The San Mateo Professional Alliance is a business strategy and networking leads club. The club provides each small business member with business networking opportunities to promote his or her business or profession in a friendly business referral networking atmosphere.  Our goal is very simple, to expand each member's business by promoting and marketing each other! To do this network marketing we meet every Wednesday for lunch to learn about each other's businesses and to exchange business leads …

We took over this group because we liked the idea of various professionals helping each other.  It does not matter whether you have been running your own business for the past 10 years or whether you are now thinking of starting a business.  Nor does it does not matter what profession you are in.  We do hold high regards for those who believe in candor, hard work, and ethics. We would like to get together a supportive, dedicated group that is not just about building their own business and contac …

This will be a group of enthusiastic referral partners who work together as a team to not only help generate new businesses through referral but also help create a closely-knitted business community where we look to: • Improve ongoing business and market strategies by getting to know each others' fields and expanding out • Grow the professional’s business via solid interpersonal relationship • And be the business support for the business partners The goal through this group is to create a team …

*** Fun, Value & New Friends - BAC - Bay Area Snow Sports Council - Clubs - Year-Round Activities & BenefitsAre you interested in fun, value & new friends?Bay Area Snow Sports Council (BAC) www.skibac.org is a nonprofit, volunteer-run association of more than 30 snow sports clubs founded in 1947 covering the entire Bay Area from Monterey up to Napa and out to the Sierra Foothills. There is no cost to join the BAC Meetup group but we would like to encourage you to consider becoming a member of o …

The beauty industry is a $53 Billion Industry. We are a group of powerful women whose mission is to empower women to embrace their beauty, build community and foster an environment of success within the beauty industry. Ever since we have been little girls, we've wanted to be the princess, to feel beautiful, to know we are beautiful. So, now that we're all grown up, our heart for this group is to create a safe haven for makeup divas to discover our inner beauty and step into our confidence. Toge …

Its so exciting what is going on in the mobile ecosystem right now. I encourage any one interested in learning about anything related to mobile and meeting the exciting people behind changing the way that people interact with each other, technology, and companies/brands join. The next couple of years are going to be a fun and exciting ride for any one involved with mobile and especially the consumer. My goal is to connect people, content, and ideas so that we all may benefit from an open group t …

We are an active San Mateo area chapter of BNI, the world's largest business referral organization. BNI stands for Business Network International. We're a group of local business owners who meet weekly to help one another promote and grow our businesses through word-of-mouth advertising and bonafide business referrals. Essentially, we are a team of sales people for one another. If referrals are an important part of your business, then this is the group for you. One advantage BNI has over other n …

Meeting other fabulous and fun girlfriends to hang out with! New in town, make new friends. Happy Peninsula/San Mateo 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 …

We are connecting the dots by telling stories: about life we are living, about travel we took last winter, about last movie we saw, about premonition over last night's dream, and about food. Sharing stories over food is a tradition, something we all have done since we were able to recognize lights and sounds. Taken from a dictionary, the definition of "Food" is, a noun: "any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote grow …

Intelligent, career-driven, hardworking, and in desperate need of a girls' night out. Does this describe you? If so, you're in the right place! Living in the Bay Area as a professional woman is great, except once in awhile you'd like to take a break from work, or the significant other, etc. and just relax and enjoy conversation and a glass of wine over dinner with other similarly situated women. Whether you'd like to expand your social network, are new in the area and want to meet potential frie …

This group is for people who are looking forward to make new friends that has common interest. We are social butterflies who has interests in hiking, dinning and socializing. We are Chinese and English speaking people who are born in the 80's in the Bay Area. We have an amazing group of people and our meetups are laid back and always fun. Come join us for party, hiking, happy hour, dancing, karoke, wine tasting, exploring new places, whatever! This is the club you will want to be part of! Two te …

PURPOSE: To be social and meet like minded people. WHY JOIN: Why not, what do you have to gain by not attending at least one happy hour? WHO SHOULD JOIN: Did you recently relocate to the area? Did you recently move back? Maybe your circumstances have changed? Did your plans cancel last minute? Maybe you just want to ditch the old routine? Why the heck not? Please! Please! RSVP it makes it easier on the venue staff if I can tell them how many of us will be there. Must be a member to view location …

We are a mid- 40's professional couple, grown kids, 2 dogs, 5 cats, and living in San Mateo. We are seeking other couples in the Bay Area to get together with for dinners, cocktails, BBQ's, game nights, comedy shows, concerts, trips and any other outings we can think of! Maybe even some outings with our dogs! At our first meeting we can then decide together on events to plan and how often we would like to get together, etc. We have been wanting to meet some new people and figured this would be a …

