Join the Los Angeles community of Lean Launchpad-ers! While we wait to take Steve Blank's free online "Lean Launchpad" Class offered via Stanford, sign up for the free Tech Entrepreneurship Class also offered for free online from Stanford. The professor, Chuck Eesley takes a research approach to startups, noting what does and does not work. It's a great class. Sign up at venture-lab.org. Sign up by May 1st to get put into a group by the course's assistants. Check out the introductory videos at: …

[UPDATE] This meetup is now call Startup Ecology and is dedicated to sharing insights and training for entrepreneurs and those of you wit startups. [UPDATE] Active Startup is under new leadership and will be rolling out an all new series of meetups for this community. If you want to participate in the new administration please contact the organizer. See you soon!

This Meetup group, Social Mi Los Angeles, will be a very exciting one to be a part of. Our group will be composed of C-level executives of startups and members of highly established Web based organizations like Google, Facebook, Yahoo and more. The group is here to grow, help each other out, and even do business together. Our events will consist of keynote speakers, startup presentations, group brainstorming sessions, networking, food, and a in general having a good time. We like to focus more o …

We are two professional women near our mid-forties putting together a group of women committed to their financial well-being. The group structure is similar to a “Lean In” circle and as such, we are looking for peers. If you are a professional woman in this age group who maybe starting late but want to be part of a supportive team learning to master personal finances, and overcome personal issues related to money management, and gain clarity over your financial priorities, please answer the ques …

We created this Meetup group for those who are leaning toward a conscious way of living. Through food, actions, and community. We learn from each other, so coming together for communication, sharing and love is essential for us to thrive. With this in mind, we will be having plant-based raw nutrition and prep classes, speakers on nutrition and family/relationship harmony, potlucks, yoga, dinner parties, wild edible hikes, dehydrated food trade get-togethers, and whatever we or the members think …

(from Craig) Hey everyone- My name is Craig, and I've been playing and recording in the SD/LA area for the last 20 plus years. I've been fortunate to find a space that is large enough to accommodate not only my studio habit and company ( http://procraftmedia.com/ ) but also large enough to put on some clinic/concert/rehearsal/dvdfilming/whateva type events. It's a shame to have a place like this and not see it put to good use, so my friend and fellow drummer Duncan Moore and I thought it woul …

I think it's really important that we come together to share our successes and support one another as we work on healing from fibromyalgia. I've found that a lot of the fibro "support" groups were mostly places where people come together to share their horror stories - this is not going to be one of those groups!! Of course we want to share how we are doing on our healing journey, but I want this group to take it to the next level - after sharing how you're doing, the current challenges you're h …