This group will meet to study and understand Quantitative topics in financial engineering. Typically this group will be working through a chapter each month from a well known book in quantitative finance. However, this group is by no means an academic only group. Some of the group members will form organizations to try out the strategies studied in the real world (By actually pooling capital together and forming an investment club or joint venture). Topics that will be discussed: Volatility, …

We discuss mobile app development issues and strategies. The group shares among ourselves and brings in outside experts to help educate and advance our knowledge. We offer the opportunity for developers to share their projects and get feedback from group members and have live demonstrations of new apps that our members are launching. Our conversations will include marketing and advertising so we can help get apps in the hands of our target audience and fund the work we are doing. Join us in shap …

Mahoney’s Pub & Grille, home to a large, dog-friendly patio, has partnered with four local West Town bars, also with dog-friendly patios: J. Patrick’s, Clutch, Aberdeen Tap, and The Matchbox to host a weekly “West Town Pup Crawl”. It will take place every Tuesday evening from 6pm to 9pm from Tuesday May 28th through Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Host Tracey Gold of Chicago Canine Concierge will bring together local dog-centric charities such as One Tail at a Time, Chicagoland Bully Breed Rescue, an …

Established in 1932, the Port Washington Club meets monthly and hosts two annual events-our Plant Sale in May and a local Garden Walk in July. Members also participate in a variety of community projects, such as planting and maintaining public gardens in our community and buying gardening books each year for the Niederkorn Library. We've established a fund to buy trees for Port Washington parks, and we've worked with the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Every year, we honor noteworthy g …

Startup Evanston is a venue for building connections between individuals interested in building, developing, and funding high-growth companies in the Evanston area.   We seek to foster and further the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit in this city which Business Week named "one of the top-50 best small cities in the U.S. for start-up businesses." Meetings of the group will provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs, technologists, developers, and investors to develop relationships and explore …

Come and join us!  Make new friends and learn new ways to preserve and promote a healthy, eco-friendly environment in your community, and throughout our world! What is “ECOmmunity”? Just what the name suggests! Formed in February, 2011, the ECOmmunity Network of McHenry County is an informal, community-based organization of individuals, families, and businesses who want to learn more about - and work together to promote - healthy lifestyles, sustainable “green” living and environmental stewardsh …

We, the Waukesha County Stay at Home Moms, are a group of active, full-time and part-time stay-at-home moms living in Waukesha County, WI. Our goal is to socialize our children and establish friends and a support system of our own along the way. We get together for in-home playdates, outings with the kids (library story times, visits to parks, museums, zoos, and local attractions) and Mom's Night Out activities. Our activities are for children ages newborn up to, but not including, kindergarten. …

Wanna practice your pitching techniques BEFORE you get in front of investors? Let's beat each other up before we get in front of the bare-knuckle guys. If you're read Oren Klaff's book "Pitch Anything" or are a sales professional sale or a fund-raiser. This group may be for you.

Are you looking to meet some non-judgemental, kind, friendly and helpful homeschooling/unschooling families?  Are you looking for fun social outtings, or weekly playdates? Then this group may be for you. This secular homeschool group provides both unstructured and structured social activities, field trips and some group learning activities to families in the Wheaton area with children ranging in age from infant to 14. Our members live from Downers Grove and Lombard to Naperville and West Chicago …

<< We are not accepting any new members at this time. Please check back with us soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.>> Welcome to Westside Mamas! Our group is a terrific way to meet other moms and kids in the West Madison area! All of our members are full or part-time stay-at-home moms and have at least one child under the age of five.  Our calendar typically has 2-4 events each week and we make an effort to plan a variety of kids events that are suitable for all ages. All our activities occur dur …

Under Construction (but join!) (Note that this page as well as some outgoing links are NSFW.) This group is for people who have an intuition of something better, and who are pursuing it in every direction simultaneously. You have a sense of rightness and wrongness that cuts to the bone, and it doesn't line up with traditional religion or the zeitgeist. You're an information sponge, but you hold it all provisionally and pragmatically. You know that all truths are partial perspectives, i.e. wrong …

The downturn in the real estate market - which started in 2008 - dropped prices to an all-time low. This created new opportunities for all types of investors to enter the market; however, first-time investors are often challenged by their lack of funding and industry knowledge, while experienced investors must adapt their strategies to fit today’s market conditions. I created this group to meet with investors and entrepreneurs to discuss ways to overcome market challenges and conquer the new rea …

We are dedicated to identifying, learning about and discussing various alternative investments. These are defined as "investments other than stocks and bonds, such as hedge funds, leverage buy-outs (LBOs), derivatives, private equity, arbitrage, event driven, and other hedging strategies. Term sometimes refers to real estate and venture capital investments." Some Examples: Non-Traded REITS Oil & Gas Limited Partnerships Equipment Leasing Raw land LPs

We are a group of fun loving people, that are interested in meeting up, socializing and having a good time for great causes. These causes are primarily to assist chidren in improving thier lives. We have attended the events and/or other events sponsored by the orgainizations we have chosen and thier events are just fabulous. We do not have dues and do not collect funds at this time. All of the organizations we choose or will choose are non-controversial and are 501 C3s. We are dedicated to provi …

