I have started to map events like the Bootstrappers Breakfast, roundtable and networking events focused on the operational issues of early stage technology startups. If you are aware of other events that I have overlooked please let me know.
- California
- Berkeley: Berkeley Lean Startup Practicum
- Los Angeles:
- San Francisco:
- Bootstrappers Breakfast
- Lean Startup Circle (blogged about this new group in June)
- Silicon Valley
- Illinois
- Chicago: Chicago Lean Startup Circle
- New York
- New York City
- http://www.meetup.com/CDP-NYC/
- http://www.meetup.com/ultralightstartups/ (I blogged about Ultralight Startups earlier this year)
- Tennessee
- Nashville: Nashville Geek Breakfast
- Washington
- Seattle: Seattle Entrepreneur Meetup
Sources (if I have overlooked yours please let me know)
- The recently launched Lean Startup Wiki has a page devoted to Meetups that are related to bootstrapping and customer development.
- http://geekbreakfast.org/
- http://www.opencoffeeclub.org/
- http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Hacker_Groups
- http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
- http://sacstarts.com/event
- http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/
- http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/ (the Community Playbook offers some interesting ideas)
- http://www.springstage.com/
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