Come meet and greet your Castro Street neighbors and mingle with startup folks.

Bring Your Site, Improve Your Design Are you building a website without a designer? Do you feel like there's something wrong, but can't quite put your finger on it? Are you a designer looking for some feedback? No matter how much time you’ve put into your website, chances are it could still benefit from a designer’s “fresh pair of eyes”. We’ll review your website and make suggestions for improvement. We’ll go through examples and analyze the content, typography, look and feel, accessability, etc …

… 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 …

We work under the principles that there are three key elements to start with that will create a successful startup: good people, a product the market actually wants, and money (either by spending as little money as possible or having access to enough money to it see through to customer interaction). Startups that fail at any one of these three key elements will likely fail. But all three are doable. And that’s what makes startups so exciting – they may be hard but they are doable. Cofounder Clu …

It's hard to find a consistent, good game of hoops in the Bay, especially if you work for a startup or small company and can't join a corporate league. Let's get together for some good runs with fellow hoopers in tech. Depending on interest, we'll figure out a format that works best-- either renting out a gym every few weeks for a regular game, getting a team together for a league, or setting up a league of our own. Invite your friends, chime in with your ideas, and let's ball.

Do you keep up with the latest trends of web technology?Do new web analytics startups excite you?Are you curious about HTML5, CSS3, and more? We welcome all professionals involved with web technology, including website development, web analytics, social media, mobile apps, CRMs, and cloud. If you're a:- web designer, - web developer, - web marketer, - or anyone else who loves web technology, then this group is for you! We'll talk about the latest trends, share our ideas about what works and w …

We empower businesses with web tools to amplify their voices and increase their business. This takes the form of: Beautiful and effective websites Easy to use blogs, forums and live support Facebook and other social media marketing Email marketing and customer relation management (CRM) Simple and well made shopping carts Search services for locally focused businesses AdWords campaign implementation and management Full, professional search engine optimization (SEO) services  Em …

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 …

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 …

… 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!

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) …

  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 i …

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 …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big and change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions in Silicon Valley. Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, acade …

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 …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big and change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions.   Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, financial …