle, 4x4, guns and reloading, computers and networking, electronics and microprocessor projects, metal casting, machining, fabrication of all kinds, welding, leatherwork, jewelry, and knifemaking. If you are used to living in your own greasy unilluminated cave, this place is a VERITABLE WONDERLAND of creature comforts -- the treehouse you wish you could have built as a chi …

This group is for networking professionals interested in marketing & technology.

Meet others in your neighborhood who want to discuss news & current events, your business, interests and concerns about U.S. Energy Independence, alternative energy technology, the environment or access to owning affordable Green homes, Green jobs and any other important topic. Finding solutions to energy issues is one of my passions - and not just for economic reasons but also to help the environment and bolster our national security. I believe we can achieve true energy independence and sti …

Welcome to the Orange County Adobe Developer User Group. Our membership is exploring modern web and mobile development technologies. We will cover everything from the new Adobe Edge products, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and many of the amazing frameworks for these areas. We will meet once a month, generally on the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM. Come out and meet our members, share your ideas, get questions answered, present a topic, and most of all, keep pace with our fast changing industr …

We are freelancers and start-ups, we like working for ourselves and we really like to work around other people. We are here to bring the independent work force out of isolated home offices into shared spaces. We still do our own thing but we share the experience of working with a smart hive of free independent people.

Welcome new members and visitors! Enjoy great networking with a diverse mix of people from the Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Inland Empire. Join our community of iOS application experts.  Benefit from meeting and sharing with others, including: 1. iOS Developers (coders, programmers, analysts, testers, etc.) 2. Graphics Designers (with or without experience in mobile apps) 3. UX Experts (User Experience experts mostly in the mobile apps) 4. Other Mobile (Non-iOS) Programmers (An …

A place where great minds in Long Beach & Orange County Real Estate are assembled to try to think up solutions to problems or to envision the future of Real Estate on the Internet. Relating, though not for the sole purpose of, Technology in the industry and how it can benefit a Brokerage or Agent. Discussion around Social Networking and it's place in today's Real Estate world. Ideas on how we can use these technologies to increase our level of communication to the consumer. A place to learn and …

(LTBKIT=Welcome!, Android Developers, Users, & Entrepreneurs of the US.California.SoCal.Orange County area! Since 2009, we are Your oldest & largest professional community group and we are Here to Serve You! MJZ5CB: quick intros (LTBKK3=Find and join like-minded local developers, designers, & users meeting & succeeding in Android! Get your problems solved, put on presentations, help others, find & offer jobs, and team up on projects. Just join and RSVP & come to our meetings, share knowled …

Join us at The Science Cafe for the latest science served fresh with a side of coffee or other beverage. We meet at venues throughout the SoCal region, doing everything from daytrips to lectures. There's something for everybody! Whether it's attending an exhibit on Mummies in Santa Ana with homeschoolers, hearing an astronaut speak in San Diego, singles going on a daytrip to a MCAS Miramar Air Sh...ow, or science hobbyists learning about what happened to poor Pluto up in Altadena, there's somet …

We want to share experiences and techniques for building web and mobile applications with fellow developers in Orange County, California. We will focus on using one of the leading HTML5 mobile app platforms, Sencha Touch, as well as its older cousin, Ext JS.

A friendly forum for Microsoft Unified Communications professionals and folks interested in learning more about the following technologies: Exchange, Lync, Voice/Unified Communications.