Capital Engineering is a group about how we can use technology to bring order to the chaos of finance. It's a group for mobile, web and back-end developers and designers to learn and share their knowledge of building large, multi-client cloud-based systems. Things like architecting single page apps, advanced charting for mobile and Amazon's simple notification service are par for the course, which will typically be a two part talk complemented by food and drink. At Personal Capital we have devel …

A social meet-up of young Penn Engineering alumni in Silicon Valley. Our goal is to foster a community of Penn Engineering alumni in the Silicon Valley area through social events.

This group is about sharing and socializing about mathematical tools for software engineering. Bringing  together Events for the Brightest Talent in Technology to meet to learn new things, listen to outstanding Speakers, and grow their Connections to new levels.

This group is setup for IT Start-up Entrepreneurs, Network Engineers, CIO's, IT Project Managers, Business Systems Analysts,  System Administrators, Business Owners, CEO's and CFO's of the Silicon Valley. It is this groups goal to help all parties involved truly understand not only the technology requirements for scalable and rapid deployment, but the cost and logistics behind the "beast" we all know as IT design.

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.

Internet marketing is an exciting and rewarding field. Powerful new tools and technologies allow even the smallest businesses access to global markets and potentially huge profits. Unfortunately there's also plenty of hype and misinformation around. What really works? How do you separate the solid techniques from the snake oil? And given all the possible things you could do to promote a business online, what should you FOCUS on? We'll explore best practices in email marketing, search en …

We are bringing together a community of product designers, electrical and mechanical engineers, inventors, prototypers, tinkerers, marketing masterminds, makers, and anyone interested in bringing new products into the world. Our facility at Inventor Labs is large and open and a great place to get together, so we're going to roll open the bay doors this summer (and beyond) to get some collaboration and brainstorming going.

Femgineers is for anyone who has a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). We host a series of events to address issues related to women who are currently in STEM careers, help with career advancement, and create companies that are friendlier to females.

Meet with other local medical device professionals in Engineering, Clinical/Regulatory, Manufacturing, Quality, Marketing, HR and more! Discuss and exchange exciting news and ideas, and share your experiences, and build your network, all while having a good time!

Micro-lending is hitting its stride and now we have some major problems to solve: whether it be in risk assessment, scale, measuring social impact or in tapping into new signals about the people we serve. This groups focus will be to bring together like minds whom are serving the under or unbanked consumers through software and engineering amazing solutions.

106 Miles is a network of startup founders, engineers, and friends. Our mission is to educate and empower entrepreneurial engineers. Our values are Reputation, Innovation, Solidarity, and Education. This is our Silicon Valley group; see also our Southern California group. Please join us if you're a founder or engineer (or friend!) and... * You have worked at a startup, * You want to work at a startup, * You have started a company, and/or * You want to start a company. We meet several time …

This group welcomes both business and legal professionals. If you’re in business, you’ll inevitably come into contact with attorneys. Let’s listen to attorneys give presentations on ways to avoid legal pitfalls and/or succeed in business legal matters. In the end, you’ll learn how to avoid a lot of wasted time and legal bills. If you’re an attorney, join our events for legal professionals to help plan the presentations and to strategize, network, and collaborate among fellow attorneys and legal …

Alpine Velo is a cycling club that brings Bay Area home owners together with architects, engineers and builders. If you’re planning to build a new home or remodel any time soon, why not come ride with us and get to know some of the best architects, engineers and builders around? At the very least, you can expect to get great free advice while doing something good for your body. It’s a fun, low pressure environment and a great way to really get to know and assemble your dream team! Our soc …

3D Printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing, is an exciting and potentially game changing technology that will dramatically alter the way products are designed, manufactured, distributed and financed. A standard digital file (.stl) of an object is created, either by using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software or a 3D scanner, and is sent to a dedicated machine which builds the object layer-upon-layer in a material such as plastic, metal or ceramic. Today the technology is mainly used for ra …

This is a group for anyone involved or interested in learning and discussing new frameworks to achieve greater ROI when adopting Software Reuse. Our group will share real enterprise experience; achievements as well as challenges when implementing reuse methodologies. We will also discuss new technology that is changing the way software is developed and allowing Software Reuse to be fully realized with greater ROI then previously possible.

