The Battle Begins... Do you need to find funding for your company?  Then you need a strategic plan of attack!  The competition and investment landscape for corporate funding is a brutal battlefield. You must be better prepared than the rest – there’s absolutely no room for weakness on these front lines! Very simply, either do it right or don’t do it at all! The process of raising capital will be one of the toughest battles of your life. It’s a process made for warriors who are committed to the s …

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Tampa Bay Meetup group! 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 CoFoundersLab.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Co-Founders Wanted of Tampa Bay serves as an in-person matchmaking 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 complements y …

We foster women in tech entrepreneur workshops, social mixers with technology community leaders in the Tampa Bay area, collaboration among start-ups and future start-ups, tech in art and music festivals and much, much more! To become a member, sign up for updates or contact us, fill out our handy form! Tell us what you'd like to get out of Girls in Tech in the Tampa Bay Area and help us brainstorm awesome events! Check out our website: GITtampa.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GITtampa Joi …

Lean Startup Circle is dedicated to applying lean startup thinking and building lean startup leadership. We bring the Tampa Bay lean startup community together in a variety of formats (many of which involve beer) to learn from each other. What works? What doesn't? Is lean just a buzzword? Or can it really help build businesses? *The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries* In addition to Eric's book, The Lean Startup, here are some similar resources: The Entrepreneur's …

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) with a mission is to enable and support the founders of tech startups and the supporting technology innovation community throughout Tampa Bay. Today we have over 60 members who are building, launching or growing over 80 different web and mobile tech ventures, 30% of whom are profitable and cash flow positive. One of our member ventures (Wufoo) was acquired earlier this year for $35 million, and we hope our efforts will g …

As the Organizer of UNITE, I am dedicated to providing an avenue for black professionals to connect in the Tampa Bay area. Mission Statement: To promote effective business and personal relationships among Tampa Bay’s black professionals, executives and entrepreneurs. This networking group was developed to allow black professionals the opportunity to: Engage in informative solution-based dialogue Leverage respective talents and abilities Discuss issues impacting our communities Participate in Vol …

Connecting Entrepreneurs, Developers, and Investors to inspire tech ventures and help new businesses in the Tampa Bay area. Each month we will have local startups or businesses pitch their idea to the group for feedback, investment interest, or just to share with other tech enthusiasts. A keynote speaker will present inspiring messages on the topics of entrepreneurship, development, or investing practices.

Our purpose is to build a solid business network, where all members will benefit from their active participation in the group. We all have the potential to help someone else along in some regard, so let's get moving! This organization will hold meeting to educate and strengthen business owners to be successful and profitable. We can all learn something from these meetings and if you need assistance or advice we will have a pool of specialists who you can contact. If you have an area of expert …

Follow TheProven Way to Success in Real Estate There is a success formula in real estate and it's this: Success = Skillset + Mindset +Community. This unique group provides all 3 elements for success - while delivering the best of both worlds: national training with local expertise and networking in a single location! FREE World-Class Skillset & Mindset Training Access FREE webinar training from the nation's best real estate trainers while networking LIVE with the best real entrepreneurs, investo …

Our Mission: To provide obedient dogs to disabled veterans of all war eras, to help them overcome their invisible disabilities in order to become more productive and functional members of society, while informing the public of the need for Service Dogs in addition to Seeing Eye dogs.

Meet others interested in all aspects of Web Technology - Standards, Networks, Marketing, New Web Technology, Graphic Design, Databases, Corporate Web, Webmasters, and BarCamp Tampa Bay. Open to anyone involved in web technology! BarCamp Tampa Bay: Building a Community! Attention: We can't advertise every event - it makes our own events just part of a lot of noise - and people stop listening. Now if you want to buy a sponsorship.... contact me

Calling all women small business owners who feel that failure of their business is not an option! Truly believing in the power of networking, but disillusioned in the groups I have joined, I decided to start a new type of networking group. If you feel the same then this is the group for you. Please join us once a month to share ideas, tips & tricks you have learned and a sense of humor. If you are only interested in what the group can do for you instead of what you can contribute to the group th …

