“ Hackers and Founders is legit! ”

— John Wetenhall on Jan 19, 2012.

“ Just meet this group, seems very interesting ”

— Santy Prada on Jan 19, 2012.

“ Excellent! Delighted to be a part and include product people who collaborate with hackers and founders to iterate for product/market fit. ”

— Cindy F Solomon on Jan 18, 2012.

“ cool. ”

— Rosemarie McKeon on Jan 18, 2012.

“ Great group of folks, super excited to see all of you be more pumped for change! ”

— Naureen on Jan 18, 2012.

“ Terrific ”

— Gregory Yankelovich on Dec 15, 2011.

“ Good people ”

— Brandon finn on Dec 15, 2011.

“ This is a great way to bring both Developers and VC's / Angels together to do a "heavenly" project !! ”

— Art Stryer on Dec 14, 2011.

“ I have little to base an opinion other than the hosts were helpful and friendly. ”

— Roy Feldman on Dec 12, 2011.

“ Glad it is in the South Bay and not 40 - 60 minuets up the Peninsula. ”

— Troy McGee on Dec 9, 2011.

“ Hackers and Founders rocks. ”

— Michael McConnell on Dec 1, 2011.

“ Johnathon rocks :-) ”

— Esfandiar on Dec 1, 2011.

“ THE BEST! ”

— Harold Wray on Dec 1, 2011.

“ swell ”

— noel guzman on Nov 11, 2011.

“ Thewy do a great job. ”

— edwin on Nov 6, 2011.

“ Excellent ”

— Raj on Oct 7, 2011.

“ great ”

— cleeb on Oct 7, 2011.

“ Great, friendly group of people with lots of entrepreneurial spirit. I look forward to the next one. ”

— Mike on Oct 2, 2011.

“ It was a good mix between hackers and founders as well as people generally interested in startups. Everyone I met was really helpful and gave me good feedback about my startup idea. ”

— Joseph Durago on Sep 30, 2011.

“ Good group, looking to check out more events! ”

— Sean Wycliffe on Sep 30, 2011.

“ Great group! I'm definitely going to recommend it and will want to return. (This was my first.) ”

— Kimmen Sjolander on Sep 30, 2011.

“ This is an amazing group. ”

— Joel Storckman on Aug 26, 2011.

“ Just one meeting, but so far so good ”

— Kinji Yamasaki on Aug 26, 2011.

“ Those meetings, conveniently held in various locations, San Jose, SF, Berkeley and Mountain View, are a great forum for people to exchange ideas and struggles regarding starting a high tech company. ”

— Patrick Nicolas on Aug 26, 2011.

“ Great place to meet talented people who are interested in new ideas. ”

— Aditi Shah on Aug 26, 2011.

“ Interesting. Eclectic crowd. ”

— Gary Garchar on Aug 26, 2011.

“ cool ”

— Kevin Robertson on Aug 26, 2011.

“ It's a good one..however I wish there was a way to more easily identify hackers, etc...and be able to really "pair" up ”

— Howard Cummins on Aug 26, 2011.

“ Many of my friends recommended for me to join and meet at the H&F events. I been in other groups, H&F is the group to be with. I look forward to the next H&F event. ”

— Rafael on Aug 26, 2011.

“ Laura and Jonathan Nelson will go a long way with their focus on helping startups, people and figuring out how to scale technology businesses ”

— Antonio Hyder on Aug 25, 2011.

“ Great group, I'll be back next time ”

— Chris 'Cap' Tosswill on Aug 12, 2011.

“ Great target audience / theme. Is there any way to know if what the breakdown of people who signed-up that are looking to join something vs people looking to hire, tech vs design, etc.? ”

— John Mags on Aug 12, 2011.

“ Lots of interesting people. ”

— Lawrence Wang on Aug 12, 2011.

“ Cool bunch of people. ”

— Leland Creswell on Aug 12, 2011.

“ Its a great opportunity to find others that can either complement, contribute, or provide constructive advice toward building a an early-stage tech business. ”

— John Barnhill on Aug 12, 2011.

“ It's like speed dating for hackers, and founders. I like it. ”

— Andreas Kollegger on Aug 12, 2011.

“ Great idea, execution and some really cool people. ”

— Paul Duan on Jul 15, 2011.

“ A great way to meet valuable, ambitious people; a much-needed meetup in this world of emergent hacker, startup, small team/project oriented careers. ”

— Charles Van Norman on Jun 25, 2011.

“ i would definitely go again and recommend to others ”

— yamadafawka on Jun 24, 2011.

“ We need more! ”

— Taariq Lewis on Jun 24, 2011.

“ Great group! One out of four times I find what I'm looking for! ”

— Vincenzo on Jun 24, 2011.

