Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

We are the Melbourne Girl Geek Dinners! We are a chapter of Girl Geek Dinners which was founded in 2005 in London. Girl Geek Dinners is non-profit and we organise dinners, workshops and field trips. We have over 400 members interested in technology, the internet, craft, code, design, communication, social media, marketing and more! Most of our events are free as we try to find sponsors to help us pay for food and drinks. Inspire9 have been hosting us and allowing us to use their space for ages n …

This is an extension from the Brisbane SEO group that first met up at the Ship Inn, Brisbane Southbank, 7th Nov 2008. The meetup event was expanded as we found it was often hard to put a face to a name, or people wanted to take their conversations beyond the 140 characters twitter allows. Past feedback is that the meetups have been a good way to meet others in the industry in a relax environment and share some tips and hints on what you might know that can help them become a better web marketer …

This group was started a couple of years ago because there was people involved in Internet Marketing who were struggling to get results on their own. It was apparent we needed to provide a support network for people starting out in Internet Marketing. Since then the group has evolved and there is a mixture of new and experienced Internet Marketers. The purpose of the group is to provide education and support for those people seeking to develop their online businesses. If you are a newbie or an …

About The Vault The Vault is a monthly get-together for creatively inclined folk held at Loop Bar (usually!) on the last Monday of the month. Our aim is to gather together creative people - be they artists, writers, musicians, media, marketers, entrepreneurs (etc) - who can meet each other in a friendly, convivial atmosphere to share and generate ideas. Format of evening: The first 15 minutes is for informal chat before the speaker's presentation at 6.15. We then tackle the discussion topic, af …

This group is to discuss social media and how it can be used to help build your brand / profile. Meetings will have specific topics, however will be relaxed in nature. This is an opportunity to learn new ways of connecting, teaching others how to master a social platform, share stories and general social media news. Anyone is welcome (from beginner to guru), if you have an interest in social media and want to learn more, I encourage you to join. This will be a monthly meeting.

Who else wants to DISCOVER and SHARE the FUN of Internet Marketing with like minded ENTREPRENEURS & BUSINESS OWNERS? Meeting and Learning from Inspirational, Dynamic, Successful, Switched on people in the fast paced world of Internet Marketing This Meetup Group is a community of active marketers or people interested in getting involved in the enterprising arena of Internet Marketing whether to add to their business growth or become a business on it's own. People who love mixing their work with …

The Fashion Boutique Melbourne Meet Up Group is intended for anyone actively involved in Boutiques and Retail Fashion in Melbourne. We’d like Boutique Owners, Fashion Designers, Fashion Wholesalers & Retailers, Fashion Industry Professionals and even avid Boutique Shoppers to get together socially to discuss all things fashion - including (but certainly not limited to): · new ideas & fashion trends · boutique marketing and promotional events · fashion retail trends, tricks, techniques and tactic …

We give entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet angel and venture capitalists who finance start-ups and businesses who may require capital for various stages of their project development. An opportunity for angel and venture capitalists to meet entrepreneurs who have projects that may require investment and to also provide mentorship for enthusiastic entrepreneurs. Meet, network, share, exchange, explore new ideas, concepts and have fun meeting new people. A great meetup for Entrepreneurs, Investor …

Entrepreneurs Unite - Marketing & Mastermind Group This group has been created to establish a supportive environment for business owners and entrepreneurs to: 1.) Further their business success by brainstorming with other like-minded people to create further opportunities by expanding their business vision, creating actionable steps to reach their business goals, developing an extraordinary dream business and to create a life with purpose. 2.) Take "Rapid-Action" Challenges to get things done - …

Welcome! :) we are about having serious fun, we want people from all walks of society to join this group and have fun sharing ideas, dreams, knowledge, wisdom, experience and passion that can make the difference towards a more eco>sustainable future..! We cannot eliminate trade to save the planet, humans have traded for thousands of years, what we need is an ecologically sustainable model so that we can live in harmony with our environment while trading with our fellow nations. Our aim is to pro …

Melbourne Media Makers is an informal group that meets upstairs at POP Restaurant in Hardware Lane (bar is called Five Boroughs) to chat about all things multimedia and the social web. No presentations or PowerPoint. Very relaxed :) If you are interested in meeting people who are working with audio, video or words on the web, this is a great meeting to attend. We welcome bloggers, podcasters, videobloggers, filmmakers, artists, photographers, writers, PR and social media people. Everyone is welc …

Are you a facebook community manager? Are you tasked with the twitter account for your company / charity / organisation? This is the group for you. We'll talk about tricks of the trade, tech tools that work, and brainstorm any challenges you might be experiencing with your community.

This group is to gather Augmented Reality enthusiasts of all descriptions - technical, arts, sports, industrial, commercial, investors, entrepreneurs and simply any end user. There is a lot happening in this tech niche and in particular locally which beckons more co-ordinated face to face interactions and formal/informal meetup gatherings. Jump on board with us!

We love our Twitterati, but love even more when we get together in real life, mix it up, talk about innovations in digital and social marketing and have some fun. We're coming to Melbourne and we'd love to meet you.

Hi there, have you read the book? What would be your dream place to do business? At the beach? The snow? How’d you like to make it happen? This is a group of like minded people who want to connect and make new friends, share ideas and learn how to live a life of FREEDOM - Most people in life are either TIME or MONEY poor, or BOTH. However it doesn’t have to be this way, more and more people every day are waking up to that thought! If you are the type of person who wants to be financially free an …

This Meetup has free, short community learning and networking events in topics that help build a better world. Current topics include the major social media platforms, sustainability, profit sharing, positivity, empowered work places, and the social design of organisations. The main social media platforms we focus on at the moment are Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Facebook Pages, and Pinterest. Where relevant, courses will include relevant add on platforms. For example, with Twitter, we will …

Port 80 Melbourne. We are web people getting together. We catch up informally once and month and we have the occasional presenter or two. All members of the web developer, social media, hosting, SEO and general online communities are welcome to attend. Port 80 Melbourne meets the first Wednesday of each month from 6pm.

We're excited to announce HootUp Melbourne, an informal get together of social media users and professionals of all skill levels. We talk a lot about HootSuite, but we'd welcome anyone with an interest of the social web and technologies to come along. We're aiming for 2 presentations each month, with the first focusing on HootSuite and the second focusing on a platform or general topic. We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of the month and the venue is sponsored by The Lost Dogs' Home. Pizza and drinks …

Quora is an online web forum full of super interesting people having intelligent discussions about a huge range of topics. This is a group for those people and their friends to get to know each other and make new friends in real life. Popular topics are Social Media, Technology, Science, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Food, Travel, Politics, Books, Movies, Music, History, Business and Marketing. Please join us! Refer to http://www.quora.com and http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealLife