SofTech is the Marin Software and Business networking group where individuals and organizations connect, learn, and share for business and professional success. Our goal is to help technical and non-technical members master existing tools and applications, and identify emerging opportunities that new technologies promise. We meet monthly at the San Rafael Corporate Center, located just off I-101. Cost for non-members to attend meetings is $15 and includes food and drinks. Please visit our we …

My mission is to promote local business and assist the business community to be prosperous and economically healthy. We can share resources and contacts, as well as educate and learn together.

Vegan and own a business? Operate a business that caters to vegan customers? Thinking of starting a vegan-oriented business? This group is dedicated to supporting veganism by helping vegan-friendly businesses to thrive. Let's support each other in our endeavors to build conscious and socially responsible endeavors that further vegan ideals, help fellow vegans as well as the general population, and better the planet. Focus on business strategy and marketing, especially direct marketing an …

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 …

Hello and Welcome! UZAZU is for you if you are passionate and excited about: Creating value for others Making a positive contribution Challenging yourself and growing Growing your business and vision hand-in-hand with growing yourself personally Have been meditating or utilizing mind-body practices and hunger for a more direct connection between mind/body and the skills and perspectives that put you in the driver's seat of your own conscious evolution. In order to serve your clients, customer …

While San Francisco and the South Bay are known for their tech scene, Marin County and areas north have all kinds of cool innovation happening. I want to meet tech entrepreneurs who are doing really awesome stuff and I don't want to travel an hour to do it! Let's meet up and talk about what we're working on, trade ideas and support, and jumpstart the scene up here. Whether you're an engineer, a UI/UX, a business type or just an entrepreneur groupie - come hang out!

This group founded by Melissa Bradley is a directory of Marin County women business owners and leaders that can benefit from each others friendships. This group is focused on gaining personal long lasting relationships and having fun, and the referrals and networking are secondary. We call our members "Queen Bees" to be funny. Life is too short not to have fun! We have voluntary meetings once or twice a month a local Marin restaurants. Melissa Bradley is the owner of Bradley Real Estate. She st …

This Group is for Women looking to grow their friendships and network with women in the San Francisco BayArea. Our "meet ups" will occur mostly in the North Bay and possibly outings to San Francisco. We are mothers, business women, entrepreneurs, educators, artists, .....whatever your passion is for life. Please share with us! Women only please....

Whether you’re a woman who owns her own business or a professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, lets support each other! Do you want to develop a business network, share goals, meet other interesting women in business, create friendships, or get away from your home office to socialize? Then you're a winner: join us. (This is a newly forming group. We will set up our first meeting as soon as there are a few sign-ups.)

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness comes from deep within, and not from people, situations, or circumstances. According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his frien …

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.

Come interact with local entrepreneurs, business owners, and real estate investors who enjoy trading stories and sharing financial ideas with each other. On the 2nd Saturday of each month, we play Robert Kiyosaki's Cashflow 101 board game which is based on financial principals of getting out of the rat race through investing and owning businesses.  If you've read the NY Times best selling book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, the book is based on the game (not the other way around).  Playing games allows you …

This is a group of entrepreneurs / designers / hackers who live in or around San Anselmo, CA. We meet up on at the Marin Coffee Roasters in downtown SA on Thursday nights to chat and meet other awesome people.

Hi there! Thanks for visiting our group! How much do you really know about networking through Social Media? Do you have the ability to reach that audience to promote yourself and your business? We’ve started this group with the intention of combining traditional networking with social media networking. By doing this, it is our goal is to bring those network connections to the next level! Our three Goals: 1. Build more connections 2. Create Trusting relationships 3. Motivate you to never give up! …

Raise Your Glass! Happy Hour Networking for Women Entrepreneurs For every women who believes that we are stronger together rather than apart. Who believes in tribal wisdom and the sharing of great stories. Who loves a great glass of wine (or two). Who believes that every woman has a right to find their inner warrior. Capture Power. Capture Love. Capture Wisdom. The Power is within You. This is for the woman in you. The woman who knows she has so much to offer the world. For the woman wh …

Open to all BNI members in the North Bay, this is an opportunity for BNI members to meet socially away from their regular BNI meeting with other BNI members from other groups. Come out and really stretch your BNI membership by meeting other like-minded entrepreneurs!

