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 …

Dear All, The Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement meetup is a social learning initiative designed to bring together SMEs, Quality practitioners, Business owners, Technologists, Business Analysts, Managers, Decision Makers, Product Owners, Product Managers; to plan, learn, discuss and share experiences, implementations, best practices, body of knowledge, metrics, methodologies, tools and techniques as applicable; to take an enterprise through a journey of Continuous Improvement with an end …

This is to meet and compare notes with managers, engineers, trainers, consultants, and writers involved with Lean manufacturing implementation n the San Francisco Bay area.

When your startup is gaining momentum, you need Heroes. Who/what is a 'Startup Hero'? Heroes are talented people who want to get involved in a promising startup. Heroes take something from good to great or from great to amazing. Heroes are marketers, developers, engineers, designers, enthusiasts, data scientists, executives, mentors, business people, angels, evangelists or anyone who can make a difference for a startup. Heroes drive innovative and creative projects to make it happen. Join us to …

We connect startup founders with startup funding from angel investors, seed and venture capital. We attract the most innovative startups in both tech and non-tech industries. At our events you can demo your startup, meet investors and learn how to build startups. We also  cover the following topics:  disruptive startups, pitching your startup, investor relations, startup law, augmented reality, and mobile development. Take a look at our community here, and join us to build successful start-ups. …

Help with all aspects of the startup process. Brainstorm with others. Work on pitches, listen to others. Help with funding & more.

Practice pitching your startup to your potential customers and investors by perfecting your pitch with other entrepreneurs. Together, we will all get better with practice. One of the key elements of being a part of an accelerator is practicing your pitching. Not everyone wants to be a part of an accelerator. This is an opportunity to get the same benefit without having to meet any entry requirements. This club is modeled on the Toastmasters club meeting format. Unlike at Toastmasters, we have a …

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.

Silicon Barn is not an incubator, accelerator, co-working facility, etc. Silicon Barn is something new. It is a Startup Launcher. Silicon Barn is dedicated to building Startups. A lot of entrepreneurs have a problem finding a technical co-founder.  A good Tech co-founder has 10 job offers. The best Techies are not qualified to determine the viability of your idea if they do not know the industry. The Entrepreneur is asking the Techie to work without pay based on a plan. The Entrepreneur may not …

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

Founders helping Founders About Let's get together to discuss startup issues from incubating ideas, founding companies and scaling them. This group focuses on issues that technology startup entrepreneurs run into when building the startup. We will meet at HackerDojo or Microsoft Bizspark labs in Mountain View, Silicon Valley. Events include brown bag lunch sessions, pitching events and other startup related events. Brown Bag Lunch sessions These are group discussion sessions with a small numb …

We work under the principles that there are three key elements to start with that will create a successful startup: good people, a product the market actually wants, and money (either by spending as little money as possible or having access to enough money to it see through to customer interaction). Startups that fail at any one of these three key elements will likely fail. But all three are doable. And that’s what makes startups so exciting – they may be hard but they are doable. Cofounder Clu …

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 …

A group for Stanford entrepreneurs & Silicon Valley founders who have a burning desire to grow their Startup. Join us at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StanfordIgniter/ Tweets at : http://www.twitter.com/igniterSV/ LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4970423 Website: http://www.IgniterSV.com/ (coming soon)

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.

A) From lean startups to established category leaders, ISVs, xSPs, cloud service providers (CSPs) need new methods, tools and marketplaces to commercialize their on demand subscription offering successfully and in a sustainable way. B) This Group is about THE MOVEMENT THAT IS TRANSFORMING HOW NEW PRODUCTS ARE BROUGHT TO MARKET C) If you are seeking to activate an innovative go-to-market model, by multiplying your commerce touchpoints - you should JOIN NOW!

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 Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

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 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 …

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 …

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.

Folks, This is for the first time any startup is asking you to be their CEO, all of you members would be the CEO of this startup that focusses on empowering education to eradicate poverty and improving lives of underprivileged people globally. The kind of meetups we organize would give a new direction to our company, which will soon be launched to public. It is currently an invitation only for users. Type of meetups where you will be invited and asked to provide your inputs and first thoughts. Y …

You join, organized or mentored at iWeekend event? You are passionate with tech startup and think you can change the world? Let's meet once a month for drinks and keep the movement going in the right direction!

We are looking for people with startup skills.  It can be front-end, backend, marketing, bizdev, testing, etc. The biggest problem with joining a startup without funding is that it can be a time-sink.  The entrepreneur can have unrealistic expectations of unpaid work. SB is different. We don't hold hackathons.  We hold launchathons.  No ideas thought up on Friday and launching on Sunday.  The startups and entrepreneurs are vetted for weeks prior to development.  The tools are setup and provided. …

Each month we will have a startup engineer or entrepreneur share technology tips, and tricks that helped build their business. This is a highly technical group and in the past we covered topics such as "Scaling PInterest", "Introduction to Data Science", "Making Mobile Development Less Painfull", .... Come join the group and learn about how we build technology startups here in Silicon Valley.

This is a meetup for folks who are interviewing for YCombinator for the summer 2013 batch. Come relax at red rock cafe and discuss your experience!

This group is for COEPians who are interested in entrepreneurship. As a COEPian if you want to network with other COEPians in Silicon Valley to learn, share, help, be helped, bounce ideas, form founding teams etc, this is the group. We plan to meet periodically in a casual environment to accomplish the above.

Femgineers is for anyone who has a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). We host a series of events to address issues related to women who are currently in STEM careers, help with career advancement, and create companies that are friendlier to females.