The world around us is full of connected information. Neo4j was originally developed to solve two complex "network" problems in a document management system, as it was too hard to manage rich connection information efficiently in traditional and new "NOSQL" databases.During this meetup, we will talk about the technology, and about the journey that a couple of technologists from Malmö took. You will learn* how Neo Technology grew from just the three founders in to a global database company with use-cases in every domain imaginable.* how focusing on customer and community feedback allows us to provide a solution for managing connected data to everyone, not just the large internet companies. Of course we will also introduce the graph model, it's whiteboard friendlyness and how you get started with Neo4j and it's easy and powerful query language Cypher. We'll also compare the graph and relational data model to see how they differ in shape and capabilities. Finally we discuss the foundations that enable Graph databases to provide higher join performance, faster development processes and more inclusive software for all stakeholders. With use-cases from Gaming, Dating and Finance we'll see how to apply the graph capabilities to these domains to realize new functionality or opportunities that were not possible before. Finally, if there's a question you've always wanted to ask/discuss, we'll have plenty of time for that at the end of Michael's presentation.