IGNITE! kicks off Tuesday March 13 at 5 PM at RocketSpace, 181 Fremont Street n San Francisco. Hummer Winblad is our sponsoring VC and Mitchell Kertzman, Managing Director, is our Keynote Speaker. If you are interested in pitching please go to www.ignitefundraisers.com . Ten companies will have demo tables and the top four startups, picked by attendees, will have an opportunity to pitch to a distinguished panel of VC and Angels. The winner gets a pitch session at Hummer Winblad!! If you’d like t …

San Francisco Startup Pitch Night provides the platform to practice and improve your pitch. The leadership team is dedicated to providing the platform for startups to practice their pitch. Our goal is make it fun to practice your pitch and to have it be within relaxed and supportive peer-driven environment. Additionally, we provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the San Francisco, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. RSVP to prac …

This is a meetup group for all the Lakers fans in San Francisco and surrounding area's.

We all love the breakthrough platform for startups called AngelList [http://angel.co/]. It's time AngelList has a User Group. This cluster will share experience about how to get the most from AngelList. Like the best user groups, we are independent, sponsored by users only. Join us to continuously develop your expertise with AngelList, share stories, have some impassioned conversation and hopefully a lot of fun.

[color=green][b]WELCOME![/b][/color] Our events are for all us singles who want to GET OUT and have some FUN! Not that we don't love our couple friends too, but they always have to leave early (or can't come at all) because of the kids, the house, etc.  This group is for those of us who have more free time and want to make some new friends while having some FUN! There are more of us single people in the bay area than you think, so leave all your friends who are couples at home and come out to …

Silicon Valley New Technology "Entrepreneurs & Founders Showcase" is one of the first meetups that also welcomes consumers.  At the end of the day, all new technology will find its way to the end user! At this meetup, investors, co-founders and consumers will have an opportunity to be early adopters of the New Technology being launched in Silicon Valley! All types of technology are included with the purpose of educating, investors, co-founders, end users, dealers and consumers about the features …

We connect startup entrepreneurs with startup funding from angel investors, seed and venture capital. We attract the most innovative startups in both tech and non-tech industries. At our events you can demo your startup, meet investors,  and learn how to build startups from successful entrepreneurs. We also  cover the following topics:  disruptive startups, pitching your startup, investor relations, startup law, augmented reality, and mobile development. Take a look at our entrepreneur community …

Non-profit Festivals & Events covering tech challenges with emphasis on artistic expression and creativity. Bringing together independent artists, coders, game developers, creators, performers and musicians celebrating Art and Technology. CODAME exists to incubate and support artists, technologists and designers that push the boundaries of hardware, software, and physical/digital mediums. At the intersection of ART+TECH, CODAME is accelerating the way we interpret and express our rapidly changin …

SFBootstrap is a meetup group for founders or entrepreneurs that have build their business without outside funding. We meet in Downtown San Francisco and discuss the challenges of building a business without venture, angel, or any outside funding. Join us to meet other founders and interesting entrepreneurs, learn from others, and share tips you have discovered along the way. We are all working for the same goal, why not help each other on the way? Join the group and you'll get a monthly SFBoots …

ARE YOU A STARTUP / SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR IN PALO ALTO & SAN FRANCISCO LOOKING FOR FUNDING? MEETUP WITH ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS AND LEARN WHAT BUSINESS CROWDFUNDING CAN DO FOR YOUR COMPANY. Hello, As entrepreneurs, we know how hard it is to raise funds for a Startup or small business. Too often it becomes a full-time job, distracting us from running and growing our business. This meetup will hold events in SF to bring founders and investors in the same room and help them get ready to …

A SOMA Meetup for start-ups, entrepreneurs, engineers with great ideas, VCs, Angels and anyone else who wants to build systems, platforms, products or services using elite level Ruby on Rails development.

Startup up boot camp for Android, iOS, HTML5, WP startups.

We've combined the power of NetSquared & NTEN's 501 Tech Clubs to create San Francisco Tech4Good. We gather to explore an aspect of how technology is being leveraged for social impact projects. We see a big opportunity to share experiences and take action on local and global issues. We're part of a global network of grassroots-organized communities across North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa, all exploring social tech tools for social change. We come from a variety of organiz …

Fashion Technology (FT) Accelerator is a program in Silicon Valley exclusively dedicated to start-ups at the intersection of fashion and technology. FT Accelerator works with a selected group of companies that are already generating revenue and are typically ready to achieve sustained growth. For pre-revenue start-up there is FT Start-up Showcase, a monthly discussion / demo centered around different topics and challenges facing the Fashion & Retail industries at the intersection with Technology …

With Laughter Yoga, hilarity brings clarity! Like physical yoga, breath and presence is of the essence. But, in Laughter Yoga our exercises are about movement rather than postures. And, our breath and movement are fueled by laughter! My name is Tommy Westerfield, and I am a Certified Laughter Yoga Instructor. I received my training at the American School of Laughter Yoga in Los Angeles in 2009. What I love about Laughter Yoga is you don't need to be happy, or have a sense of humor, or even have …