A year round club for singles* over 21 based in the mid-Peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose. Inskiers offers its members year-round athletic and social activities, friends with whom to ski or board, a ski racing program and access to a low cost winter cabin at Lake Tahoe’s north shore.   Through our relationship with the Bay Area Snowsports Council (BAC) and Far West Ski Association (FWSA), our members get discounts on lift tickets, ski & board services, lodging and trips to many exciti …

Meet other sushi and sake addicts in your area! We'll try different sushi places around the peninsula, attack the fish, drink up some sake, and then rattle our blah blah of what we think about the restaurant - or life in general.... The event limit is 15 people (occasionally more if venue capacity allows), depending on the place, we might have to sit in separate tables (hardly any sushi place can accommodate 15 people in one table). We order a few things and share with our table mates. I will s …

Happy Hour on the Peninsula who want to go to cool happy hours at places around the Peninsula and South Bay We go to wine bars, restaurants, and hip clubs from San Mateo to San Jose, such as: Village Pub Il Fornaio Savvy Cellar Madera at Rosewood MacArthur Park and many, many more! Cheers, The HHotP Leadership Team

Meet active couples (no children preferred) who enjoy engaging conversations and fun activities with a group of couples. Let's dine together, have some cocktails, go hiking (bring your dog), taste wine and more. Enjoy connecting with others at our events!

This is a group for anyone interested in wine, food pairing and exploring other fine spirits. Whether you're a wine enthusiast or new to drinking wine and other spirits, come join us and expand your palate!

Welcome to TRIBE. We host parties, mixers, dinners, movie nights, happy hours, hikes, trips, wine tastings, and more. Come and join the fun!

Stand up paddle around San Francisco, Peninsula and beyond! We have group meetups and casual meetups listed on the "Discussions" tab's bulletin board.  Kevin, the organizer, is available to help people find info about SUP gear too.  Just shoot him a message.  We have, different manufacturers, such as Everpaddle, who bring demo gear out to the paddle events and give discounts to SF SUP members, including a free carbon paddle with a custom Everpaddle board order.

This is a Real Estate, Entrepreneur & Investment Community where members empower members through Networking, Investing, Education, Support, and Resources. Our mission is to encourage successful relationships by creating a network community where members can connect to other members, where ideas can be exchanged, projects are presented for collaboration. Collectively, we expand our opportunities. Together we can educate, promote partnerships, and discover creativity in investing. We invite you to …

Women Entrepreneurs of the Bay Area, also known as WEBA. WEBA is a community of women movers and shakers who have a desire to connect with other outstanding and inspiring women leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area. WEBA welcomes you! Whether you are just starting out as an entrepreneur or a seasoned professional -- all are welcome at the Women Entrepreneurs of the Bay Area Meetup Group. Solopreneurs, professionals, coaches, consultants, speakers, and practitioners or any woman seeking a strong, …

We are a regional, special interest, chamber of commerce dedicated to advancing equality of every being. Our organization advocates for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and individuals of the San Francisco Peninsula and promotes the building of strong business and personal relationships through bi-weekly Leads Exchange Groups (LEG) and regular social events.

Graphic Designers, Illustrators, Advertisers, Photographers, Sculptors, Animators and the rest... STEP AWAY FROM THE [Computer, Canvas, Sketchbook, Camera, etc.] and come out for some socializing and networking with like minded creative types. Our intention is to have a friendly environment where we can all share stories of our artistic passion, network for possible collaboration and hopefully make some real friends with similar interests.

TThe San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Investment Association is an organization focused on Networking to find and build your power team. Through casual networking events, the San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Investment Association is able to bring both new and old real estate investors together to get deals done and develop actionable investment plans that will lead to individual levels of success. If you are an individual looking for a better way to invest your money and time --then come …

The Bay Area Circle of Women welcomes professionals, community leaders, mothers, business owners, or any woman seeking a strong, like-minded group for support, networking, and adventures! Our discussions focus on bringing together mind, body, spirit, and business. Quarterly conferences will feature speakers and activities on a variety of topics: starting or growing your own business, creating wealth, achieving physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, learning to love and acknowledge yoursel …

This meetup is to network and connect local talented and skilled web developers who like to work on side projects (on nights and weekend basis from home) and make a few extra bucks, with companies and startups in need of talents that can get things done for and willing to work on their own hours for a slightly reduced rate. So you are welcome to join if: 1) You are a sharp/seasoned web developer with any of the following skills: - PHP - Python - HTML/CSS/Javascript/JQuery - Web Design - Etc …

AfriTank is a support network geared towards budding entrepreneurs in the diaspora who wish to do business on The Continent. We meet up with the premise that accountability and feedback are great ways to ensure our ideas move forward and become tangible ventures that will help transform the African society. The agendas for our meet up will consist of brainstorming, business plan development, and mock investor presentations where ideas are pitched and critiqued by the group. Our mission is to con …