Please note:  This meet up is sponsored by The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr Fund and membership is by referral from a current member.  When you request membership in this meet up, please include the name of the person who referred you.  Thank you! These get-togethers are an opportunity to meet in person and connect with other non-profit consultants who have a) current active work experience as consultants on organizational development and leadership for nonprofit organizations; and b) an interest …

This Meet Up Community is for finding pre-seed funding for iPhone, and Android app development. This group is being set up for for connecting professionals with experience in finance, product development, sales, marketing, and business development to fund and/or create new businesses around the iPhone and Android platforms. Come network, learn, and help new ventures in SF launch. We get together monthly to share projects, opportunities, and how-tos related to developing businesses on these new s …

There is life to banking and asset management outside of London and New York! Yes, here in San Francisco are we few and proud quants, traders, spreadsheet hackers and banking software developers looking to meet for an infrequent coffee or casual lecture.

iOS and Android Developers for iPhone Android iPad smart TV Apple TV Google TV. iOS and Android. We discuss mobile app and game development issues and strategies. The group shares among ourselves and brings in outside experts to help educate and advance our knowledge. Cross platform HTML5 and hybrid HTML5/Native solutions are encouraged We offer the opportunity for developers to share their projects and get feedback from group members and have live demonstrations of new apps that our members ar …

Passionate fans of avid ideas who wish to transform the future of advertising should join this group! If you have funded an ad on LoudSauce and want to meetup at the site of the LIVE ad, you may join! If you haven't funded an ad, but are excited about the mission...you should still attend these meetups! And even cooler, you and your friends may even be on the bottom of the ads we visit! (with your consent via LoudSauce of course!)

This is a meetup of Android Game Developers. Meetup for a chance to win funding, a how to guide to meet and convince VC's to fund your app and possibly a chance to sell your game.

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 …

Are you a budding or experienced entrepreneur? Pitch Mixer is guided by the principle that ideas don't flourish as meta-thought, rather they gain momentum out in the open, with support of evaluations, feedback, and iteration by resourceful people. Pitch Mixer engages the East Bay  startup community by running monthly entrepreneur forums where entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas to a judging panel who will evaluate the idea and provide feedback and recommendations based on the quality of the pitc …

The East Bay Series (EBS) takes place monthly (except for August and December) on a Wednesday evening at locations convenient to those who live and work in the East Bay, Tri-Valley and beyond in the Capital Corridor and Central Valley. The EBS theme is “real-life stories of entrepreneurial success,” reflecting how we use real-life experiences to give you practical recommendations with great take-away value. The format is a moderated panel discussion, typically with between three and five members …

Startup. Blast off. RocketSpace is an accelerator for high-growth, seed-funded tech startups. We provide the fuel that every startup needs to accelerate: access to top talent, tier 1 venture capital, and blue-chip brands representing millions of potential customers. Located in the heart of tech & new media in San Francisco, RocketSpace currently hosts over 130 of the hottest startups in mobile, gaming, and Web 2.0 as well as an alumni network including Uber, Zaarly, PocketGems, Zappos, and Pod …

At Startup EduTech you will find people who can help you take your educational mobile app or digital learning ventures to the next level. Submit your EduTech Startup: http://goo.gl/W9z91 Pitch your game changing idea: Build your team Find Investors Build Partnerships Get Funded It's all possible, when you 'empower young minds and the hands that guide them!' Find us on: Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/StartupEduTech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ByParents4Kids Twitter: http://t …

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 …

Connect deeply without losing yourself! Learn how to hear your body's messages and understand and ask for what you truly need with ease and grace. Women's Empowerment Circle is a soulful and inspiring group designed just for women who want more out of their lives and their relationships. Practice giving and receiving support in a confidential environment.  Located near the Ashby BART in Berkeley. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.  $10.00-20.00 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack o …

Are you an entrepreneur, fighting the good fight? Come down for some whiskey and maybe some fisticuffs. Have a hard time explaining "the life" to your normal friends?  Have you ever had the best day of your life followed by the worst day of your life, all in the span of 4 hours? If you're not afraid of a revenue model, have or are trying to raise funds, or have hoisted a pirate war-time flag, get on in.

