Black Founders connects black tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and around the world. Our mission is to increase the number of successful black entrepreneurs in tech. We are an inclusive group of entrepreneurs and welcome all to join the community. 

This group is for Founder Institute participants in the Bay Area. It will be used primarily to organize alumni-and-mentor only events.

Welcome to the Founders Central!

… Cofounder Club is all about the first key element, namely, getting good cofounders. Paul Graham said it aptly when he said “The idea doesn't matter to us as much as the people. So the best thing any individual [co-founder] can do is find good people to start with” If there is a magic number for a cofounding team, that magic number would probably be 2. Human beings are pair-bonding creatures. We are designed to operate that way. A co-founder should be strong in areas you are not. In terms of res …

This Meetup is for currently active founders and CEOs. We are committed to sharing information and ideas to make the most of our companies. We do that through face to face gatherings and online. We care about a variety of topics including: Founding teams Business and capital formation Strategy, business and financial models Recruiting, benefits and retention Sales, marketing, business development Intellectual property and licensing Aligning business goals with founder goals Our objective is …

Startup Waffles was started by the StartupDigest co-founders Chris & Brendan to bring together founders and hackers for tasty waffles. For our first Waffle event we had no idea what to expect but 80 Founders ended up coming to our small apartment including a TechCrunch writer, 3 VC’s, and companies were giving tech demos!! It was crazy. Since our first success and since holding Startup Waffles events in NYC and Kansas City we decided to create this into a regular event. Join to stay up to dat …

We are a network of startup founders and investors in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Our site is finally live.  You should really go over there and learn more about us. We are the largest community of technically minded people in the SF Bay area focused on founding startups. Our events are the port of entry for founders moving to Silicon Valley. We are EntrepreNerdial Outfitters. We are building systems for startups to get peer review, and connect with investors via Angel Office Hours. Startups who have successfully gone through Angel Office Hours can be invited to the Co-op, ou …

This group is for founders of start-ups that are looking to raise initial angel, seed or Tier 1 venture funding. This group also welcome Investors and Fundraising consultants. This group is managed by the Startups & Societal Ventures Network (SSVN), headquartered in central Central Silicon Valley (USA) Welcome to the SSV Network! The "Startups & Societal Ventures" Network http://www.ssvnetwork.com Discuss: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=48286 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SSVNetwo …

Whether you are a founder of an existing startup or looking for a cofounder to create a new one, the SF bay area LGBT cofounder network is a great resource for just that.   Our goal is to help connect extraordinary LGBT (and LGBT friendly) entrepreneurs so they can begin building legendary ventures together.   This meetup is also for those of you who want to meet new people who building awesome things! The group is invite only, and we look forward to hearing from you.   Greg 

If you are looking for co-founders or want to join super-early-stage startups, this is the group to be in. Our goal is to organize face-to-face meetings. We are starting with Silicon Valley, but we intend to conquer the world and spread entrepreneurship everywhere!

This is a support group for single founder software companies. Share ideas and discuss about challenges facing single founders. According to Paul Graham, the #1 mistake that kills a startup is Single Founder http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html Have you ever noticed how few successful startups were founded by just one person? Even companies you think of as having one founder, like Oracle, usually turn out to have more. It seems unlikely this is a coincidence. What's wrong with havi …

Welcome to the Meetup group for TEDxConstitutionDrive!  The theme for TEDxConstitutionDrive 2010 was "Trust". Trust as both a noun and a verb.  In a small venue with about 60 people, we explored different perspectives on trust that go beyond the basic morality and reach into business, technology and neuroscience to arrive at sometimes surprising conclusions.  We heard perspectives from Anant Agrawal, vending frontierman and co-founder of Cantaloupe Systems Paige Craig, entrepreneur and …

Part of the global TechAviv Founders Club (http://www.techaviv.com), TechAviv CA is an invite-only group of bay area Israeli hi-tech startup founders, execs and investors that gather monthly to showcase, discuss and help fellow Israeli startups. Each month three companies get 5 minutes to demo their new products, followed by Q&A with the group. Casual networking happens before and after the demos. Our mission is to help fellow Israeli founders succeed by sharing our collective experience and con …

… In addition, it allows us to meet other like minded resource partners that also specialize in working with startups and their founders.” – John Lin, Wealth Manager, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney “SF New Tech is the Daddy of all tech events in San Francisco. Where laid trails many have followed.” – Duncan Logan, CEO & Founder, RocketSpace, Inc. “SF New Tech is a great place to meet entrepreneurs and to be part of the exciting enterprise of the launch of new businesses and even whole new markets. I …

StartupKick is a brainstorming group for startup founders. If you've been stuck on an issue, other founders will help you find new ways to approach it. You'll get 15 minutes in the Spotlight to discuss your issue with the group. Listening to other founders' challenges is often more helpful than getting answers to your own questions!