The Sunnyvale Buying Houses for Profit Group is an expansion of the very successful Fremont based "Bay Area Private Money Lender Group" to provide a convenient venue for members residing in Santa Clara County. Our goal is to facilitate networking opportunities for lenders, investors, rehabbers and real estate developers. We will also provide education in the area of finding, buying, fixing and flipping Ugly Houses, with attention to presenting opportunities for investment. If you would like to l …

This group is an interactive, developer-friendly introduction to analytics, machine learning and data science topics. The focus will be on learning practical techniques to working with data. We will be doing R, Python, Ruby and a little bit of Java/C++. We will also focus on real-life problems in various domains such as healthcare, energy etc. and apply data to solve those problems. Oh, btw - G.O.D.s => Geeking-out on data science. :-) See you there.

Bay Area Storm Users is a group for developers and companies using Twitter's Storm real-time data processing and DRPC framework. We get together to discuss best practices, usage patterns, and to exchange ideas. Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, and is a lot of …

We are Aerospike.  Our group is focused on having discussions around scaling real-time, high transaction and low latency NoSQL database systems. We will have guest speakers talk about their real world experiences and learned techniques around building and managing mission critical businesses that realize 100% up-time. Collaborate with peers trying to solve the same complex problems that arise when you bet your business on your infrastructure.

We are an educational group. We provide a platform for everyone in the group to learn from one another. We can share our ideas, dreams, and help one another build our wealth and achieve our dream lifestyles. We meet at least once a month to discuss different topics. Our purpose is to pass on wealth building information and add value to every group member's life. If you have great ideas and want to share with others, please e-mail to mywealth411@gmail.com. Discussed topics currently include, but …

We are the Peninsula and South Bay Bicycling Group (PSBBG)! Without exception, we aim to be a clean fun group - no drugs, alcohol, or flouting of California vehicle code on these rides, other than rolling through a stop sign at your own discretion.  We do not welcome cross-posts or suggested rides with other groups which do not follow these guidelines. This group is for experienced group-riding road-bike riders. Owning a road-bike is a requirement to join the group, (as opposed to mtn bikes, hyb …

================================== THREE Silicon Valley Gayme Nights Every Week!!! ================================== There are THREE gayme nights (where board games and card games are played in an LGBT-friendly environment) in Silicon Valley EACH WEEK that you can go to. They are held every Thursday in Sunnyvale, every Friday in San Jose, and every Sunday in Los Altos. Hopefully one of those times and locations will work for you. ______________________________________________________________ …

Are you a hacker, coder, or engineer who actually wants to SELL the cool stuff you build? Then Marketing Nerds is for you! We're a growing network of technology startup entrepreneurs who have actually sold many millions of dollars worth of our technology and software products in the real world. Here are some of the topics we love to talk about: What Should I Build, and Who Will Buy It? - A specific technique you can use so you know exactly what to build, before you build it, that guarantees the …

Our group is focused on having discussions around scaling real-time, high transaction and low latency NoSQL database systems. You will hear use cases, customer successes and thought leadership discussions on emerging applications and use cases - and the supporting platforms and technologies that enable them. Collaborate with peers working to solve truly complex, technical issues while betting their business on an infrastructure with 100% uptime. Find Us: http://www.aerospike.com Follow Us: http …

Come and check out the Humanist Community in Silicon Valley! Our website is http://www.humanists.org. Our main event each week is a Sunday Forum which features a different speaker each Sunday discussing some topic of interest. A wide variety of topics are covered from week to week. To see our upcoming scheduled Forums and our past Forums, go to the http://www.humanists.org website and click on the "Sunday Forums" link. You can also check out our upcoming and recent past Forums by looking at this …

From People-to-People, to People-to-Machine, and we are stepping towards the era of Machine-to-Machine. From (Consumer) Internet to Industrial Internet, those all about Real-time Streaming Big Data, which drives Cloud Computing Nothing Manual Cannot Be Automated, the reason now not automatic is just because of the automation cost. With the foreseeable success of Machine-to-Machine based Industrial Internet, it is not far away for us to enjoy a fully Automatic Society

This group is for people who are bored with their fitness routine, or lack of one. NASM certified personal trainers lead you through workouts designed to get you real results and help you transform your body. Each workout is crafted to raise your heart rate and help you build lean muscle. You learn different exercises that can be done at home. We cater to people with busy schedules and lives. Come workout with us! You can learn more about our trainers at: http://www.RealResultsTrainer.com There …