“ See above. ”

— Jacob Esparza on Jun 3, 2011.

“ Very worthwhile group to be part of. ”

— Hooman Moayyed on May 13, 2011.

“ I was hoping for more hackers. The crowd seemed like mostly founders. Everyone was friendly and outgoing with creative startup ideas. ”

— Hans Chung on May 13, 2011.

“ Awesome stuff, please more! ”

— Peter Neubauer on May 13, 2011.

“ great! ”

— Dirk de Kok on May 6, 2011.

“ Lots of great people. I will attend the next meeting. ”

— Gabriel Adauto on Apr 8, 2011.

“ High quality participants makes all the difference! ”

— Peter Mullen on Apr 8, 2011.

“ Good group - will be coming to more H&F events! ”

— David HM Spector on Apr 8, 2011.

“ Great job Jonathan! I'll be looking forward to meet you again. And you're more than Welcome in Warsaw - make sure my I'm the first no. to call after landing. ”

— Mariusz Jonski on Apr 8, 2011.

“ This was my first H&F meetup. I'm a regular now :) ”

— Daniel Pourasghar on Mar 25, 2011.

“ It's a good group, just needs more hackers :) ”

— Rohit Nallapeta on Mar 24, 2011.

“ Great organization with a thoughtful leader. Hackers and Founders has a bright future. ”

— Bhavin Nicholas Shah on Mar 24, 2011.

“ love it -- will be attending again ”

— ian eyberg on Mar 24, 2011.

“ Great event tonight, learned a lot and met some great folks . I will be back for more. ”

— terri Sarappo on Mar 17, 2011.

“ Fantastic. I enjoyed meeting the great people and having great conversations. I ran into some people I have met before which solidifies the relationships and makes it easier to discuss more possible working topics. The only thing I would recommend is to have a better way to meet more people or know which person you need to talk to. When I got done talking to the people I was talking to, I looked around and my God, the place was packed. I just did not know who else to talk to. So how do we know which person you want to talk to so you get the right contacts out of this meeting? I don't have a suggestion, just asking the question. Otherwise, I loved it and will come back again. ”

— Rick on Mar 10, 2011.

“ Great organizers who make everyone feel welcome. I will definitely take more advantage of this group. ”

— Shawna Liu on Feb 10, 2011.

“ Great group of people with wonderful ideas ”

— Matthew Holder on Feb 10, 2011.

“ Great meetup. I think holding it at for-pay venues where people can buy their own food and drinks is fine, by the way... especially if there is a happy hour. Most people can buy a $3 beer. Suggestion- how about inviting some of the companies that come around recruiting, to buy a round of (whatever) in exchange for 5 minutes to address everyone toward the peak attendance period of the event (7-8pm) ? I wouldn't mind that. Not sure if it's in 'the spirit' of a Meetup, but i think it fairly well serves the needs of many who are present. ”

— Jim Youll on Jan 28, 2011.

“ Amazing group of people, looking forward to attending future events when im in town ”

— Punit Shah on Jan 27, 2011.

“ Fantastic. Can't wait for another event. ”

— Brad Nemer on Jan 27, 2011.

“ It's great to be a part of the group! ”

— Asher Bond on Jan 27, 2011.

“ Great group of people! ”

— Pascal Levy Garboua on Jan 27, 2011.

“ Would be nice to see more people showing off demos. ”

— Dennis Watson on Jan 27, 2011.

“ Friendly bunch! ”

— Amin Ariana on Dec 9, 2010.

“ It's a chance to talk with other like-minded folk. Come prepared with a project your working on, and expect a lot of quality feedback -- but make sure to listen to other people's projects too! ”

— Adam Derewecki on Nov 5, 2010.

“ Great idea to meet like minded people. ”

— MUKUL AGARWAL on Oct 22, 2010.

“ It's a great group of people - lots of energy and ideas flowing around.. ”

— Jeffrey Rothman on Oct 8, 2010.

“ Glad to be a part of it. Informative meetings. ”

— Madhusudan Challa on Oct 8, 2010.

“ Awesome. ”

— Luis Escobedo on Oct 8, 2010.

“ I think this is a great group to be a part of, and I will recommend it to anyone in the industry. Thanks so much for holding these! ”

— Rieve MacEwen on Sep 24, 2010.

“ A great group - very welcoming and not at all pretentious. Well worth getting involved with, even if you're just visiting the Bay Area. ”

— Geoff McQueen on Sep 24, 2010.

“ Great group! Laura and John are perfect hosts ”

— Yoon Minn on Sep 20, 2010.

“ good idea, good bunch, good networking ”

— rob n on Sep 16, 2010.

