The Mission Promote Her Business (PHB) began as a vision sparked by a creative serial entrepreneur who passionately desired to see other women entrepreneu-HERS succeed in businesses longer than the 5 years they were estimated to last before going under. Namely, she understood how badly it hurt to give business(es) your 100% and NOT be successful, and she didn’t want other entrepreneurs to suffer from the same heartbreak! Accordingly, in 2012, Josephine Hanan, affectionately known as “Jos, teamed …

Real estate investing is a popular and proven way to reach retirement security and enjoy financial freedom. It combines the use of leverage and appreciation with the three tax benefits of depreciation, deductions and deferral to make your money work harder for you and grow quicker. Expand your net worth in your real estate investment portfolio, and increase your passive income as you reach financial freedom. We teach and discuss methods that can help you toward your financial goals through low-r …

This group is for the "do it yourself rental owner". If you own rental property and you prefer to manage yourself, you will want to attend a variety on on-going classes to teach you how to manage your properties the right way, learning everything there is to know from qualifying your applicants to the move out process. Regular monthly classes, plus occasional networking events, gives you access to experts in the field, as well as other rental property owners and vendors who like to share informa …

The mission of Women MBA Connect (WMC) is to promote, educate, and connect professional women who have earned graduate level degrees and are pursuing careers in business. This San Francisco Bay Area organization is dedicated to advance the leadership and professional success of women by developing and cultivating a network that stimulates professional opportunities, encourages personal development, and provides continuing business education for its members.

We are group of professionals committed to growing and expanding our abilities to generate more financial abundance for ourselves and our community. We meet on Thursday mornings for breakfast for 1.5 hours. The meetings are structured with excercises, strategy development and implementation, and education. The group is led by a professional facilitator to ensure that every meeting is productive, brings value and ensures rapid growth and expansion for each member. We require our members to be pre …

This group is a forum for teachers to get together for the purpose of making friends, meeting other teachers, sharing curriculum/lesson plans, grading student work, venting in an empathetic environment, and most importantly, having fun!

What’s your dream? Freedom of time? Unlimited resources to travel the world? Whatever it may be, CASHFLOW 101 teaches you how to get out of the Rat Race and onto the Fast Track, how to make your money work for you - not the other way around. CASHFLOW 101 is an educational board game that simulates real life financial strategies and situations. As a simulation, you learn valuable lessons and gain priceless insights into personal finance and investing without having to put your actual money at ris …

The purpose of this group is 3-fold: (1) Meet others who anticipate or are in the midst of legal, mediation or court-related issues surrounding divorce, child custody and financial support (2) Obtain low-cost technical coaching including the opportunity for one-on-one coaching to help provide you with some needed clarity as you design your divorce or attempt to resolve your post-divorce issues, and obtain some tools and resources for achieving a successful outcome while minimizing legal costs …

This Meetup group supports the SF Bay ACM Chapter.  You can join the actual SF Bay Chapter by coming to a meeting - most meetings are free, and our membership is only $20/year ! The chapter has both educational and scientific purposes: - the science, design, development, construction, languages, management and applications of modern computing. - communication between persons interested in computing. - cooperation with other professional groups See official bylaws at http://www.sfbayacm.org/?at …

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 Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-solubl …

Walking innovators - new meetup for Bay area innovators with unique format: combine exercise/ daily workout with intellectually stimulating and useful conversations, presentations, Q/A, etc. Meet other innovators, get advice, bounce ideas, learn something new, make friends, find help and support from your peers - professionals in the same or similar industries - all while exercising. You won't even notice, as you get more fit, improve your posture and get some good workout in the most natural wa …

Hi there - and Welcome to our Meetup group! My name is Rick Haffner... a long-time South Bay, professional actor, director, vocalist and clown. LIVE Theatre is my passion! I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting & Directing many years ago and enjoy sharing my knowledge of theatre history, literature, and any "insider information" I may know, with others. Join us and Meetup with other FUN guys of all ages in the South Bay and the greater SF Bay Area who enjoy LIVE theatre! Let's share som …

Meet other local Restaurant Owners, Managers and Employees to trade tips and talk business. Educational workshop for restaurant owners on how to market and operate their restaurant. This event is by SBA and SBDC held at the Entrepreneur Center in downtown San Jose.