WORK is Sonoma County's coworking space in beautiful, downtown Petaluma, CA. We aren't just desks and conference rooms - we're a growing community of mindful, thinking, creative, supportive coWORKers. We believe in the amazing value of the local community and want to do anything we can to help support the amazing cross-pollination of talent and ideas that are so present here. This meetup listing is to help coordinate the growing number of events and community outreach activities that we have goi …

This Meetup group is for mobile computing Entrepreneurs and App Developers that live and or work in the North Bay. The technology focus of the group is iOS & Android developer centric while the intention of the group is to create opportunities for both networking and education in Sonoma County. The group’s primarily venue is Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, or Cotati/Rohnert Park and surrounding area residents. This group could be of interest to all; Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Marin County residents th …

What if . . . . . . you had Business Experts be required to give you the cliff note summary on their Business or Marketing topic! . . . you always knew that your time was well spent by going to a meeting . . . because you received state-of-the-art Information . . . you were part of a Community that was focused . . . FOCUSED on supporting one another with our expertise This is truly a winning Business Community, where everyone feels better by participating.  We get new business quicker with knowl …

Just for Coaches, Holistic Practitioners & Conscious Entrepreneurs... "Join Us to Make New Connections and Collaborate in a Conscious Community Created Just for YOU" You started your work to make a difference in your clients’ lives. But you may not have realized that having a steady stream of new clients would be necessary for you and your practice to thrive. You may have even tried to go to networking events all over the Bay Area and get referrals, but it just hasn’t created the results you’re …

This group is focused on "Soul" Proprietors; Entrepreneurs that are passionate about creating a spiritually aligned, joyous, prosperous business and want more support from their community and fellow entrepreneurs. In this group there will be networking opportunities as well as guest speakers who will speak on topics that will help you grow your business and expand your business. We are looking forward to having you join us!

We provide networking opportunities that will connect you with other professionals in our community. Professionals coming from Sonoma County, Napa County, and Marin County. On the second Tuesday of every month North Bay Networking Group meets at Sally Tomatoes in Rohnert Park. NBNG has informational presentations related to networking, branding, marketing, business development, and employment opportunities.

Support and networking group for those doing startup ventures

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 …

Are you a do-er and not just a talker and like to be part of one-of-a-kind experiences? Do you like surprising people in a good way? Ever done a Flash-mob? How about a cash mob? http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/03/02/neighbors-rally-around-food-after-tragedy-strikes-small-businesses/ Ever heard of 'Build a better block?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntwqVDzdqAU I like doing quirky and unusual things. I've started and ran the Atlanta Underground Market in Atlanta and organized the largest flash-mo …

We are currently in the process of building three new chapters of BNI, Business Network International, in Vacaville, Vallejo, Benicia, and Suisun areas. BNI offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals. Being a member of BNI is like having sales people working for you every day who market your product or service. BNI's sole purpose is to provide a structured environment for the development and exchange of quality business referrals. If referral …

Looking to find a group of freelance or work at home creative's or entrepreneurs who want to get out of the house and share space with others of like mind. Share ideas but mostly combine our power of income generation to have a space in the Novato, Petaluma, Rhonert Park area. Working alone can be great, but having a group of other creative, energetic people around is much more fulfilling for a working day (IMHO). Maybe we are just 3-5 people who share a large space. The other aspect of this mee …

We are a nonprofit organization that serves women in business through community service & education while providing networking and support for women in business. We meet twice a month, first Wednesday evening Mixer and third Friday morning breakfast. We have great speakers and fantastic networking!