Welcome to the SSV Network! The "Startups & Societal Ventures" Network http://www.ssvnetwork.com Discuss: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=48286 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SSVNetwork Follow us on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ycd24uk Check the SSV Network Innovation Hubs' Worldwide Map: http://www.communitywalk.com/SSVNetwork Entrepreneurs, investors and all other resources providers need better relationships matchmaking. SSVN is an internet-based entrepreneurship support system e …

Media140 is an independent global movement creating unique conferences, events and experiences to explore the future of the real-time web. To foster discourse, collaboration and innovation within journalism, media, advertising and technology. We bring together global thought leaders from journalism, advertising, politics, entertainment, brands, marketing, government policy and technology to help you understand how the real-time internet will change the way you do business and help you understand …

Coworking in Sydney. The aim of this group is to build networks within and around coworking, and coworking spaces in Sydney. We think it's important to grow your ideas in the company of other like minded people, and create a culture of innovation in the start-up and freelance communities. Join this group if you're a creative individual current working from a coworking space, or even working from home or a cafe, and would like to meet like-minded people who are also interested in innovation and b …

InsightfulCRM is a consulting and system integration firm, with clients across Australia and New Zealand. We help organisations better engage with current and future customers by developing customer-centric strategies, which we bring into being through innovative use of technology.

The young entrepreneurial community of Sydney is growing. We want to create a space where creative, social and business entrepreneurs can all come together to share stories, create networks and learn from each other. If you are innovative, passionate about social change, entrepreneurial, keen to learn and develop or keen to be part of the young entrepreneur community, we would love you to be part of this group.

Join this group if you want to save time and money in launching any idea you can think of. Period. Lean Startup is something I came to after fluffing about with my startup and doing all I could NOT to talk to customers. Instead, I spent money building something I thought they'd like. They didn't. I scratched my head and wondered how the hell I could have a successful startup without wasting more money. At the Silicon Beach Meetup, people I spoke to about the problem kept telling me to read Steve …

On the last Friday of each month Young innovators, change-makers, entrepreneurs, and creative thinkers come together with established industry professionals across the media, technology, social and creative sectors to hear rapid fire talks from the heart from 5 young people on the 5 C's of innovation: creativity, connection, collaboration, commercialisation, and community. Breakfast and networking happens before and after the talks.

How can Social Media be used to benefit all? This Group for anybody that is interested in using or developing innovative Social Media solutions. Come and share your ideas, the applications you built, or even the ideas you would like to see turned into reality! Bringing together users, innovators and developers is a great way to really understand "what is possible with social media?"

Hello Entrepreneurs. Are you an innovator, opportunist, resourceful, quick thinking or enthusiastic? Interested in sharing & learning entrepreneurial related knowledge, skills, techniques and resources with a bunch of other well rounded entrepreneurs? or are you just starting out and would like to meet some of our successful members and be mentored? This is a place where we can all stand on the edge of thought, ideas and creativity and share openly; all meet ups are public and designed to benefi …

Creative Minds Sydney is a platform for connecting creative and inspiring people in these interesting times. We encourage collaboration between the creative, innovative, and ever-courageous people that come to our events - those speaking, and those listening The network and information society offers huge chances and possibilities. At the same time the ages of prosperity and growth are ending and society is changing. As an old Chinese saying states: "When the winds of change are blowing, some pe …

“Intrapreneur” is an employee of a large company or a Government agency who is running or promoting a “startup within an enterprise” – a highly innovative project that promises great returns or great savings. An intrapreneur can focus their energy on a new product, or on using new tools and processes to support and improve existing products. In all cases intrapreneurs have to rely on their vision, on “validated learning” through the project and on gradually building the support rather than on ca …

We are a network of passionate female small business owners, entrepreneurs and innovators with a purpose to create a supportive forum for inspired and driven business thought leaders to share their ideas, expertise and experiences. In an intimate round table group, we meet monthly for either breakfast, lunch, coffee (or dinners!) for peer mentoring sessions where each attendee has dedicated time to talk about their business and address topical issues. Our focus is on developing tangible outcomes …

Vision & Mission The Greater Western Sydney Business Enterprise Centre is part of a national initiative to assist in the growth and success of small businesses in Australia. We work as a not-for-profit organisation. We hold a deep belief that small business is the backbone of an innovative and exciting Australian culture. We are determined to work to support and resource it in any way imaginable. How We Help GWSBEC identifies and delivers an evolving range of practical services,programs & resou …

Vision & Mission The Clearly Business Enterprise Centre (otherwise known as ‘Sydney Metro’) is part of a national initiative to assist in the growth and success of small businesses in Australia. We work as a not-for-profit organisation. We hold a deep belief that small business is the backbone of an innovative and exciting Australian culture. We are determined to work to support and resource it in any way imaginable. How We Help The Clearly Business Enterprise Centre (otherwise known as ‘Sydney …

