Venture Fridays! is a happy hour bringing the micro business culture and investment community together. It introduces small business owners to local investors, lenders, service providers, and other small business owners in their area, while providing an informal atmosphere to discuss their small business financing, development, and other needs and concerns. Creating, funding, and launching a small business today is no easy feat - not to mention trying to grow an existing one! We understand the c …

This is a group for anyone involved in the consumer tech scene in the DC area that either lives or works in the Friendship Heights Bethesda area. Investors, entrepreneurs and Tech professionals are all welcome to network to find out what is happening in the Upper NW / Bethesda tech scene, meet potential investors, find complementary companies...you name it. We hope to average about 1-2 events per month, balancing large events with the entire group participating with smaller events focused on spe …

Introduction This group explores the intersection of the data revolution and the art of creating value. Bring your inner data scientist and learn how people are not only doing cool things with data, but doing so in ways that help startups, businesses, and other organizations thrive. While we will always have industrial, academic, and government luminaries as speakers, this meetup will not just be about lectures and free pizza (or empanadas as we secure sponsors).  Simply put, we are building a …

What I.F … Techies + Talk + Brains + Creativity + Drink + Food + Funds + Experience = IDEA FUSION™ Join a group of tech startups, innovative entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and resource gurus, most of whom are based in Loudoun. Let’s create a tech community in Loudoun County where there is a lot going on! Idea Fusion™ has been organized to bring like minds together to share ideas, experiences and potentially to create business relationships. Idea Fusion™ is facilitated in cooperation with th …

This is a group for entrepreneurs and investors interested in networking, learning, and finding and investing capital. We will host meetups for networking, sharing ideas, meeting potential co-founders, mentors, and strategic partners, and to keep our members abreast of new developments in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Capital Technology Management Hub (CTMH) is a networking organization for technology management professionals in the Washington metropolitan area. Founded and run by alumni of the Technology Management Master program at George Mason University, CTMH provides a forum where professionals can effectively network, learn, recruit, and search for new career opportunities. Technology Management professionals can have a wide variety of roles but in essence they design, implement, support, or manage tech …