NextSpace is the workplace for the new economy. We provide innovative physical and virtual infrastructure that freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creative class professionals need to succeed in the 21st century knowledge economy. In an increasingly disconnected world, NextSpace creates a collaborative community that is revolutionizing the nature of work. Our business model is simple: NextSpace sells membership in that collaborative community. Our members come from a wide variety of industries: sof …

NETWORK FOR POWERFUL CONNECTIONS - Meet investors - Pitch your business idea at our meeting - receive feedback from Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs etc, ask for advice, network in person.

Welcome to Ruby on Trails, the Bay Area tech hiking group.Don't let the name fool you.  This group is definitely not limited to engineers working with Ruby on Rails and is open to anybody interested in technology, startups, hacking, designing, hiking, or just need a break from the office.We welcome everybody and their pets, and we can't wait to meet the community on a fun and challenging hike.  Activity stimulates creativity so join us in sharing ideas, talking shop, and having fun!After each hi …

This group is for startups building on the Microsoft platform.  You may be part of the Microsoft BizSpark startup program but this is not necessary to join. This group will share in our experience with being a startup based on the Microsoft platform and related technologies (.Net, Azure, Silverlight, etc. - you name it). Note: this group is not affiliated with Microsoft, though it was started by a BizSpark member startup and we are big fans! BizSparkSF is now a BizSpark Network Partner and can r …

We are a network of startup founders and investors in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

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 …

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

Startup. Blast off. RocketSpace is an accelerator for high-growth, seed-funded tech startups. We provide the fuel that every startup needs to accelerate: access to top talent, tier 1 venture capital, and blue-chip brands representing millions of potential customers. Located in the heart of tech & new media in San Francisco, RocketSpace currently hosts over 130 of the hottest startups in mobile, gaming, and Web 2.0 as well as an alumni network including Uber, Zaarly, PocketGems, Zappos, and Pod …

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.

IGNITE! kicks off Tuesday March 13 at 5 PM at RocketSpace, 181 Fremont Street n San Francisco. Hummer Winblad is our sponsoring VC and Mitchell Kertzman, Managing Director, is our Keynote Speaker. If you are interested in pitching please go to www.ignitefundraisers.com . Ten companies will have demo tables and the top four startups, picked by attendees, will have an opportunity to pitch to a distinguished panel of VC and Angels. The winner gets a pitch session at Hummer Winblad!! If you’d like t …

Bootstrappers Anonymous is an entrepreneurship group for small non-funded companies of 1-3 people in San Francisco, CA who are faced with problems related to growing their startup businesses. We use a peer facilitation methodology based on Co-counselling using simple methods that can be seen as a refinement of "you tell me your problems and I'll tell you mine", along with some Scrum practices like discussing priorities and then reporting on progress. Space for our meetups is generously sponsored …

Women in tech welcomes men and women equally. We hold pitch events, classes and networking activities! If you would like to present at one of our pitch events then submit your information to: http://www.startupsaturdays.net/submityourstartup/ Build your team Find Investors Build Partnerships Get Funded Its all possible when you take the initiative! Find us on: Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/womentech/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StartupSaturdays Twitter: http://twitter.com/Startup99 Web …

We're all about hardware startups - the fun, and the work. We're for anyone into the Maker Movement, Industrial Design, Toys, Lean Startups, Technology, Microcontrollers, Robotics, Fashion, The Internet of Things, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, and anything else disruptive.

This is a monthly series -- maybe more than once a month -- hosted by Microsoft BizSpark and dead set on bringing four people to the stage every time who are working on a cool thing. They will talk about that cool thing, make intelligent comments that you can use at home to impress other members of your startup, and then mingle with you and hob knob after the talk. Each meet up is no more than 45 minutes of talking and questions. The rest is excitement rolled into society.

Cool startup ideas are hard to find! But so are good technology partners. The right execution of cool startup ideas matters! Join the Startup Development meetup group and share your successes (and failures) on developing startup in-house, hiring onshore and offshore contractors, share tips and learn from others.

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

Aging2.0 is a global network of innovators working in the 50+ market. We are creating an interdisciplinary, collaborative community of people from business, research, policy, design and technology, together with older adults themselves in order to advance innovation and improve the quality of life. Our events bring people together informally with drinks, snacks and good discussions. We generally start off with some ‘big picture’ perspectives, have a networking break, and then have pitches from s …

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!

A networking group for founders, developers, innovators and startup financiers to share their ideas and resources and come together as a community.

Silicon Valley New Technology "Entrepreneurs & Founders Showcase" is one of the first meetups that also welcomes consumers.  At the end of the day, all new technology will find its way to the end user! At this meetup, investors, co-founders and consumers will have an opportunity to be early adopters of the New Technology being launched in Silicon Valley! All types of technology are included with the purpose of educating, investors, co-founders, end users, dealers and consumers about the features …

I've been looking for a cofounder for a few months with no luck. Most of the groups I've seen are defunct or in SV. Trying to find someone in my city! If you are too, join the group and let's start networking. As things progress, I'd like to keep inviting back successful partnerships to share best practices at each meeting. What's your startup idea? What makes you a great cofounder?

This group extends hospitality to foreign nationals visiting the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area to learn about entrepreneurship and startup companies. WB, B-1, F-1 OPT and J-1 (without 2-year restriction) nonimmigrants are highly encouraged to participate.

This group is for anyone who is interested in meeting other Startups or Developers in the San Francisco area, while enjoying a good night. We will either sponsor or be part of events around the city, where we can just hang out and get to know each other.

We all love the breakthrough platform for startups called AngelList [http://angel.co/]. It's time AngelList has a User Group. This cluster will share experience about how to get the most from AngelList. Like the best user groups, we are independent, sponsored by users only. Join us to continuously develop your expertise with AngelList, share stories, have some impassioned conversation and hopefully a lot of fun.

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 …

San Francisco の startup などで働く日本人エンジニアが集まって、苦労話なんかを共有できると楽しいかなーと思って作ってみました。コンピュータに限らずエンジニアなら是非参加してみてください。今のところ月に一回くらいどこかで集まるような会を考えています。気を遣わない気楽な会にしていきたいですね。是非日本語で introduction の欄に在米歴職業などの自己紹介を書いてください。 グループ名に“日本人”ってありますが、日本語でコミュニケーションがとれる方なら歓迎します。ただし、日本語会話の勉強グループではないことは理解してください。 If I didn't make my point clear: this group is for expat Japanese, and requires you to speak Japanese.  If you don't write what I asked above, you're gonna be questioned.

We are hosting an informal regular meetup for people who like tech or beer pong to hang out and network. The venue is in downtown SF and fear not the kegs will be chilled. If you are interested in hacking, coding, designing, startups, entrepreneurship, beer pong, tech, or just want to watch and mingle then please come and join us. It should be great fun. We also have foosball and airhockey for those that would rather have a different distraction while they drink their lager! Looking forward to s …

Support and networking group for those doing startup ventures