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 …

Africa Wellness Initiative is a 501(3)c Non-Profit Charity, a foundation for women infected with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerable children in Southern Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a grassroots social network that was created to assist Zimbabwean mothers and orphans impacted by HIV/AIDS. The group has been started to continuously introduce the topic, raise funds to help key initiatives and update the progress on those projects. AWI is currently working on projects to: 1. Raise funds to ship medic …

We are a Silicon Valley (San Francisco) meet-up group, interested in connecting folks who are passionate about the education space and interested in applying technology to hack current problems in the education sector. If you are a developer / hacker / entrepreneur / investor — who is passionate about education  — please join us.  You can follow us on this meet-up, or "like our Facebook page" or follow us on Twitter at @EduTechGroup. We plan to bring together interesting speakers from the tec …

The SVForum Emerging Technology SIG is a bi-monthly meeting focused on the future. The goal is to talk about technologies that aren’t quite here yet, to discuss trends in software technologies, and, in general, to examine what’s coming down the pipeline. We meet on the second Wednesday of every other month.

Girls in Tech San Francisco is the local chapter of a global organization striving to empower professional women through information, education, and networking. Our site can be seen at: www.girlsintech.net Girls in Tech is a social network enterprise focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent and influential women in technology. As young women with the capacity to inspire, we made it our personal desire and passion to create and sustain an orga …

We are women who code: in any framework any level of experience any size of company or just code for fun! We will get together monthly to meet, greet, eat snacks, and work on our projects. It will be low key and laid back. Future/aspiring coders welcome. Bring your laptop and a friend!

If you are a women educated in sciences, e.g physics, chemistry,  biology, computer science, math and engineering, etc. then lets meet and have some non-scientific fun. Like movies, trying restaurants, concerts, lectures, walks, book reading etc.. I am an engineer, live in Danville and work in Palo Alto. Initially I will plan activities in East Bay area. If you are available to plan and host activities in SF, Palo Alto area, please let me know.

Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with over 1,000 accredited investor members throughout 26 chapters on three continents. Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400m in over 360 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Forum members collaborate in the due diligence, but make individual investment decisions, with rounds in the range of $250K - $2 million. The p …

SF FASHION+TECH is dedicated to the intersection of fashion and technology in the SF Bay Area. Our events gather thought leaders in the fashion and technology spaces, including designers, bloggers, retailers, entrepreneurs, software developers, marketers, investors, and enthusiastic individuals. Our goal is to promote and drive advancements in new media, ecommerce, marketing, mobile, wearable technology, and other applications. As a member, you can expect all kinds of events, from speaker series …

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 …

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, FASHIONTECHSF.org has become the leading network for all things fashion and technology in Silicon …

Walnut Creek Events is the perfect networking group for San Francisco East Bay professionals who want to connect with other professionals in Walnut Creek. 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 introduce you to others, along with having events in elegant Walnut Creek locations, making it fun to meet new people. Read our …

Women in tech welcomes men and women equally. We hold pitch events, classes and networking activities! If you would like to present at one of our pitch events then submit your information to: http://www.startupsaturdays.net/submityourstartup/ Build your team Find Investors Build Partnerships Get Funded Its all possible when you take the initiative! Find us on: Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/womentech/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StartupSaturdays Twitter: http://twitter.com/Startup99 Web …

Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses …

A place for anyone involved in a bay area start up that has a focus on financial service or has an interest in the space generally. We meet once a month, and will showcase a technology of at least one startup each month and/or look to have one speaker as well talking about issues that are common to startups. To clarify this group is aimed at people who are involved in or interested in technology startups, with a particular focus on Financial Services. Although we welcome everyone there is not …

A meetup for folks interested in using or developing technologies to track various aspects of their lives. The Quantified Self meetup is associated with the blog about self knowledge through numbers at http://www.quantifiedself.org. Write us with your recommendations, tips, and observations.

