This meet up is for self-employed individuals, small business owners and anyone serious about starting a business. It can be overwhelming when an individual transitions from simply providing services to creating and running a business. As a new business owner you must wear many hats and utilize the resources around you. When starting out, free resources are always great. That is what this meetup is about. We will hold monthly meetings in Mountain View starting in February. Our speakers will be a …

Traditionally, businesses have leveraged print coupons, newspaper ads, and direct mail to advertise their products and services. 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. How effective are these advertising and marketing channels for small businesses today? We will explore modern, …

Who Should Attend The group is intended for small business owners who want to grow their business by sustaining your current customer base, gaining new customers and you are keen to increase your revenues and profits. You are willing to do something about your intention because you know something must change and: You are considering using web technologies, or You already have some technology in place but want to improve, or You want to explore the possibilities to learn more about it, or You ar …

We will meet at least once a month (the plan is to have weekly meetings) to discuss issues facing small business and entrepreneurs today, share our own experiences in facing those issues and come up with ideas on how to help each other and those we know. As the group expands and we learn to trust each other, business referrals are sure to follow!

Welcome to one of the 50 largest entrepreneur groups in the country! You do NOT need to live in the San Francisco Bay Area to join our club. We record our meetings and publish them on YouTube. Watch videos at http://www.youtube.com/tacticalexecution The Twitter hashtag for this group is #academy. The Academy has 3 main goals: (1) disseminate practical business development guidance for entrepreneurs & small business owners, (2) allow members to network and benefit from each other's exp …

Accounting & Tax Strategies discussions for Small Business Owners and other self-employed   How to pay less tax and take all the deductions we are entitled to and  How to not take any deductions we are not entitled to and avoid paying thousands of dollars in tax penalties? We can’t count on our accountant to follow us everywhere keep books for us just like we don’t expecting our dentist to brush our teeth everyday either. Let’s get together share our experiences and help each other with ta …

Never Market Alone! We decided to start this group to help small businesses keep their marketing edge against big franchises and corporations.  Big businesses have resources that small businesses can't compete with, such as: Millions of dollars in their marketing budgets. Chief Marketing Officers or VPs of Marketing that oversee a fully staffed marketing department (with social media, art design, creative directors, video production, etc.). The ability to sell their products at lower prices b …

Welcome to the Breakfast with Fran Tarkenton Club! The Small Business Breakfast Club is a monthly event where local small business owners and community leaders get together in one location to network, exchange business cards and build relationships. People do business with people they Know, Like, and Trust, and our Breakfast Club is your opportunity to build strong relationships with other local business owners in your community. Since January 2012 Fran Tarkenton and his special guests have been …

I decided to start this group so the many small business people who are out there can finally stop worrying, and start networking! I have been to networking groups that want you to pay money to join, and they were not even a good group! The purpose of this group is to meet up, help each other with our business ideas, and network with each other!It does not matter if there is 2 of the same in the group.We encourage, we brainstorm, and work together. That's the secret to success. If you are new to …

Stork Peterkin International Foundation (SPIF) in collaboration with CEOSPACE operates monthly meetings to provide connections, education, information, networking, and all things neccessary to take your business to the next level. We are the largest and richest entrepreneurial club in the world. We operate owner-to-owner networking clubs across the USA and Canada. We specialize in... Coaching, Connections and Capital! Established in 1990, CEO Space represents over 20 years of uninterrupted com …

Our meetups are for people who want to learn about WordPress, blogging and online marketing. Every person, family, business, group, club, or organization should have a website. WordPress is a free open source product and it allows you to build your own website. Our monthly meetups will appeal to you Do-it-Yourselfers who want to get a WordPress website launched. This meetup group is dedicated to providing you with an environment that’s supportive, productive and fun. Each month the meetups wil …

Peninsula Business Network (PBN) is a business networking group established in the late 1990's. We are a group dedicated to helping each other in our individual business endeavors. Most members are small business owners who need a salesforce of 30 plus individuals who can promote their product and services for them. We meet weekly for one hour on Wednesday mornings from 7:30 to 8:30 am @ The Waterfront Restaurant, Uccelli Blvd, Redwood City. We are a well established business networking group a …

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This meetup group is for the hard core... It’s for business owners and entrepreneurs who are already high achievers, heavy hitters, and Go-Getters, but like most successful people; are itching to get to their next level. It’s for individuals with a burning desire to better themselves, for individuals on a quest to Be, Do, and Have more out of their businesses and their lives. This meetup is for the doers. If this sounds like you, you are at the right place. We cover specific areas of small bus …

Cloud based Small Business Management Platform Focused on cloud based Applications to run a business end to end. If you are interested in the Apps listed below either as a business owner for your business this groups would provide you information on how you could run your business with Application to make it easier and accessible to you from anywhere. CRM Project Management eCommerce Fundraising Invoicing Financials Human Resource

We are small business owners enhancing our websites to become top in our industries for 'Natural Selection' on web search engines. This is a great opportunity to learn from others what works online to build our businesses. We'll cover Search Engine Secrets, Social Media Tips for attracting prospects, how to rank #1 on the search engines, how to beat PPC (Pay Per Click) without spending a dime, how to appear in many locations on the front page of Google and all the other search engines (not ju …