Rather than focusing on one specific profession, we want to mingle with varieties of visual creators; graphic designers, interior designers, product designers, architects, videographers, photographers, filmmakers and more. Visual creators should have something in common and expand their expertise in different directions, but we all probably want to get inspired by other visual creators. The main activity of this group is social mixers, which help members meet new visual creators, get inspiration …

Dear All, The Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement meetup is a social learning initiative designed to bring together SMEs, Quality practitioners, Business owners, Technologists, Business Analysts, Managers, Decision Makers, Product Owners, Product Managers; to plan, learn, discuss and share experiences, implementations, best practices, body of knowledge, metrics, methodologies, tools and techniques as applicable; to take an enterprise through a journey of Continuous Improvement with an end …

Meetup of local designers, inventors, innovators and social entrepreneurs who are intrested in the design, development and distribution or products for the benefit of the Other 90% -- that's about 5.85 billion people -- that's a market. This group is sponsored by Designfluence, a nonprofit aggregator of designers and resources, and is open to collaborative relationships with like groups and individuals. More about Designfluence on our website. We've decided NOT to have membership dues or mee …

Silicon Valley has a boatload of tech meetups and events for software companies, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware startup ecosystem, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in Valley.

As a voice for the local design community, the IDSA Silicon Valley Chapter aims to: Celebrate Silicon Valley design, and the people who practice it; extol the value of good design to business leaders and the public alike. Fan the flames of inspiration by providing opportunities to learn from and share knowledge with others. Bring people together, face-to-face, to form meaningful relationships with other designers and those in related fields.

The SVForum Software Architecture and Platform SIG offers a forum for members to discuss and learn about new and emerging technologies in software architecture, development tools, and platforms. At the monthly meeting, there is a technical presentation involving software tools, techniques, platforms, or architecture used to capitalize on an emerging market opportunity or solve an enterprise computing problem. Software tools include emerging functional languages such as Scala or F#, HTML5 or new …

This is a group for anyone interested in areas where creative work, design, and technology intersect. We started this group as a way to discuss topics of interest and find ways to collaborate.

We work closely with smart, creative and insanely hardworking startup founders to help them focus their product’s value proposition, refine their product and pitch to investors and ultimately make personal introductions to help get their companies the resources and funding they need to scale. More info at: www.founderbase.net This is a monthly meet that brings together promising entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley and around the world.  Join us for founder’s brunch, interactive panel discussion, o …

Gartner predicts that by end of 2013, number of people who access the web through a mobile device will exceed the ones using a PC. In this environment, it makes sense to design your applications and plan your new web based business first for mobile devices and then adapt that to the web, rather than the other way round. This group is for Entrepreneurs, Developers, Product managers/ Product Designers and others involved in planning, designing, implementing, selling or marketing Mobile Applicatio …

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This is a meetup group where solo inventors can discuss their experience with obtaining patents

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 …

The Silicon Valley Agile Leadership Network (SV-ALN) is the Silicon Valley’s largest Agile/Lean community. Launched in 2012, we’ve grown from 17 members to nearly 600 members.  Our purpose is to evangelize and educate Agile and Lean skills to our members as well as building our community to serve as a networking platform. Our members include agile coaches, scrum masters, executives, project managers, product managers, engineers, QA, designers, and many others from Apple, Adobe, Cisco, Comcast In …

We are the local group for ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics). Our mission is to promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Our purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques. We meet roughly every month, usually on the third Thursday. Our local group has been me …

How about having one group where you see your startup dreams coming true? How about meeting the Gurus/Mentors for entrepreneurship/legal/marketing/internet marketing/technology at one stop? And How about not spending a penny for all above? NOPAY is the place for you, whether you are an inventor or designer with product idea or if you have just re-engineered some ideas and you feel you can do better with a start up or if you are a thinker with an idea for startup or if you are a developer/comput …

