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 ...

Eight years ago, the secret weapon of Democrat Howard Dean’s upstart campaign for president was a little-known website called Meetup.com, which was launched in 2002 to make it easy for people with a ...

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, ...

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 ...

Meetup, the social networking platform designed to connect people in person, is being spun out from shared office space provider WeWork, the company confirmed on Monday. The site is being sold to ...

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 ...