Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

Meet with other web site system administrators, developers, designers and business people who're interested in making their sites work fast to get better user experience, lower abandonment rates and more money.

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 meetup consisting of casual evening talks and demos on the challenges and solutions of building and maintaining Wikipedia and associated sites (Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikiquotes, …) at the scale of a top five Internet site with over half a billion monthly uniques. This will be followed by Q&A and other informal lively discussion before and after. This consists of a range of topics such as the MediaWiki software (one of the largest open source web projects), website architecture and inf …

Interested in learning how you can can integrate the best CMS on the planet into your website projects? Come join us at our Bay Area Joomla Users Group meetings. Whether you are a newbie just trying Joomla out for the first time or an advanced user interested in creating your own custom extensions, this is the right place to expand your skills and knowledge. The Bay Area Joomla Users Group is a public group. To engage, join the group by clicking "Join Us" at the top right hand side of the page. …

Come and meet other bright, ambitious internet marketers! Find new business partners, share innovative marketing strategies, find co-working buddies, talk about what worked and what didn't work, talk about your super-secret traffic sources, share victory stories or get help on your current challenges. This meetup is perfect for: Affiliate marketers Infoproduct entrepreneurs SEM / SEO specialists Bloggers Passive income builders Mini site empire owners eCommerce store owners Website flippers & d …

Startup Saturdays is all about empowering the global community through offering knowledge to enhance leadership, entrepreneurship and technical skills. With the knowledge and skillset taught though Startup Saturdays individuals are able to explore new business and career opportunities that lead to a better quality of life and higher earnings. Explore new pathways for your life by attending one of our classes. We are here to assist individuals with personal growth and help eliminate unsightly hu …

On February 15th, we are strongly encouraging developers and charities to show up at the centrally located Microsoft Office at 835 Market Street in San Francisco, in the same building as SF State and the Bloomingdale's Store. Location: San Francisco Microsoft office - 835 Market Street, 7th Floor. Right in the heart of San Francisco's premier shopping venue - Market & Powell. We are planning aGiveCamp, which is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrato …

We are a group of software developers and network consultants who meet to discuss the business side of computer consulting. We have dinner meetings that feature speakers on both business and technical topics. Here is a sample of the topics covered at our recent meetings: marketing, taxes, presentation skills, offshore development, Ruby on Rails, and time management. Each meeting begins with an informal networking session. Dinner is included, so there is a charge to attend. Please feel fre …

Meet other local Photoshop users and the Adobe Photoshop team to trade tips, tricks and ideas. Be a part of a great community! Join us on our PSUG website at http://switchblade-studios.com/psug

The Arden Reed Tailor Truck with 3D Body Scanner will be visiting Los Angeles from May 26th to June 3rd, San Francisco from June 5th to June 13th, and Chicago from June 18th to June 26th. For a detailed video on our Tailor Truck Tour, head over to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1674251651/the-tailor-truck-with-3d-body-scanning-the-future. Website: http://ArdenReed.com Check us out on Facebook at Http://www.facebook.com/ArdenReed

Elcom Technology Inc. (Elcom) is a global provider of enterprise web content management solutions. We assist mid-enterprise organizations to achieve their corporate objectives for Websites, Intranets, Portals, Mobile Web, Social, eCommerce, Learning Management and Online Marketing. We wanted to start a Meetup in the SF Bay Area to help customers, prospects, developers, content contributor's, system administrator's overcome the frustrations often associated with planning, designing and implementi …

This Meetup Group was started to help optimize all aspects of your online presence. Web design, social media, mobile sites, e-commerce, SEO, etc., will all be discussed. Anyone who wants to make a strong online presence, please join. Free weekly classes will be offered based on the group needs.

Are you using or interested in using A/B testing for Website Optimization? Do you believe that words, content, design and layout matter on any website? Do you believe in data-driven decision making? Do you want to engage, talk, and learn with other web marketers who much like you, are constantly looking for ways to present the right thing online, to the right people, at the right time? Join us, as we embark on a journey to share experiences and crack the case on building a better web.

Developer Force is Salesforce.com's free developer program for the Force.com Platform. The Developer Force website, http://developer.force.com, is a free community-based online portal for developers, where developers can learn, access key resources, and discuss a diverse set of topics anchored around the Force.com platform. As of December 2012, this group transitioned to a more community-driven, developer user group that will meet once per month in San Francisco. Developers are encouraged to sug …

We are a collaboration of improv students and fans who want to explore shortform improvisation. We teach and play improv games that encourage creativity and spontaneity. People of any skill level are welcome including beginners who have never tried improv before. We want to spread the positive effects of improv to the world! Like us on Facebook to stay up-to-date with improv events and information. Further info about our "typical" Sundays: Beginners are absolutely welcome.  The workshop is set …

I'm a makeup artist in the Bay Area with 10 years under my belt and I get approached by women all day long asking about my techniques and secrets of my trade. Look no further, I have started a meetup group to aid woman who are clueless about makeup. Join me as I change San Francisco's Bay Area... one face at a time. Makeup is a powerful thing... it helps women feel confident, beautiful and and more importantly builds self esteem. How many times have you felt more beautiful and empowered with …

Let’s start networking with the people who are in this business. Shooting photo, editing images and selling products online. Product photography could well be the single most important design aspect of any e-commerce website. Without the ability to touch, hold, smell, taste or otherwise handle the products they are interested in, potential customers have only images to interact with. Ultimately, the softer, tastier, flashier and more attractive your products look to shoppers, the more confident …

This group is for small business owners who want to barter their time/expertise for the time/expertise of others. Many small biz owners, including myself, are often running the entire show themselves, and on a very tight budget! What do you do when you need help with proof-reading, design, website assistance, etc? It helps to have a second pair of eyes and an extra set of hands, doesn't it? Let's help each other out! Bring your current project to the meetup and get some much needed feedback, adv …

ADDENDUM: This group was first created by and for Meetup members who opposed the transition to the "New View" on March 10, 2010.  Now it is January 27, 2011, and Meetup HQ has suddenly made a major overhaul to the appearance and functionality of our groups' websites.  We don't like those changes either! --- In a recent letter sent to all Meetup.com Organizers, CTO Greg Whalin made the following announcement: "On Wednesday, March 10th, we are going to wrap up the preview period and all Meetup …