ST – Danville is a high impact meeting for small businesses and entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses. Each week over breakfast we invite top business speakers to share their success tips to help the small business entrepreneurs move their businesses forward. After our speakers we encourage business owners to meet with each other in one on one’s or fireside chats to learn about each other and get to know each other on a more personal level. By developing these types of relationships we …

This meetup is for anybody trying to aggressively grow their SaaS startup. We all know the grim statistics on the chances of startup success: 3 out of 4 will fail. So how do you become the 1 in 4 that succeeds? What have companies like Box, Zendesk, Docusign, Marketo, FireHost, HasOffers, and others, done to skyrocket their revenue and become the poster children of startup success? One of the key secrets to their success is knowing how to use pricing and packaging to grow the business: acquire n …

Purpose For Profit is the community and launchpad for startups that make a difference in peoples lives, solve the worlds problems, and achieve amazing financial success all at the same time. For anyone with a passion for charities, causes, entrepreneurship, and/or technology this is a community dedicated to your success.  This is the space for community leaders, philanthropists, technologists, creative talent, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs to come together to combine their efforts and f …

Entrepreneurs without Borders (EWB) is a forum for business people, entrepreneurs, and investors who are passionate about solving challenging and intractable socio-economic and environmental problems through the application of technology, best practices, and creative business models. We believe in experimentation, innovation, and the power of market-driven solutions to solve difficult problems. EWB pulls together those developing businesses that serve people at the bottom half of the world’s eco …

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 Learn more about this Meetup Group

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

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 …

Anything social sales: from new business models like free trial, freemium, in-app purchases to use of social media for lead generation and sales to social products of the future. Meetup for sales stars, other customer facing personnel and growth hackers to compare notes on what works and what doesn't.

gsummitX - Gamification in San Francisco/Bay Area is a meetup for anyone involved in and/or interested in the topic of gamification, engagement and/or loyalty. A few times each year, we'll ask the community to come together to hear a speaker from the gamification space, 1-2 demos from companies using gamification in their business model, and our unique workshop-like game called "Play for a Cause." We'll have some grub and beverages for everyone as well. This meetup is run by the Team at Gamifica …

The purpose of this group is to learn, build and collaborate on ecommerce and cross-channel commerce with fellow enthusiasts. We intend to explore strategy, domain concepts, business models and technologies to further the evolution of cross channel commerce. This will include social, web, mobile and enterprise commerce The meetup will host featured speaker events along with collaborative discussion, networking opportunities and community. All are welcome to attend our events.

Welcome to San Francisco Style! AJ Patell's "San Francisco Style" Meetup Group is the place to be to get together, discuss, share and collaborate on the topics, trends and styles of the San Francisco Bay Area. Model your outfits and styles. Get constructive feedback. Make-up, hair and nail workshops, portraits and more. Lots of good times to be planned, so join up and let's style! Regarding EVENTS and LOCATIONS: I want to post a range of meets all over the Bay. This is ensure that everyone in …

You can be a great photographer, with great talent, but if you have 0 business skills. Your talent will not be utilized. Making money with your hobby is very important, because it challenges you to improve, it provides funds for your hobby, it gives you a sense of accomplishment. If you want to continue to push your skills to the limit then you need to join this group

The objective of the VBE (Virtual Business Ecosystem) group is to help every small business, start-ups, and non-profit organization to harness the power of the latest Cloud Computing, Virtual Events, and Social Media for Explosive Growth & Unfair Advantage! Top 5 Reasons to Join this group: Discover the Secret behind Apple, Amazon, & Google for Sustainable Growth & Unfair Advantage. Brainstorm for the next disruptive business ideas & model for the next Google & Facebook. Meet your co-founder a …

Create a Meetup account and register for this event by April 19th and earn a free event this year! The Bay Area Organization Development Network (BAodn) is a not-for-profit organization created and run by members supporting an organization development (OD) community of practice. With over 30 years history BAodn continues to evolve connecting people who are dedicated to expanding their knowledge, skills and experience in the field of OD. The BAodn is recruiting Board Members!  Please check the a …

Meet a new network of Business Owners to share tips and problem solving techniques, get advice on profitability and career and discuss mentoring and business models. Swap business cards and watch your personal business directory grow!

