startup-ecosystem-mapping-report
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Meetup.com<br />
GROUPS<br />
Groups from meetup.com related to <strong>startup</strong>s, technology<br />
and entrepreneurship, with their organisers and venues.<br />
Brisbane<br />
Web Tech<br />
BrisJS -<br />
Brisbane<br />
JavaScript<br />
Brisbane<br />
Square Library<br />
The Brisbane<br />
Web Design<br />
Meetup Group<br />
Barcamp<br />
Queensland<br />
UX Brisbane<br />
Brisbane Internet<br />
Business Meetup<br />
River<br />
CityLabs<br />
Silicon<br />
Beach Brisbane<br />
Brisbane Web Accessibility<br />
& Inclusive Design<br />
Brisbane Hacks for Humanity<br />
Rhok Brisbane<br />
In a Day<br />
Training<br />
Brisbane SEO<br />
Data Vault and<br />
DWH modeling<br />
interest group<br />
Microsoft<br />
Innovation Centre<br />
Brisbane<br />
.Net User Group<br />
Brisbane Functional<br />
Programming Group<br />
Agile Brisbane<br />
State Library of Queensland - The Edge<br />
Robina Community Centre - Room 2.1<br />
Amazon Web<br />
Services -<br />
Brisbane User Group<br />
MEETUP GROUP STATS<br />
9313 Members<br />
3150 Events<br />
260 Venues<br />
109Groups<br />
RIVER CITY LABS - BRISBANE<br />
3,500+<br />
Number of attendees over two and half years.<br />
Founded in 2012 by Steve Baxter, River City Labs is<br />
Brisbane’s main co-working space for <strong>startup</strong>s, with<br />
over 100 members ranging from early to established<br />
<strong>startup</strong>s. It has a network of 38+ mentors led by mentorin-residence<br />
Peter Laurie, and has been instrumental in<br />
getting Startup Weekend, Rails Girls Weekend and Lean<br />
Startup Machine to Brisbane. Over the past 2.5 years it<br />
has run 150+ events, had 3,500+ pass through its doors,<br />
been the venue for over 13 meetup groups, run the<br />
quarterly RiverPitch event, and been the home to Right<br />
Pedal Studios.<br />
RIGHT PEDAL STUDIOS – BRISBANE<br />
THREE<br />
Number of Game Studios in the first program.<br />
Founded in 2012 with $250,000 investment by Steve<br />
Baxter and managed by games veteran John Passfield,<br />
Right Pedal Studios is a seed accelerator for games<br />
studios based in River City Labs - Fortitude Valley,<br />
Brisbane. Its alumni include Ghostbox (founded in 2012<br />
by Troy Duguid, Dominic Drysdale, Cameron Pyke and<br />
Chris Webb) , GeekBrain Games (founded in 2012 by<br />
Don Kirkland) and Screwtape Studios (founded in 2011<br />
by Anthony Wood and Megan Summers).<br />
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