Welcome to BASE (BAY AREA SALES EXECUTIVES), a professional networking and employment group for Bay Area sales executives and associated sales professionals. Mixer events are hosted each month. Ideas in the making: -Sales presentations by members elite -Special motivational speakers -Gifts and Giv-aways -Company Tours -Master Mind Lead Share -Food, Wine & Drink Networking Galore!

Dear Friends: I decided to start this group for bay area people that need help around Real Estate and Property Investing. The first couple of months, I'll be covering: “How To Short Sale” their home; Homebuyers for the first time; and people needing help with Credit Repair. I will bring in great speakers, we will send out great information relevant to real estate and help educate you big time! You will get monthly workshops, webinars and great content around real estate, I would appreciate y …

Salesforce Integration & Analytics is a San Francisco meetup for Salesforce.com users, administrators, Force.com developers, sales and marketing professionals, and others interested in extending the Salesforce platform. Topics will include: data integration dashboards analytics business intelligence (BI) This meetup is not an official Salesforce.com event, but we are all big fans. The meetup is free and open to anyone. We meet every other month, usually on Wednesday evening, and start with 1.5 …

Speaking Fearlessly Jam Sessions Do you have an important message or mission or product? What's holding you back from speaking up right now? Speaking Fearlessly is designed to: 1) Build a community to support each other in sharing great speaking tips 2) Practice in front of a receptive audience and receive solid, positive feedback 3) Provide you with a free video recording of your speech to review later and practice in private Speaking Fearlessly is perfect for: * Sales/marketing people * Spea …

Join other entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others’ Mistakes * Brainstorm with Peers * Find Partners * Small Group Atmosphere * Serious Conversation Our focus is on issues for growing a business, not on VC fundraising. We promote the bootstrap business model. Check us out at http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com

Hi there, If you're looking to start an apparel manufacturing business, you've come to the right place.  The purpose of this group is to direct people to the resources they need in order to gain knowledge about creating a successful apparel or sewn products venture.  There will be invitations to classes and lectures about how to write a business plan, how to approach resources you need in order to get your product developed and finally mass-produced in S.F. or Oakland.  There will also be real w …

This group is for 30-40 somethings who prefer enjoying a homecooked meal instead of a crowded restaurant or a boardgame get together instead of a noisy bar. We enjoy the company of others and want to build community but don't really dig the party scene. Looking forward to getting together for picnics, afternoon canning and quaint potluck dinners.

Thanks for stopping by! This group is designed for anything and everything, Salesforce.com. If you are currently using Salesforce and looking to sharpen your skills, or if you are looking to possibly implement a CRM system and want to learn more about Salesforce. Please stop in. We will be hosting several events focusing a few key areas, separately: General Salesforce knowledge and best practices Salesforce Experts & Administrators sharing Best Practices Increasing user adoption within S …

Welcome To SF Growth Hackers! Growth Hacking: A data-driven approach to marketing, user acquisition and sales funnels. Learn how to leverage user analytics, split testing and modern marketing techniques to improve every step of a sales funnel. As a startup or even a fortune 500 company you can't make informed decision about your product without the right data backing you up. We will discuss how to capture your data, setup experiments and make confident decisions about your business. Come and j …

We are the Bay Area Data Connectors user group for data.com, formerly known as Jigsaw.com. The group meets every 8 weeks, usually the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30. Users of Salesforce and Data.com are encouraged to participate! Our local Rainmakers and members are a deep resource of best practices, innovative thought, and creative methods to help everyone get the most of our data.com memberships.

This group is for anyone interested in log management and data analysis. Developers, devops, IT, marketing, sales, anyone that deals with logs can benefit from this group as well as professionals that would use log data for analysis of business processes.   We will have lightning talks and guest speakers, including customers with real-world stories, industry luminaries and more. At heart, this is an informal, social gathering of like-minded enthusiasts that think logs are cool. Who Should Join t …

Welcome to Oakland Happy Hour. We meet most Thursday evenings and visit a different clubs, bars and pubs, near BART, and in Oakland. Our target age range is 30's and 40's. However..... we do also travel to other Bay Area locations in the East Bay like Berkeley and Alameda. We sometimes have social events having nothing to do with happy hour. We also occasionally have events on other days of the week, and we do allow people of all ages to join. We're kind of free flowing like that with very lit …

Monthly event to discuss and show-and-tell new technology: Web 2.0 to Nanotech, Digital content to video games. Cool new tech. Geeks, inventors, new companies with cool products and ANYONE curious about new tech is welcome. Visit us online @ http://www.sfnewtech.com Here's what folks say about SF New Tech: “SF New Tech is the best place in San Francisco to launch, meet or recruit for young tech companies.” –  Lars Leckie, Partner, Hummer Winblad “SF New Tech is a great environment to meet the m …

SFAdPub is a monthly event that brings together the different parts and pieces of the San Francisco online advertising community. Whether you're on the buy side, sell side or the tech that's making the magic happen in the middle, SFAdPub is a place where you can network, build relationships and keep up with the always changing landscape of the online ad world. Each month we select a relevant topic that we focus on as a group and usually bring in a local expert (or experts) to present about it. T …