Mt. Diablo Business Women is a group of professional business women working in many industries including: banking, finance, interior design,technology, medicine, mental health, fashion, coaching, public relations real estate, skin and body care, website design to name a few. Members consist of both self-employed and corporate businesswomen. We have no limitation to industry or size of the business. We meet the second Thursday of every month at the Lafayette Park Hotel for networking, dinner and …

PyLadies is an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events, and social gatherings. PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support network for women and a bridge to the larger Python world. Anyone with an interest in Python is encouraged to participate! Join our mailing list fo …

The San Francisco TCSG is bringing unity and power to the channel sales reps of San Francisco who sell enterprise technology to companies everywhere. The group is focused on those who sell solutions from EMC, NetApp, Oracle, Cisco, Juniper, Citrix, VMware, HP, F5, IBM, MSFT, Symantec and 100s of other smaller vendors. If you're a channel sales veteran or aspire to be one, we welcome you. This group will address the industry issues with recruiting new reps to join to the industry, ramping rapidly …

This group is for JS people who are interested to work on side projects at the intersection of politics and technology.  It would be great to get people to share the ideas and to help each other use JS technologies in various public/politcal sectors.  We also plan to reach out to organizations that are looking to developers and have them talke a bit about what kind of technological needs they might be experiencing. If you or anyone you know are interested in participating or sharing your experie …

We bring one woman leader a month to share the story of her journey... how she made key career decisions and overcame failure and uncertainty to reach where she is today. Stories by women, which we bring monthly. Come get inspired by their stories! We encourage attendance by both men and women. Topics will extend beyond the field of tech. This is the story of how it came about.

Our goal is to make R more popular especially among women. Inspired by the awesome PyLadies group, I decided to create R-ladies. Anyone with an interest in R is encouraged to participate. It doesn't matter if you never used R or if you are an R expert. The goal is to promote R, exchange knowledge and create a network among women. Come and join us! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About R: R is a langua …

We are women - we love health, wellness and technology. Our group is passionate about using innovative technology to improve healthcare. We offer a place for women to exchange ideas on topics such as: * Analyzing and leveraging large-scale health data * Engaging patients through mobile health platforms * Building platforms that encourage healthy lifestyle and behavior * Tackling the rising cost of healthcare * Selling to pharma and healthcare providers * Improving medication adherence Our events …

Welcome to SHE TALKS Forum [Empowering Women To Become Successful Community Leaders] This Meetup is for Women Empowerment. Workshops and event series for women leaders and empowering all women. Mission: To enrich women's capabilities both in their personal and professional lives. To create a platform where women can discuss women's issues & share their experiences about successes and triumph to inspire others. Join STF : http://www.meetup.com/SheTalks/ Follow STF  on Twitter: https://twitter.c …

This Meetup group is for mobile computing Entrepreneurs and App Developers that live and or work in the North Bay. The technology focus of the group is iOS & Android developer centric while the intention of the group is to create opportunities for both networking and education in Sonoma County. The group’s primarily venue is Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, or Cotati/Rohnert Park and surrounding area residents. This group could be of interest to all; Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Marin County residents th …

Women Inspire Tech is a solution based meetup. Our goal is to increase the number of women leaders in tech. Our Mission Statement is to take action and impact ourselves, to support women who also aspire to reach higher. Our meetups will be orchestrated to inspire boldness, with the intent to grow ourselves into leaders who touch people emotionally and empower others to contribute more than they ever have before. We view leadership as an action. We think leaders are made not born. We become leade …

The reason why I started this Meetup: http://www.charlottehan.com/post/43449623357/its-time-to-be-real-women-in-tech In short, this is a place where women can be safe and comfortable to be real "women", in tech. • We started in SF, but we’re (more than) happy to be in other cities in the world • We are women who share the common interest in tech • We co-work, learn, help and share. Most importantly, we have fun! • We also discuss broader “girlie topics”. After all, "technology" is just one part …

digitalundivided GROW SF-Bay is a monthly meet up of digital companies founded/co-founded by black women working together to GROW their tech-based companies from Idea to MVP to Growth and then Exit. Sponsored by digitalundivided, a company that builds forward thinking initiatives that change the digital space.