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 …

This group will feature keynote speakers & panelists who are involved with Social Commerce, with persons from Facebook (Credits, Stores), Google (Checkout, In-App Purchases), Apple (App Store), Ebay, Etsy, Groupon, IFeelGoods, Payvment, Amazon, Visa, PayPal & Amex. What is social commerce? Social commerce is a subset of electronic commerce that involves using social media, online media that supports social interaction and user contributions, to assist in the online buying and selling of produc …

StartupMonthly is a seed fund and an on-going startup accelerator in San Francisco providing a global 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 …

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 …

Are you an Indian woman who runs her own business or service? Do you have your own company/consultancy/salon/business/blog? We welcome you to our group! We are a bunch of active, social and intelligent businesswomen who have come together for networking, forming friendships, colleague bonding experience, sharing the highs and lows in the day of a businesswomen and helping each other succeed in their fields. Additionally, we will also have business talks, brainstorming sessions, discussions about …

WE'VE MOVED!  See below. ------------------------- Hi Everyone, Thanks for checking out our single parents helping single parents group. Things have been slow to get going in this group on the Meetup site.  The consensus is that Meetup is not the right vehicle for a group of this nature.  Meetup is designed for specific events at specific times and is not a very good communication tool.  It does have a discussion board, but it is clunky and no one uses it. So we're moving. From now on the GO …

Alpine Velo is a cycling club that brings Bay Area home owners together with architects, engineers and builders. If you’re planning to build a new home or remodel any time soon, why not come ride with us and get to know some of the best architects, engineers and builders around? At the very least, you can expect to get great free advice while doing something good for your body. It’s a fun, low pressure environment and a great way to really get to know and assemble your dream team! Our soc …

We meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Plug and Play Tech Center to provide networking opportunities for developer, entrepreneurs and large organizations with interest in Health 2.0, mobile health, patient-centered innovation, personal medicine and emerging opportunities in the healthcare industry to come together. SVHealth Meetup is a hub for enterprises, organizations and investors to present opportunities, provide mentorship and engage in conversation with Silicon Valley's developer the ent …

106 Miles is a network of startup founders, engineers, and friends. Our mission is to educate and empower entrepreneurial engineers. Our values are Reputation, Innovation, Solidarity, and Education. This is our Silicon Valley group; see also our Southern California group. Please join us if you're a founder or engineer (or friend!) and... * You have worked at a startup, * You want to work at a startup, * You have started a company, and/or * You want to start a company. We meet several time …

Welcome to the South Bay Star Wars Fan Club's Meetup page. The SBSWFC is your destination for meeting and interacting with other Star Wars fans from throughout the Bay Area. Though the SBSWFC is headquartered in the South Bay/Silicon Valley, our events extend throughout the Bay Area. This meetup is for our monthly meeting, if you are interested in interacting with our members or attending other events please see our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/sbswfc

Come meet other Recent College Grads in the San Francisco Bay Area! Have you recently graduated college? This past spring or in the last few years? It can be tough leaving behind your college buds for the real world. Whether you're a local looking to expand your circle of friends, or a new transplant to the Bay Area, it can be tough meeting good people. Even more so for us younger folks under 30. Internet sites are often reserved for the older crowd, but now there's an easy way to meet young pro …

This group is for people between 30s to 44 years old to try new things, make new friends and have a few laughs.  I took over from the last person who stepped down a month ago.  So, lets start fresh and get together. If you want to organize an event, feel free to post on the main page. Please support the cost of this group by liking my Facebook Page called "Free Case Friday". Free Case Friday offers iPhone iPad iPod Macbook accessory news, reviews and giveaways! LIKE US to get news of upcoming dr …

RainbowRec is a volunteer-based, non-profit organization that provides a healthy, activities-oriented environment that promotes camaraderie, adventure, and physical fitness among gay men, women, and their friends in the San Francisco / South Bay area. With over three hundred members and a lavish offering of activities each month, were sure to have something for you. So please take a moment to explore our website (www.rainbowrec.org) and our facebook page learn more of what we're about. Come see …

Meeting other fabulous and fun girlfriends to hang out with! New in town, make new friends. Happy Bay Area girlfriends, women's social. Girls just wanna have fun. Join our circle of genuine 20s and 30s females, and let's have a good time! We are fun loving girlfriends. We have big hearts filled with passion and love! We are ladies who enjoy cocktails, girls night out, dancing, music, happy hour, and having fun in life! We are professional women with substance Who are willing to make a difference …

Meet other local executives to discuss topics of the day in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovations, Enterprise 2.0 , Social Enterprise , Social CRM , Social Media , Social Networking and Technology spaces. You can become a fan of our Social CRM facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/SocialCRMWorl ...  and join our group on LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=25 ...  where we also post job openings, have discussions and read news. Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/glfceo . …

Non-traditional, non-judgmental, outreach church that teaches the Word of God. Come as you are! Our Website www.1swc.org Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpokenWordC?fref=ts Check out our blog: http://swcblog.blogspot.com/ We meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Campbell Community Center in Campbell,CA in the Roosevelt Room. (Across from the swimming pool)

This is meetup group for Intuit QuickBooks for Mac. We don't get out of our office in Mountain View, CA very often (we're writing all that code!). But when we do, we'd love to meet you, answer any questions, or just say "hi." If you're a small business owner using a Mac, whether you're a current user or not, please join to find out about our Meetups. And we love our Intuit ProAdvisors, too! Even if you're on QuickBooks for Windows, if you have Mac clients, you may have questions for us. You can …

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 …

Instagramers Silicon Valley is a group of Instagramers from around Silicon Valley who banded together to coordinate events in and around Silicon Valley. Find us on Instagram at @igerssv Facebook Fan Page on.fb.me/igerssv follow on twitter at @igerssv Email at igerssiliconvalley@gmail.com

We are the Peninsula and South Bay Bicycling Group (PSBBG)! Without exception, we aim to be a clean fun group - no drugs, alcohol, or flouting of California vehicle code on these rides, other than rolling through a stop sign at your own discretion.  We do not welcome cross-posts or suggested rides with other groups which do not follow these guidelines. This group is for experienced group-riding road-bike riders. Owning a road-bike is a requirement to join the group, (as opposed to mtn bikes, hyb …

The Creative Suite User Group of San Jose was established to provide professionals in San Jose and surrounding areas a venue for networking and learning about the latest in Adobe Software. Our monthly meetings will feature a prominent guest speaker who will focus on tips/tricks, integration between Adobe apps, and streamlining your workflow for more efficient business practices. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to make our user group the best possible of its kind. We look forward to see …

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

Hive is a scalable data warehouse infrastructure built on top of Hadoop. It provides tools to enable easy data ETL, a mechanism to put structures on the data, and the capability to querying and analysis of large data sets stored in Hadoop files. Hive defines a simple SQL-like query language, called HiveQL, that enables users familiar with SQL to query the data. At the same time, this language also allows programmers who are familiar with the MapReduce fromwork to be able to plug in their custom …

The SVForum Marketing SIG meets monthly on the 2nd Monday to explore the latest marketing innovations and best practices to help executives and entrepreneurs plan and achieve success. Each meeting will offer practical tips and techniques to profitably anticipate, identify, and satisfy customers needs for emerging technologies. "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two--and only these two--basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and inn …

Though we have many members on multiple MeetUps, thousands of singles are on our email list and our Facebook presence is growing! SSC has been offering events to singles for many years! Our events are held between San Jose and San Francisco. Dine, dance, mingle with fellow singles for fun, friendship...and maybe more! There is no membership fee! Some events are specific to ages late 20's to early 40's and also mid 40's and up. These are labeled as such. All other events are open to single adult …

Join the San Francisco's Bay Area most successful network of young professionals and create your own business opportunities. Read the below for details and a list of participating companies. Mail membership@ypn-online.org to join our mailing list. YPN (SJC) is a non-profit community of young professionals in Silicon Valley with sister chapters in Austin, Atlanta, Bangalore, Boston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Raleigh and Vancouver. The group started off as an organ …

South Bay Circus Arts, LLC sponsors this meetup to provide a way for circus and performance artists in the South Bay to unite for training sessions and jams. We welcome beginning to experienced circus artists from discplines such as aerial arts, acrobatics, hooping, fire spinning, belly dancing, juggling, slacklining, etc. Come share your skills or learn something new! Anyone is welcome to submit an event. Inclusion on Meetup does not represent endorsement by South Bay Circus Arts, LLC. Events h …

Welcome to the Bay Area Vietnamese Professionals(BAVP) Meetup Group! Our goal is for Vietnamese professionals to network, make new friends, and have fun. All Asians and everyone is welcome! We plan on having two monthly recurring events: Saturday Night dinner/drinks and a Mid Month Event. This is not a singles group. Our goal is to promote real friendships and to have a good time. Most of our events will take place in or around the South Bay but we will also head into San Francisco on occa …