Are you involved in a startup or want to be? Startup Grind was started to help entrepreneurs meet new people face-to-face, and continue to build a lasting relationship with them online after the event. It's a monthly event held in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York City, Ottawa, Seattle, San Francisco and features a range of speakers from founders, to journalists, to investors. More importantly it has the coolest community you've ever seen. Come to our event or go to Commonred.com to meet ama …

A group for anyone creating a startup that caters to the College Market. You should definitely join us if: * You are in a College-related Startup * You are interested in joining a College Startup * You are a CS ninja!

Solid State Startups make physical things. Things that hurt if you drop them on your foot. SSS is a place to share experience and wisdom that only comes from building stuff in the real world.

Core group has worked with technology startups for over 18 years. How to take a social media or technology start-up company from idea concept through funding and global market. Whether family shoestring budget, angel investment or VC venture capital the principles for success remain the same. With the warp-speed changes in digital, mobile and hyper-localized marketing as well as consumer savvy rewards based technologies emerging every view days we would love to meet and chat about some basic …

… This group is more focused on the policies, applications, ideas, startups, and innovations around online data than it is about specific coding languages or underlying technologies.   Potential Data 2.0 Meetup Focuses: - API's and Standardization: Utilizing and contributing to the "structured cloud" - OpenGov Data: Initiatives, Applications, Visualizations, and Analytics - GeoData: From Check-ins and Events to Market Intelligence - Business Intelligence 2.0: Startups who are innovating how busine …

This high energy networking group is for startups, entrepreneurs and small business owners who are launching a new venture and want to share ideas.  Our first event in LA had over 200 attendees and 30 PopUP Demos. Each event will begin with networking mixer while enjoying beer and wine with happy hour specials. 6pm-7pm Networking and View Demo tables Anyone who spends $20 on food and/or drink can have a demo table to display their technology. We provide WiFi and outlets; bring your laptop.  Our …

Rainmakers is series of miniconferences focusing on entrepreneurial education. Each event is centered around a technological theme on which relevant startup founders and professionals from the industry are invited to share their experiences.

To apply for a demo, please use the on-line form.   This group aims to be the point of contact between User Experience Professionals (product managers, designers, researchers, front end developers, technical writers, customer support professionals) and the developer community in the Bay Area. The purpose of the group is to help the User Experience community talk to who needs us, help you network and find new gigs with some exciting startup that need some UX love and care. Although the main focus …

Stanford GSB High Tech club is a place for people who share passion for technology and who wish to pursue a career in High-Tech. We hold tons of events bringing speakers and cool companies to campus! Join us to some of our open events! A great opportunity to meet cool people with shared interests.

Startup Waffles was started by the StartupDigest co-founders Chris & Brendan to bring together founders and hackers for tasty waffles. For our first Waffle event we had no idea what to expect but 80 Founders ended up coming to our small apartment including a TechCrunch writer, 3 VC’s, and companies were giving tech demos!! It was crazy. Since our first success and since holding Startup Waffles events in NYC and Kansas City we decided to create this into a regular event. Join to stay up to dat …

We connect startup founders 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.    Our events are monthly: Life 3.0 - Startups That Change The Way You Live (Demo of early-stage startups) You Pitch, Angels Teach (Startups Pitch to Investors) Startup School (Learn from Investors and CEOs how to build your startup) …

… For general networking and exposure to tons of great startups, look into the SVNewTech Meetup. And for a great summary of startup events, check out startupdigest.com. Both of these are awesome!

  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 o …

Ultra Light Startups Ultra Light Startups brings together the world's most innovative technology entrepreneurs, in monthly events and accompanying online communities. Events feature pitching, networking and interactive, moderated panel discussions with leading industry experts. Topics cover: Design, Technology, Marketing and Finance   And be sure to checkout our website and join our social media groups: Website - http://ultralightstartups.com/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ultralightstartu …

Welcome to Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startup Group! Meet other local entrepreneurs /founders/Hackers, VCs, and leaders for the mobile / Internet industry, including Android, iOS, WP, blacberry, HTML5 , Facebook, Chrome, and cloud! Come to our events to network and share your stories. Hear how others have overcome hurdles and achieved success. All are welcome! This fast growing Entrepreneur community is the the place to network with the like minds. And also, its a great place to help individ …

The Silicon Valley Semantic Technology Group (previously known as Palo Alto Semantic Web (PAWS) Group) is a forum in which Bay Area people interested in the Semantic Web can meet each other and learn more about this fascinating area of research and its applications. Our discussion will include all Semantic Web technologies with a focus on current projects and potential project and startup opportunities. Discussions may be technical, although those interested in business applications/functionalit …