“ Jonathan and Laura seem to have handled the flood of interest very well. Thanks also to Microsoft and the folks who helped fix the overbooking. ”

— russf on Sep 16, 2010.

“ first time, seems like a great friendly bunch with similar interests ”

— Ramesh Padala on Sep 16, 2010.

“ Need to explore other events with this meetup to make a fair comment. So far so good. ”

— Sumit on Sep 16, 2010.

“ Very nice networking and learning opportunity. ”

— Andrei Soare on Sep 16, 2010.

“ Great group of people and will definitely be going back to the next event. ”

— Noman Ahmad on Aug 29, 2010.

“ is a good place to meet people and make friends ”

— gabriel on Aug 27, 2010.

“ My first meeting, qualitee. They set it up and made it happen. I had a conversation with Jonathan (sharp and friendly) and he quickly introduced me to an entrepreneurial link. Very pleased with the turn-out, the gents I met, and and and. : ) ”

— David Kydd on Aug 27, 2010.

“ everyone seemed friendly ”

— Danny Korenblum on Aug 12, 2010.

“ Rock on! ”

— Justin Sharry on Aug 12, 2010.

“ This is a necessary meetup for spurring entrepreneurship.... A great team is necessary for startup success... the quality of entrepreneurs in this group is a super way to create great teams! ”

— Vijay Harrell on Jul 30, 2010.

“ One of the best groups to which I'm privileged to belong. And Jon is amazing at leading it. ”

— & on Jul 30, 2010.

“ Here's a group with a mission beyond just socializing... I can see some connections happening. ”

— Martha Blanchfield on Jul 2, 2010.

“ First time. Ask me later. So far, don't change anything. ”

— James Turley on Jul 2, 2010.

“ good group.. would be interesting to see if the group could agree to build an actual company, instead of simply talking. the talent is there, and could really generate excitement. peace ”

— bruce on Jun 16, 2010.

“ If you like intelligent insightful visionary conversations with great bunch of people AND loud music .. this is it!! ”

— Robert Q. on Jun 2, 2010.

“ Lot's of nice people and very interesting conversations about technology and business ideas (not necessarily in that order). ”

— davek on Apr 30, 2010.

“ Free food and drink, good networking with peers you won't see every day at work, and get an inside track for the ideas, spaces/markets, and companies that will start to "pop" in the next year. ”

— Deano! on Apr 17, 2010.

“ Good, intelligent folks all very passionate about starting new companies. It was very inspiring to hear everyone's pitch and it was fun time to hang out with others in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment. ”

— Casey Ketterling on Apr 10, 2010.

“ Wide range of interests, low-key group, no agenda other than sharing common interests. ”

— Brian Murphy on Mar 12, 2010.

“ Meet other like minded people and talk about anything startup or technology related. Ideas can be discussed and evaluated, who knows, you might find a co-founder here if that's what you are after. ”

— W. Michael Hsu on Feb 25, 2010.

“ Excellent way to meet hacker founders ”

— Fred Gibson on Feb 25, 2010.

“ cool relaxed atmosphere. great company and intriguing discussions. ”

— zod on Oct 11, 2009.

“ The experience was a very refreshing change from the Venture Capital-obssessed events that are the usual fare at Silicon Valley do's about founding things. ”

— Sabahat Ashraf on Sep 24, 2009.

“ It's a cool place to meet link-minded entrepreneurs. ”

— Yang Chung on Sep 8, 2009.

“ place to be to meet smart people, learn about their interests, pique the curiosity, get advice ”

— Irene Gabashvili on Jul 30, 2009.

“ To meet like-minded Hackers and Founders and share stories, experience and advice. ”

— Valentin on Jul 15, 2009.

“ This is a good way for others looking to start a business to get insight in the process and learn from others. ”

— Chuck Mondave on Jul 14, 2009.

“ Went to my first meetup last week and had a great time. Sharp people, interesting discussions, and kindred souls... what could be better? ”

— Taylor on May 4, 2009.

“ Anyone that feels their expertise in IT would contribute to the group. ”

— J.R. Thornhill on Apr 9, 2009.

“ If you are anywhere close to the startup action on this part of the world, this is a great opportunity to network with like minded people. Wealth of information, both technical and business related. ”

— Satyajit Sahu on Mar 4, 2009.

“ Great event to meet great people. ”

— Kevin Wang on Oct 17, 2008.

“ I'll tell you why NOT to join. If you DON'T like meeting smart, interesting people, sharing cool ideas, or networking, then you should NOT join this Meetup group. ”

— Adam Bossy on Oct 16, 2008.

“ Great meetup to meet other high-tech start-up folks ”

— Bill Hunt on Oct 1, 2008.