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Boston’s Meetup Ecosystemby
John Verostek
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Robotics
MFGBioTech
HealthCare
ProfessionalAssociations
Mass Challenge
Harvard Innovation Lab
MIT EnterpriseForum
NEU Tech
CICVC’s
TiE
BUGC
BostonUser
Groups
IEEE
ACM
MOOCs
StudentGroups
CommunityColleges
HackReduceIT
BentleySymposiums
ExtensionSchools
MITBig Data
Marketing
Finance
TwitterCommunities
GoogleHangouts
EDU
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http://mylifeismymessage.org/2011/09/11/scott-heiferman-how-911-inspired-a-community-revolution/
“Could we use the internet to get off the internet — and grow local communities?”
“A lot of people were thinking that maybe 9/11 could bring people together in a lasting way. So the idea for Meetup was born”
Events
Group Name
Topics
City & Zip Code
MembersAttending
DateCreated
Meetup has Open Sourced their Data
Venues
# RSVPS
# of Members
Boston Meetup GroupsN= 2,682
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
SocialHealth/FitnessBizTech
Business = 295 [11%] Tech = 326 [12%]
2013
2002
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
100
200
300
400
500
RSVP
sLearning,
Networking += +
RSVPs by LOCATION
WhereWhoSpeaker
Attendees
What How
+ EventLocation
Tech Membership
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
4108 782714546
26340
42216
24535605
14295
37310
70579
Total Group Joins 112,795Unique Tech Members 42,216Average Groups / Person 2.7
Where are Boston Tech/Biz Meetup Members located?
Region Members GroupsCity Center 60% 35%Inner Loop I-95 75% 79%Outer Loop I-495 87% 99%
100 1,000 10,000 100,000100
1,000
10,000
100,000
August, 2013
NYCBoston
SiliconValley
22 Cities Meetup LinkedIN LI: Est.Boston 3,769 13,238 25,000
PyData
PyLadiesDjango
3DPrinting
IoT
HardwareStartups
LearningPython
1 10 100 10000
50
100
150
200
250
Number of Events / Year
Aver
age
RSV
Ps p
er E
vent 5X
DinnersMovies
Learn: Monthly, Large, Content
SocializeSmall,Frequent,Relational
CollaborationCommunity
Tech
Why?
Learning Python
?
Sharing Across Groups
Members
Groups
“Could we use the internet to get off the internet — and grow local communities?”
?