This meetup welcomes conversation on the cutting edge of APIs, from cloud to business models. We encourage all developers, providers and consumers of APIs to gather and discuss innovations, opportunities and tactical or strategic problems faced. We've seen a lot of conversation and change going on in the API space, driven by cloud computing, SaaS, open source and other disruptions, and would like to get the community together to see how we can work together and come up with ideas on how to make …

ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers in San Francisco and the Valley to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, as well as Lean, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include short talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, design and development as well as plenty of time for networking and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to com …

The goal of Appsterdam is to provide a common ground for app makers, regardless of platform, role or business model. We want to create a place where developers can network, attend talks and meet like minded people. If you are unfamiliar with the organization Appsterdam you can learn more about them here: http://appsterdam.rs/. For a local embassy blog go here: http://appsterdamsf.wordpress.com/. Please follow us on Twitter @AppsterdamSF . Thanks.

The mission of this group is to: Help web developers to easily get into telephony development. Help traditional telephony/voice developers to leverage the APIs offered by telephony in the cloud companies such as Twilio, and 2600hz. Help the open-source communities such as FreeSwitch and Asterisk to further integrate into cloud computing. Help entrepreneurs to integrate voice, SMS, IM and other telephony services into their business model.

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 …

Many analysts have predicted 2011 will be a pivotal year for Connected TV. As business models adapt and the market matures, new opportunities will arise to redefine how we experience and consume media. Lean Back, is an event focused on bringing together developers, platform owners, partners and advertisers interested in Connected-TV. For more information, please go to http://adRise.com.

Leukemia Society, Junior League, French Tuesdays, Asia Society, Harvard Club,Ballet etc are some of the social venues in addition to VC& startup events and parties where the members of SF Social& Startup Club connect with CEO’s, VC’s, models, artists, leaders in a social and cultural setting and not when everyone is pitching them. You are also invited to join our sister meetup www.startupclubus.com

R is an open source programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical visualization. R has an estimated one million users worldwide, and its user base is growing. While most commonly used within academia, in fields such as computational biology and applied statistics, it is gaining currency in commercial areas such as quantitative finance and business intelligence. Among R's strengths as a language are its powerful built-in tools for inferential statistics, its comp …

Calling all Quants, Analysts, Business Intelligence Gurus, Stats folks, and other lovers of using data to power decision making. We'll meet once a month in a casual environment to talk about business, customer, web, and marketing models that drive profitability. Also, we'll take field trips to local area businesses, non-profits, and educational organizations to learn and share our experiences. Let's take analysts out of the closet and help drive better data driven decisions for all. Checkout my …

Greetings everyone! My name is Esther Hwang.  I am a SF resident, law school grad, and professional pin up model (www.esther.com). But my long time passion has been bringing together a group of interesting and energetic people to mingle and enjoy this beautiful city we call home. I am the founder of this meetup based on people of ALL DESCENT who would like to get more involved with the San Francisco Asian American community. Recently, I changed the direction of this meetup from solely a partying …

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 …

Raise Your Glass! Happy Hour Networking for Women Entrepreneurs For every women who believes that we are stronger together rather than apart. Who believes in tribal wisdom and the sharing of great stories. Who loves a great glass of wine (or two). Who believes that every woman has a right to find their inner warrior. Capture Power. Capture Love. Capture Wisdom. The Power is within You. This is for the woman in you. The woman who knows she has so much to offer the world. For the woman wh …

(i-SEE-You) iCu (i-see-you) is an new fun networking mixer! We are a new Networking club here in the bay, connecting fashionistas, entrepreneurs, creatives, and artists! We host monthly events to connect our creatives to mix and mingle! All of our events are different and hold a new exciting theme! Come mix, meet, and mingle! You never know who you may meet! Why just party, when you can party with a purpose? Our purpose is to bring like-minded people together with great energy in the same room. …