A networking group to discuss top of mind content to help grow startups and small business around the San Francisco area.

The Berkeley Startup Cluster is a resource for growing, innovative companies and budding entrepreneurs in Berkeley. Looking for connections to mentors, networking opportunities, early stage investors, partners or just cool tech companies close to the UC Berkeley campus? Join us to get to know your neighbors and stay connected!

San Francisco Startup Pitch Night provides the platform to practice and improve your pitch. The leadership team is dedicated to providing the platform for startups to practice their pitch. Our goal is make it fun to practice your pitch and to have it be within relaxed and supportive peer-driven environment. Additionally, we provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the San Francisco, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. RSVP to prac …

A group for those interested in learning actionable best practices for improving startup operations. We cover a diverse range of topics, including startup accounting, cash management, runway management, budgeting, tax compliance, legal issues, equity agreements, banking management, business insurance, employee benefits, people management, vendor relations, investor relations, business process automation, lean startup methodologies, operations technology, and much more. Any startup founder who is …

Startup Saturdays is all about empowering the global community through offering knowledge to enhance leadership, entrepreneurship and technical skills. With the knowledge and skillset taught though Startup Saturdays individuals are able to explore new business and career opportunities that lead to a better quality of life and higher earnings. Explore new pathways for your life by attending one of our classes. We are here to assist individuals with personal growth and help eliminate unsightly hu …

Tri-valley group to discuss funding, technology, marketing ideas related to high technology startups. Looking for people with ideas, experience who have started or looking to start up a high tech business.

FASHION STARTUPS. ~ Pitch your fashion startup, mobile app or retail business, share your portfolio, receive feedback, connect with possible investors or vc's and network with other professionals in the local fashion industry. Follow us on TWITTER Connect with us at GOOGLE+ Like us on FACEBOOK Join us on MEETUP Read our BLOG Join us on LINKEDIN

This is a group for anyone interested in applying lean startup thinking inside large organizations. We are entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and corporate innovators who want to test ideas for new products, services, and business models within established companies. Learn how to: - Apply lean startup thinking to the enterprise - Design experiments that align product, business and customer - Conduct internal customer development Whenever possible, we will present actual case studies from large comp …

Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

Meetup to discuss starting up and running small businesses - exchange ideas, network

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big and change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions in Silicon Valley. Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, acade …

This is a group for entrepreneurs and startups in the Tri-Valley (Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore/San Ramon) to meet, exchange ideas, network. Our meetings will help like-minded folks possibly start a new venture.

This Meetup Group is about the Lean Startup Methodology developed by Eric Ries. It is centered on the implementation of this methodology to the Internet startups where participants work. Participants will be able to share their successes and difficulties of implementation with the group so as to create a learning process. We will focus more on tools than concepts, and on practice than on theory, as our interest is in the immediate implementation of these tools in our startups and the lessons lea …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big and change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions.   Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, financial …

Webwallflower Events gives the San Francisco startup community a regular listing of upcoming startup and tech related events, discounts, and opportunities. With bi-weekly mailings sent out to over 5k entrepreneurs, this is one of the best places to learn about how to get yourself and your company out to the hottest networking events. We host bi-monthly meetups to review common startup failures you may encounter and how to prevent them, or overcome them if they strike. Join if you are an entrepre …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big, and, in the process, change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions in Silicon Valley.   Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, …

This is a group to connect Big Data start ups and entrepreneurs in San Francisco for networking, pitches, workshops, demonstations and much more. This group is ideal for: * Big Data Startup Companies * Entrepreneurs * Developers and Programmers * Investors * Big Data Recruiters * Big Data Service Providers

The "Verticalize your Startup" meetup group is dedicated to hosting events in San Francisco around tech startups in 30+ industry verticals. These industry-specific tech startups will be invited to come together once a year for the Verticalize conference & expo - and meetup group members will get special perks! Here's a complete list of industry verticals we organize around: http://verticalize.me/2013/verticals/ All Verticalize group members will get free expo passes to Verticalize 2013 and big d …

Startup Sales Circle is focused on getting early-stage companies and entrepreneurs together to talk about sales and sales strategies. We'll focus on what has worked, what hasn't, and we'll also try and get at least one seasoned speaker every meetup to talk about startup sales strategies and tactics that work.

Let’s talk about how rapidly changing technology can benefit the legal environments for startups and entrepreneurs. Lawyers, usually with technology background, provide seminars to help you better understand such laws.

We are the San Francisco Business Makers, independent small business leaders who come together once a month to network, to share referrals, to support and celebrate each other as we strive to achieve our goals for success. We at SF Business Makers believe there is always business to be made by working together as a team. Our group is independent of other local and national networking organizations. Since we have years of knowledge and experience between us, we offer each other ideas and encourag …

Welcome to SF Entrepreneurs & Startup Group! From App to Startup! From Developer to Entrepreneur! Meet other local entrepreneurs /founders/Hackers/Developers, VCs, and leaders for the mobile / Internet industry, including iOS, Mobile HTML5, Android,WP, Cloud, Facebook, Chrome! Come to our events to network and share your stories. Hear how others have overcome hurdles and achieved success. All are welcome! This fast growing Entrepreneur community is the the place to network with the like minds. A …

The Enchanted Business Woman™ The Enchanted Business Woman™ Meet-Up, is a networking group designed to empower you to Live, Lead and Work with Heart and Purpose . Our agenda has been created to serve you personally and professionally. Our networking style is casual, and created so you can let down your "professional hair," and focus on the social aspect of networking. At each meeting we will have a guest speaker, chosen to inspire and lead you in a way that will help you learn and grow. You will …

We're teaching designers how to think like entrepreneurs. Whether you work for a corporation, start-up or as a freelance designer, join our group and learn how to stay passionate about your work, communicate with all types of clients effectively, market yourself and more! Learning and applying good business skills are imperative, especially in a fast-moving industry. There is a lot of buzz about design founders. Why not bring the founders, developers and the designers together so the designers …

GoRampUp! will cause you to attract new clients faster and more easily, make those clients more profitable to you, and make doing business easier and more enriching for you. The GoRampUp! Success System(TM) allows you to create your three Core-Success Platforms: Mastery of your "Personal-Best A-Game" Mastery of your "Business Impact Essentials" Mastery of your "Power-Alliance Networking" This means that as you pursue your passion to make a living by helping others to be successful, You will …

Are you in the workforce and looking to go back to graduate school for your MBA? Are you a business school graduate in need of some refresher courses? Are you a business owner looking to better manage your business? If you answered yes to any of these, join us for free MBA lessons, each geared toward a specific topic and taught by students in the accelerated MBA program at the Hult Business School.

Bay Area Entrepreneurs, Business & Service Professionals, Sales Executives are invited to join the network. By building powerful partnerships with like minded professionals we can grow our businesses together. Through our networking events you will meet potential business partners, advisers, mentors and friends and generate referrals and other contacts to build on your success. See you at our next event.

This is a group for entrepreneurs, start-up businesses, MLM business owners and small businesses who want to grow to the next level. Meetings will address your concerns and challenges, help you stay focused on your priorities, hold you accountable for your personal and professional goals and offer you support as well as join you in celebrating your successes. When you're the boss, you sometimes need a sounding board, advice and encouragement. This group will keep you grounded. The group lead …