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Screw Meetup: Organizers Up In Arms Over Redesign

UPDATE: Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman Responds >>

Any time a popular web service undergoes a major redesign, there is a loud and angry response from unhappy users who liked the old version better.

Often a small but vocal minority can make a big stink. It’s the power user paradox. The folks who do the Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 1/21/11 2:35pm

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The Long and Curious History of Meetup.com

Meetup.com is announcing something big next week. 

They’re calling it “New Meetup,” and more than 1,000 people have RSVP’ed to a secretive event at Irving Plaza.

The coming of “New Meetup” means the site you see today could soon be referred to as “Old Meetup.”

And Meetup is old–about nine years old in Read More

By Mike Taylor 1/10/11 3:45pm

Entrepreneur in Residence

Meetup's Matt Meeker Heads to the Dogpatch

Dogpatch Labs has a new “entrepreneur in residence (EIR).”, Matt Meeker, the co-founder of Meetup.com.

Polaris says that Mr. Meeker will coordinate among entrepreneurs and startup founders. By his own reckoning, Meeker will “nurture innovation and expose it to as much like-minded entrepreneurial spirit as possible.”  

That’s fancy talk for sourcing great deals to Read More

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