We want to build human-to-human networks of people who care about creating ventures that do social good and create value for society above and beyond the bottom line. We believe that it is possible to create successful ventures that make a profit and do social good. We connect people with ideas to people with skills so that they can create new ventures together. Find out more at http://socialinnovationsydney.org/

ACS Young IT (YIT) organise and run events and programs specifically for young, up and coming ICT practitioners. The events and programs we run include local career days, professional skill and technical seminars, networking opportunities and social activities. We also organise the Annual Young ICT Professionals Conference (YITCon). YIT Meetups give you the chance to meet and share experiences with other Young ICT pratitioners at seminars and social events. You can also seek advice, make lifelon …

Are you ready to move beyond the 'green-wash' and tackle what Sustainability really means for business? We offer a series of free events for next generation leaders who are visionary enough to let go of business-as-usual practices and through systemic and holistic thinking, create real transformation. Come and hear from global thought-leaders in this developing field, share ideas with likeminded people, and create a new future for Australian enterprise.

Calling all retail owners and stakeholders interested to learn and discuss The Retail Disruption & Innovation Meetup is aimed will facilitate disucssions such as: Business and Operations * Keeping up * Brick & mortar, Online, Hybrid models * Choosing which business model is right for you * Restructuring, transition and timing * Staying Relevant at Scale * Manufacturing * Customer Service * Warehousing versus Drop-Shipping * Demand forecasting & ERP * Logistic and delivery Marketing and Growth * …

Join our community of next generation startups. Let's get together to network, socialize and share best practices about the new way of building and running your business more efficiently and competitive than ever before. We will organize various events and workshops with the support of the world's leading online work platform. These events will be a great opportunity for you - as an entrepreneur, small business owner or startup enthusiast - to network with like-minded people in your area, learn …

About Us Startup Wars is a twice monthly meeting between anyone who wants to come to an event and network, share their ideas, have fun and make new friends. The catch is that you are given a week to form groups and develop a new product/app/whatever you want. The Mission Obviously, Rome wasn't built in a day, neither was it built in a week, so we don't expect your next revolutionary idea (keep that to yourself :P ). The main point is to try new things, develop your skills, build up your netwo …

The UTS MBITM Community is a network extending beyond alumni, teaching staff and current students. It is a strongly bonded network of people who have similar aspirations and values. Events and community Meetups are arranged independently of UTS on a not-for-profit basis.

More and more people launch new startups based on existing successful businesses and innovations. You call them local offices, branches, API-based services, franchises, spin-off, ... The common factor is that these "innovation interpreters" increase their chances of success by reusing and adapting existing assets, in all domains : social innovations, IT, retail, ... Come to our meetups to share your own experiences or your will to become a successful entrepreneur.

If you are a Sydney based IT Professional with an interest in IT Enterprise Integration then this is the group for you! Hosted each month at a Sydney CBD address - we will cover the following topics (and more!): SOA, EAI, BPM, Continuous Integration, TIBCO, Oracle Fusion, IBM WebSphere, MuleSoft, Middleware, Messaging Services, MOM, JMS, Enterprise architecture framework, Business semantics management, Data integration, Enterprise information integration, Enterprise integration, Enterprise Integ …

If you're building a business, we know it can be as tough as it is rewarding. What's more, if you're working from home or cafes it can be isolating too. That's why we want to bring you together with other business owners and tech startups from the North Shore. We run events around StartNest, the new co-working incubator in Crows Nest.

The Sutherland Shire Business group will provide opportunities for Shire Based small businesses to network, increase their knowledge across a range of small business topics while growing their business. This group will meet regularly, we will have two presenters covering innovative topics across a range of subject areas like Business Growth, Legal Issues, HR, Financial Planning and Marketing.

This group is for business owners who have a good business but have not been able to take it to the next level. We focus on the different options available to rapidly increase business growth and/or it valuation potential. We discuss innovative ways to scale your business operations/sales, the development of strategic joint-venture or partnerships, the development of new ventures, raising equity investment and how to optimise your business for sale.

This is a group for Agile course training Dear , I hope you’re doing fine. We are offering a 3day Agile Certified_Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) exam prep course in Australia. | Brisbane: 15th to 17th May ’13 | | Sydney: 20th to 22nd May ’13 | | Melbourne: 27th to 29th May ’13 | You can enroll in this course for $1,199 AU and we do have group discounts for three or more. This price includes all taxes, books, snacks and lunch. All that you need to bring is your enthusiasm, thirst for knowledge, ques …

Bringing together people with very different perspectives on what digital means for the way we work, live, and look at the world; across all its guises; social media, online, enterprise collaboration, mobile…..Past gatherings have included a wide mix of people from writers, start-ups, entrepreneurs, management consultants, independent thinkers, and academics. Perspectives vary widely. The common thread is a passion for the positive impact of digital and how to get value from it. The ultimate aim …