Although many (but not all) of us are Star Wars fans, being a Jedi isn't about occasionally dressing up or having fun with lightsabers. A Jedi is someone who through their own will and spirit strives to be a stronger, better, and more helpful person to the world. "Utilizing the truth in fiction", we strive to follow a path inspired by the fictional Jedi in Star Wars in our real lives. Our meetings cover a variety of types of training, including martial arts, meditation, energy work, philosophy, …

Meeting other fabulous and fun girlfriends to hang out with! New in town, make new friends. Happy Bay Area girlfriends, women's social. Girls just wanna have fun. Join our circle of genuine 20s and 30s females, and let's have a good time! We are fun loving girlfriends. We have big hearts filled with passion and love! We are ladies who enjoy cocktails, girls night out, dancing, music, happy hour, and having fun in life! We are professional women with substance Who are willing to make a difference …

We are the Bay Area Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association. We're a group of singles who like to golf. We'll get together and golf/socialize around the area. www.bayarea.singlesgolf.com The American Singles Golf Association (www.singlesgolf.com) is a group of chapters throughout the United States composed of real people you meet face-to-face and, of course, play golf with. Chapters hold general membership meetings once each month and play golf as a group as often as they would like. Ma …

Solid State Startups make physical things. Things that hurt if you drop them on your foot. SSS is a place to share experience and wisdom that only comes from building stuff in the real world.

...Looking for the edge to optimal business success? Join us as we explore, learn and support each other in our business adventures and ventures. More importantly, we establish personal relationships to expand our networks and our businesses to position ourselves for huges success in 2010 and beyond!! 2010 Theme: Business Success Through Coaching. Hear the insights, tips and strategies from the best Biz Coaches in the Bay Area. Each meeting will feature an invited guest Biz Coach who is genui …

They say you are the average of the 5 people you hang out with the most. That's tough when you are a young business owner, and most of your friends are still earning a yearly salary. I started this group for young business owners to meet others on the same journey as them. This group is for young business owners working towards building a 7 figure business. While this may include a tech startup, this meetup is not specifically geared towards those-if only because there are a lot of those groups …

This is a Robotics and Artificial Intelligence study group. To kick off - We are going to go through online lectures in the "Intro to Robotics" course taught by Oussama Khatib at Stanford and try to solve assignments. (Prerequisite - Matrix Algebra). It is a graduate level course. We are hoping to go through two lectures per week with assignment discussion on weekend mornings. Hopefully later work on real world projects etc.

South Bay Referral Mixers is a community made up of local business owners and professionals in the South 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 gu …

If you are dancer and love to dance to any music then come jam with us! This group dances to all world fusion/beats. Come and share your music, your moves, be open and pick up new ones and have some real fun with folks that share the same dance passion! We will meet 1/week to let ourselves loose into the rhythm of world music and let our dance do the talking. Let's see what you've got!

Hi! We are a group focused on Nutrient Dense foods with an emphasis on fermentation Paleo/Primal template is part of our approach - so no gluten and  grains are minimal and properly prepared.  We teach and support real food preparation and consumption. Join us if you are passionate about organic, local live foods!

Rainmakers started as a series of miniconferences focusing on entrepreneurial education for startup founders and professionals to share their experiences and grew into the perfect networking group for San Francisco Bay professionals who want to connect with other professionals. Make new business and personal connections, build your network, find new clients, and identify business opportunities. We make our networking events easy by having greeters at the door to not only welcome you - they intro …

I am a licensed Zumba Instructor. Teaching Zumba is my passion. Join me for some real fun and fitness! Men and women...It doesn't matter if you don't know how to dance, if you are not coordinated, if you are shy...you will have FUN and a great workout! First class is FREE! $11.00/class. Punch cards available for 10 classes ($9.00/class).

Meet with students, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who are interested in machine learning algorithms. We get together to both study the algorithms and discuss the real-world applications of ML. This is an exciting time for coders that deal with data, so join us!

This group strive to enrich you by presenting professionals that provide insights on the latest trends in Agility, Leadership and New Domains.

You are learning Chinese and believe real casual interaction is the best way to go? You lived in China and fear to lose your leve l now that you are in the USA? You are Chinese and want to help laowai perfect their tones and maybe learn some English, French, Spanish... From Chinese 'tong' expert to curious everyone is welcome to meet-up for a milk tea and chat in mandarin! Here is a dropbox of some Chinese learning materials. http://db.tt/RxHwRAiQ Hope you enjoy it and shoot me an email if you …

We are the local group for ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics). Our mission is to promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Our purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques. We meet roughly every month, usually on the third Thursday. Our local group has been me …