West Valley College is offering programs and events around promoting small businesses and entrepreneurship.  Programs include classes designed to help first time entrepreneurs start new businesses, advanced courses to help existing businesses grow and succeed, and networking events to help small business owners develop connections and relationships to foster success. The courses are taught by seasoned entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley startup veterans, and specialists in a variety of areas including …

Did you know that the average knowledge retention rate six weeks after a typical business seminar is only 10%?! This is not a seminar. This is group coaching and brain storming on YOUR business issues. You will get personalized action plans to immediately implement in your business every week we meet. Other benefits of this meetup are: -Meeting other local Business Owners. -Developing deep relationships with other members that will produce new customers -Get advice and avoid costly mistakes …

This is a netwroking group is for people who are involved in, or support, a green and socially responsible business. The purpose of this group is to network, share ideas, learn from each other and make some good business contacts. We guarantee this will be an active group! We will hold regular meetings and invite speakers but will always make sure to involve a period of time for business networking. Ideal members for this group are those who have a "green" business or have an interest in suppor …

Meet other local startups, entrepreneurs, and members of the Los Gatos Business Community. Come make business connections and share your stories of success and/or downfalls. Meet up for a mixer and then head out for a night on the town. Los Gatos is a beautiful community with many incredible restaurants and shops lining the downtown streets.

The Silicon Valley Chapter of ASAP is a dynamic chapter of the Global Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals that focuses on addressing the alliance-related needs of individuals and companies in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. We offer our members a wide variety of targeted programs and skills workshops, current information on industry best practices, case studies to support professional development, and education to help grow your business and professional s …

This is a group for Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and those wanting to be Entrepreneurs. Our goal is for everyone to Build a Thriving Business, Have More Freedom and Make More Money. We are successful entrepreneurs that have come together to help people just like yourself succeed and thrive in this economy - and any economy! Business has it's own set of rules, and we're here to help you learn those rules and apply them to help you succeed. Whether you're an expert or new to the world of …

Are you an entreprenuer looking to connect with like-minded people to learn and take your business to the next level? Are you tired of your job that gets you nowhere? Do you want to prepare your job exit to become a Business Champion for yourself. Do you want to be your own boss and take charge of your own financial future? If your answers are yes, read on… Every Entrepreneur has one thing in common – everyone was a beginner at one time. Many of them have gone on to achieve success beyond their …

Welcome to the Small Business Lunch-Time Networking! If you owned a big corporation like Google or GE you would have your own HR department, Marketing and Sales department, Legal department and so forth. As a Small Business, competing with the giants, we are offen stragling with lack of resources. We cannot afford to hire an HR director, Markeing expert, or a Lawyer to work for us. At this luncheon we want to introduce you to a program which will allow you access to all the resources you need fo …

Networking is hard. Many of us depend on networking as a large part of our customer acquisition strategy. This is for the networker that would rather go to the networking event with another person. Going with a Buddy can ease the tension, make the event more fun and tandem networkers tend to stay longer and meet more people.

Yes, we are career movers and shakers, and layoff busters. In any economy, we know how to adapt. We will be PRO-Active and not RE-active. We will put ourselves in the driver seat. --this is our pledge. Hop on board. Have you been recently laid-off? Are you fearing a layoff? Do you want a new career or to open a business? Does your resume and cover letter need revamping? Do you need a new direction or way to make a living? Have you ever wanted to start a business but did not now how to go about i …

We are a business support group that brings together individuals from different professions and industries. We are focused on exchanging referrals within the group, generating leads for group members, building professional alliances, developing long lasting friendships, and the growth of our businesses. The members of our group are not only concerned with the growth of their own businesses, but we are also committed to helping our fellow group members become successful. Our group is speci …

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 …

This group is for Business Owners and Strategic Leaders within an Organization. We provide a forum to gain the knowledge and skills to take your company to the next level.

Easth Bay Referral Mixers is a community made up of local business owners and professionals in the East Bay that gather regularly (6-12x a year) for LARGE (100's of local business owners / professionals) Referral Mixers. Held at a private venue, the mixers bring hundreds of local business owners and professionals together in a fun, social collaborative environment designed to help members get to know one another and actively look to drive referral business to one another. Being part of our g …

A fresh Start. The IWAA purpose is to positively stimulate the mature person experiencing any of the many life transitions by following the IWAA Achievement Principles. These principles have been carefully crafted and researched for effectiveness and creativity. This involves identifying and using your strengths and other related untapped resources such as your natural environment, connections, personal skills, and identifying untapped opportunities. We will empower you by linking you to resourc …

We are a community of B2B professionals that are seriously committed to growing our businesses. We are here to combine our skills and resources to learn from each other and build powerful partnerships within the group. We meet the first Friday of each month from 11:30 to 1PM in Campbell, CA.  If you are interested in joining us, please request joining our meetup and you will will receive more information from us. Only one business area can be filled by one of our members. Businesses categories c …

The "mission" of this group is to inspire creative ways to refresh each other’s businesses and to focus on a partnership with members to collaborate and produce superior marketing techniques and drive sales through referrals and meeting regularly. The group performs creative exercises at meetings to enhance and stimulate communication to enhance opportunities for working together to create success for all. The main focus of the group is to strategically structure solutions for a high level of qu …

Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs is a professional networking group for (you guessed it) entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area who run or are inspired to start their own businesses.  We all have a goal of building our businesses through referrals and building a solid marketing system. As the organizer, fellow-business owner, and career coach, I am excited to hear stories of your success and give you tips of what worked for me and what did not, especially using social media. I understand personal …

Internet marketing encompasses a broad, diverse set of processes: search, content networks, email marketing, affiliate networks, video ads, social media, viral marketing, and more. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We meet regularly to discuss how to utilize these tools to …

Startups and Cofounders provides valuable entrepreneurship resources and connections for entrepreneurs and people with dreams of launching startups. We are committed to organizing startup events and helping talented people find their cofounders with complimentary skills and build their high-performing startups.

We welcome all members! In this group, we will help each other to actualize our entrepreneurship goals.  Please refer to our About page for more information.

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 …

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 …