The Brandon eMarketing Group is an organization dedicated to delivering the internet marketing strategy to business owners that want to expand their businesses. If you are looking to expand your reach through internet marketing by adding new clients this is the Exact group for you. If you can write and read email then you are more than qualified to attend this group of business owners looking to expand their reach! Our focus is to show Business owners how to use the Internet for Marketing purpos …

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into growing tech businesses in Tampa Bay. Today we have over 100 members who are building, launching or growing over 100 web and mobile tech ventures. WaVE's officially stated goal is to help build an ecosystem here in Tampa Bay in order to build & launch 50 new tech ventures a year within 5 years. We are working with the local universities and other like-minded organization …

This is a free mastermind social group of home based traders created for the exchange of trading information and run solely for member benefit. We have several members who are now successfully trading full time simply with what they learned attending group meetups and sharing knowledge, all without expensive education. Tampa Career Traders welcomes all traders in all instruments, part and full time. The group goal : Assist in the attainment of a successful full time trading career. The Meetup Ch …

This is a forum for local tech innovators, geeks and entrepreneurs who want to connect with others to discuss how we can make Tampa Bay more startup friendly. Topics include startup challenges, emerging industry trends as well as public policy issues that need more attention and investment from our local elected officials and economic development agencies. Current participants are founders of tech companies, free lance developers / designers and people with boring day jobs looking for the next b …

Meet other local Hispanic Professionals to network and discuss the unique perspective that belongs to Hispanic business people. Also to provide bilingual and bicultural technical assistance to budding Hispanic entrepreneurs and businesses.

Consumers: Who should join? Anyone and everyone who would like to meet lawyers for consultation for current or future business is welcome to join! Group Goal: A convenient, effective & professional environment to give and receive introductory legal advice. Professionals who should join: Attorneys in all practice areas, court reporters, paralegals. Who should attend?  Consumers / Business Owners: *  Who have a legal matter on his or her mind *  Who are starting, selling or wish to protect …

This group is for people already running or contributing to online businesses that are currently doing $1,000,000 or more in sales. It is a very relaxed, exclusive roundtable with some of the best minds in the tampa bay area. Members are expected to share resources and show what is currently working in their business.

Time2Connect is a social business network where you can mingle and connect with fellow business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs throughout the Tampa Bay area. Our events give our members a place to relax, socialize and share business ideas. Time2Connect is a member of CityLync Inc. CityLync is an online resource that features the best restaurants, spa services, events and travel to its members. We work with our merchant partners to provide unique offers that will lure our members to expe …

Forget what you think you know about Social Media and come learn what does and doesn't work in today's online world. You will learn to control: Your Brand Your Reputation Your Message Your SEO Presence Got your attention yet? Come to our Meetup and prepare to have your mind blown! Jim & Wes

Coworking is a place where freelancers, technical artisans and entrepreneurs meet to work, chat, collaborate and think. We are here to help foster growth of Tampa Bay's emerging, but well hidden grass roots tech community and to make central Florida a more start-up friendly area. For more info: http://www.ideafield.org Sponsored by: startupmonkey.com

Calling all local Professional Business Women!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a brand new networking group designed to bring together 'local professional women who want to Network with other Professionals in thier market areas  of Brandon/Valrico/Riverview Areas. Our purpose is come together and have business related discussions, referrals, inpsiration, and information sharing - along with of course - positive support and fun, and community presence! ~~~ …

The purpose of this group is to educate and inform small business owners, executives and department heads who are not IT professionals, with a view toward operating a more profitable business by leveraging and streamlining cloud applications. We would like the group to be tool for business owners and executives to help train their staff, in addition to staying informed concerning the cloud industry. Topics include web design, mobile web, SEO, social media marketing, cloud computing, computing in …