That’s what Lis, now 57, needed. “I forced myself to go to a couple of events in the beginning, and they only had two or three people,” Lis recalls. “I just signed up for events they did until I found ...

Scott Heiferman claims he is no "genius programmer," but he is the mad genius behind Meetup.com, the popular site that helps people who have shared interests plan meetings. Since its inception in 2001 ...

Meetup is enabling Americans to create quasi-third parties for new voices and issues Eight years ago, the secret weapon of Democrat Howard Dean’s upstart campaign for president was a little-known ...

Meetup, the app that lets you find and join local activities and events, just got acquired by Bending Spoons — yes, the same company that bought Evernote (and started severely limiting its free plan).

Meetup founder Scott Heiferman founded his first startup, an ad tech company called i-traffic, in 2004. Five years later he sold it to Agency.com. And Heiferman had what many early stage entrepreneurs ...

It was 2010 when San Francisco native Linda Greenberg, who is now 70 years old, found herself looking for community. She’d retired a few years prior and realized that a lot of her friends up to that ...

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, ...

Meetup isn't only meant for dating, but the like-minded friends you'll make could turn into more. Modern-day dating can seem more like job-hunting in a competitive market than simply falling into love ...