The Electric Vehicle Entrepeneurs of Silicon Valley (EVE) is a non-profit group of peer entrepreneurs and innovators in Silicon Valley who want to participate in the design, development, and marketing of electric vehicles and electric vehicle technologies. Anyone who is interested in creating, recruiting, or working of hot new electric vehicle startups in Silicon Valley should join this group. Also, any electric vehicle (EV) car owner in Silicon Valley is welcome to join and share ideas about …

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 …

I think joining a group can help with individual accountability, productivity and support. Are you a writer, an entrepreneur, a designer? What do you like/need to do on your laptop? Myself, I'm a blogger. I'm looking to form a group that can meet-up with their laptops in tow, have lunch or a snack, and get some work done as well. I'm a casual, low-stress, no drama kinda person, but I am asking that if you join this group, you understand my intention for forming it and some ground rules (that I h …

Hello and Welcome to CodeChix-BayArea!! Please join us here and on any of our social media (FB, G+, LinkedIn, Twitter) if you are a: Female developer (please join us also on http://groupspaces.com/codechix) Female or Male Project/Program/Product Manager Supportive and open-minded MALE developer Young person (>8 years old) aspiring to learn coding NO RECRUITERS OR RECRUITING ALLOWED. NO SOLICITATIONS For Personal or Business needs. And now a little bit about us (also check out our Skill-Levels …

Ideas, Design, Development, DEMOs, Product Marketing, Business Development, Success or Failure Tips, Entrepreneurship, Opportunities among the whole bay area (including south to north, east to west :-))'s mobile game professional community, here is the place we can hold discussion, seminars, talks, and conference for the next big wave ! We hope to have monthly DEMOs, yeh, DEMOs, and quarterly bigger event to cheer up our own mobile game professionals for bigger success together !!!

Have you been unfriended recently because you subject your facebook friends to unwanted A and B surveys? Are you constantly in search of valuable, measurable user feedback from your targeted demographic? Let's face it. User feedback is one of the most valuable aspects of new ventures that leads to creating a compelling and memorable product. If you are creating a new site/product/app and are in need of user feedback. This MeetUp is right for you. The world of User Experience/Interaction design …

The Creative Suite User Group of San Jose was established to provide professionals in San Jose and surrounding areas a venue for networking and learning about the latest in Adobe Software. Our monthly meetings will feature a prominent guest speaker who will focus on tips/tricks, integration between Adobe apps, and streamlining your workflow for more efficient business practices. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to make our user group the best possible of its kind. We look forward to see …

API Management meet-up group will help create a community of API practitioners and implementors who can come together to share their experience and learnings on defining, designing, building, launching and managing Web APIs based on SOAP/REST/JSON/XML technologies. The group welcomes audience from various industries with diverse skills with below roles - API Architect - API Developer - Engineering Manager - Engineering Director - Product Managers - Mobile Architect & Developers

"If you are serious about succeeding in business and life you've got to join this group and attend each and every networking event!!! ” - Ayelet Gingold, Networking Events Connector & Business Owner, San Jose Welcome! Are You ready to ... Get More Business Results in Less Time with Less Stress Get Profitable Win-Win Partnerships & Connections Get Uplifting, Well Run Networking Events Get Solid Networking Support All business networking people & professionals regardless of experience level …

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 …

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the foremost organization of game professionals. We meet regularly to exchange ideas, network, and have fun. Everyone is welcome, even nonmembers!

We are Silicon Valley Inventors, we invent the the future. Whether its a simple novelty or the next billion dollar idea, we all share the same excitement and passion for our inventions. We are the ones that get up in the middle of the night and reach for a pen, we enjoy listening to others visions of the future and sharing our creations with the world. Our group will focus on sharing knowledge, to get every member from the first step to the last. We will have a collective list of resources avail …

We understand that the one of the best ways to improve our own business is to utilize the network of people that other members have built. If one person can reach 100 people, then a group of 20 people can reach 2000 and that is very powerful. There have been many fruitful relationships built in our group that will last the rest of our professional lives, and we are looking for more people that share our enthusiasm. This and other Business related Meetups are dedicated to working with small, eme …