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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

(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. …

A lot of startups nowadays go by a very common model: there are 2-3 co-founders, have a seed round, hire more people, make money, Series A, more people, etc... I would like to explore the topic of how a startup "alliance" can be formed in the early days, before any of the startups have even begun coding (ones that are in the ideation phase). Possibly gathering 5-20 co-founders who all join the alliance, they may have different ideas. The strategy would be they collectively decided which idea see …

Are you an entrepreneur, fighting the good fight? Come down for some whiskey and maybe some fisticuffs. Have a hard time explaining "the life" to your normal friends?  Have you ever had the best day of your life followed by the worst day of your life, all in the span of 4 hours? If you're not afraid of a revenue model, have or are trying to raise funds, or have hoisted a pirate war-time flag, get on in.

This group is for professionals interested in developing their organizational skills to improve personal productivity, management ability, and to influence their organization to become more effective. Learn the principles and practice the disciplines of getting things done. Weekly workshop with monthly focus on: Personal productivity - getting things done Team productivity and project management Organizational effectiveness The workshops will integrate different approaches to personal and grou …

Coaches inspire our clients to be the best they can be. One of the activities that this group does is to meet to talk about best practices, share challenges, coach each other, discuss new findings, experiment with new tools, seek support. In general we are there for each to continue our learnings, our skills and our talents. We are a caring, sharing , proactive group of co-active coaches. Our skills and experience are as diverse as we are. You should join us if you are a co-active coach who foll …

Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Data Warehouse Group! This is a user group to discuss and collaborate on strategies, best practices and experiences building data warehouses. This group is open for everyone interested in networking with other data warehousing professionals (architects, developers, modelers, analysts, data scientists, PMs, directors, recruiters, etc), learning the latest technologies and trends, and sharing best practices and experiences. For those interested in: Data Wareho …

This group was created to assist bay area locals in learning more from each other. We facilitate small in person classes everyday for groups of 10-20 on all sorts of awesome subjects like  film, photography, graphic design,  cooking, business and technology subjects like programming. We will be holding classes, as well as professional networking mixers in the south bay, and soma Citizen Space locations. What is Citizen Space? We take the best elements of a coffee shop (social, energetic, creati …

This is a group for anyone currently working or interested in Game Development. We primarily discuss current games and technology, market trends and issues facing the industry. Its a great causal place to network and pick up or share some interesting tips. Feel free to make suggestions! This group is for people in game development and for those who want to be. Join us if you're an artist, programmer, designer, marketing guru, any connection to game development at any level.

Whether you’re an avid photography enthusiast or just enjoy taking pictures, SF Photography Lovers is the perfect way to meet great people who share a passion for photography or have always wanted to learn more! Our members love travel, adventure, culture, and of course photography! Many of our events & activities are great for taking pictures, sharing pictures, and learning! We even do some big trips around the world and locally in the San Francisco Bay Area!

Fuel your passion and take your creativity to the next level, learn how to develop a signature style, start a career in photography, network with successful photographers, learn valuable business and life skills, be inspired and mentored by world class photographer - Scott Robert Lim. For more lighting, posing & inspirational photography tips go to our school link - http://www.scottrobertworkshop.com Check out Scott Robert Lim's award winning images - http://scottrobertgallery.com/ Scott …