General Information
Science, Research, Universities
Networking, Conferences, Events, Useful Business Links
Arts
General Information
Consulate General of Switzerland, San Francisco
Silicon Valley History, by Christian Simm (PDF)
Only in San Francisco
Travel and Tourism
SiliconValley.com
Local news powered by the San Jose Mercury News
SFGate
Website for the San Francisco Chronicle
California History Online
From the California Historical Society in San Francisco
Science, Research, Universities
California State University, East Bay
Carnegie Mellon University (Silicon Valley Campus)
San Francisco State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Francisco (medical school)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills
Mission Community College, Santa Clara
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. (PARC)
Networking, Conferences, Events, Useful Business Links
CTI Start-up Guide to Silicon Valley (PDF)
MoneyTree Report
Quarterly study of Venture Capital investments in the U.S.
StartupDigest
Free, weekly guide to the best start-up events around the world.
Conferences
AlwaysON Innovation Summit, Stanford University
International Business Forum (IBF)
Technology Symposium at Stanford
The Venture Forum & NIH Life Sciences Showcase, LARTA
Red Herring conferences, ETRE and ATRE
TED: Technology, Entertainment, Design (invitation only)
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and TiEcon
WorkIt (fostering entrepreneurship globally)
Networking
Upcoming
Local event guide for San Francisco
MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (CET)
The World Affairs Council of Northern California
VC Task Force
For entrepreneurs to network with investors
SVASE - Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs
SDForum
Emerging technology connection
SFBeta (mixer)
FountainBlue High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum
EWEEK
week of free entrepreneur events hosted at Stanford
Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES)
Silicon Valley American Marketing Association
Networking: Swiss and European related
Swiss American Chamber of Commerce
German American Business Association (GABA)
French American Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco
Business Association Italy America (BAIA)
Networking: Women in Business
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs & Executives
Bio and Nanotech Events
Bay Bio
Northern California’s Life Science Association
MIT · Stanford · Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum
Arts
California College of the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
