Transform every aspect of your life. “The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human." John Naisbitt, Author - Megatrends Too often, we attempt to compartmentalize our lives into the roles we play: boss, mother, co-worker, sister, accountant, caretaker, or husband. There are so many hats to wear and only so many hours in which to get everything done. At the end of the day we're left wonderi …

Light up the Enterprise Inside - Mission 1. Continue building a supportive networking and personal growth community by allowing conversation time and encouraging friendly conversation 2. Introduce new ideas that leverage the best new knowledge and skills to promote your success quest. 3. Help generate and practice new and strengthened communication and thinking skills such as rapport building, clarifying goals, and promoting action. For January we'll explore internal aspects that might be slowin …

Are You Ready To Take Your Business To The Next Level? To take your business to the next level and to be your very best, you will have to change your habits, overcome your fears and develop great discipline. Whether you want to grow your business, take control of your business and your life, increase sales, or create sustainable growth, you've found the right Business Owner's Meet-Up Group! Join us in different California locations each and every month where you meet with other like-minded busin …

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 …

...Looking for the edge to optimal business success? Join us as we explore, learn and support each other in our business adventures and ventures. More importantly, we establish personal relationships to expand our networks and our businesses to position ourselves for huges success in 2010 and beyond!! 2010 Theme: Business Success Through Coaching. Hear the insights, tips and strategies from the best Biz Coaches in the Bay Area. Each meeting will feature an invited guest Biz Coach who is genui …

Follow TheProven Way to Success in Real Estate There is a success formula in real estate and it's this: Success = Skillset + Mindset +Community. This unique group provides all 3 elements for success - while delivering the best of both worlds: national training with local expertise and networking in a single location! FREE World-Class Skillset & Mindset Training Access FREE webinar training from the nation's best real estate trainers while networking LIVE with the best real entrepreneurs, investo …

Are you stuck on a problem that needs solving? Maybe you need completely unbiased minds, brains from varied backgrounds to pump new life into finding a solution. You're not alone - we've all been there. I've started and run several successful Web and tech businesses. I alone never solved all the problems my businesses faced or came up with every great idea that advanced the businesses. What I did know was how to lead brainstorming sessions which led to the solutions we needed and were searching …

Bay Area Operations Management is professional network organization dedicated to sharing knowledge, ideas, best practices in area of Supply Chain management, Operations Management, Demand Forecasting, and IT applications. Its membership is open to people with experience in the subject matter and those interested to gain insights. Bay area operations management provides face to face forum for meeting contacts in the industry, learning and sharing. As operating model, Bay Area Operations manageme …

Business measurement, modeling and metrics have become critical to businesses of all sizes and across all industries. In today's competitive environment, executives need to be at the top of their game when it comes to understanding their business performance. There is data everywhere about the market, competitors, customers and businesses, but getting to the core of the information, and turning that data into an advantage is challenging. This group brings together executives from multiple indust …

How mindful are you? Do you remember people's names when you meet them? Do you remember where you parked your car, your house keys? Are you able to learn, listen, read, think quickly? Do you know the law of attraction? Are you your own life's master? Are you someone who gathers insight directly from the universe? Let me introduce myself, I am Aditya Mittal, and I am the author of 'Let Your Mind See'. I have studied at Stanford, worked at NASA and as Business Intelligence Data team lead at a mobi …

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 !!!

The Sunnyvale Buying Houses for Profit Group is an expansion of the very successful Fremont based "Bay Area Private Money Lender Group" to provide a convenient venue for members residing in Santa Clara County. Our goal is to facilitate networking opportunities for lenders, investors, rehabbers and real estate developers. We will also provide education in the area of finding, buying, fixing and flipping Ugly Houses, with attention to presenting opportunities for investment. If you would like to l …

We believe that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone. We’re building a community biology lab for amateurs, inventors, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to experiment with friends. Welcome to BioCurious Visit the BioCurious homepage http://www.BioCurious.org BioCurious Community Lab Opened in Sunnyvale, CA; Fall 2011! Join the discussion at Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/biocurious Our successful Kickstarter campaign (http://biocu …

Success! It's confirmed: Our meetups will now start Wednesdays at 7:00pm (same venue). Improv, the jazz of acting, the free-flowing river of spontaneity empowers us to explore the multiple personalities and characters that each of us is, desires to be, or is curious about. At any given moment, our mood and energy level depend largely upon our perception of our current surroundings. Improv liberates us most profoundly by reintroducing us to our own imaginative capacity in a way that embraces it …

The SVForum Marketing SIG meets monthly on the 2nd Monday to explore the latest marketing innovations and best practices to help executives and entrepreneurs plan and achieve success. Each meeting will offer practical tips and techniques to profitably anticipate, identify, and satisfy customers needs for emerging technologies. "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two--and only these two--basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and inn …

