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Fri, Sep 11, 2:30 AM

From Noisebridge Hackerspace

4.8

This group was created to bring together people who share a passion for cybersecurity and a curiosity about how things work. The goal is simple — to connect with other humans who enjoy meaningful, inspiring, and sometimes unexpected security conversations more than just once a year. Many of us have returned from security conferences feeling both inspired and overwhelmed — full of new ideas and projects to explore, only to have life pull us in other directions. Maybe a demanding client, a new sprint, or even a new baby shifted priorities away from that funny blinky badge project sitting on a shelf. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. This meetup offers a space for like-minded individuals to gather once a month, share what’s captured their attention, discuss recent exploits or discoveries, and showcase projects born from curiosity or necessity. Whether it’s a half-finished experiment, a new idea sparked by a problem, or something ready for collaboration, this is a place to share and grow together. Most of all, this group encourages rediscovering that spark of curiosity — dusting off those badges, boards, and brainstorms — and diving once again into the spirit of exploration that brought us all here.

8 attendees

Bootstrappers Breakfast for San Francisco Startups

Fri, Sep 11, 4:00 PM

From Bootstrappers Breakfast for San Francisco Startups

4.8

Come Meet Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast At a Bootstrappers Breakfast® we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cash flow and organic profit: this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup. The other attendees will all be in startups. It will be a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. NOTE: We start with round-the-table introductions, so be on-time so you don't miss that! For more information about the group - visit bootstrappersbreakfast.com (http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/)

14 attendees

Circuit Hacking Monday – Open Electronics Workshop

Tue, Sep 15, 2:00 AM

From Noisebridge Hackerspace

4.8

Need some motivation to finish that electronics project? Join us for an open workshop where everyone brings something they're working on. We'll have soldering stations, test equipment, and a room full of people interested in electronics, programming, robotics, and embedded systems. Whether you're debugging a circuit, writing code, or designing your next gadget, you're welcome here. No lectures. No pressure. Just making things together.

2 attendees

Beyond XGBoost: Foundation Models: Structured Data — Reverse Network Meet

Wed, Sep 9, 12:30 AM

From staaake

4.7

Reverse Networking events can happen anywhere, from parks and co-working spaces to bars, clubs and more. Invite the people you've connected with online and meet them all in one place in real life. Skip endless coffee meetings and connect with multiple people at once. Tuesday, Sep 8 · 5:30 PM PDT Get on the host's list https://www.staaake.in/shilpi434vc Host your own reverse network get together https://www.reversenetworkmeets.com NOT a staaake event - contact the host for details

1 attendee

Grow your E-commerce Business with AI

Sat, Sep 12, 3:00 PM

From Grow your business with AI, by Build After Dark x Notion

**Must register here:** https://luma.com/buildafterdark --- -- In this free, 2-day workshop, presented by Notion, e-commerce business owners will get hands-on help building AI flows for their business. Attendance is capped at 20 and approval is required. Attendees will be approved on a rolling basis, first-come, first-served. * [Day 1](https://luma.com/tg3ng9yi) * [Day 2](https://luma.com/5e5r8alo) Please register for all events. Those who register for both events events will be prioritized. **Who this is for** E-commerce business owners who are interested in integrating AI workflows into their day-to-day business operations. **Format** * **Learning:** We'll cover the fundamentals of AI, demistify the tools, and help you get your accounts set up. * **Building:** You will then have daily dedicated build time alongside expert mentors who are there to help you 1x1 when you get stuck. **What we'll cover** * Real-life examples of how other owners are using AI in their workflow * AI fundamentals, including vocabulary and concepts * Tooling overviews to build and publish your work *(Claude, Notion, GitHub, and more)* * Building time each day to work on your AI business needs * One-on-one mentorship to help guide you **Our goal? By the end, you'll have:** * A working AI-powered solution by the end of the program * The confidence and know-how to continue building afterwards * Connections with other e-commerce business owners in the SF Bay Area. We can't wait to see what you'll build!

1 attendee

Gamebridge Game Development Meetup

Thu, Sep 3, 2:00 AM

From Noisebridge Hackerspace

4.8

THE MEETUP IS HAPPENING IN PERSON AND ONLINE VIA STREAMING ON OUR DISCORD SERVER. (https://discord.gg/R9GkDjk) IN THE "Church Classroom" CHANNEL. Learn to make games, music and art in free beginner-friendly class meetups with tutorials! (https://gamebridgeu.wordpress.com/tutorials) and projects (https://gamebridgeu.wordpress.com/projects). WHEN: 7-9ish PM PST Wednesdays WHERE: Noisebridge Hackerspace, (https://noisebridge.net) 272 Capp St, San Francisco, CA 94110 WE ARE IN THE DISCORD!! ^__^ https://discord.gg/R9GkDjk • Noisebridge Hackerspace Meeting (https://noisebridge.net/meeting): 7-7:30pm every Tuesday. meet Noisebridge members & participate in the broader community! • What to bring: a laptop, Unity, Unreal, Godot, or any game engine of choice, game, art and music tools!(http://gamebridgeu.wordpress.com/resources). .

