Scott Heiferman is Co-founder and CEO of Meetup, an organization dedicated to 21st century local community organizing. Millions of people, in over 100 countries, now use Meetup.com to self-organize local community groups of all kinds, with thousands of Meetups (real community meetings) happening daily.

Meetup is now self-sustaining, growing fast, and pursuing a long-range goal of a "Meetup Everywhere about Most Everything" which would lead to everyone having access to a local community group when needed. Meetup is primarily a technology operation, with a team of 60 based in NYC. Investors include eBay, Allen & Company, Omidyar Network, DFJ, Union Square Ventures, Esther Dyson, and others.

Previously, Heiferman co-founded Fotolog, currently a top social network in South America, and i-traffic, a top online ad agency in the 90s. He graduated from The University of Iowa, then work at Sony as their "Interactive  Marketing Frontiersman". Scott is an angel investor and advisor to startups including Betaworks, which is an investor in Twitter. 

Scott received the Jane Addams Award from the National Conference on Citizenship and was named the MIT Technology Review 2004 "Innovator of the Year". His notes are online at http://scott.heiferman.com

Recent Press

Booting Up Baghdad: Tech Execs Take a Tour in Iraq
Wired
August 2009
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/17-08/ff_iraq

The Boss: In Pursuit of Community
NYT
September 5, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/jobs/06boss.html

Recently Written by Scott

"Hello My Fellow Americans, My Name Is..."
Huffington Post (with Jeremy Heimans)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-heiferman-and-jeremy-heimans/hello-my-fellow-american_b_158957.html

"We Are the Stimulus"
Huffington Post (with Jeremy Heimans)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-heiferman-and-jeremy-heimans/we-are-the-stimulus_b_174511.html

Scott Heiferman Speaking Engagement Schedule

November 17th, 2009
New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW)
New York, NY

October 15th, 2009
Second Annual Alliance of Youth Movements Summit
Mexico City, Mexico

October 14th, 2009
Zappos Insights Live
Las Vegas, Nevada

October 8, 2009
DEMOgala, CSIA event
Denver, CO

September 9, 2009
Gov 2.0 Summit
Washington, DC
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD89q-rntgE

September 9, 2009
Library of Congress
Engaging Citizen 2.0
Washington, DC
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZOIfd5CohU

July 23, 2009
FORTUNE Brainstorm: TECH

June 10, 2009
Meetup Organizer Bootcamp
New York, NY
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPpfhYyiBmE

May 7, 2009
NY Tech Meetup
Talk about Iraq Delegation
New York, NY
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKqmclXJgc

April 7, 2009
Web 2.0 Expo
San Francisco, CA
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZOIfd5CohU