UcATX is for all Austin developers and engineers who are interested in helping to evolve communications technologies and practices. Our members all have varying degrees of expertise in development, telecom engineering, mobile technologies, and business, with the common passion for innovation and disruption to help facilitate new emerging markets for IP-enabled communications applications.

Come Together For Health™ Improving access to affordable healthcare by promoting innovative technologies that transform healthcare. Health Technology Forum (HTF) is a platform for people worldwide who have a common interest in making healthcare better, more accessible and affordable. Our international network of technology and healthcare entrepreneurs, developers, regulators, and providers are advancing the pace of healthcare innovation by engaging in exciting and productive dialogue between exp …

Austin based crowd funding community for any inventors, innovators and supporters interested in utilizing crowd funding to fuel their ideas. Crowd funding is gaining traction worldwide with many countries making it available for funding products, projects and startups. The United States currently does not allow the general public to invest for equity until later this year. This meetup group is for inventors and innovators looking to perks, products or services in exchange for a monetary contribu …

The new entrepreneurship era is all about customers and their problems. Lean startup is a collection of techniques built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. We're a group of entrepreneurs taking lean startup and customer development techniques to practice in our startups. We're ready to talk implementation and share data from our experiments. * The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries. *

Our goal is to link military, tech and other industries to foster the entrepreneurial mindset, break down barriers, rapidly prototype ideas, change the world and then grab a beer afterwards. http://disruptivethinkers.org/

Austin Think Tank promotes personal and professional growth in the Austin area regardless of industry. We host events to educate and share ideas/experiences related to individuals and business owners on numerous topics including, Innovations and Inventions, and Social, Economical and Environmental topics, to name a few. Industry Specialists from each field are invited to talk and present information to Thinkers and focus on methods to directly impact each individual, business, community and more …

Has a stranger ever said something to you that brightened your day? Have you ever wanted to find a way you could take that feeling and pay it forward? So have we! There are amazing things going on all around us. What if we could find, create, and take advantage of ways to make people feel connected to the community around them? Like build a ball pit in the middle of the city that brings two random people together. check this out! Or maybe ask questions to others that helped them appreciate their …

This group is for those of us who aren't just building a new business but are rethinking the very way we do business. If you're creating an entirely new service, working on something that's never been done before or driving the very spear tip of innovation, we'd like to know you.

Brainstormers, LEO's, people who care about safety and want to improve it, criminals, technologists, mobile and gps experts..... this group is going to redefine crime, revolutionize personal safety, and become a crime fighting group like no other. You probably think this isn't serious, well just show up one time and see for yourself. Ever heard of Release-911? Defense-in-Delay? Acquaintance Rape Counter System? Our group has already come up with great ideas that are out there. If you work in pub …

This is a group for founding a Sudbury Valley School in the Northeast Austin Area.  The Sudbury Valley School model is an innovative educational model that takes children seriously.

Do you love playing entertaining board games? We play some old favorites and some newer, more innovative, strategy games. Ever hear of strategy games like Ticket to Ride, Small World, Cosmic Encounter, Settlers of Catan, or Carcassonne? How about Power Grid, Puerto Rico, Stone Age, or Tichu? Maybe your taste runs to social games like Outburst, Scattergories, or Cranium? Or are you more of a Scrabble or Boggle player - just say the word! No matter what your game is, let's play! If you are a first …

The EdTech Meetup is the hub for the amazing keynotes, panel discussions, edtech mixers, member spotlights, and hands-on learning experiences that inspire teachers, entrepreneurs, technologists, education reformers, and ed-tech enthusiasts to connect, collaborate, and innovate. We meet to explore various topics at the intersection of education and technology, to learn about the latest technologies that are supporting teachers, and to hear from teachers about the problems in education that must b …

@austinapi http://austinapi.com Are you obsessed about APIs? Are you building an innovative new API for your company? Are you creating tools to help reshape the world through API usage? Do you create mashups for everything? Are you frustrated that no one understands what you do at your API-related job? Join us for beers, discussion, and some expert perspective.

