The Lean Startup Machine is a weekend-long startup competition that conforms to Lean Startup principles, a method of using customer feedback to rapidly iterate your product to reach product/market fit. http://theleanstartupmachine.com/ The Lean Startup Machine SF Meetup Group is an official extension of #LSMSF 2011, created in order to keep the energy going and to support a network of people in the Bay Area who are actively working on Lean Startup principles. We hold semi-regular gatherings to s …

… We care about a variety of topics including: Founding teams Business and capital formation Strategy, business and financial models Recruiting, benefits and retention Sales, marketing, business development Intellectual property and licensing Aligning business goals with founder goals Our objective is to forge new connections among peers who are dedicated to sharing what they know and being responsive to questions from their fellow Startup Alliance members. If you're a founder or CEO, we invit …

  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 choose cofounders, find marketing resources and strategic …

ARE YOU A STARTUP / SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR IN PALO ALTO & SAN FRANCISCO LOOKING FOR FUNDING? MEETUP WITH ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS AND LEARN WHAT BUSINESS CROWDFUNDING CAN DO FOR YOUR COMPANY.   Hello, As entrepreneurs, we know how hard it is to raise funds for a Startup or small business. Too often it becomes a full-time job, distracting us from running and growing our business. This meetup will hold events in SF to bring founders and investors in the same room and help them get ready to …

Paddy's Startup Tech Hub is always on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 2 to 4 pm. Featuring guest speakers and startups. Great venue for startups to showcase their products and technologies to industry professionals. Networking potential abounds.  Come on by and see what the hub is all about.

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

At Startup EduTech you will find people who can help you take your educational mobile app or digital learning ventures to the next level. Submit your EduTech Startup:  http://goo.gl/W9z91 Pitch your game changing idea:  Build your team  Find Investors  Build Partnerships  Get Funded It's all possible, when you 'empower young minds and the hands that guide them!' Find us on: Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/StartupEduTech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ByParents4Kids Twitter: http://twitter …

Come meet and greet your Castro Street neighbors and mingle with startup folks.

TechCentralSF is San Francisco’s exclusive online directory resource and collaborative community for High Tech, Biotech, and Cleantech with over 1,000 start-up companies and established innovators making breakthroughs across San Francisco. TechCentralSF is a B2B exchange to support entrepreneurs, startups & the SF tech ecosystem. TCSF brings together the hottest startups and entrepreneurs through popular events such as the startup crawl, the startup mixer, and visionary leadership panel discussi …

… This group is more focused on the policies, applications, ideas, startups, and innovations around online data than it is about specific coding languages or underlying technologies.   Potential Data 2.0 Meetup Focuses: - API's and Standardization: Utilizing and contributing to the "structured cloud" - OpenGov Data: Initiatives, Applications, Visualizations, and Analytics - GeoData: From Check-ins and Events to Market Intelligence - Business Intelligence 2.0: Startups who are innovating how busine …

Many of us who started our careers on Wall Street are now converging on Silicon Valley to start new companies and careers. This is a meetup for current and ex-Wallies to mingle, network, and discuss the opportunities and challenges of making this transition. Also check out our sister group in NYC.

About SVCWireless Silicon Valley-China Wireless Technology Association (SVCWireless) is a leading non-profit professional association to bridge the mobile/wireless industries between China and the United States. The organization is founded in year 2000 and now has more than 5000 members and 30 partners around the world. SVCWireless promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture investment with the support from our members, sponsors and partners. For more information, please visit http://w …

The Lean Entrepreneurs is group of new/experienced early stage technical entrepreneurs looking to collaborate with others around the Lean Startup methods.

JumpStartDays is a mentoring program for seed stage pre-funded, pre-revenue technology startups. Each month 12 entrepreneurs present to a panel of Keiretsu Forum angel investor members and seed stage VCs. The purpose of the program is to provide mentoring and resources to entrepreneurs to 'jump start' their company. The presenters benefit from the involvement of Keiretsu Forum’s members whose networks, time, resources, and experience are as valuable as their capital.

… Our meet ups are a great ways to learn, build startups, network, discuss new Technologies for  Developers, Entrepreneurs, Non profits and Media. Videos and Links: http://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Silicon-Valley/about/ Learn more: http://www.netsquared.org ( For Net2 meetups World wide: http://www.netsquared.org/share/meetup ) Welcome, Learn, Build and Change The World! -Net2 - SV (PS: Startups, Speakers pl. contact us to present or sponsor our meet ups. )

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club A subgroup of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs SVETC 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 organizati …