The Mobile Guild fosters information exchange, Professional development, and networking amongst its members. Discussions & trends on Mobile Apps (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone 7), New opportunities, Monetization and business models created by the convergence of cameras & Sensors in smartphones and more.. Mobile Guild is a platform - a table to talk. What is being discussed here? - Tips and tricks for successful Monetization of Mobile Apps - New Business models and opportunities …

Entrepreneurs, you may be in business for yourself but you are not by yourself! This meetup is a place for business owners and entrepreneurs to meet and exchange ideas. The main focus of this group is to assist Small Business owners in growing their businesses by networking and exchanging information. Enabling our members to grow, expand and flourish in their endeavors. This meetup is being brought to you by Tamian Associates, a firm that is committed to your successful business. We do Business …

Solar Marketerers is for solar business owners and solar marketing professionals to come and share ideas about how to market their businesses/clients.

Our mission: To offer the International mobile technology and services sector an unbiased discussion dialogue on emerging technologies. Analyze their commercial, economical, social and political impact for an audience of senior business executives, researchers, financiers, policy makers and our loyal software developers. In keeping with SVForum’s history of innovation and leadership, we have decided to commit to I.P. protocol technology and the distribution of information associated. Enabling co …

Welcome entrepreneurs, innovators & investors!!! We are a group of entrepreneurs, innovator & investors that collaborate in an informal environment to discuss monetization 2.0 opportunities. How can be best monetize the video & mobile space, social media, B2B & B2C apps, virtual currencies, widgets and other mash-ups etc ... Come join us in sharing your ideas, business models and current trends to encourage innovation, maximize revenue potential and create new sustainable business models.

Welcome to the Bay Area meetup Pinterest group! We welcome all those 'power users' of Pinterest, and if you are a Pinterest addict, you are at the right place! We'll meet, we'll chat about Pinterest, compare boards and even check out cool tools for Pinterest users!

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 …

Come join like minded people to learn about upcoming new changes, tools from startups and how companies are using Pinterest and share your learning too. Developers may be interested in the unofficial api group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/pinterestapi and the 'old api docs' http://tijn.bo.lt/pinterest-api

Enterprise users helping users keep the lights on.

I think joining a group can help with individual accountability, productivity and support. Are you a writer, an entrepreneur, a designer? What do you like/need to do on your laptop? Myself, I'm a blogger. I'm looking to form a group that can meet-up with their laptops in tow, have lunch or a snack, and get some work done as well. I'm a casual, low-stress, no drama kinda person, but I am asking that if you join this group, you understand my intention for forming it and some ground rules (that I h …

The SVForum Software Architecture and Platform SIG offers a forum for members to discuss and learn about new and emerging technologies in software architecture, development tools, and platforms. At the monthly meeting, there is a technical presentation involving software tools, techniques, platforms, or architecture used to capitalize on an emerging market opportunity or solve an enterprise computing problem. Software tools include emerging functional languages such as Scala or F#, HTML5 or new …

Meet other local users of the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / Python) platform, a very popular combination for developing OpenSource web applications and the most widely used web development platform.

Bringing together people interested in technology, social media, and socializing. Come join a group of fun people to socialize, discuss technology, and meet new people. Extend the invitation to your friends and colleagues. We look forward to meeting you. NEW EVENT SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED THE WEEK OF 2/15/2010 See you there!

This is a group devoted to increasing both visibility and leads for small businesses via inbound and content marketing. Outbound or internet marketing is expensive, generally making it beyond the reach of small businesses, which is exactly who needs it most. In this meetup we look at real-world, recent and relevant case studies on how to inbound marketing correctly on a modest budget. Traditionally, businesses have leveraged print coupons, newspaper ads, and direct mail to advertise their produc …

Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs is a professional networking group for (you guessed it) entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area who run or are inspired to start their own businesses.  We all have a goal of building our businesses through referrals and building a solid marketing system. As the organizer, fellow-business owner, and career coach, I am excited to hear stories of your success and give you tips of what worked for me and what did not, especially using social media. I understand personal …

The Cisco Users Group of Silicon Valley meets once a month to discuss products, services, and technologies to simplify network management with Cisco Prime products for enterprise and service providers. Cisco is truly dedicated to customer success. Our mission is to shape the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, partners, shareholders, and employees. Built for the human network. Disclaimer: The Cisco Users Group of Silicon Valley is an independ …

Do you work out of coffee shops or from your home office? Is your work portable? Do you need a communal place to study or share your startup ideas with like-minded individuals? Then Cowork Fremont might be your dream too. Cowork Fremont is an interest group to start a coworking space in the San Francisco bay area city of Fremont. The idea of this coworking space would be to give independent business owners, freelancers, mobile professionals, entrepreneurs, and other like-minded individuals a s …

Any unattached singlefrom Indian origin that is above 35 years of age are welcome. If you are Never been Married, Divorcee, Widow or Separated but Divorce in process this is the group for you. If you are in live-in relationship then please do not join. Now a day’s finding right partner is very hard. Lots of opportunities are there due to internet but lots of choices too Most of the single people have tried all matrimonial web sites but very less success. Why not we single people helps each other …

Any unattached single from (not in live-in together relationship) Indian origin that is above 35 years of age is welcome. If you are Never been Married, Divorcee, Widow or Separated but Divorce in process this is the group for you. Now a day’s finding right partner is very hard. Lots of opportunities are there due to internet but lots of choices too. Most of the single people have tried all matrimonial web sites but very less success. Why not we single people helps each other to find compatible …

Mobile devices are transforming how we work – constantly connected and accessing company data… everywhere. This brings a new level of productivity along with some new management and security challenges. This group is a collection of IT and Security professionals concerned with managing BYOD programs or corporate mobile devices within the enterprise. The purpose is for members to network and discuss similar issues and challenges, including policies for end users, unique mobile data security conce …

TechXploration is PayPal's free, tech-focused speaker series that occurs monthly in San Jose. Hear from Valley-based tech luminaries while sampling the finest craft beer and local eats! All are welcome. Join us!

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 …

Calling all Business Networkers:- Our Goal is to create a group for sharing and learning around business and technology topics including Sales, Marketing, Finance, Business Operations, New Gen Technology amongst other interesting topics. ATTENTION: Please note that this group is not affiliated with the Silicon Valley Business Group (SVBG).

API Management meet-up group will help create a community of API practitioners and implementors who can come together to share their experience and learnings on defining, designing, building, launching and managing Web APIs based on SOAP/REST/JSON/XML technologies. The group welcomes audience from various industries with diverse skills with below roles - API Architect - API Developer - Engineering Manager - Engineering Director - Product Managers - Mobile Architect & Developers

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 …

The Autotech Council gathers auto manufacturers, vendors, distributors, startups, and investors every other month for a 1/2 day, deep dive on one segment inside the auto industry where lots of innovation is taking place. These meetings are open to the public and introduce dozens of companies to new ideas, new companies, and new opportunities. They include insight into to what the major vendors and manufacturers are doing as well as exposing them to a handful of new products and services. Startup …