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 …

Startup Product, a movement for product excellence through cross-discipline collaboration and holistic product perspective. Startup Product welcomes everyone passionate about product excellence, regardless of title, industry, or stage of growth, to come together to share, learn and talk about what it really takes to produce products that people love and how to build sustainable businesses and revenue streams based on product excellence. Everyone is encouraged to contribute their point of view, w …

Habit Design™ is the largest national cooperative for sharing best practices in developing sustainable daily habits via Behavior-Change Psychology, Captology (Persuasive Technology), Game Mechanics & Techniques, Behavioral Economics, Sociology, etc. Our goal is to spawn local "habit labs" across the country with a focus on "what really works in habit mastery beyond 100 days". Over 8000 members have participated representing 500+ companies, universities, non-profits, and other organizations. At o …

Pitchklub... the rules. #1 There is No PitchKlub #2 Nail Your Pitch! PitchKlub is a social discovery app that Philip and I have been building over the last 3 months.  If you go to pitchklub.com on a mobile internet browser, you can see how the app works.  Basically there are 'pitcher' (people speaking to others) and 'raters' (the crowd, anyone being spoken to). Pitchklub creates a process by which a speaker creates an event, in that moment and place, anyone who is listening to the speaker can r …

This is for IoT (Internet of things)/M2M enthusiasts, startups, and entrepreneurs to meet and socialize. We will meet in South SF/Bay Area (near Santa Clara, Mountain View, or Palo Alto).-

This group is a place for independent game developers who live in the Silicon Valley (near San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Los Altos) to discuss design trends, platforms, tools, testing and sales techniques, the media, the IRS, lawyers, cloning, pirates, advertising, publishers, stupid mistakes we've made, and anything else that is relevant to an indie developer who wants to successfully make it in the games industry. There are DOZENS of game development events and groups with very speci …

AgoraStartupIdol.com (ASI) is simply an online version of the Silicon Valley pitch contest over video conferencing. ASI provides traction to its via BeInToo's Gamification layer which incentivizes audience members for preferred behaviors through points, rewards and prizes. ASI's mission is to provide startups strong traction. Something they have been on their own to attract until now. ASI's goals are to get all contestants some level of new users and at least one over 100,000 new users.

Hang out with Indiegogo team members and campaigners in a city near you, find out more about crowdfunding best practices, and more than likely have a drink on us.

Crowdfunding is very powerful these days (e.g. KickStarter, Indiegogo, Goodwillion). We are bringing people who are interested in crowdfunding and different ways to apply crowdfunding for fundraising: creative projects, artists, startups, charities, non-profits. Join us if you want to support the crowdfunding movement. We are looking for co-organizers for this meetup. Please send email to denis@goodwillion.com to get involved.

This group is for anyone currently practicing open innovation in companies, startups, the social/non-profit sector or local government (any any other industry I may have omitted!). This group is also intended or for people who are interested in the topic and want to learn more. Our first meetup will be a discussion on what exactly we mean by 'open innovation'! Future meetups will include topics such as crowdsourcing, design thinking & innovation, and innovation through social networks.

The wave of CrowdFunding is in site and, as entrepreneurs and investors, we know how to handle a the next big idea. The Crowdfund Roundup is transparent co-operative of CrowdCos, CrowdVestors, Investors, Affiliates and Sponsors working together to understand crowdfunding investment and companies learning how to turn new ideas into products.We intend to gather the right resources and to form the right partnerships that will make SF Bay CR the place to come for your CrowdCreative endeavors! Join u …

This is a group for anyone in San Francisco who would like to start up a kickstarter. We will regularly get together over coffee and discuss our innovative ideas, connections and resources in order to help the group collectively assist each member with their kickstarting goals.

This Meetup was conceived by Marshall Childs of FundaVision, along with Co-Organizers Alex Mednick and Jeffrey Blake. We are a small, but fast growing group of energetic entrepreneurs, businesspeople, Technology Evangelists, and social/environmental enthusiasts who believe that by working together and cooperating, we can create income quickly and have a Win/Win mutually beneficial relationship. We plan to have regular events in Silicon Valley and eventually spread to other communities. We will a …

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.