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 …

The intent of this professional networking group is to bring together local Salesforce.com enthusiasts in a social setting to share idea’s, solutions, and a beer. We will meet monthly, each time at a different location outside one of the downtowns but most likely in Minneapolis or St. Paul proper. There will be no formal presentations, just an opportunity for you to kibitz with your Salesforce.com user, administrator, and developer colleagues, building on the relationships you’ve developed at u …

This group is for people who are interested in collaborating with other blackberry developers primarily to learn more about blackberry platform.

Looking to learn more about Visual Studio? This is a 300-400 level meetup. We focus on real world application and demonstrations of Visual Studio, along with practical tips & tricks to help you stay ahead of new and upcoming changes. Come check us out! We meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 5-6:30pm CDT. Pizza & Drinks provided at every meeting.

The Minnesota PHP User Group is a community for people to network, share knowledge, and learn about PHP, the various frameworks and open source technologies.

Android user group.  This is the same Android User Group of MN that has been hosted by Code42.  This meetup group is to clarify and allow for unique branding of the the events.

Hi! It's difficult to connect with other women geeks on a regular basis in the community. This group is for anyone interested in technology, hacking, or just making new friends with similar interests! We will have gossip sessions over hackathons, days when we just sit in a coffee shop coding away on our own projects, discuss the latest and greatest in technology over fun dinners/lunches, informal meet-n-greets with invited female tech figures in the community and more! Members can suggest additi …

You know who you are. You see the dry cleaner sorting though a stack of paper slips and you think "I could write an app for that". You want to measure the steps in a process and improve it with an open source platform. We come up with ideas. We come up with ways to realize those ideas. We build web apps. We want to highlight trusted tools of the trade, cool projects that you are contributing to, and review cutting edge technology.  When we have a solid group it would be great to pool together ou …

Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St Paul and surrounding area in Minnesota) Visualization group, focusing on visually telling stories (data visualization with computer technology). The group arose out of the desire of a handful people that wanted to discuss data visualization across sectors, such as non-profits, journalism, museums, academia, and the private sector. We welcome everyone, but mostly likely you do work with data visualization technologies, work closely with people that do, or are just …

Do you want explore ideas in your local community that promote government transparency, citizen participation, local public media, and community problem-solving? Are you ready to use online tools and social media to help make that happen? Whether you are an everyday neighbor, an elected official, a city staffer, an open government advocate, a blogger, a software developer, a citizen reporter or professional journalist, this Meetup is about connecting local people who see greater transpare …

A group to meet and discuss, learn and present on the miriad of web technologies that Google supports, promotes and offers.   Main discussion board at https://groups.google.com/group/tc-gtug?hl=en

What is it? A user group for people who make software to learn about all things Windows 8. Who is it for? Awesome people. You’re awesome, aren’t you? We thought so. See you there. What will be covered? Metro, WinRT, XAML, and HTML5/JS for starters. Basically, anything you will need to know to successfully build applications for Windows 8. Check out our website http://windows8ug.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/tcwindows8ug

This group is forum to gather and share experiences around Cloud Computing, especially Amazon Web Services. If you have used EC2, S3, Amazon Payments, Mechanical Turk or are interested in learning more about how others have, come join our group.