3 attendees

Whose Cloud Is It Anyway? Take ownership of your data and your costs with BYOC

Thu, Sep 3, 1:00 AM

From San Francisco Bay Area ClickHouse® Meetup

4.7

\*Please sign up on Luma: [https://luma.com/ruft92qf](https://luma.com/ruft92qf) SaaS is convenient right up until you need your data out, your vendor raises prices, or you need to connect internal systems. Bring Your Own Cloud splits the difference: the vendor runs the control plane, you keep the data plane in your own account. We'll go deep on design: how the control plane reaches into your VPC, where the shared responsibility line actually falls, leveraging open source databases, and cost reduction tricks that don't kill performance. Our speakers have built BYOC systems at every layer of the stack and will show the plumbing and failure modes. Come with hard questions. Bring your own cloud. Food and drinks included 🍻 *PS. Want to hear more great speakers? Sign up for the **Open Source Analytics and AI Conference** on Nov 2 (online and in-person).* [Register here](https://luma.com/eis7567t?utm_source=meetupeventdescription). *** # **Agenda** * **6 pm** - Networking * **6:15 - 8:00 pm** \- Talks * **8:00 - 9:00 pm** - Networking

4 attendees

Model Mondays - Spotlight On Claude Models

Mon, Sep 14, 5:30 PM

From Microsoft Reactor San Francisco

4.3

Claude models are designed for complex reasoning, coding, and multimodal tasks, giving developers flexible options for building agents that need to understand context and handle sophisticated workflows. Join us as we explore the Claude family in Microsoft Foundry and see how these models can be evaluated and used to build more capable AI agents. * [Explore the Resources](https://github.com/microsoft/model-mondays) * [Read the Newsletter](https://aka.ms/model-mondays/newsletter) * [Continue the conversation on the Discord](https://aka.ms/model-mondays/discord) [eventID:27542]

7 attendees

Meet your VCs, Meet your startup teams: entrepreneurs' networking coffee time

Tue, Sep 8, 6:00 PM

From San Francisco Startup Incubation And Acceleration

4.2

Entrepreneurs, startup founders, technologists, VCs and angel investors, please join our informal coffee time gathering hangout: * If you have startup projects to get funded, come to find your investors * If you have ideas and want to build a startup team, come to find your partners * If you want to invest in startups, come to chat with those who want to pitch * If you have great ideas and want to turn them into real startup projects, come to discuss with other technologists and professionals * If you just want to learn how to become an entrepreneur, just come to meet people and have a coffee together This is an unstructured and unmoderated gathering. Our organizers may not always on duty. Please feel free to identify yourself as meetup attendee with your own name tags or coffee table signs.

10 attendees

Founders Running Club :: Easy 5-10km Run + Talks

Sat, Sep 5, 4:30 PM

From Founders Running Club :: San Francisco

4.8

**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, operators and creators together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and more conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 60+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community Join the community [https://heylo.group/frc-sf](https://heylo.group/frc-sf) **Follow us**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/%EF%BF%BCPodcast) Podcast [https://podcast.foundersrc.com](https://podcast.foundersrc.com/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/) Chats [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats)

