Global Entrepreneur Week (GEW) is an annual event that features the best and the brightest entrepreneurs, emerging companies and educational programs for fostering startup growth. The Kauffman Foundation, the worlds premier catalyst behind programs and policy for small company creation and growth is the world wide sponsor for GEW. Check out these mentions of last year's GEW in Tampa Bay: http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2008/11/17/daily25.html http://entrepreneurshipweekusa. …

This is an educational group to help our members to boost their productivity by better utilization of their current assets.

The purpose of this Meetup is to facilitate a watershed based Bioregional Permaculture Design Project for the Tampa Bay Tributaries Watershed. We will be using the Permaculture Flower and the Permaculture Carbon Cluster as organizational frameworks along with permaculture ethics and design principles to transform this watershed into a resilient and regenerative ecosystem.The base camp for this project is centered within this watershed/bioregion at The Permaculture Guild Research and Reso …

The purpose of this Meetup is to facilitate a watershed based Bioregional Permaculture Design Project for the Tampa Bay Watershed. We will be using the Permaculture Flower and the Permaculture Carbon Cluster as organizational frameworks along with permaculture ethics and design principles to transform this watershed into a resilient and regenerative ecosystem.The base camp for this project is centered within this watershed/bioregion at The Permaculture Guild Research and Resource center in Tampa …

Join a New Community for StartUps After working with 100’s of technology start-ups and innovators, we at the Tampa Bay Innovation Center, formerly STAR TEC, realized the Tampa Bay area needed an informal  program that would link entrepreneurs, talent in transition, scientists, funders, innovators, technology professionals and engineers – the people who want to make connections in the Tampa Bay innovation marketplace and move their ideas forward. This program, StartUp Xchange, will help innovator …

BarCamp Sarasota emphasizes the intersection of technology, education, and economic development. Building a community through user-generated conferences, participatory workshops, lunch and learn and after-hour events; the open forum format is born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. BarCamp is a conversation - please join in!

Miss the comraderie, spontaneous conversation, and dynamic energy of working in the same room with other creative people? Welcome to The CoWork Lab. We take the best elements of a coffee shop (social, energetic, creative) and the best elements of a workspace (productive, functional) and combine them to give independent workers bricks and mortar to call their own. The CoWork Lab was built on coworking philosophy. Our members (aka "Scientists) are: software engineers, real estate brokers, web deve …

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 …

This group goal is to explore areas in technology, business, Internet, freelancing, web design, co-founders search meetups, communication, launching ideas and to further expand the growing community of thinkers Tampa Bay has even further. If you like to be surrounded with intelligent people just you, learn, collaborate and expand your potential, please join us. It will be great to have you! That's nice, but why should I Join? Some of us believe if you're like me, we are living some very interest …

Business Analysts, System Analysts, Project Managers, Developers, DBA's, Testers, Corp Insurance Providers, Recruiters, Repair Geeks, Contractors, FTE’s, unemployed, and whoever else I've missed,  let’s share and compare. Let me begin by saying that "Updation" is NOT a word.  Do you agree?  If yes, then maybe you'll like this group.  If not, then maybe you'll still like this group. It's all about discussing the latest trends around the grill with beer and martini’s to bringing your laptops to a …

Have you wondered what technology can do for you? Keep in touch with those who you care the most Create business opportunites and follow up with customers quickly Making time for more important things and manage it more efficiently Reduce overhead and always have a helping hand That is KnowDibs does best. We are a technology studio that will help you make better use of technology for personal or business use. You do not have to spend time learning how to use your new smartphone, or that new so …

We are an open group of independent professionals who organize to support local technology professionals for community, partnership, and friendship that create opportunity for ourselves, our companies, and our region. We support our community by hosting monthly socials and organizing BarcampSWFL + JuniorCamp - an annual dual technology unconference that provides a platform for professional development, skill-based education and a place among a valuable Florida-based network of colleagues and stu …

Quantified Self is a collaborative mastermind of people interested in bettering themselves by tracking some feature of their life . We gather, inspire, and learn from each other as we share what we are tracking and collaborate on our various self-tracking performance improvement projects and experiments. What is this? Discover the History Here: http://quantifiedself.com/ Who Goes? Entrepreneurs, inventors, science minded people, athletes, journalists, healthcare professionals, educators, CEOs, …

The purpose of the Women in SharePoint Tampa chapter is to connect the many women in the Tampa Bay area currently working with SharePoint. In today’s high paced world of technology, more and more women are joining the ranks of technology professionals. Whatever your role as a female in the technology industry, having the support of other women is a powerful advantage. Women in SharePoint (WSP) is dedicated to helping women working as SharePoint professionals reach their career objectives through …

Ed Talks is a series of seminars by 13 Guys Named Ed. They are designed to educate business owners in the truths and non-truths of modern technology and how it impacts a business. In the grand scheme of things, information technology, web design and the Internet are brand new tools that grow and change every day. It gets confusing, and quick. With the confusion comes misinformation. With Ed Talks, 13 Guys Named Ed hopes to strip away the false promises and misinformation so business owners can m …

NFN 4 Good is more than just domain hosting, NFN4 Good will give you technical support for your nonprofit organization. We facilitate not only the mechanics but also provide you with Add-on services and education to prepare you and your staff members better for the ever more evolving technology of our times. NFN 4 Good is part of the NetSquared network of nonprofit technology user groups. http://www.NetSquared.org

This group is for anyone who has felt intimidated by technology. I decided to start this group due to the technical issues that I have faced. I'm tired of calling myself a technical dummy and leaving it at that. Time to do something about it. I plan to have a topic meeting at least once a week to discuss subjects of interest regarding learning about your pc, IPad, smart phone, kindle or anything else. Bring your questions that you have been afraid to ask. You won't be a dummy in this group. I ho …