Tiger conservation has gone high-tech. Using remote camera traps, software programs that identify individual tigers captured in photographs, and other cutting-edge tools, Wildlife Conservation Society researchers are making major strides in protecting these endangered great cats. To help us safeguard their most critical habitats, we’ve joined forces with tech pros who share our commitment, and need your support. Our mission is urgent: Fewer than 3,200 wild tigers exist in the world today. Of thi …

Welcome new members and congratulations for caring enough to be a responsible citizen. The great thing about the Ron Paul campaign is that it's not about Ron Paul, it's about people who care enough to take responsibility for their country instead of leaving it all up to the 'elites' who presume so much on our behalf. This is about ending the war, withdrawing from empire status, and renewing the liberty which is the environment in which people can grow to become their best and again be a ligh …

Pathways to Family Wellness’ Vision Pathways envisions a world of thriving, empowered families who easily connect to the inner and outer resources, practitioners and supportive community needed to create wholeness on all levels of existence. We believe stepping onto our personal pathway to wellness is a consciousness-raising act with the power to regenerate and transform ourselves, our families, our communities and our world. With our holistic and expansive vision as our guide, Pathwa …

As an East Coast transplant I miss those lively, intellectual conversations with my witty, sarcastic, well-travelled, well educated cosmopolitan friends and San Francisco is too far from my South Bay base. I envision a group of bright, open minded, outgoing and opinionated "women of a certain age" who get together to talk about everything from their travels, trials and tribulations to politics and ethics and well ... life. We'll wine and dine, attend cultural events, enjoy all that the Bay Area …

SVPG started last century in Cupertino. See http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SiliconValleyPatternsGroup We meet every Tuesday at 7pm at Hobees and study books. We have recently covered "Beautiful Code", "Actors in Scala", "Java Concurrency in Practice", "Clean Code"... To participate, you are supposed to get the book we study, come over, have dinner if you feel like it, and participate in the book discussion. We do it chapter by chapter. From time to time we have social meetings, and we decide which …

Hi there - and Welcome to our Meetup group! My name is Rick Haffner... a long-time South Bay, professional actor, director, vocalist and clown. I have a passion for both Film and LIVE Theatre! (Be sure to check out our LIVE theatregoing group - Bay Area Theatre Lovers - http://theater.meetup.com/173/) - if that interests you! I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting & Directing many years ago and am a current Screen Actor's Guild/AFTRA member. I love to attend all kinds of movies and enjo …

EIMEI INSTITUTE is the the only institute in the US that emphasizes a non-religious approach but same programs as Mikkyo seminary for Monk. Our global mission at the EIMEI INSTITUTE is to contribute world peace through mind(Kokoro) education. Our institute focuses on mind, or 'Kokoro' the traditional Japanese expression for mind with “Heart of things”. At our institute we offer a variety of programs, such as “Mikkyo Study,” “Applied Mikkyo Ethics for mind development”, and appropriate related st …

Direct Sales and Multi-level Business Networking Group, (DSMBG) is a professional networking for those looking for ways to build their small businesses. This forum is open to those looking for home base business, and to those trying to go into business themselves. At DSMBG, You are in business for yourself but not by yourself; group members will share success stories with those striving to build their businesses. Direct sales and Multi- Level Business Networking is design to help business minded …

This Meetup is for parents of children with special needs in the Silicon Valley who want the straight scoop on the legal planning they should have in place to make sure their kids and money are taken care of by the people they want in the way they want ... no matter what. At our Meetups, you will learn: -- How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Future and Build a Fortress of Protection Around Your Child that Will Last a Lifetime. -- The 10 Steps You Must Take to Plan for the Future Care of You …

This group is for anyone who has the responsibility of providing for the care of their parents or other family members. Topics will include: how to avoid elder fraud, how to maximize benefits from Social Security or Medicare, how to choose the correct nursing home, how to work with professional caregivers, how to recognize memory issues with our parents, and other topics you may wish to hear about.

“ Live where you want, but Invest where it makes sense”. Join us each month to learn and share your experiences with new and experienced investors.  Join us on our Fieldtrips as well!  Contra Costa County has proven to provide many of the best investment opportunities in the Bay Area, as well as the entire State. Why go out of state when the best deals are right here in your own backyard? Home values have plummeted for 5 years now in much of the Bay Area. However, values have stabilized and are …

This group is for anyone who is interested in getting thier diabetes under control without having to rely on injectable insulin or pills that are used to manage your blood sugar and blood A1C levels. Along with this group, you will have the opportunity to learn the principles of weight management, nutrition thats true and accurate and a cardio vascular lifestyle. This grouphas focal point aimed to Educate, Motivate and Support!