SD Tech Founders hosts events for high-tech entrepreneurs that provide great speakers relevant to startups, provide opportunities to meet potential co-founders, and facilitate discussions on lean startups, customer development, product development and business model strategies.

… Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions in Silicon Valley and beyond.  Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, financial professionals, corporate executives, attorneys, academics, bloggers, writers, content creators, and social activists. One of the compelling features of our meetup group is our packed,  busy calendar full of  informative programs and practical activities design …

… Generally, 95% of all startups fail in the first year.   Of those that make it, 80% fail in the next two years.  At CEO Space, the opposite is true, simply because Business Owners get the help they need and learn what they didn't know that they didn't know.   It's a roadmap to success.   Our FREE weekly meetings serve as a preview to the overall organization and are a time for networking with other local business professionals, listening to speakers, business coaching, and developing proper busi …

GetupStartup is a collective of young, driven entrepreneurs who are interested in networking, learning and sharing tips, tricks and advice. We host all sorts of networking events, roundtables, lectures and workshops - to learning new skills, share best practices and connect with like minded forward thinkers. When it comes to your startup, it's what you know AND who you know. Follow us on a journey to improve both. Don't forget to Check out the website [getupstartup.org] and connect with us on Fa …

Thinking of starting a business but worried you won't find customers. Running a business now and can't figure out how to advertise without going broke. This meetup is for you. Moderator KC Truby has brought 251,000 sales leads into his own and his clients businesses over the past 42 years. He is retiring now and is doing this meet up to pass on what he has learned in an age of Internet hype - about what really works. We'll review Crowd sourcing - getting cold calls made by others on commission W …

Business Basics is a group of entreprenuers, small business owners, and professionals, who would like to continue increasing their knowledge about business, marketing, and networking, in order to grow their business. Business Basics offers business seminars to its group members, ranging in topics from "How to Start Your Business" to more advanced classes on bookeeping, accounting, business insurance, etc.  Costs range from Free! to $5!

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 Our focus is on issues for growing a business, not on VC fundraising. We promote the bootstrap business model. Check us out at http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com

A group for CTO's based in San Diego to get together, share challenges, solutions and a beer.

The purpose of this Meetup group is to help people start an Internet business as well as and mentorship program to develop people to achieve there goals.

We're building a learning community for hackers & founders by organizing local study groups on technology and entrepreneurship around the free online university classes provided this spring by Stanford, Berkley, MIT, Udacity, Coursera, and others. This is the start of an era of massive open online learning. In fall 2011, Stanford University offered a free online class in Artificial Intelligence. 160 thousand students from 190 countries enrolled, with more than 23 thousand completing the class. N …

The San Diego Tech Coffee Meetup is for San Diego high-tech entrepreneurs looking to "co-work" in a social atmosphere, share what they're working on, and support each others' entrepreneurial efforts. Current plan is to be at the Pannikin's in Del Mar between 9am and 12 every Wednesday.  Come earlier, leave later, or simply drop by for awhile.

DIYbio San Diego is the DIY bio meetup group for San Diego County. We do not have our own mailing list yet, so join the discussions on the SoCal DIYBio Google Group ( groups.google.com/group/socal-diybio ). Inspired by the DIY science of the Hackerspace movement, and other DIY bio groups like BioCurious ( www.BioCurious.org) and SoCal DIYbio ( www.meetup.com/SoCal-DIYBio/), DIYbio San Diego aims to gather like-minded science geeks from the Greater San Diego area. We believe that if BioTech is to …

This group will meet every couple of months for networking events and panels in the San Diego area to discuss ongoing sustainable agriculture projects, learn about new companies and figure out to grow the market for sustainable agriculture technologies and products in San Diego and beyond.

… This group aims to help members find inspiration and think in new directions, bringing together potential collaborators for projects and new ventures. Please also check out our blog at http://hackshackers.com Help us build the future of media!

Learn how to raise money for your startup or business venture. Meet the author of Pitch Anything Oren Klaff.