Lean Startup Circle is dedicated to applying lean startup thinking and building lean startup leadership. We bring the San Francisco lean startup community together in a variety of formats (many of which involve beer) to learn from each other. What works? What doesn't? Is lean just a buzzword? Or can it really help build businesses? * The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries. *

This group is for startup founders and entrepreneurs who are experimenting with Lean Startup practices. We started this San Francisco local group as a place to play-test many of the great tools and products that are coming out to help entrepreneurs iterate their products and find Product/Market fit faster. If you have an idea for a product, or if you have an early-stage tech/mobile product that you are working on, this group is a place to experience new ideas, tools and approaches. Disclaimer: L …

We are creators of products and our medium is software (and sometimes hardware). We are designers and developers, facilitators and managers, students and teachers. We know building a product is different than writing code or generating designs. Tinderbox is the intersection of product, design, and technology. Our goal is to create a place where folks who are interested in building things people use can discuss, share, meet, create, and exchange useful feedback. Carbon Five is the sponsor of Tind …

Startup Product, a movement for product excellence through cross-discipline collaboration and holistic product perspective. Startup Product welcomes everyone passionate about product excellence, regardless of title, industry, or stage of growth, to come together to share, learn and talk about what it really takes to produce products that people love and how to build sustainable businesses and revenue streams based on product excellence. Everyone is encouraged to contribute their point of view, w …

ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers in San Francisco and the Valley to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, as well as Lean, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include short talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, design and development as well as plenty of time for networking and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to com …

Are you a UX Designer? Interested in Design Thinking? This is a group for usability professionals and those who are interested in UI Design. Sacramento isn't exactly the UX capitol of the country so I'd expect the nature of the group to evolve depending on membership interests.

nReduce is a group of tech start-up founders working on web apps, mobile apps, hardware products, and everything in between. We meet once a month at WeWork Labs to give each other feedback on everything from UX/UI, traction, growth hacks, and investor pitches. We're all about shipping product, execution, getting shit done, and kicking ass. nReduce.com is the online counterpart of our monthly meet-ups. It's a community of 1,500 start-ups all around the world who give each other feedback through v …

This is a community of mobile product managers, UX researchers, developers, and designers who meet to share our experiences with the process, challenges, and joys (!) of developing mobile products (apps and mobile web too!) There are lots of awesome Meetup.com groups that focus on the dev/tech side of building for mobile. The emphasis of this group is on research, requirements gathering, definition, UX, product management, and design of mobile apps and sites. Come on over, we'll put on a fresh p …

This group is for the Entrepreneurs who don't know how to code or don't want to code but they are leaders, have vision of technology and know how to sell their product. The Entrepreneurs often come up with great ideas but they deal with challenges of finding technical architects, developers, UI/UX professionals, testers and other technical aspect of converting an idea into an application. This group intends to offers networking and solution by connecting individuals who are interested in convert …

A community of aspiring and existing Product Managers. Want to be a Product Manager? This group is for people interested in entering or learning more about Product Management and for existing Product Managers who wish to be mentors and share their experiences. We will bring in product experts to share their knowledge, help build product skills, have networking opportunities and also work on projects together. These projects can be personal or volunteer challenges posed by non-profits with a goal …

We’re bringing everyone on the team together to talk about what makes products great. Each month, we will pick a key product development topic and feature a speaker who’s kicked ass at that topic to share their story. Join us if you love disruptive products - there is plenty of room for group discussion and learning!