We are working on a new program. We hope to re-launch the group meetings at the beginning of 2011. Let us know if you have any suggestions for a space we can use for our meetings. Knowledge Is Power! We aspire to establish a platform for investors to gain knowledge, build confidence, and encourage networking among investors. We seek to create a inspiring supportive environment for all levels of investors to interact, to learn, to share, and create wealth. Topics that are covered in the meeting …

We are looking for business professionals who want to grow their businesses. As entrepreneurs living and working in the Berkeley, California area, we invite you to consider the mutually profitable prospect of becoming a part of our growing network for a mutually profitable business association. BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world, and it has a unique twist. We accept only one person per professional specialty in each chapter. If you are accepted into membership, yo …

REO's are foreclosures owned by the Banks. Every area now has them and Price is not the only yardstick of value. How can you make money on REO's is simple. Buy Low and Sell High Given the hundreds of markets and thousands of properties, what is Best? That is a good question and it is individual. The reason so many people got foreclosed was the Rich Dad Theories made a lot of Poor Dad's Now is the time to buy property with INCOME. It will be a year or more for any easing of the Credit Crisi …

Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Group Join us today Get Public Speaking and Presentation Skills coaching, training and support in a fun and supportive environment with like minded individuals Get professional feedback to improve and grow Learn the latest public speaking and presentation tips Attend our next Free public speaking workshops ************* Unleash your hidden power: We all have it as a presenter. Learn to bring yours out. Build and project confidence: in front of an audien …

NO stuffed-shirt old codgers peddling their books and tapes that promise you’ll become the next Real Estate Millionaire if you buy them here. NO cheesy, yellow ‘WE BUY HOUSES’ bandit signs endorsed here.

NO vague, outdated ideas that simply don’t work in today’s market here.

What you WILL find here are straightforward, No BS ways to make money in Real Estate. Taught buy people who are in the trenches every day, doing it the RIGHT way! Founder, Chris Goff, wanted to create a REI Club where fel …

Come to our Real Estate Buying & Investing Meet-up meeting to get informed on several buying and / or investment strategies. We will analyse properties on the market, look at market trends, evaluate mortgage trends, explain 1031's, foreclosures, short sales, REO's, etc. Be an informed consumer before you buy or sell real estate. What are the financial ratio's, and how should you interpret them? First time homebuyers or sellers of single-family homes can benefit from these meetings as well as mos …

SF in SF - Science Fiction, San Francisco A Perfect Fit! www.sfinsf.org We host monthly author events and films at the Variety Screening Room at 582 Market Street @2nd & Montgomery, SF 94104. Since 2005 we've been featuring authors and films that focus on the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related literary genres.  Previous guests include Cory Doctorow, Rudy Rucker, Patrick Rothfuss, Gail Carriger, Lev Grossman, Steven Gould, Robert J. Sawyer, Kage Baker, Mary Robinette Kowal, Carol Emshw …

This group is designed to bring all vintage fashion lovers and thrift store junkies together under one roof. **online sellers, store owners, vintage lovers, thrift lovers, collectors, students, fashionistas/bloggers and more** Your style may be head to toe vintage or you simply appreciate that one special vintage accent piece to complement your outfit. Meet and Greet, workshops, fashion expos, thrift outings, online seller support group, fashion shows, photo shoots (for online shops, blogs, por …

This group is for software engineers who utilize Eclipse to develop applications of any variety.  We will meet and have presenters, social networking, job opportunities and more. Our meetups will be held between San Francisco and Silicon Valley on a monthly basis. Networking is about building mutually beneficial, strategic and productive business relationships.  We are trying to develop a community of hands-on software engineers who utilize the Eclipse environment and  are interested in JAVA, An …

We invite you to meet vibrant, ambitious and fun people at events in Oakland or the San Francisco East Bay Area ranging from casual get together's to professional business networking events. We provide a place to meet new people and make connections while helping each other significantly grow our businesses through quality LEADS. The purpose of Oakland LEADS is to assist you in getting good referrals that will expand your business success. Our goal is very simple, to expand each member's busines …

Berkeley Events is the perfect social and business networking group for San Francisco Bay professionals who want to make new business and personal connections, build their 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 introduce you to others, along with having events in elegant and fun Berkeley locations, making it simple to meet new people. We keep you informed and connected to th …

Let's get together to play the Fantasy Strike customizable card game. If you're new, that's no problem. If you've already played at past events, that's fine too. This group is for anyone interested in trying out new card game ideas, as this game has some unusual mechanics. It's also a chance to get involved and help out with game balance, so both players and designers are welcome. Note: The point of this group is to meet in-person and play. This game is not a commercial product, it's not for sal …

Creating a successful business starts with creating a successful mindset and treating yourself like a VIP client. Come and learn powerful tools to become magnetic to your ideal client and network with heart centered women entrepreneurs. The motto of this group is "We Thrive Together." This is a place where you can be yourself and get support for your heart centered business mission and create business friendships that will create prosperity for all! We meet at the beautiful Richmond Marina at Th …

Join with other creative souls to do some beading! These are free fun social events so you can make space and time for your creative spirit and be a part of a creative community! Beading gatherings can happen in the Bead Inspirations classroom when there are not classes scheduled. Check our calendar for the latest information. Bring your own tools, rent them from Bead Inspirations for $1/tool, or borrow tools for free with a $20 minimum purchase. Bring your own materials, or buy what you need t …