I have been a physician for almost 30 years, and have been amazed at the importance of mind and spirit in maintaining and restoring health. I have personally experienced improved health, a more positive life view, and spiritual growth through meditation. I have no doubt that Love is a powerful healing tool. Now I want to share this experience with others. The purpose of this group is to practice meditation techniques and collaborative energetic healing in a group setting.  We will meet weekly fo …

How to Create a WordPress Crowd Funding Website to Raise Money Now! You've heard of Kickstarter.com and IndieGoGo.com. Both are websites where strangers from all over the world help fund your business idea, project, cause or mission by donating (or "sponsoring") money in the form of a "perk." This is not an investment, venture capital or loan. Millions have been raised using "Crowd Funding" websites. Most people have no idea they can launch a Crowd Funding website using WordPress and a PayPal ac …

Meetup with Your Colleagues at the University of Wisconsin We are academic staff, classified employees, faculty, graduate students, and post doctoral students working at University of Wisconsin campuses, who get together to share our work experiences, current research, and institutional knowledge -- and relax, too! UW-Madison alone is large and expansive, spanning 935 acres along the southern shore of Lake Mendota, with over 200 departments, programs, and centers, and it's difficult to connect …

This group will meet to learn about the new crowd funding laws passed in the recent JOBS act and help prepare small businesses and entrepreneurs for raising capital through selling equity in their businesses using approved intermediaries. A couple of great articles to learn more about crowd funding, the JOBS act and more can be read here http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223290 http://www.fridayfirm.com/news/449-alert040612

The TTG Learn - Pitch - Network groups is intended for those individuals that are interested in keeping current with technology, social/new media and new ventures in the Chicagoland area. Once a month, we have lunches where we discuss a topic related to technology, social media, mobile, small business issues and/or marketing. Starting in October of 2012, we also have monthly lunches where companies that are seeking funding can practice their pitch and get feedback which will help them improve th …

The IMA is comprised of mycologists and laypeople from all walks of life who share a common interest in the study of mushrooms. Individual members often have specific areas of interest and expertise, including mushroom foraging, taxonomy, cultivation, mycoremediation, mycorrhizas, medical mycology, yeasts, lichens, food spoilage, fermented foods, plant diseases, symbioses with animals, and edible, poisonous, and entheogenic fungi. If you are new to mushrooming, joining a mushroom club will give …

**We are now on meetup to help better communicate with our members! Currently we have over ten members.** *** Our group focuses on getting to know EACH of our members in addition to their businesses, makes it easier to promote all of them*** (OWN) has grown in sharing and networking with local business women in the town Oregon, and surrounding areas in Wisconsin.  It started out as a simple gathering for lunch where the ladies discussed their latest news and adventures.  In 2011,  OWN held its …

This is an informal meetup for Milwaukee County Libertarians. If you live in Milwaukee county or nearby, come and meet with us for some lively discussions and strategic planning for local politics. We have had a Socialist Party Mayor in Milwukee, maybe it is time for a Libertarian one. Invite your friends, volunteer to help or even to run for local office. We need your help and input! Come and join us-- host a party--hold a fund raiser, volunteer or just hang out wiht some like minded people! Se …

This group is designed to enlist inspired, experienced, highly motivated, entrepreneurial and concerned individuals in a community to identify their hidden talents, passion and desire to put to work and start a business addressing community needs. This is a startup initiative for launching businesses by residents for community and supported by a community network for success of its residents. It is a program to launch a group of startups with initial education using special methods and mentors f …

Would you like to be part of a team of volunteers working together towards a common goal and creating positive change? Our Meetup group's mission is to brainstorm ideas, do research, fund-raise and ultimately establish Have A Heart Farm, a much-needed Midwest animal and community services sanctuary in Northern Illinois/Wisconsin. Have A Heart Farm will be a place for rescued farm animals as well as domestic. The features will include an education center on animal welfare and environmental issues …

This is a group of actual heroes that meet twice a week to change the world. We have been meeting since 2000 to find ways to be modern day superheroes by funding retired CIA, NSA, KGB, Mi6, Delta Force (SFOD-D) and Interpol operatives to work with the FBI to stop Extreme Human Rights Abusers. If you care about human rights abuse and the United Nation's 37 Rights of Children and would like to have a direct hand in stopping badguys please join us!! We need more local heroes to join our group!

This is a group for you creative people who have an idea, a project, a good cause, or an innovation you want to make a reality—but have always been stopped for lack of funds. We will learn how to be a part of the connection economy and use reward- and donor-based crowdfunding effectively to access your community, your tribe, your like-minded thinkers, in order to make your dreams a reality. If you've been wondering what crowdfunding is all about, and whether you can use it to fund your dream, I' …

The Primo Center for Women and Children is hosting the 2nd Annual Run Home Chicago to take place at Soldier Field on June 9, 2013. The goal for this race is to raise awareness and funds for homelessness in Chicago. We have the honor of having Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and his wife Amy Rule serve as Honorary Chairs. Fitness expert Andrea Metcalf from NBC 5 Chicago will serve as Run Home Chicago Chair. This event is not only helping to raise funds for the women and children of the Primo Center, it will …