Build, Find and Fund Next Big Mobile Apps, eBooks and Games in Education (K-12)

This group is interested in engaging the next generation of philanthropists who are curious to “be the change they wish to see in the world.” Join this meetup group to take part in fun, social, and innovative brainstorming sessions on what are the best strategies and messages for ensuring that more funds get to Latino communities in the U.S. and Latin America. Latinos are the second largest population group in the U.S., representing 16% of the total population. Yet less than 1.5% of foundation g …

The Women’s International Fund for Education is a start up organization currently seeking non-profit status. Our aim is to provide financial support and mentorship to women in developing countries to attend college and build successful and innovative careers to improve their communities and the environment.

The Young Leadership Committee - San Francisco is a group of young professionals dedicated to raising funds and awareness for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF). The committee, based in San Francisco, hosts various fundraising events that attract hundreds of young professionals between the ages of 21 and 40. Members of the Young Leadership Committee are asked to attend meetings where they are given the opportunity to take part in the inception, planning and ultimately the success of seve …

Do you want to feel more sexiness, increase your turn ons, and expand pleasure and Orgasm? Are you ready to unleash your erotic self? This is a group for anyone who is curious in having more sexuality, intimacy and connection in their lives. It is an open playground to discuss the more intimate topics of sex and relationships. In this bi-weekly fun and light evening, with somatic therapist and intimacy coach Shara Ogin, we will be exploring components of what makes for better sex and eroticism. …

Uhuru Foods & Pies operates food concessions at festivals and farmer’s markets and bakes thousands of pies for the annual Uhuru Holiday Pies fundraiser. All funds support African community economic development. "Uhuru" means freedom in Swahili. We welcome volunteers who are interesting in social justice in the black community and want to see thriving, sustainable and just economic development. This year, Uhuru Foods & Pies is involved in fundraising and winning support for Uhuru Jiko, a communit …

This is group for anyone who is interested in learning how classroom finance topics are used professionally in the investment management industry. Come learn real tricks of the trade so you can make better investment decisions. The material covered should be relevant whether you are just starting out or are a veteran in the field.

We are the CSUA leadership, former leadership, and hosers! We will reconnect monthly and do random awesome things! [Internal] events  == in Berkeley. Everyone on this meetup implicitly invited. Geared toward current students. Any hoser or officer can create an internal event! [Alumni] events == in Berkeley, SF, South Bay, or maybe even Seattle; who knows? Everyone on this meetup implicitly invited. Geared toward alumni. Any alumn can create an alumni event! Event ideas: Ballmer's Peak, nerd …

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 …

Legacy. Leadership. Lifetime. The East Bay Women's Network (EBWN) was founded in 1989 with the mission to create a meeting space "where professional business women gather for support and share ideas to foster success." Over the last 24 years, we have supported success in women from all walks of life: 1- women with careers in corporate America; 2- professional business women; 3- women starting their own small business; 4- entrepreneurial women; 5- women in non-profit organizations... Our goal has …

I'll say it up front. The founder, me, of this group runs an investment advisory firm. BUT I've formed this meetup group to answer questions and get discussions going to help all curious investors understand and make better investment choices. The focus will be on topics including 401K's, Mutual Funds, ETF's, Asset Allocation, Stock Options etc. If you are looking for help in investing you'll get unbiased and no obligation assistance here.

This is a group that will be forming for the purpose of assembling working teams of ambitious and creative budding entrepreneurs who are interested in working together to share their skills and ideas and collectively put together at least one fundraising proposal on Kickstarter. The results of the work that is done collectively will be shared collectively. A variety of skills are required to create an effective and successful fundraising campaign and no one person embodies all of them, so lets w …

This group is for anyone who is interested in exploring the new digital industrial revolution and demand expectation economy. The old industrial age of mass manufacturing is giving way to a new demand based economy seen with the rise of crowd-funding, crowd-sourcing, hardware makers, adaptive manufacturing, and digital technology. This democratization of manufacturing is empowering consumers and producers alike with new creativity, innovations, choice, personalization, and customization. Join a …

Trading can be a lonely endeavor and sometimes it is great to just be able to get out of the house and hang out with people who know what the heck you are talking about. We are a group of Forex Traders dedicated to helping you become a better trader. We welcome traders of all skill levels and backgrounds. Meetups will be both social and educational. If you are looking to fund traders (or trading related startups) or are a trading educator, we look forward to meeting you too. Please join if you a …