I’m an aspiring entrepreneur looking to form a group of like-minded individuals also interested in starting their own businesses. While I currently have a job I’m happy at, ultimately I know I want to start a business, and it’s time to hunker down and start really taking the steps to get there! Let’s get together to: • Learn about each other’s ventures (not necessarily spilling the beans about super-specific business ideas; just knowing what each person is motivated by and interested in, althoug …

Join MeetUp group organizer and Entrust Group representative Bill St. John in learning about how to invest in alternative assets with your self-directed IRA. Learn from educational talks with leaders and peers who are making similar investment choices. Find out about their successes and failures with self-direction while learning how to conduct your own due diligence before leaping into a new investment with your self-directed IRA or tax-deferred account. Background on the Self-Directed IRA The …

Come together to: - create the life you want for yourself! - figure out what is important for YOU and then make it happen! If you are interested in this exciting future, come join one of the two upcoming meetings, after which there will be ample opportunity to keep these conversations and commitments going armed with tools and skills.

Bay Area Friends (BAF) is a social group for people with genital herpes (HSV1, HSV2) who live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. With @ 3000 members (combining our Meetup and Yahoo Groups), we are one of the largest Herpes social groups in the USA. We welcome everyone over 18 who is interested in making new friends, sharing fun activities together, and meeting others who share our surprisingly common situation. BAF has NO DUES, NO officers, NO social directors and NO budget. Instead, we rely …

The San Francisco chapter of the National Association of Business Economics (SFNABE) provides a forum for professionals with an interest in economics to share information and ideas. SFNABE is open to those with an interest in economics and in the applications of business economic tools. SFNABE was chartered by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) in 1988. The Chapter conducts monthly meetings featuring speakers and discussion of business and economic trends in the Bay Area, the …

Are you self-identified as masculine of center  (butch, trans, FTM, cisgendered male, male, stud, aggressive/AG, dom, macha, tomboi, trans-masculine etc.) and are also interested in creating a band of brothers that helps you stay accountable to your purpose and goals, get clarity in your life, challenge as well as support you? Then this is the group. This group is open to female and male people who self-identify as masculine of center. There is no litmus test to join. If you want to join and exp …

LOOKING TO GENERATE MORE REFERRAL BUSINESS?The Sonoma County Business Referral Network and Leads Group is a local organization in Sonoma County that helps business owners and profesionals generate business through referral. The Sonoma County Referral Network has multiple business referral groups  in the Northbay. Each group is made up of non-competing business owners and professionals that meet regularly and actively work to refer one another.Through regular meetings and referral activities our …

Do Something Different! Life is too short to have a job you hate or that just doesn't matter to you. Do you long to escape the cubicle? Our world is changing. Careers are changing. it's time to build the life you want and work on your own terms. Sometimes it's hard to find others who think like that too. This group aims to provide that community. You are capable of more than you realize, so come meet up with like-minded Free Range Humans. It will be an informal meetup to share thoughts, ideas, e …

This is a group for people who are trying to cope with the fallout of the current recession. Whether you lost your job or are otherwise struggling economically, it can be difficult to stay hopeful and motivated. Yet hope and motivation are the very things needed to help land a new job, or positively change your situation. This group provides support, information, and accountability for those who need a little help getting motivated in their job search. Group meetings will offer support such as …

We seek to mobilize digital citizens with tools and concepts for the public interest. Our goal is to tackle the biggest issues the world and our local communities face today. People of all levels of skill and knowledge are invited. Our group exists to give space for the types of discussions that both inform our understandings and vocabularies around digital and network technology, as well as to be creative and do or make things that hold those in power accountable, give voice to those without, i …

Sonoma County Outdoors is an adult group for Hiking, Walking, and Social Activities. Want to hike or walk for fitness and fun? Would regularly meeting with a committed group of like minded people help keep you accountable to exercise? Just want to get out of the house and have some fun? If you said yes to any of these questions, then take a look at Sonoma County Outdoors! There are a lot of great hiking Meetup groups out there. I'm a member of many of them and plan to continue to hike with the …

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn." - John Muir This is a meetup for women who love the outdoors and seek the company of other women for day hiking and other outdoor activities. The objective is for women who are alums, supporters, or friends of Call of the Wild Adventures, Inc. …

Our purpose is to promote social welfare and restore citizens' ownership of our democracy by mobilizing grassroots participation in the community. San Francisco for Democracy works to ensure that elected officials are held accountable to the electorate.

You know you're going to be a great doctor... But AMCAS and medical schools are slowly draining your will to live and your bank account! No worries, come find guidance and be rejuvenated by friendly, non-competitive, and helpful prospective physicians in your same shoes. The meetings serve 2 main purposes: 1. Come up with and participate in volunteer and community engagement activities - something significant you can put on your applications. 2. Provide an informal setting to get general help f …

This is a bi-weekly group that is ongoing. There is an initiial 3 month commitment to join. We are currently accepting new members. The group meets at Anam Cara Center in Berkeley. In the group, you will get one-on-one coaching, the attention and focus of the group, accountability, feedback, and teachings specifically designed for you. If you are interested call Maya at 415-672-5972 or email diamondlifecoaching@gmail.com

The Gov 2.0 / Open Government movement has been steadily gaining momentum in the last few years. This group seeks to bring like minded individuals (both inside and outside of government) together to seek and create change. Developers, designers, and anyone with ideas are encouraged to join!

Hey, SMUGgers, Meetup.com has been great, but we've got a brand-spankin' new home and we've just got the keys to move in. Boogie on down to http://www.fisheyeconnect.com/instructor/3573/san-francisco-north-smug/profile.aspx and help us warm up the San Francisco North Bay SMUG's new space over on FishEyeConnect.  Just sign up for an account and you will get info on our latest meetings. You'll love FEC because they're focused on photography. It's their mission (like ours) to connect great photog …

MoreQuality is an organization designed to help support effective and sustainable governance. More specifically, we're interested in bridging the gap between public agencies and citizens by providing information about the structure, operations, and outcomes of local government and assisting local government to become engaged in meaningful ways with its constituency.

How many of the following have you noticed? - Some persistent difficulties in life cannot be explained by one's personal history. - Some people "replay" their parent's lives, especially in the type of painful limitations they experience. - Some families seem to have way too many tragedies. - There are emotional patterns that can't be healed with one-on-one therapy. - There are dimensions of the soul that most spiritual approaches cannot touch or account for. Constellation work reaches into the …