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 to forge new connections among peers who are dedicated to sharing what they know and being responsive to questions from their fellow Startup Alliance members.

If you're a founder or CEO, we invite you to join us and get involved!

Note: To maintain the quality of the group, we restrict membership to founders and CEOs who are currently running a startup and whose membership goal is to exchange information and ideas with their peers to the betterment of each of their companies.

For general networking and exposure to tons of great startups, look into the SVNewTech Meetup. And for a great summary of startup events, check out startupdigest.com. Both of these are awesome!



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Recent Meetups

  • November 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM, 54 Founders and CEOs attended

    Re-inventing Startup IP Strategies

    They rated it 5.00 5.008 (8 ratings)

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    It was my first event at SA and I would rate this meet up as a, CLASS ACT! ...

    —Mike Post

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    Very good. It was better than I expected.

    —Ralph Rose

  • November 17, 2010 at 6:00 PM, 5 Founders and CEOs attended

    Startup Alliance Holiday Event

    They rated it 4.00 4.002 (2 ratings)

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    I thought it was a great meeting. I wish I would have had more time to stay and talk further about other ventures

    —Giovanni O. DiGiacomo

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    It's hard to beat discussing key startup issues over a beer with other sharp entrepreneurs!

    —John Knapp

  • October 19, 2010 at 6:00 PM, 8 Founders and CEOs attended

    Startup Alliance Kick-off

    They rated it 3.50 3.502 (2 ratings)

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    It was a great kick-off. Sharp people making good suggestions. I'll synthesize the input and share it pretty soon. ...

    —John Knapp

    “

    I am glad to connect with other smart, like-minded, entrepreneurs, and hope we can help each other.

    —Barbara Smith

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    John Knapp John Knapp started Time change for USPTO meeting tomorrow
    Yesterday at 10:32 AM
    John Knapp

    "Hi, The USPTO is proposing to raise their fees significantly and this will hurt startups. They are holding several meetings around the country to gather input from interested parties - that's us!..."

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    John Knapp John Knapp started If you care about patents and invention, attend these free USPTO events in Sunnyvale
    February 17 at 7:54 PM
    John Knapp

    "Next Thursday and Friday at the Sunnyvale Library, the USPTO is conducting two very important meetings. They're free to attend and I encourage you to join me in Sunnyvale or online via WebEx...."

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    John Knapp John Knapp uploaded 120223-roadshow-agenda.pdf
    February 17 at 7:38 PM
    John Knapp
    120223-roadshow-agenda.pdf

    "Agenda for the USPTO America Invents Act Roadshow in Sunnyvale Feb 24."
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    John Knapp John Knapp uploaded 120223-fee-setting-agenda_v2.pdf
    February 17 at 7:37 PM
    John Knapp
    120223-fee-setting-agenda_v2.pdf

    "Revised agenda for the USPTO fee setting meeting at 10am in Sunnyvale Feb 23."
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    Venkat Srinivasan
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    Barkat
    "I am one of the initial engineer of a start up company that successfully get sold."
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    Miten Mehta
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    February 17 at 7:29 PM
    Allan Chao
    "I am a CTO for a web startup that is currently in stealth mode"
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    Tom Schaefer Tom Schaefer joined
    February 17 at 7:16 PM
    Tom Schaefer
    "I am a father of two amazing daughters. As for business, I've been fortunate to have been involved in a number of great B2B software companies over the years with 2 successful IPOs and 3 acquisitions. Love sports-most active in tennis and skiing."
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    Alicia Asin
    "Hi, I am the CEO and co-founder of Libelium, a company that provides a platform for M2M and Smart Cities projects in the Internet of Things era"
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