SWIGGIS is a professional and social organization. Our meetings provide women geographers with a positive and productive space as well as a supportive and engaging environment in which we mentor each other, enhance our intellectual climate, and are innovative in our strategies to promote the professional status of women in Geography and GIS. Our goal is to meet monthly, and our meetings will be scheduled alternatively as educational sessions and social happy hours. Social Hours are available to …

What is Austin Entrepreneurs? The Austin Entrepreneurs Meetup Group exists to motivate and enhance successful business inititatives and ventures in Austin Texas. We are a community of entrepreneurs willing to share our stories. Our primary goal is to keep the local entrepreneur informed to their competitive advantage. What Austin Entrepreneurs is NOT: Our primary objective is not to create a marketplace for entrepereneurs to sell each other products or services but to provide a each other with u …

We've grown a large following in San Antonio and now want Austin to share in on the fun! Austin Sophisticated Singles's mission is to provide a dynamic, innovative, and engaging environment for singles around the ages of 25-55. Some of our events include: "Speed Mingling", "Mystery Cards", "Mega Matchmaking Mixer", industry appreciation nights, wine mixers, bowling, seminars, and much more. This group sets itself apart by its partnership with Scenergy Dating which provides online dating, matchma …

This is the official MeetUp group for the Austin chapter of the American Marketing Association. You do NOT need to be an AMA member to join this MeetUp group! We welcome anyone with an interest in marketing located in Central Texas. The Austin AMA represents the very best in marketing talent. With more than 275 professional members, plus more than 100 student marketers from three area universities, Austin AMA is one of the premier professional associations in Central Texas. Our Vision: The Austi …

Games for mobile devices, the web, and other new platforms are a growing part of the industry. They feature smaller teams, faster dev cycles, iterative design, and innovative business models. This approach is more conducive to experimentation than most AAA projects. Yet, Austin seems to be lagging behind other cities in embracing this trend. This Meetup group is designed to help change that. We welcome any current or aspiring contributors to the Austin mobile/web game community, including coder …

This is a group that brings together like-minded Beauty Professionals that share the same drive and passion for beauty and innovation. A camaraderie dedicated to sharing the latest trends through educated workshops, and endless opportunities for networking.

Come join us and meet like-minded inventors and entrepreneurs who have been through the whole process from inception to launch. Founded in 2004, the Austin Inventors and Entrepreneurs Association (http://www.austininventors.org) is finally on Meetup! Our aim is to help inventors and innovators connect with resources such as CPA's, Patent Attorneys, and manufacturers, and to help explain the invention/entrepreneurial process and provide constructive feedback. We are a member lead, volunteer, non- …

The London Girl Geek Dinners were founded on the 16th August 2005 as a result of one girl geek, Sarah Lamb, who got annoyed and frustrated about being one of the only females attending technical events. She was tired of constantly having to prove herself and decided that she just wanted a change and to be treated just the same as any other geek out there, gender and age aside. After all to be geeky is to be intelligent, have passion for a subject and to know that subject in depth. It’s not at al …

Austin Women's Network celebrates the collaboration and success of talented, smart and innovative women and the collective role they play in and around our community. It focuses on multi-faceted women in various roles and business organizations. Austin Women's Network was built upon the hope and intention of bringing local women together in a collaborative way. It's a place where "seasoned" women help and mentor those who may not be as "seasoned." This is not the place where "I know more than yo …

Nic Tolstoshev and I decided to start this meetup group because there needs to be a central hub for online community managers to meet. This meetup group will allow community managers to network, share best practices, and innovate through interesting conversations. You should join this group if you are working in the online community management field, have a passion for online community management, or simply want to learn from the experts.

If you are interested in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design you are always welcome to join. Let's get together every first week of the month over happy hours to learn about LEED and of course have some fun with it. Whether you bike, carpool or walk, eat or drink local foods and bevs, recycle , choose not to smoke...whatever it may be, there are so many ways to personally implement LEED credits into our daily routines. Learn how to get your credits and get involved in the community! Ma …

Hey there - This is a group for PNW transplants in sunny ATX. You might like this group if :: 10pm sunsets, San Juan Islands, craft beer, technology, Rose City, Stumptown Coffee, Victrola Coffee, Ballard, Hawthorne Street, Pearl Jam, Helio Sequence, Fleet Foxes, innovation, music, boots, jackets, hats, microbreweries, fall leaves and great hikes make your heart flutter...... Please join your bretheren for a monthly gathering. All are welcome!

About Us We are a volunteer run organization which is dedicated to creating opportunities for people with an interest in things green to come together and build long lasting relationships. Green Drinks Happy Hours creates an opportunity to meet with other accomplished environmental, sustainability, and clean tech professionals in an informal atmosphere; after all, that is where the greatest ideas are born. We attract professionals who routinely initiate innovative ways to meet the challenges of …

This is a group for anyone who loves data, and using data to solve interesting problems. All skill levels are welcome. I started this group because San Antonio is breaking out of its shell as a hub for innovation, and that means A LOT more data is coming for us to play with. This group is for people who want to learn, compare notes, shoot the breeze with other Data Nerds, or just hear about interesting projects and problems where data is being used. Looking forward to exploring data with everyon …

The world of mobile and internet marketing is continually changing and I want to create a group where new and old internet marketers alike meet to help offline businesses market online and via mobile technologies.