What is this Meetup group about? This Meetup group features an ongoing series of workshops on core startup concepts that can help you to build a better, more viable business. Our goal is to have a Meetup workshop on a new topic about every month or so. Who is it for? If you have started a company, want to start a company, or are looking to become a better CEO, CTO, or other senior operator of a startup, then this Meetup is for you! What are the topics we will look at? These workshops focus on bu …

"If you are serious about succeeding in business and life you've got to join this group and attend each and every networking event!!! ” - Ayelet Gingold, Networking Events Connector & Business Owner, San Jose Welcome! Are You ready to ... Get More Business Results in Less Time with Less Stress Get Profitable Win-Win Partnerships & Connections Get Uplifting, Well Run Networking Events Get Solid Networking Support All business networking people & professionals regardless of experience level …

PingEast.com is a tech blog with China/US cross-border tech writers, to connect Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, investors and observers with China—the most huge and mysterious Internet/mobile market in the legend. We generate first hand and in-depth contents including insights, commentaries, cases studies and exclusive fireside interviews related to China startups, entrepreneurs, tech investment as well as the whole ecosystem. PingEast Meetup is a community connecting entrepreneurs and investors b …

Are you a woman ready to start your own scalable business? You've been working for a while and you have a lot of ideas AND you want to follow your own dreams? Join our peer accelerator - a network of experienced women leading and co-founding startup businesses. We're a powerful, supportive, and capable network that leverages all of strengths into each of our successes.

Each month we will have a startup engineer or entrepreneur share technology tips, and tricks that helped build their business. This is a highly technical group and in the past we covered topics such as "Scaling PInterest", "Introduction to Data Science", "Making Mobile Development Less Painfull", .... Come join the group and learn about how we build technology startups here in Silicon Valley.

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 Silicon Valley, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. RSVP to practice your pit …

We are a group of entrepeneurs commited to growing our businesses through shared best practices and innovative strategies. We meet every other Thursday at 8am in a roundtable format for spirited discussions that typically result in expanding perspectives and increasing bottom line profits. Our goal is to provide an environment that fosters sharing and contribution. Join us to determine if our group is a good fit for you.

Did you know that the average knowledge retention rate six weeks after a typical business seminar is only 10%?! This is not a seminar. This is group coaching and brain storming on YOUR business issues. You will get personalized action plans to immediately implement in your business every week we meet. Other benefits of this meetup are: -Meeting other local Business Owners. -Developing deep relationships with other members that will produce new customers -Get advice and avoid costly mistakes …

We understand that the one of the best ways to improve our own business is to utilize the network of people that other members have built. If one person can reach 100 people, then a group of 20 people can reach 2000 and that is very powerful. There have been many fruitful relationships built in our group that will last the rest of our professional lives, and we are looking for more people that share our enthusiasm. This and other Business related Meetups are dedicated to working with small, eme …

We are a business support group that brings together individuals from different professions and industries. We are focused on exchanging referrals within the group, generating leads for group members, building professional alliances, developing long lasting friendships, and the growth of our businesses. The members of our group are not only concerned with the growth of their own businesses, but we are also committed to helping our fellow group members become successful. Our group is speci …

Our mission is to promote the products and services represented by members, pass qualified business referrals and sale leads, motivate professional growth, and provide information regarding the business community in a comfortable, relaxed environment! As a team, we teach each other how to talk about each business and turn that knowledge into qualified leads. Each member becomes your new Sales force $$$ We understand that the one of the best ways to improve our own business is to utilize the netw …

Lean Startup Circle is dedicated to applying lean startup thinking and building lean startup leadership. We bring the San Jose lean startup community together in a variety of formats (many of which involve beer) to learn from each other. What works? What doesn't? Is lean just a buzzword? Or can it really help build businesses? * The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries. *

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

Tech Connect This group is for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, tech startups, investors, and small businesses. Tech Connect was designed for the technically minded that believe learning is a life long endeavor. In this day and age, technology and ideas are constantly evolving.  Tech Connect features active experts in their fields who lecture on relevant and useful topics.  Tech Connect's interactive events are tailor made to allow for group networking. Speakers Workshops Pitches Co-founder pairin …

Our community is dedicated to helping Silicon Valley Chinese Entrepreneurs to share resources and promote collaborations amongst engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs, students, business owners, startup founders, executives and investors. Besides hosting technical and business events as well as social networking mixers, we provide an effective supporting network and platform by bringing together all kinds of talents of different technology backgrounds and competences. Please join us!

