This group is intended for people interested in learning about the agile and scrum methodology through discussions, expert presentations and practical scrum activities. We want to bring you a great environment to network with like minded individuals at the same time as learning and contributing new ideas around the agile space. Attendees are encouraged to share their experiences and lessons learned with working in the scrum environment. Brand new to Scrum? No worries! All we ask is that you have …

Join the Los Angeles community of Lean Launchpad-ers! While we wait to take Steve Blank's free online "Lean Launchpad" Class offered via Stanford, sign up for the free Tech Entrepreneurship Class also offered for free online from Stanford. The professor, Chuck Eesley takes a research approach to startups, noting what does and does not work. It's a great class. Sign up at venture-lab.org. Sign up by May 1st to get put into a group by the course's assistants. Check out the introductory videos at: …

[UPDATE] Active Startup is under new leadership and will be rolling out an all new series of meetups for this community. If you want to participate in the new administration please contact the organizer. See you soon!   Active-Startup is a Los Angeles based community for aspiring entrepreneurs. The goal is to bring together like-minded individuals to conquer some of the more basic challenges faced when starting a company like finding group workspace and building teams. The focus is web …

The goal for Blacks In Technology Los Angeles (BIT-LA) is to create a vibrant community of like-minded African American technology professionals, innovators and enthusiasts who are working with or interested in Web-based and related technologies. We’re talking the whole techie gamut from bloggers, digital media specialists, community managers and web masters to web designers, social media strategists, PHP developers, online marketing experts, recruiters, software developers and project managers. …

SCQAA San Fernando Valley enables members to share quality practices, principles, concepts, ideas, and methods through meetings, seminars, workshops and networking events. All IT professionals will enjoy this group and earn PMI PDUs and QAI recertification credit. Join us and help lead the way to better quality software.

This group was started to create a forum for experienced and aspiring web/mobile software entrepreneurs: product strategists, CTOs, hackers, CEOs, COOs, designers, developers/engineers, Scrum coaches, information architects, project managers. We will meet frequently to dscuss the rapidly changing web/mobile consumer software space:  - New technologies - New apps! - Cutting-edge hardware releases - Startup process and incubation - Open systems - Development process efficiency/theory - Idea …

More and more folks in the software, systems, engineering, and business communities have gotten hooked on the two great-tasting philosophies of agile and lean. They are using these techniques to build awesome technology companies.  This group has events that will help members connect and grow their tech companies using these philosophies.

… Share our experiences with projects, clients and/or work environments. Who for? This group is for experience and aspiring WP developers in and around Ventura County.

You're a graphic designer and you think in concepts, colors, layout, and texture. You're a web programmer and you dream in code. Sometimes we need to find our perfect match ... to work on that next project.

… Rotarians enjoy camaraderie with like-minded professionals, and club projects provide opportunities to develop enduring friendships. Club members who travel have friendly contacts in almost every city of the world. Family Rotary sponsors some of the world’s largest exchange and educational programs. Rotary clubs provide innovative training opportunities and mentoring for young leaders, and they involve family members in a wide range of social and service activities. Ethics Encouraging high e …

R is an open source software/programming language for data analysis, statistical modeling, visualization, data mining, predictive analytics, statistical computing, exploratory data analysis etc. This group is aimed to bring together practitioners (from industry and academia alike) in order to exchange knowledge and experience in solving data analysis/statistical problems by using R. Besides discussing techniques and solutions in R, emphasis will be put on providing a good understanding of th …

… So I'm starting this Meetup Group, our own personal Writer's Club, with the sole purpose of getting together at various times, to individually work on our own Writing Projects. Once we get together we'll decide what else might be helpful- but for now, that's what we'll do: Commit to a time and a place, get coffee or whatever your hearts desire, and write. This is not a class, but merely a facilitation to bring each of us closer to doing what we know we need to do, yet somehow don’t manage enough …

… Strategic tax planning, financial literacy, perfect credit, real estate and investment education for women, investment opportunities, creative wealth strategies; internship, career and sponsorship opportunities ; executive and personal coaching; conversational arabic, french, chinese and spanish groups; intellectual book club; mensa and triple 9 projects, chess club;  swag, gift bags, comps, discounts, freebies and special offers;   Retreats. Women's retreats, couples retreats, family retreats, …

… This keeps our risk to a minimum and allows us to spread our money across multiple projects. It also forces us to solve problems creatively and learn new skills instead of hiring out. These ideas come from the Gangster Manifesto, which is a part of our podcast at GangsterProfit.com. So, back to the meetup. We want people who can add to the conversation, not subtract from it. Mainly, this means we want to fill our meetup with people who know what they're talking about. (It also means you should …

The Hopeful Child Foundation is the only art education center where families never pay for services. No child is ever denied lessons, supplies, or individual attention because of the family’s inability to pay. Artists, educators, art therapists, musicians, producers, and creative professionals should join The Hopeful Child meetup Group to help create artistic projects which help children resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-e …

With a downturn economy, and the entertainment industry changing everyday, entrepreneurs, film producers, music industry and artists are looking for alternative ways to survive and thrive. This meetup is associated with an organization called CEO Space, which helps entrepreneurs find resources, connections and capital to give projects the green light to proceed.  CEO Space hosts 5 large business forums per year, where one third of the participants are investors. Typically, most angel investor …