Lawyers are using the social networking site Meetup to meet other lawyers, get referral sources and find potential clients. Started as a post-9/11 antidote to the isolating effects of technology, ...

In 2017, founder Scott Heiferman sold it to WeWork, which offloaded it a few years later before declaring bankruptcy in 2023. As of 2024, Bending Spoons, the Italian tech company that's probably best ...

Fate robbed me of an important rite of passage for dorks and nerds. Growing up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the 1980’s, I never got to play Dungeons & Dragons. Sure, I played lots of dorky video ...

Your own backyard can be surprisingly fertile ground for nearly anything. The tricky part is finding enough local people who know something about, or are interested in, whatever interests you. If your ...

Do you want a way to promote your local business with events? Would you like to reach out to a local group of prospects with the potential to become loyal customers? Look no further than Meetup.com ...

Just because you don't have a job, or don't have a job in your field of interest, doesn't mean you can't network with people who do. We've talked about how trade shows can get you in with people, but ...

Is meeting people face to face still a bankable business model in the age of Facebook groups? WeWork thinks so. The co-working space company announced today that it had acquired Meetup, a social ...

At Meetup’s headquarters in midtown New York City, a screen broadcasts event RSVPs that roll in at an average of 100 per minute. The events span the globe: “Ankara Board Game Enthusiasts” in Turkey, ...

F inding a date isn’t much different from ordering a pizza for Joe Caloggero. He opens up Tinder, a meetup app on his iPhone, swipes through several women’s pictures and profiles, and selects the ones ...

The site is creating a self-serve platform so businesses can source deals to groups of potential customers. Say you’re a computer supply store. Now you can use Meetup Perks to easily create a deal and ...