Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. The advent of the Digital Age has democratized innovation and entrepreneurship. Never before has it been more possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big, and in the process, change the world in a relatively short period of time. HP, Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo,  eBay, Amazon, Google, Facebook and many, many, many other ico …

Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

106 Miles is a network of startup founders, engineers, and friends. Our mission is to educate and empower entrepreneurial engineers. Our values are Reputation, Innovation, Solidarity, and Education. This is our Silicon Valley group; see also our Southern California group. Please join us if you're a founder or engineer (or friend!) and... * You have worked at a startup, * You want to work at a startup, * You have started a company, and/or * You want to start a company. We meet several time …

This group is for eBay sellers to meet, learn, share ideas and help each other. Whether you're a casual seller wanting to make a few extra dollars by clearing out your garage or a Top Rated Seller earning a living, we are for you. The group is free and meetups are free. We have an excellent breadth of members - from eBay trained Education Specialists to Trading Assistants to store designers to eBay employees and more. And we're getting amazing guests including: Lynn Dralle "The Queen of Auction …

Meet other local current or aspiring engineering leaders who are interested in Engineering Leadership as a strategic competency. Discuss engineering leadership and its aspects: team-building, direction-setting, career planning, project experiences, education, certification, recruiting, organization structure, inter-departmental relations, etc.

Please join us for a lively discussion of emerging developments in PreK-12 digital learning in and across formal and informal environments. Co-hosted by Stanford University Graduate School of Education Professor Roy Pea with the U.S. Department of Education's Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology and OET's Deputy Director, Richard Culatta, this meet up will be of interest to you as an ed-tech innovator or entrepreneur; learning sciences and technology researcher; or innov …

Wonderfest’s Mission is to inspire and nurture a deep sense of wonder about the world. Through science education programs, Wonderfest aspires to stimulate curiosity, promote careful reasoning, challenge unexamined beliefs, and encourage life-long learning.  Wonderfest, the San Francisco Bay Area Beacon of Science, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. http://wonderfest.org http://facebook.com/wonderfest http://twitter.com/wonderfest http://www.youtube.com/tuckeroo11

SVForum fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the San Francisco/Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies. We do this by: - creating connections and community - providing education and access to reources - linking the global business community to Silicon Valley, and - facilitating the exchange of unbiased knowledge, insights and best practices. With the support of an outstanding team of knowledgeable, passionate volunt …

Entrepreneurial moms meet and network with each other. Anyone who owns a business, wants to own one, is working on a creative venture, or wants to be around other business women in the Peninsula and surrounding neighborhoods can be a part of this Exchange. You do not have to be a business owner yet. This Exchange is about networking, helping each other through trials and tribulations, questions, problems, educating, and empowering each other. We will invite special speakers and some of our own m …

A group to promote technology and companies that use technology in the wine business. Members include vineyards, restaurants, wine dealers, wine lovers, techies and startup entrepreneurs looking for new markets and ways to leverage a huge industry. Our upcoming meetups will feature companies that use new technologies to service the wine industry, including industrial technology used in growing and the production process as well as web based platforms used in marketing, sales and distribution.

We believe in doing business networking on the basis of sound committed partnership. When we obtain a business networking lead or business referral, we treat it with honor and we return the priviledge with honor - Where the old fashioned business traits of integrity, loyalty, honoring promises, differences and similarities are upheld. This is a business group that upholds doing education and doing business smart and supporting others to be successful. NO CHARGE TO JOIN Some events will have …

Follow TheProven Way to Success in Real Estate There is a success formula in real estate and it's this: Success = Skillset + Mindset +Community. This unique group provides all 3 elements for success - while delivering the best of both worlds: national training with local expertise and networking in a single location! FREE World-Class Skillset & Mindset Training Access FREE webinar training from the nation's best real estate trainers while networking LIVE with the best real entrepreneurs, investo …

Meet other local executives to discuss topics of the day in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovations, Enterprise 2.0 , Social Enterprise , Social CRM , Social Media , Social Networking and Technology spaces. You can become a fan of our Social CRM facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/SocialCRMWorl ...  and join our group on LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=25 ...  where we also post job openings, have discussions and read news. Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/glfceo . …

This group is for founders of start-ups that are looking to raise initial angel, seed or Tier 1 venture funding. This group also welcome Investors and Fundraising consultants. This group is managed by the Startups & Societal Ventures Network (SSVN), headquartered in central Central Silicon Valley (USA) Welcome to the SSV Network! The "Startups & Societal Ventures" Network http://www.ssvnetwork.com Discuss: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=48286 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SSVNetwo …

Meet other women (and men) who are interested in empowering women in all kinds of technology and encouraging girls to pursue education in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) that will prepare them for career opportunities in technology. Discuss topical strategies for advancement, handling issues in the workplace, personal and professional development as well as the emerging technologies of interest.

EdTech Silicon Valley is a group that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and other innovators to create a better education future. We meet up to learn about the latest news, meet the coolest new companies, hear from industry leading speakers and be inspired to contribute to the education revolution.

Startup Grind is a global event series and community designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

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 …

Four to five times a year, SAP in Palo Alto (@SAPBayArea) hosts interesting speakers as part of the Hillview Speaker Series. Past speakers have included Sal Khan of the Khan Academy, Geoffrey Moore, Caleb Zigas, Dara O'Rourke and Alberto Savoia. The events are free of charge and open to the public. We encourage tech professionals, students, researchers, professors and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to attend.

Cloud Strategy Generation (CSG) helps with skills, experience and frameworks needed to enable Cloud Strategy for IT Projects. At Cloud Strategy Generation we connect cloud strategy to business models, to culture, to requirements and to ever evolving technology stack of Cloud Computing. We bring together educators, researchers, pioneers in the cloud and leaders from every industry to influence the usage and design of our tools. Our experiences are enduring and transformational delivering competit …

We read ingredient labels. We're always looking for healthier ways, safer things, or we're attempting to consume less, tread more lightly... We're not heavy, we're sistahs, and we like to have fun while learning from each other. Connecting women who have green businesses, ideas, experiences... Some of us have already taken giant steps towards sustainability & greener living; some would like to take baby steps to "go greener" but don't have the support network to make it happen. Let's connect onl …

Want to explore technology, science, and music, film? Take free classes from https://www.udacity.com/ and https://www.coursera.org/ and collaborate with a group to discover! These classes are great help whether you are building a startup or just want to keep updated on technology and arts. Feel free to post a discussion event through the "Suggest a New Meetup" feature.

Fashion+TechSV joins Fashion+TechSF & Fashion+TechNY as the Silicon Valley Chapter. FASHIONTECHSF.org is the longest running monthly workshop and the original event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology. Our mission is to create educational, economic development, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. From it's inception in February 2010, FASHIONTECHS …