"The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do" ~ Steve Jobs Welcome!  Thank you for joining!  If you are new to Ruby on Rails or an intermediate, advanced Ruby on Rails Engineer - you will love this group! I plan on offering the following: 1.  Variety of Ruby on Rails classes.  These classes will be offered for beginning RoR developers or intermediate/advanced level. 2.  Presentations given by guest speakers(RoR developers) from great startups. 3 …

This group brings together people in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the broader Bay Area with an interest in Stanford Engineering's "European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders" speaker series (ME421) and related initiatives at and around Stanford University.

This is to meet and compare notes with managers, engineers, trainers, consultants, and writers involved with Lean manufacturing implementation n the San Francisco Bay area.

Welcome to Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups, SV's largest entrepreneurs & Startup community From App to Startup! From Developer to Entrepreneur! Meet other local entrepreneurs /founders/Hackers/Developers, VCs, Angels, Investors, and leaders for the mobile / Internet industry, including Android, iOS, WP, HTML5 , Cloud, Facebook, Chrome! 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 Entre …

Bay Area Chinese Entrepreneurs & Startups 湾区华人创业协会 Our mission is to offer greater numbers of entrepreneurs and people of passion the opportunity to benefit from all kinds of entrepreneurial events and educational programs. Our group is the place for engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs, students, business owners, startup founders, executives and investors in the entire Bay Area to get connected and ultimately succeed in entrepreneurship and other career opportunities.

As the global IT industry is rapidly shifting from traditional computer world to emerging Mobile World, the Silicon Valley, the world's base of IT innovations, evolves quickly to become the Global Mobile Valley (Mobile World Center), pioneered by leading Mobile Technology Players such as Apple, Google, Intel, Oracle, Cisco, Facebook, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung, Ericsson, Broadcom, Huawei, Nokia, etc. Based on Delson Group research, over trillion dollar business will be in the sec …

Are you shy? Do your people skills suck? Do you have a hard time making new friends?  Are you tired of your friends trying to "fix" you by telling you to relax, be more outgoing, in other words, "get over your shyness" ? Do you wish you could hang with a group of people who understand you, who won't judge you for being quiet, for how you look, for how you smell, (ok, please don't stink), or if you say the wrong things, or don't say anything at all - in short - for being socially awkward?  Have y …

Running a Hadoop cluster using Cloudera Manager? Using Cloudera Manager to monitor and operate your Hadoop infrastructure? Share your experiences and best practices with other users and learn more from Cloudera engineers who will be on hand.

We are eco-aware nature lovers and food growers who want to surround ourselves with beautiful, productive landscapes that support an abundance of wonderful life forms. A deep nature garden is a human-managed ecosystem that constantly evolves, designed primarily for beauty and diversity, and also for production of food and other useful products. An enclosed eco-farm is a human-managed ecosystem designed primarily for production of food and other useful products, and also for enjoyment of its beau …

Meet other women (and men) who are interested in empowering women in all kinds of technology and encouraging girls to pursue education in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) that will prepare them for career opportunities in technology. Discuss topical strategies for advancement, handling issues in the workplace, personal and professional development as well as the emerging technologies of interest.

Welcome to the new world of health+care! By 2020 both the US and  global healthcare landscape will look dramatically different from the healthcare delivery models of today. We are in a time of exciting and rapid disruption, change and innovation! This community is for anyone interested in the future of health+care. Big data, the cloud, mobile devices and tracking systems present just the "tip" of the iceberg. (Lets not forget the ICD-10, blue button initiative, kiosks, III, HITECH, predictive an …

A group of people who used to work for Codexis, Inc in Redwood City, CA

We are nutrition experts who are looking to connect with others who value their health. We love to help others have more energy, feel better, look better, resist disease, and for some, lose weight . We have resources and suggestions to share with the group. The purpose of this group is to create an environment in which we all learn from each other. Idea sharing will be a primary focus and recurring theme. There will be a different theme each week, which we will rotate. It will be both leader-dri …