We believe in doing business networking on the basis of sound committed partnership. When we obtain a business networking lead or business referral, we treat it with honor and we return the priviledge with honor - Where the old fashioned business traits of integrity, loyalty, honoring promises, differences and similarities are upheld. This is a business group that upholds doing education and doing business smart and supporting others to be successful. NO CHARGE TO JOIN Some events will have a lo …

At the San Francisco Bay Area Start Up Basics Meetup we will discuss fundamentals that all businesses must understand from getting 'off the ground' to successful flipping, IPO or franchising. Getting a well trafficked web presence. ROI for good marketing and sales. Effective Networking and more. Got business fundamentals down? Come learn with us.

Are you interested in learning about the latest ideas in business? Do you want to get an MBA but can't afford the tuition? Are you interested in learning and reading about new concepts but wish you had a group of like-minded, supportive, dedicated and entrepreneurial peeps with whom you could study with and be accountable to? If yes, then this might be the Meetup you dreamt of last night! My intention is to keep the study groups small with a minimum of 3 peeps and a maximum of 5 peeps per group. …

This is a group for anyone interested in improving yourself, setting professional goals, share professional experience and best-practices, learn from each other, discuss ideas and business ventures, and above all to be inspired to live life to the fullest. Life is full of pursuits, and I believe behind every successful pursuit lies a human spirit that is truly ignited. I started this group because I want to meet other individuals who seek motivation and support to chase after their goals, whatev …

NetSquared - Silicon Valley: NetSquared-SV is part of Netsquared International Technology group. You can find a local N2 group in most major cities around the world from this page: http://www.netsquared.org Here at Silicon Valley chapter, We focus on  Mobile, Social Media technologies, Innovation and Start-ups. For mobile developers and start-ups, mobile innovations should not be limited to any one technology or to one shop when there is a great potential to reach out all other customers al …

Learn and Share how to build kick ass HTML5 Mobile Web Apps A place for Mobile Web Apps developers, end-users, entrepreneurs, local industries and communities stakeholders involved in evaluating, developing and providing web and mobile web applications as well as anyone wishing to learn about the business opportunities and mobile lifestyle experiences the newly created Mozilla marketplace and other mobile web development environments (Participants in the W3C Mobile Web Platform Core Community G …

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club Anyone is eligible to join! SVET Club is a chartered Toastmasters club. We meet every Thursday from noon to 1:30pm for our standard toastmaster meeting. We provide also monthly open-house meeting with additional networking sessions for entrepreneurs, startup business partners, investors and general public. All guests are welcome to all of our weekly and monthly meetings as well as all other events. We are non-profit educational organization allowin …

This group is the social place for  tea lovers, entrepreneurs. We host different type of social events including tea, wine, music. Lets make startup process fun and meet the like minds ! Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Startup-Tea-House-iOS-Android-1814061 Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/svteahouse Please like our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/svteahouse David Cao Organizer & Tea Master

Business is ever-evolving, especially with global business expansion in Asia and the advent of social media bringing innovative ideas faster and more interactively. The next big idea can come from anyone and everywhere, and with the right thinking and right people, taking a big idea to the business level can lead to rewarding success. The SV Global Innovators Meetup group is a community of like-minded entrepreneurs, business professionals, professors, writers, social media junkies, inventors and …

The Mission Promote Her Business (PHB) began as a vision sparked by a creative serial entrepreneur who passionately desired to see other women entrepreneu-HERS succeed in businesses longer than the 5 years they were estimated to last before going under. Namely, she understood how badly it hurt to give business(es) your 100% and NOT be successful, and she didn’t want other entrepreneurs to suffer from the same heartbreak! Accordingly, in 2012, Josephine Hanan, affectionately known as “Jos, teamed …

We are a crowd of innovative problem solvers that want to change the world. The goal of our meetup is to pair entrepreneurs with passionate co-founders/team members (tech and/or business), and investors/mentors/advisers. This meetup is a great opportunity to meet awesome individuals, practice your elevator pitch, and learn. With that being said, we would love to have freelance developers, designers, and marketers that want to join forces with entrepreneurs at an early stage of a project.

This group is for all those who take an active interest in US Immigration laws and policy, who may or may not be US citizens, but who are in one way or other, are affected by and concerned with how immigration laws and how it  impacts their decisions of starting and investing in a business, hiring foreign workers, or getting hired by a US business.

Is your background in supply chain and operations management? If so, then THIS is the group for YOU! We are proudly affiliated with and sponsored by ISCEA and SCnext (The Young Professional wing of ISCEA). Here are the links to our sites, so you can learn more: http://www.iscea.org http://www.SCnext.org