8 attendees

Startup Pitch & Themed Networking San Francisco | Unlock Your Idea

Thu, Sep 10, 2:00 AM

From Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | San Francisco

4.7

Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated **startup networking event in San Francisco.** Meet ambitious builders, exchange ideas and discover new opportunities in a dynamic community environment. **RSVP: [Use this link](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-pitch-themed-networking-san-francisco-unlock-your-idea-tickets-1995829836768?aff=oddtdtcreator)** **Please note that RSVP is managed via Eventbrite to control attendee lists — don’t ignore it to avoid issues with on-site payment.** Most of us are in the same loop. You have an idea. You workshop it with ChatGPT, read another newsletter, tell three friends who don't quite get it. The idea stays in your head. Or worse — it never gets the kind of pushback that would have made it sharper. Research on creative work is clear: people who articulate their idea to like-minded peers begin to understand it deeper. Quality feedback isn't validation — it's the thing that changes how you see your own work. We mix the room on purpose. Different industries see the same process from different angles — that's where value compounds. We ask for your LinkedIn in registration so we can group you with the right people, not random tables. **How the evening runs (3 stages)** **Stage 1 — Themed Networking** You vote on the night's themes through the registration form (Fundraising, HR, GTM, Product, Pricing, Hiring — whichever wins the room). We group you by background. Each group's representative shares the conversation's main takeaway on stage. Featured contributors get a Featured Founder spotlight on ascentvalley.com — that's how the conversation scales across the ecosystem. **Stage 2 — Pitches** 5 curated startups present their idea for live feedback and investor introductions. After the event, we add them to our private founder database and route their application to the right investors inside the Ascent Valley network. **Stage 3 — Chill & Network** The structured part wraps. The bar stays open. The connections you started solidify here — most of our repeat attendees say this is where the real value lands. **Who's in the room** * Accelerator representatives — talent and dealflow scouts from San Francisco-based and EU-wide programs * Investors — angels, fund representatives, scouts from syndicates * Founders, Pre-seed to Series A — building across SaaS, AI, ClimateTech, FinTech, ConsumerTech * Operators — PMs, engineering leads, GTM leaders from scaling startups * Entrepreneurs across industries — fresh perspective is the point * Founders traveling through San Francisco — from Tel Aviv, Berlin, London, NYC, Lisbon nodes * Hiring leads from companies actively scaling teams **About Ascent Valley** Ascent Valley is a 3-layer ecosystem: Community, DealFlow, Events. Our mission is to break local boundaries and enable cross-region growth through real connection between founders, operators, and investors. **Philosophy: [IDEA → PROCESS → RESULT.](https://ascentvalley.com "https://ascentvalley.com")**

2 attendees

Data Debug SF: Monthly Meetup

Wed, Sep 16, 12:30 AM

From Data Debug SF

4.6

**Data Debug SF: Monthly Meetup** Topic specifics will be posted about 2 weeks out from each event. We typically do lightning talks + networking, but sometimes panels or workshops. We're anti-sales pitches and focus on providing a welcoming space for data practitioners to talk about problems they're solving or projects they're working on. **This month's speakers & topics:** * [Valentin Marek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-marek-95055658/) Data & AI Eng Freelancer: *Building your own AI-powered information retrieval system* * [CL Kao ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clkao/)Founder & CEO @Recce: *Benchmarking your Data Agents* **Who should come:** * People looking for a laid-back atmosphere to connect & learn from others in the data and analytics eng space * Anyone who’s ever fallen down a rabbit hole trying to figure out why a dashboard looks off * Builders with side projects or experiments they want to share **Schedule:** * 5:30pm networking w/ drinks + snacks * 6:15pm lightning talks start * 7:00pm networking w/drinks + snacks This is for practitioners, by practitioners. No sales pitches please. **Hosted by Recce:** Data reviews for the AI era. Find data issues before your stakeholders do. Learn more at [reccehq.com](https://na2.hubs.ly/y0sBqZ0)

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Frequently asked questions

Growth hacking involves innovative strategies to rapidly grow a business. It's a creative mix of marketing, development, and data analysis aimed at increasing a company's scale quickly and efficiently.

You can explore growth hacking events in San Francisco by using Meetup's search function. Simply enter 'growth hacking' as an interest and set your location to San Francisco to discover relevant events and groups.

Joining a growth hacking group offers unique opportunities to learn from experienced professionals, network within the industry, and share strategies with peers all dedicated to business growth through innovative methods.

Yes, Meetup caters to a wide range of professional and career-focused groups. You can connect with like-minded professionals and expand your network in your specific field of interest.

Meetups can be both online and in-person events. It's best to check each event's details on Meetup to decide what best suits your preference and schedule.

Many groups feature industry experts who share insights and strategies through talks or casual networking, though specific attendance varies by event.

Not all areas will have active groups, but if you're in San Francisco, a prominent hub for innovation, you're likely to find several opportunities for engagement.

Yes, it's recommended to RSVP to secure your spot at most Meetup events, ensuring the host can prepare and track attendance efficiently.

Most Meetup groups are free or charge a small fee to cover expenses. Check the particular group's page for any costs associated with events.

Absolutely! Meetup allows you to create and host your own events. This can be an excellent way to bring growth hacking enthusiasts together if specific groups don’t yet exist.

Although popular in tech, growth hacking principles can be applied across various industries. You'll find a diverse array of professionals in growth hacking Meetups.

While Meetup can increase connections, securing a job is not guaranteed. Active participation and engagement broaden possibilities and opportunities.

If existing Meetups don't align perfectly, consider joining related groups to still benefit from networking opportunities, or start your own group.

Policies vary among groups, so check event details. Often, members can invite friends to join them for cultural exchange and networking purposes.

Event frequency varies based on organizer activity. Being in San Francisco, known for its startup ecosystem, expect frequent gatherings.