Have you had a spiritual experience? Meet other people who have had experiences like you. Discuss and share: * Dreams * Past-life recall or having a sense that you have lived before * Out-of-body (near-death/ Soul Travel) * Seeing an inner light * Hearing an inner sound * Inner guide––angel, spiritual master, voice * Knowingness––coincidence/déjà vu * Divine love––from a family member, friend, pet, etc. For more information see: www.eck-ca.org and www.eckankar.org

The Arden Reed Tailor Truck with 3D Body Scanner will be visiting Los Angeles from May 26th to June 3rd, San Francisco from June 5th to June 13th, and Chicago from June 18th to June 26th. For a detailed video on our Tailor Truck Tour, head over to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1674251651/the-tailor-truck-with-3d-body-scanning-the-future. Website: http://ArdenReed.com Check us out on Facebook at Http://www.facebook.com/ArdenReed

The Gaming & Mobile Entrepreneurship get-together's started a few years ago at Stanford and meet every quarter in the Bay Area. The idea is simple: get together on a regular basis people who are interested in gaming, mobile and entrepreneurship. The event is open so feel free to pass around. The last events saw over 500 people from: A Bit Lucky, Blizzard, Nexon, Google, ZipZapPlay, PopCap, PlayFish, Activision, Zynga, Apple, Unity, Neowiz, EA, Booyah, Trion, Sifteo, Raptr, Playdom, Playspan, P …

Hang out with Indiegogo team members and campaigners in a city near you, find out more about crowdfunding best practices (offline and online), and more than likely have a drink on us. Indiegogo empowers people around the world to fund what matters to them. As the largest global crowdfunding platform, campaigns have launched from every country around the world with millions of dollars being distributed every week due to contributions made by the Indiegogo community. At its core, Indiegogo is the …

Missions: This meetup group is all about getting YOU FUNDED!!! It's also a very fun and interactive group as we have on  the last Wed. of each month we partner with Plug & Play Tech Center for Pitch Demo to Investors. If you have a project that falls in any of the categories listed in http://www.gazillionfund.com, feel free to send me your excerpt. All of our own meetup events are free, and we even provide food to most of them! And this meetup group also provides free passes or discounted price …

Come and hang out with people working on crowdfunding projects. Learn what makes a crowdfunding campaign successful from panelists who have succeeded (or failed) in funding their own ideas.  Find opportunities for collaboration, whether you're a maker, videographer, photographer, or social media strategist.

This Meetup is a unique meeting dedicated in promoting the hottest Web 2.0 startups. Former keynote speakers: -Gokul Rajaram - Google AdSense - Jim Barnett - CEO of TURN - Jay Webster - CTO of BlueLithium - Ray DeRenzo - MobiTV - Mike Masnick - CEO of Techdirt - Ben Smith - CEO of Merchant Circle - Renaud Laplanche - CEO of Lending Club - Eyal Hertzog - Founder of Metacafe - Dr. Barney Pell - CEO of PowerSet - Chi-Hua Chien - Accel Partners - Ramu Yalamanchi - CEO of Hi5 - Hooman Ra …

Keiretsu Forum's Entrepreneur Academy equips you, an entrepreneur, to accelerate your access to the capital, expertise, and resources you need to grow your business. Each of the courses is led by seasoned industry executives and delivers practical, relevant, and timely knowledge and practices that are critical to your business.

This group is designed to cultivate a network of young entrepreneurs in San Francisco! It is my experience that with the internet every industry is just one degree from being deeply dependent on the next. With that being said, no matter the industry we have chose to dedicate our time to. We can each play a significant role in helping one another's company blast off! I look forward to meeting you all. Look forward to interesting mixers city wide! “The richest people in the world look for and bui …

Not every networking event requires you to pickle your liver! Startup Bike is a monthly bicycle ride where you can get some healthy exercise and then pickle your liver! If you're a entrepreneur, tech worker or investor who also happens to love bikes, come on out for a social ride.

Description of Community Group: It takes skill, resources and a community to create a successful business, be it a high-tech start-up or a small business. At Golden Gate University, many of our students choose to start their own ventures upon graduation, building on the knowledge they've gained with us. Business owners also come to GGU looking to fill gaps in their training and gain the confidence it takes to compete in the climate today. Many of our faculty are themselves investors and entrepre …

SF-Startup-Now is a meetup focused on bringing together the forward thinking business mentors to speed-up/accelerate the go-to-market of any start-up product or service! We have launched in SV-SF, also looking to launch in LA then NY etc... We have sponsors like Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and Box. The sponsors will provide cash and product prizes including wireless internet, cloud storage, back office, and a host of many other business needs to go-to-market and create reven …

Meet and mingle with fellow "gothic and lolitas" of the growing fashion movement and culture. From the Classic lolita to the ever-popular Gothic lolita style and the eye-catching Sweet lolita, all Lolitas are welcome! If you are wanting to try the style out come to one of our meets ups and meet some other newbies and the local veterans. The Lolita style began in the 1970's with brands such as Milk and Pink House making outfits that resembled Canada's Anne of Green Gables (which is widely loved i …