If you've always wanted to get a book published and didn't know how, this meetup group will teach you the steps. · Learn how to pitch your book at a conference · Demystify the query letter and get steps on how to write one · Develop your author platform before you are even published We'll explore traditional publishing and self-publishing, and everything in between, and break down the right publishing steps for you into manageable chunks so you can integrate writing and publishing into your dail …

Welcome to VLAB on MeetUp, an extension of www.vlab.org. Established in 1990, The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (http://www.vlab.org) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people. We host one of the leading ongoing gathering of Silicon Valley's leading entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture capitalists, private investors and technologists to exchange insights about how to effective …

The Mobile Guild fosters information exchange, Professional development, and networking amongst its members. Discussions & trends on Mobile Apps (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone 7), New opportunities, Monetization and business models created by the convergence of cameras & Sensors in smartphones and more.. Mobile Guild is a platform - a table to talk. What is being discussed here? - Tips and tricks for successful Monetization of Mobile Apps - New Business models and opportunities …

Welcome to StartupMonthly Startup Accelerator Startup Accelerator in Silicon Valley providing an ecosystem of resources, tools and mentors for early-stage startups. Startups accepted to the accelerator will get up to $300K initial investment. During our on-going mentorship program in our offices in San Francisco we will work with you to quickly build and release the right minimum viable product, analyze customer engagement and metrics, and then react and iterate accordingly. We will become your …

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 …

Our mission: To offer the International mobile technology and services sector an unbiased discussion dialogue on emerging technologies. Analyze their commercial, economical, social and political impact for an audience of senior business executives, researchers, financiers, policy makers and our loyal software developers. In keeping with SVForum’s history of innovation and leadership, we have decided to commit to I.P. protocol technology and the distribution of information associated. Enabling co …

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 !!!

Core group has worked with new technology startups for over 18 years. How to take a social media or technology start-up company from idea concept through funding and global market. Whether family shoestring budget, angel investment or VC venture capital the principles for success remain the same. With the warp-speed changes in digital, mobile and hyper-localized marketing as well as consumer savvy rewards-based technologies emerging every view days we would love to meet and chat about some basic …

As a product enthusiast, I watch several spaces in the technology market. Unfortunately I didnt find too many product management based meetup groups in the South Bay. Hence the motivation to setup one so that we can 1. Meet once a month to discuss current market trends and interesting topics 2. Create a forum to network, disseminate and educate product managers ( and wannabe product managers ) 3. Converse with anyone who has a product management angle to their daily lives. NOTE : We are not ass …

The Big Data Analytics Speaker Series is an Adobe/Omniture sponsored speaker series that is open to the general public. Meetings will be conducted monthly in a workshop style meet-up at Adobe's downtown San Jose headquarters and present expert speakers from academia and industry to discuss topics related to the analysis of big data sets and range from tutorials to expert roundtable discussions and cover analytical models to best practices. There will also be specific topics related to mobile, so …

About SVCWireless Silicon Valley-China Wireless Technology Association (SVCWireless) is a leading non-profit, non-bias independent professional organization to bridge the technology industries between China and the United States. The organization is founded in year 2000 and now has more than 6000 members and 50 partners around the world. SVCWireless promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture investment with the support from our members, sponsors and partners. US Mobile Apps and Interne …

This mastermind group is open to B2B marketers and salespeople of all experience levels. Our goal is to have an open forum to: Get advice about marketing / sales challenges Share best practices Network Topics include: Salesforce CRM Microsoft Dynamics Sales strategy Cold calling & leaving voicemails Marketing strategy Business to business email Social media Mobile marketing Copywriting Infusionsoft CRM We will meet most first Thursday's of the month.  There will always be food and dri …

Learn and Share how to build kick ass HTML5 Mobile Web Apps A place for Mobile Web Apps developers, end-users, entrepreneurs, local industries and communities stakeholders involved in evaluating, developing and providing web and mobile web applications as well as anyone wishing to learn about the business opportunities and mobile lifestyle experiences the newly created Mozilla marketplace and other mobile web development environments (Participants in the W3C Mobile Web Platform Core Community G …

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, …

Solar Marketerers is for solar business owners and solar marketing professionals to come and share ideas about how to market their businesses/clients.

