This is a group for entrepreneurs and business owners with an emphasis on internet, software, SaaS, computers, and similar tech startups. These roundtable discussions are conversations about the challenges of growing a business: BUSINESS FINANCING: Angel Investors / Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, Funding, Loans BUSINESS MODELS: Brick-and-Mortar, Choosing a Business Model, eCommerce, Online Business, SaaS, Part-Time Business, Social Entrepreneurship BUSINESS PLANNING: Startup Costs, Business Str …

Have you heard of Ayn Rand and wondered why she's so popular 56 years after Atlas Shrugged was published? Have you read Atlas Shrugged? The Fountainhead? Do you enjoy philosophy? Then join us Thursday evenings at 7pm at the U of MN campus. We meet for philosophy, discussion, reading, and videos - all about Rand and her philosophy, Objectivism. You don't have to be a U of MN student and you don't have to know anything about her or her philosophy. Just bring an appetite for learning and a genuine …

Hello and welcome to the Twin Cities Energy & Holistic Workers Meetup Group (TCEHW)! Everyone is welcome here, whether you are an experienced healer/worker or just curious and want to learn more. You will find that this group isn't all "Light and Fluff" nor is it all "Dark and Dirty" ...instead, it is a mixture of all the colors, creating the grey in-between all the colors, contributed to by all the frequencies, and in doing this, you allow for a much more potent and powerful transformation. We …

Formerly the Reluctant Activists For Ron Paul Meetup, this meetup now focuses on one of the most basic principles of Liberty, and a cornerstone of Dr. Ron Paul's economic philosophy - The Free Market. Our meetup title, The Green Anchor, was the name of the restaurant in Vienna where Ludwig von Mises gathered with his friends to discuss economics well into the late evening. If you are not familiar with Austrian Economics or Ludwig von Mises, you can get a quick overview here (http://en.wikipedia. …

Welcome to the Small business Connection Network. I believe Small Businesses need more support during all phases of Business Development. This is a place for those Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Home-based businesses to network and learn from each other the "How to's and What not to do's" when running a business. Each Month we will offer professional led free or low cost workshops and some of the best networking events focusing on a variety of topics that are relevant to small businesses. Som …

Join with others to create a revolutionary vision for a new egalitarian society. Help to develop a strategy to realize and implement this vision. Identify the challenges we face and how they can be overcome. We start with the premise that capitalism and its model of profit and plunder are inherently at odds with the health and well-being of the people and must be overturned. So the question is how we can accomplish this and what system we will put in its place. This is a forum for cultivating …

Health Tech Startups. We are building things that make healthcare better. If you are working on a healthcare venture, or want to connect with the healthcare start-up community then this is your crowd. We're hosting speaker events, co-Working meetups, and several other events aimed at building the healthcare technology eco-system in Minnesota. A lot of the things we're talking about are, specific challenges and opportunities in healthcare and launching health tech start-ups. As a growing communit …

Welcome to the Minnesota Lean Startup group. As a group we are going to be exploring the Lean Startup approach to new product development and customer development centered around building a product with a core set of functionality in rapid iterations driven by validated learning (testable hypothesis, actionable results.) Twitter (@MNLeanStartup): http://twitter.com/MNLeanStartup Google Group: http://bit.ly/MNLeanStartupGroup * The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Rie …