If you kitesurf / kiteboard you know it's one of the most addictive sports going. We kiters go to extreme lengths, spend loads of cash, put our personal relationships in peril, and travel ungodly distances in search the right kite experience. Entrepreneurs similarly risk their financial safety, put heavy stress on their personal lives, and travel a long road in search of that world changing opportunity. Kiters and Entrepreneurs, clearly, are cut from the same cloth. Any windy day at 3rd ave reve …

The Technology Frontiers Collaborative (TFC) is dedicated to sustained and sustaining innovation. The TFC invites all stakeholders at the frontiers of science and technology to exchange information, get educated, and promote best practices and policies for operating at the leading edge in their fields. Through its collaborative forums, TFC encourages the proliferation of scientific breakthroughs and high-impact enabling technologies, and their translation to commercial products and services.

A meetup group for people who are interested in autonomous vehicles here in Northern California

Are you an entreprenuer looking to connect with like-minded people to learn and take your business to the next level? Are you tired of your job that gets you nowhere? Do you want to prepare your job exit to become a Business Champion for yourself. Do you want to be your own boss and take charge of your own financial future? If your answers are yes, read on… Every Entrepreneur has one thing in common – everyone was a beginner at one time. Many of them have gone on to achieve success beyond their …

Welcome to our Leadership Group - Coaching By Amelia and Steve. This is created for like-minded people who want gather, swap stories, discuss motivational and life techniques in a mastermind group setting. About Amelia: Seasoned executive with diversified background in all aspects of high-technology business development in the U.S. and Asian markets: integrated corporate and marketing communications, new product launch, public relations, cross-cultural communications training, life coaching, and …

TEC - The Entrepreneurs Club (formely CoolTechClub) is a strong international multi-ethnic network of high-tech entrepreneurs, executives and other professionals. Our members speak English, Russian, Hebrew and many other European languages. We are headquartered in the Silicon Valley and hold regular meetings in Palo Alto, New York and Moscow. Our goals are: * To provide a networking platform for high-tech entrepreneurs coming to Silicon Valley and other high-tech centers from different countr …

This is a group for anyone interested in areas where creative work, design, and technology intersect. We started this group as a way to discuss topics of interest and find ways to collaborate.

Tiger conservation has gone high-tech. Using remote camera traps, software programs that identify individual tigers captured in photographs, and other cutting-edge tools, Wildlife Conservation Society researchers are making major strides in protecting these endangered great cats. To help us safeguard their most critical habitats, we’ve joined forces with tech pros who share our commitment, and need your support. Our mission is urgent: Fewer than 3,200 wild tigers exist in the world today. Of thi …

Tri-valley group to discuss funding, technology, marketing ideas related to high technology startups. Looking for people with ideas, experience who have started or looking to start up a high tech business.

We connect U.S. start-ups with Chinese capital and market.

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 …

This group brings together the people from around the Bay Area that make our web sites, phone apps, and high tech accessible to all users. The Group meets for dinner to share information and news as friends and colleagues. These dinners are not for promoting companies or products.

Run for fun - in rain or sun - on dirt, rocks, mud, grass or sand. Run with us, alone, for a cause or for yourself. Run barefoot, in flip flops, or high-tech trainers.  Run in your PJs, birthday suit, or latest, greatest gear.  Run at night under a full moon or under the mid-day blazing sun.  Run without rules or plans.  Run because you want to- not because you have to. Our Meet ups feature non-competitive, set-your-own-pace trail runs through county parks, often combined with group activities …

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 …

Bay Area high-tech Business Owners and Entrepreneurs network and connect each month, live and in person to share ideas, successes and questions.

Apply software development principles to dwelling environments and optimize/re-invent live-work processes - start at futureLiving.info Imagine your very own multi-purpose dwelling environment that adjusts to your needs throughout the day and over the course of your life, inspires you to fully unfold your potential and effectively works to maximize your well-being/performance. Join the international community to create, build and own the open-source modular, extendable, mobile, service-based arch …

This is a meetup for women who want to learn from other women on how to start a high-tech company in Silicon Valley. We will learn from one another, network, make introductions for each other, and create an old girls network. We will bring in women who are at different stages at their startups to talk to us about how they did it, what worked and what did not work for them. Come join this exciting group and create your community.

Social Media is not just a fad, It is here to stay! The group is designed to help small business owners who are unfamiliar with social media and how it can be utilized to increase sales, extend you brand and better communicate with your clients and customers. Most people when they think of Social Media think of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn adn YouTube, but it is also much more than that, It is utilizing the interactive features of what is called "Web 2.0 We will be sharing business ideas, mar …

Laboratory Managers, Supervisors and Directors meeting to discuss the work, personnel, equipment, facility, regulations and issues. Let's use our group wisdom to solve our common problems. You will make this site valuable if you bring questions, give answers, send meeting suggestions and invite more Lab Managers to join. For now we are gathering Managers of Biotech, High-Tech, Medical, Clinical, Academic, Industrial and related Laboratories. We should have both Happy-Hour and Power-Hour meetups. …

Welcome to Woman, StartUp! You are: a woman, startup entrepreneur & want-trepreneur or potential co-founder material a coder, hacker, geek chick, you name it...you are a technically hot woman. independent, unique, good at what you do, a visionary, or a game changer. You face challenges in the technology world.... Let us guess...you go to lots of networking events, workshops, speaker panels, hand out a lot of business cards...oh yeah!, you have nice evenings shared with other entrepreneurs. …

Wize Real Estate Investor Network brings together investors who are seeking financial freedom via wise real estate investment. Often times investors are overwhelmed by the many different types of investment, enticed by the potential of high return and overlook the risks associated with any type of investment. The ultimate goal of investment of Wize investors is to achieve financial freedom by minimizing risk and investing in positive cash flow real estates which generates passive income for life …

This is a group looking to organize tech entrepreneurs who have an interest in leading and joining the cloud computing revolution. I started this group because I'm passionate about cloud computing, and I'm really interested in sharing and collaborating idea's with other like minded people. Let's get together and brain storm!

Conversations on Cleantech 2.0 We have seen this picture before. Only a decade ago, Web 1.0 had crashed amid high profile failures and bankruptcies. Billions had been lost. LPs and VCs mourned that successful business models were virtually nonexistant in all of the four "C"s on the internet: Communication, Content, Commerce and Community. It's hard to remember now, but it was very challenging to raise money for internet businesses. But bandwith, storage, and software platforms had gotten cheap. …

Meet with other engineers responsible for the reliability, scalability and efficient operation of large scale systems. Sessions will typically involve a free technical presentation and open forum to ask questions.  Target Audience:  Engineers & Sys Admin's who are interested in topics such as scalability, monitoring, troubleshooting,  solving tough web operations issues, Unix/Linux, LAMP and automation. See a video introduction to the group here:  http://bit.ly/c59MWE Follow us on Twitter …

We will participate in regular business and social networking events in collaboration with other meetup groups.  These events are great opportunities to meet and connect with entrepreneurs, financiers, technologists, tech executives, Internet consultants, and other movers and shakers in Silicon Valley. This meetup is geared towards small business owners, self-employed professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs who want to maximize ROI for their advertising dollars. This is where small business ow …