We're all about the Application and SaaS business models and monetization mechanisms ranging from Freemium to Premium, IAP (in app purchases), Bundling, Customer Conversion Analytics - whatever it takes to actually get users (consumer and business) to pay for Apps! We typically have two or three speakers, each of whom shares a deep knowledge of and experience with the software monetization and business models.  All of our speakers will discuss Freemium, since it's the monetization model du jour, …

Our group is focused on having discussions around scaling real-time, high transaction and low latency NoSQL database systems. You will hear use cases, customer successes and thought leadership discussions on emerging applications and use cases - and the supporting platforms and technologies that enable them. Collaborate with peers working to solve truly complex, technical issues while betting their business on an infrastructure with 100% uptime. Find Us: http://www.aerospike.com Follow Us: http …

Startup Speakers Toastmasters Club sharpens your public speaking/presentation/pitching skills in a safe, comfortable environment. Many of our club members are entrepreneurs in startup companies or work directly with startup companies. Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations. Startup Speakers Toastmasters Club meets at the Plug and Play Tech Center. Plug and Play is well …

This is a group for anyone who currently leads, organizes, manages and engages online communities. We started this group as a way to exchange best practices, share challenges and solutions, and ignite ideas! If you are a community manger or leader, or want to be - you know that the success of your great idea and awesome product rests with a strong and passionate community. Learn tips and tricks from community managers from large organizations, non-profits and start-ups. Community Hacks is a plac …

Interested in unconventional relationship styles? Nudism? Fetishes? (BDSM,polyamory,swinging,interracial,older/younger,etc)? Experienced or curious-want to meet others with similar outlook? Lets get together and talk with each other freely about our off the mainstream interests and desires. Not meant to be a dating service,but you never know who you will meet. $5.00 Dues are payable at your first meetup attended and are good for admission to monthly meet and greets through September 2013,at whi …

At the San Francisco Bay Area Start Up Basics Meetup we will discuss fundamentals that all businesses must understand from getting 'off the ground' to successful flipping, IPO or franchising. Getting a well trafficked web presence. ROI for good marketing and sales. Effective Networking and more. Got business fundamentals down? Come learn with us.

Do you work at home? Do you miss socializing with peers? Do you want someone to bounce ideas off of who might relate to your kind of work? Or, do you just need to get out of the home office and socialize once a week with other business women? If you are looking for a fun, social group to share your successes and challenges, this club is for you!

Inventors Alliance features two meetings each month. NETWORKING AND BRAINSTORMING MEETING One meeting each month is focused on networking with other Inventors, Service Providers, Patent Attorneys and more. Plus there's an optional brainstorming session at the end for those who want to share and brainstorm ideas. SEMINAR - EXPERTS GIVE YOU THE "HOW TO" For the second meeting each month we feature speakers such as Successful Inventors, Prototype Experts, Manufacturing Experts & Patent Attorneys wh …

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? In 10? We see ourselves running Silicon Valley. Our group members represent a variety of industries, and all of us live, work, and play here in Silicon Valley. We are an enthusiastic group of young professionals and business owners dedicated to changing the world and growing successful businesses here in the beautiful bay area. Our group meets on a weekly basis in Sunnyvale, and is by invitation only.

My name is L Peili Young, aka Lucy Cheng, CFO & CEO Headhunter, Multi- Linguist and Chinese Freelance Translator. I am a very active social connector, have been involved with many meet-ups, such as IPO for Start-up, Successful Thinker for Network Marketing etc. I have always wanted to organize my very own Meet-up group in which I can bring inventors together to meet Venture Capitalists, US Business Owners with Investors from China; When money married with invention, innovators met with "Shark Ta …

When your startup is gaining momentum, you need Heroes. Who/what is a 'Startup Hero'? Heroes are talented people who want to get involved in a promising startup. Heroes take something from good to great or from great to amazing. Heroes are marketers, developers, engineers, designers, enthusiasts, data scientists, executives, mentors, business people, angels, evangelists or anyone who can make a difference for a startup. Heroes drive innovative and creative projects to make it happen. Join us to …

We are experienced management consultants and senior internal or external professionals acting as management consultants. We discuss issues critical to our business and professional success. By learning and sharing together as a group, we find innovative and effective answers to management consulting challenges. Our group is affiliated with IMC (the Institute of Management Consultants) of Northern California, but IMC membership is not required for membership in this group. Our meetings are held …

Our Focus: Reiki, Karuna Reiki, Ascension Reiki, Healings of light, Breathwork, Meditation, LayaYoga, Path of Light and sound. Website: http://www.ivedas.org Current organizer Manisha. She imparts the knowledge and healings of: Reiki, Karuna Reiki, Ascension Reiki, Chakra balancing, Path of Durge, Breathwork, Pranic Healing, Theta Healing, Gaiadon Heart (Keys to Ascension), Money Mantras and Living in abundance, EFT, Crystal Healing, Melkizedek Healing, Kriya Yoga, Surati Samadhi Yoga, Dhyana Yo …