This is the local area group for business professional looking to assist other People Like Us move forward.

Shaker | LaunchHouse creates better, smarter, and more successful entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio by nurturing innovation and creativity. This meetup group exists to increase the sense of urgency in town while successfully connecting key players, educators, techies, service providers, investors, and cool people. Events will focus on entrepreneurship, business development, sustainability, and fun networking. Come join us as we build a collaborative startup COMMUNITY in Cleveland and the greater M …

Red Carpet Women is a fun, relaxed environment to meet up with women business owners, entrepreneurs, mompreneurs, solopreneurs and other like-minded women who are interested in sharing ideas, sharing contacts, doing business and helping each other. Learn about relationship marketing, online social networks, tools and technology while finding prospects, clients, customers or joint venture partners. You might be inspired to learn what’s possible, or make a new connection that adds to your strength …

IT Social 6:01 is a networking group that brings Information Technology, Industry Leaders and Entrepreneurs from the high tech corridors of Silicon Mitten and metro Detroit together for knowledge sharing, networking, professional career advancement opportunities and to connect the overall DOTS. There is no cover charge for IT Social's but we do encourage donations that we apply to charities and at times we have special guests as hosts.

digitalundivided GROW Detroit is a monthly meet up of digital companies founded/co-founded by black women working together to GROW their tech-based companies from Idea to MVP to Growth and then Exit. Sponsored by digitalundivided, a company that builds forward thinking initiatives that change the digital space.

Windsor Small Business Owners Group was formed to bring anyone who is a small business owner or wants to have their own business. We come together to help one another grow, share ideas and stay motivated. You are welcome to speak on interesting topics that can enhance the group. Together we can make this work!

As a co-founder of a hardware startup, I understand the importance of building networks and trading war stories with other co-founders who are working on startups in the same vein. While we have a lot of similarities to our software brethren, we also have some unique differences/challenges that we can share and learn from to help advance our companies.

This group is a networking group for job seekers and entrepreneurs looking to expand into other ventures or jobs.

15 Minute Meeting + 105 Minute Party FREE Meeting, FREE Food, FREE Drink Ticket, AWESOME Networking! Our M+arty Networking Events are business and social networking events, held after work at locally owned and managed nightclubs, lounges, mansions and other cool venues, attended by hundreds of business owners and designed to make it easy to make new contacts, new friends and new business relationships. Together, we can make Cleveland Small Business GROW!

Based out of Midtown Detroit the society welcomes traders, financial professionals and investors of all backgrounds. The goal of the club is to bring together a collective group of financially talented individuals to share experiences and form professional relationships within the financial industry.

Are you tired of working alone in your apartment/house, fighting for a seat and bandwidth at cafes, and starring blankly at bland office walls. Would you be more interested in working surrounded by interesting people working on everything from building websites to redesigning traffic infrastructure? We would too. The idea for this group is to serve as a relatively loose network of people interested in coworking -- whether that means getting a few people together for a working lunch and tossing a …

Digital Akron is the Last Thursday of Every Month 4:00-5:30 PM January 31, 2013 Tomorrow is National Freedom Day where we all take a moment to remember the importance of freedom. We're going to look at 2013 and beyond. What is the business world doing today and what are they thinking about doing tomorrow. Being in the Midwest is no longer an excuse for being slow to the show. You sell in a global market today not an Akron market. We'll help you free your business from outdated ideologies and ge …

EcoTuesday is a structured networking event for sustainable business leaders that takes place on the fourth Tuesday of each month in cities across the country. Here's a brief outline of what takes place at each event: * Arrive at the venue, settle in, and meet new people * Learn about the cutting edges of sustainable business from an expert * Quickly introduce yourself & your project to a roomful of people * Network with people you learned about during the Introduction Circle EcoTuesday is op …

Looking for like-minded entrepreneurs to share what they have learned, and help foster the entrepreneurial community in Northeast Ohio.

eCommerce Detroit is a round-table discussion for eCommerce merchants/professionals, branded manufacturers, retailers, and entreprenaurs looking to talk shop. Topics of discussion will be eCommerce platforms, conversion optimization, analytics, fulfillment, SEO, PPC, affiliate programs, comparison shopping, social media and all matters related to online retail. Let the transfer of knowledge begin!

Bizdom is an entrepreneurship accelerator that helps entrepreneurs launch, fund and grow innovative, tech-based startups in Detroit and Cleveland. We'll be hosting Business Brunches, Speaker Series, and Networking events in Downtown Cleveland. Entrepreneurs at all levels, Programmers, Coders, etc should join in on the movement!

The Detroit Lean Startup Circle is a group of smart and driven high-tech entrepreneurs that have learned how to discover customers and build products they want. 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 faster than most because they get out of the building to talk to customers, validate business model assumptions as quickly and cheaply as possible, use ag …

Surround yourself with the best people in Cleveland. It's time to surround yourself with winners, successful people who exhibit and live consistent to values and skills you want to acquire and develop. Realize the people in your life have an amazing power to influence your destiny. This group is for those positive influencers. All entrepreneurs, small/medium/big business owners, self-employed individuals, investors, and those looking to start their own business are welcome. Our goal is to create …

This is a group of area businesswomen that meet monthly for dinner and a professional development program. Opportunities exist to grow your professional skills, network with other area businesswomen and attend regional and national conferences. The group also encourages friendships and social opportunities at meetings and events.

This group is for anyone interested in online marketing using the available tools the internet has to offer. Guerrilla marketing is an advertising strategy in which low cost unconventional means are utilized traditionally graffiti, sticker bombing, and flash mobs. Now of day with Social Networking and mobile tech, marketing have always had a place virally using such tools like seo, video ad, e-mail, affiliate marketing, and social sharing. It seem very complex to manage the day to day operation …

After leaving the corporate world, I realized how much I missed lunching with co-workers, talking about business and just sharing ideas. This realization prompted me to start this group. The idea is that we'll meet for at different locations around downtown and midtown, talk and enjoy a great meal. If you are a solo entrepreneur or part of a small team or just a foodie and want to meet new folks, share ideas and just all around have good conversation, this group is for you!

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

This group is designed for Entrepreneurs who either have or are starting businesses. Having the right people talk to about the ups and downs of running your own business is not only vital to our success its also sometimes needed to keep our sanity! I'm looking for like minded people that would like to have real world in person meetings where we can discuss our companies, goals, problems, successes,and dreams in an open and confidential manner. If that sounds like you then this Meetup Group is so …

This is a group for business parents who don't always have the option to get a sitter to network without having to get a babysitter. It's the only way I can network and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Meetups will be held at local establishments like Mc Donald's playland, Roller Skating Rink, The Jump Yard, where the adults can talk, the kids can play and who knows, maybe the adults will play too. Great way to meet people, network with other small business owners, entrepreneurs, start ups and bus …