Our mission is to offer greater numbers of entrepreneurs and people of passion the opportunity to benefit from all kinds of entrepreneurial events and educational programs. Our group is the place for engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs, students, business owners, startup founders, executives and investors in the entire Bay Area to get connected and ultimately succeed in entrepreneurship and other career opportunities.

Join us for great conversation over a casual lunch.  Meet other entrepreneurs in the same space and network in-between delicious bites of food.

How about having one group where you see your startup dreams coming true? How about meeting the Gurus/Mentors for entrepreneurship/legal/marketing/internet marketing/technology at one stop? And How about not spending a penny for all above? NOPAY is the place for you, whether you are an inventor or designer with product idea or if you have just re-engineered some ideas and you feel you can do better with a start up or if you are a thinker with an idea for startup or if you are a developer/comput …

TEC - The Entrepreneurs Club (formely CoolTechClub) is a strong international multi-ethnic network of high-tech entrepreneurs, executives and other professionals. Our members speak English, Russian, Hebrew and many other European languages. We are headquartered in the Silicon Valley and hold regular meetings in Palo Alto, New York and Moscow. Our goals are: * To provide a networking platform for high-tech entrepreneurs coming to Silicon Valley and other high-tech centers from different countr …

Welcome to StartupMonthly Startup Accelerator Startup Accelerator in Silicon Valley providing an ecosystem of resources, tools and mentors for early-stage startups. Startups accepted to the accelerator will get up to $300K initial investment. During our on-going mentorship program in our offices in San Francisco we will work with you to quickly build and release the right minimum viable product, analyze customer engagement and metrics, and then react and iterate accordingly. We will become your …

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 …

About SVCWireless Silicon Valley-China Wireless Technology Association (SVCWireless) is a leading non-profit, non-bias independent professional organization to bridge the technology industries between China and the United States. The organization is founded in year 2000 and now has more than 6000 members and 50 partners around the world. SVCWireless promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture investment with the support from our members, sponsors and partners. US Mobile Apps and Interne …

Solid State Startups make physical things. Things that hurt if you drop them on your foot. SSS is a place to share experience and wisdom that only comes from building stuff in the real world.

Rainmakers started as a series of miniconferences focusing on entrepreneurial education for startup founders and professionals to share their experiences and grew into the perfect networking group for San Francisco Bay professionals who want to connect with other professionals. Make new business and personal connections, build your network, find new clients, and identify business opportunities. We make our networking events easy by having greeters at the door to not only welcome you - they intro …

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're all about the Application and SaaS business models and monetization mechanisms ranging from Freemium to Premium, IAP (in app purchases), Bundling, Customer Conversion Analytics - whatever it takes to actually get users (consumer and business) to pay for Apps! We typically have two or three speakers, each of whom shares a deep knowledge of and experience with the software monetization and business models.  All of our speakers will discuss Freemium, since it's the monetization model du jour, …

Startups and Cofounders provides valuable entrepreneurship resources and connections for entrepreneurs and people with dreams of launching startups. We are committed to organizing startup events and helping talented people find their cofounders with complimentary skills and build their high-performing startups.

SVForum fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the San Francisco/Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies. We do this by: - creating connections and community - providing education and access to reources - linking the global business community to Silicon Valley, and - facilitating the exchange of unbiased knowledge, insights and best practices. With the support of an outstanding team of knowledgeable, passionate volunt …

The Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Networking is a meetup group created for startup entrepreneurs to attend networking sessions, seminars, workshops, coaching and mentoring programs organized by incubators and accelerators. Entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, executives, startup founders and business owners, please join us if you want to get help with business basics, participate in networking activities and cofounder mixers, find marketing resources and strategic partner …

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 …

My name is Japjot Sethi and I created Startup Cookout. I love to cook and eat great food, which inspired me to create Startup Cookout. Startup Cookout is a group for Entrepreneurs that enjoy talking to other Entrepreneurs, help in any way they can and share their Ideas with others, but also love food. Our goal is to get Entrepreneurs together once a month to Network, hear about great Ideas and enjoy some great food. At Startup Cookout, We would request every Entrepreneur to submit their idea and …

This is a Meetup for international founders who want to connect and share knowledge with venture capitalists, angels, local founders, subject matter experts and the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay community.

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 …

This is a group for anyone interested in creating a lean startup app without ANY developer skills yet have basic internet skills like starting a wordpress blog! Get to learn how to launch a lean app to test a business idea and also mingle with some hackers in a hacker house.

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 …

Startups working on cool stuff and not-so-cool stuff for families, kids, moms, dads, parents, grandparents..... co-hosted by ActivityHero and 500 Startups Monthly meetups with panel discussions and networking.

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 …

Are you a hacker, coder, or engineer who actually wants to SELL the cool stuff you build? Then Marketing Nerds is for you! We're a growing network of technology startup entrepreneurs who have actually sold many millions of dollars worth of our technology and software products in the real world. Here are some of the topics we love to talk about: What Should I Build, and Who Will Buy It? - A specific technique you can use so you know exactly what to build, before you build it, that guarantees the …

This group is for startup founders and entrepreneurs who love to build, learn and scale successfully. We are holding weekly or bi-weekly after-hours events at UpWest Labs, a startup accelerator in Silicon Valley. We are geared to introduce new ideas, techniques and share knowledge with our community of entrepreneurs.

Are you trying to found your startup and trying to meet likeminded people to collaborate ? Would you like to learn newest and hottest technologies from top class experts in the field ? Are you ready to take the first step towards turning your ideas into reality ? Then Innowest meetup group is the just right place for you. We organize startup centric meetups and technology classes in iOS & Android development, JavaScript, HTML5, Algorithms and many more subjects.

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.

Who will benefit from participating in SVCrowdfund? Private investors (VCs and Business Angels) who want to learn about the opportunities crowdfunding creates for them Startups and innovators examining their fundraising options Crowdfunding platforms wanting promote their portals in the capital of innovation and private investments Marketing Specialists, Legal Advisors, CPAs looking for new clients and partners Students interested in getting involved in private investment or marketing business; …

A group for Stanford Entrepreneurs & Silicon Valley Founders who have a burning desire to grow their Startup & are looking for 1st 100, 1000 & 10,000 customers. Tweets @IgniterSV Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Igniter/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/igniterSV/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4970423 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StanfordIgniter/