I first joined meetup when I dropped out of school and the biggest challenge I ran into was the accessibility of events. Even in the Bay Area where public transportation is decent, and the frequency of tech meetups high, I found myself slugging for an hour and a half each way to get to an event.<p>Ultimately the value proposition diminished to zero, even though I attended a few awesome events run by hard working companies and individuals.<p>Meetup is one of those ideas that sounds great on paper, everyone says they&#x27;ll commit to it, but in reality it falls very short.<p>And wasn&#x27;t meetup a shining star in the startup scene a few years ago?