Mobility in Enterprises is a meetup for people to exchange ideas on how today's enterprises should embrace Mobility on the consumer and enterprise front to increase revenues, achieve higher productivity and create newer business models to transform business. The meetups would be speaker sessions, panel discussions and happy hours to mingle with like minded individuals.

If you are a marketer with 1+ year of experience and have specific marketing issues that you'd like help with AND can help others, this group is for YOU. Inbound Marketing Roundtable is a group of marketing professionals in search engine marketing (SEM), paid per click (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO), media buying, link building, direct response, mobile marketing, socia media marketing, conversation optimization, and anything related to converting visitors into customers. Come help other …

The Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Networking is a meetup group created for startup entrepreneurs to attend networking sessions, seminars, workshops, coaching and mentoring programs organized by incubators and accelerators. Entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, executives, startup founders and business owners, please join us if you want to get help with business basics, participate in networking activities and cofounder mixers, find marketing resources and strategic partner …

PingEast.com is a tech blog with China/US cross-border tech writers, to connect Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, investors and observers with China—the most huge and mysterious Internet/mobile market in the legend. We generate first hand and in-depth contents including insights, commentaries, cases studies and exclusive fireside interviews related to China startups, entrepreneurs, tech investment as well as the whole ecosystem. PingEast Meetup is a community connecting entrepreneurs and investors b …

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 …

We offer mobile application development workshops (most are FREE) for the iOS and Android platforms. The workshops are designed to train new and experienced app developers on the latest technologies and programming techniques. Basic classes in Java and Objective-C programming are also offered. We take suggestions for new workshop topics as well. Attend a workshop, learn something new, make new friends and improve your overall app development skills. Newbies are encouraged to join since we offer …

We represent angel investors and investment funds in the valley whom are providing seed funding for App. developers to grow their businesses. We will be planning a monthly meet where we invite all developers to pitch their ideas. We welcome any kind of idea as long as long as they are related to mobile apps or apps for IP T.V. Join our group, share your ideas, and a best date to meet se we can organize our next event this August.

Gartner predicts that by end of 2013, number of people who access the web through a mobile device will exceed the ones using a PC. In this environment, it makes sense to design your applications and plan your new web based business first for mobile devices and then adapt that to the web, rather than the other way round. This group is for Entrepreneurs, Developers, Product managers/ Product Designers and others involved in planning, designing, implementing, selling or marketing Mobile Applicatio …

We are a group of developers that want people to discover our apps AND generate thousands of downloads.  So we get together to learn and share mobile app marketing strategy for Apple iPhone, iPad, iOS and Google Android.  Developers can share what methods worked and what didn't.  There will also be speakers from companies that provide solutions to increase your user base.  Feel free to contact me with ideas or suggestions for speakers, topics, venues and sponsorships.  If you would like to prese …

Are you a hacker, coder, or engineer who actually wants to SELL the cool stuff you build? Then Marketing Nerds is for you! We're a growing network of technology startup entrepreneurs who have actually sold many millions of dollars worth of our technology and software products in the real world. Here are some of the topics we love to talk about: What Should I Build, and Who Will Buy It? - A specific technique you can use so you know exactly what to build, before you build it, that guarantees the …

A forum to present your working mobile app or (pre) launch your app to a controlled audience, to get their reaction, feedback, etc before making the formal app store launch. A forum to discuss various avenues/ideas to promote, advertise and acquire new users for your mobile app. A forum to meet the founders of the next Instagrams and Rovios.

Its so exciting what is going on in the mobile ecosystem right now. I encourage any one interested in learning about anything related to mobile and meeting the exciting people behind changing the way that people interact with each other, technology, and companies/brands join. The next couple of years are going to be a fun and exciting ride for any one involved with mobile and especially the consumer. My goal is to connect people, content, and ideas so that we all may benefit from an open group t …

You are a mobile app developers or just work for a killing app. You think your app could be successful on the Chinese market or are just curious about app market in China? You are in the place.