Startup California and Startup LA are regions of The Startup America Partnership a public private initiative founded by President Obama and former AOL Chairman Steve Case See www.startupcal.org for more information. 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. GOALS We have three main goals: 1. Provide valuable reso …

Designfudge is centered on LA based UX & Design professionals. We're focused on.. 1. Monthly gatherings; once a month we’ll get together to hear case studies of local projects and discuss outcomes over food and drinks. 2. Local Studio Showcase; we’ll take close looks at design studios in and around LA for inspiration. 3. Open Projects; we’ll share projects for freelancers and those looking for work. If you're interested on sharing a case study, please send your brief proposal to mike@macadaan.co …

We build awesome tech companies in LA. We are looking for cofounders & others to scale our companies. We go to events to learn actionable information to help us scale our startup. We come to Tech Cofounder Dating LA events to connect and scale our tech companies. Twitter: @TechCofounderLA 06/07/2012 NOW AVAILABLE! Your User Experience (UX) 5 Guests: Asher Hunt.............Product. UX. Design, Chill Sarah MacKinnon.....Senior UX Designer, eHarmony Ruth Kaufman..........Senior Interaction Des …

Entrepreneurs, innovators, value creators. You know who you are. We're about to activate the West LA startup scene - and you're invited! If you're defining the future of technology, media, entertainment, gaming, mobile, social, Internet, or any new media - then you ARE Silicon Beach. Techies, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Marketers, Deal Makers, Pixel Wizards, Video Artists, Producers.... are coming together to put West LA on the map. Join us to show off your goods, launch your tech company, learn n …

We are Tech in Motion: LA. This group is designed for anyone and everyone interested in technology. If you are a tech lover, an expert in the field or simply want to know more about the industry this is the place for you. Tech in Motion: LA is designed for you, so let’s make this group amazing and help bring the sprawling Los Angeles Tech community closer and do something great! Have something cool you want to hear discussed? Tell us about it!   *We already have 2 staffing firms dedicated to off …

… Thousands of CEO's, CFO’s, Tech Folks, Entrepreneur's, Chefs, Wine Makers, Retail and Gallery Owners, Models, Photographers, Art Director's, Designers, Actors, Musicians, Real Estate Executives, Corporate Trainers, Coaches, Therapists, Publicists, Financial Folks including Investors and Venture Capitalists, and Singles, have attended, in fact nearly every type of person has attended. People are finding jobs, leaving jobs to follow their dreams, getting dates, creating new ideas, investing in ea …

io/LA is Hollywood's first entertainment and technology co work, incubator, and cafe. We are excited to kick-off a series called "Tech and..." - a weekly panel of industry leaders discussing the future of technology and music, fashion, film, and comedy.

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: …

If you just joined, please go the 1st meetup and comment! Thanks!!   I'm interested in fielding interest for a small monthly meetup/knowledgeshare or even infrequent hacks for anything web/development/engineering/tech related... Why I'm interested in this and why YOU should be too: - you read hackernews every day but have nothing to do with this gained information - you wish to exchange ideas, talk about trending topics, technologies - discuss personal projects, interests No structure yet, just …

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. …

This group is dedicated to Fastest Growing Startups around Los Angeles. We will invite many speakers from top growing tech startups in LA who will share their story and experience with us. Learn from the best and find answers to your questions. Our focus will mostly be technology and web startups. If you have a startup or an idea, join us.   I will start planning the first meetup when we have around 200 members.   if you have a growing startup, drop me an email.

This group is for early stage Start ups looking to find Co-Founders, funding, pitch ideas and most importantly help bring a tech identity to Downtown LA. Right now there is a huge trend on the westside for the tech startup community, leaving a huge void in Downtown LA. Our objective is to have various events including workshops on best practices, hackathons, entrepreneur/investors panels, demo days and open forums with a focus on the tech community. This group is for coders, entrepreneurs, inves …

DJs of LA is a group for all DJs who are interested in uniting together to organize events. Our main goal will be to put together events, share ideas, music, network, or just kick back and practice mixing. This group is limited for electronic dance music DJs only. But, it doesn't matter if you spin Trance, Progressive House, Tech House, Electro, Drum N Base, Jungle, House, Tribal or ect. Join us introduce yourself and lets start this journey united as one.   Cheers,   HiKe