The Silicon Valley Innovation Institute is a 503(c) non-profit. It's purpose is to support innovators - those who have insight, and actually APPLY it. If you're someone who's gotten into trouble for having a great idea before, or you are the kind of person who likes to support the people who get into trouble for having great idea's, then this is a group for you!

  NetSquared - Silicon Valley: NetSquared-SV is part of Netsquared International Technology group. You can find a local N2 group in most major cities around the world from this page: http://www.netsquared.org Here at Silicon Valley chapter, We focus on  Mobile, Social Media technologies, Innovation and Start-ups. For mobile developers and start-ups, mobile innovations should not be limited to any one technology or to one shop when there is a great potential to reach out all other customers a …

Bringing together creative people from the Silicon Valley community in health communications, health industries and in tech to foster conversations about how health care communications and new innovations can help engage, educate, empower and improve the health of people and the community. You might be a doctor that uses something as simple as email, or a programmer that knows what it's like to visit a doctor's office.... point being you are not required to be a healthcare or social media maste …

This group is for the rare Silicon Valley resident that has come from a farming background, is curious about modern agriculture or is interested in becoming involved in agriculture. The purpose of the group is for like-minded individuals to meet and discuss ideas, propose innovative ideas and otherwise hash out what the interaction of California's two strongest industries "could be". You should join if you are interested in: *sustainable agriculture *organic farming *conventional farming *the us …

A) From lean startups to established category leaders, ISVs, xSPs, cloud service providers (CSPs) need new methods, tools and marketplaces to commercialize their on demand subscription offering successfully and in a sustainable way. B) This Group is about THE MOVEMENT THAT IS TRANSFORMING HOW NEW PRODUCTS ARE BROUGHT TO MARKET C) If you are seeking to activate an innovative go-to-market model, by multiplying your commerce touchpoints - you should JOIN NOW!

This group is for those who enjoy understanding how technological changes are affecting social, economic, cultural and political systems. We're a diverse group of engineers, scientists, artists, investors and other sentient humans located in one of the planet's main regions of innovation. Our calling is the identification, understanding and assessment of the increasingly rapid developments across a spectrum of disciplines and applying them to generate a matrix of future scenarios covering sci …

The Bay Area Limited WIP Society is intended to be the home of Kanban for the software development community. We welcome all those people doing Lean and Kanban, talking about Lean and Kanban, or wanting to find out about Lean and Kanban to join us. We meet regularly to share ideas, meet other Lean and Kanban enthusiasts, promote Lean and Kanban and harness innovation within the software industry. Get involved, have fun, become more efficient! To find out more visit the official limitedwipsociety …

Being an entrepreneur, you will quickly realize how important it is to open yourself to new ideas and experiences. More than that, you will realize, that it all comes down to different perspectives from the best minds. This group is for people who want to share their grey matter to innovate and yet have fun! How and when, we will figure it out together

There is relatively little talk about how technology influences the quality and cost of healthcare given that it consumes one-sixth of the US GDP. Why does this segment lag in taking advantage of the post web2.0 and totally-mobile world?  For the past few years healthcare technology companies are emerging hoping to disrupt the existing care-giving modality, prepared to combat the current insane costs and inefficiencies. The advent of PHRs, social network, open platforms, smart phone, persona …

Our mission is to empower women and help them take their skills to the next level. In today's evolving business arena, every executive must be prepared to lead her organization through periods of innovation and rapid change. WomenNow Face2Face in association with Monali Jain Foundation will bring together a carefully selected group of accomplished business executives, to optimize your individual performance and your organizational impact—while achieving new levels of confidence and success.   St …

Welcome entrepreneurs, innovators & investors!!! We are a group of entrepreneurs, innovator & investors that collaborate in an informal environment to discuss monetization 2.0 opportunities. How can be best monetize the video & mobile space, social media, B2B & B2C apps, virtual currencies, widgets and other mash-ups etc ... Come join us in sharing your ideas, business models and current trends to encourage innovation, maximize revenue potential and create new sustainable business models.

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 …

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… This group is more focused on the policies, applications, ideas, startups, and innovations around online data than it is about specific coding languages or underlying technologies.   Potential Data 2.0 Meetup Focuses: - API's and Standardization: Utilizing and contributing to the "structured cloud" - OpenGov Data: Initiatives, Applications, Visualizations, and Analytics - GeoData: From Check-ins and Events to Market Intelligence - Business Intelligence 2.0: Startups who are innovating how busine …

  Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. The advent of the Digital Age has democratized innovation and entrepreneurship. Never before has it been more possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big, and,  in the process, change the world in a relatively short period of time. HP, Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo,  eBay, Amazon, Google, Facebook and many, many, many o …

About Hacking 4 Health The launch of Community Health Data Initiative by HHS and Institute of Medicine is exciting news for programmers interested in the development of health applications. Under this initiative, HHS and other government agencies are releasing vast amounts of health data developers can use to create applications that will help individuals and communities. HealthTap, in collaboration with Health 2.0, is thrilled to announce a Hackathon where developers can learn more about this …