Tech Cocktail has been a supporter of the Startup America Partnership since its inception early last year, and now the organization is getting ready to celebrates its first anniversary (next week)! How time flies. It’s been exciting to watch the organization blossom and roll out various programs for entrepreneurs, from Startup Illinois, the first state to launch a program…
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Today, across America, there are sweeping protests against a pair of anti-piracy bills, SOPA and PIPA. The Stop Online Piracy Act (the House version of the bill) and the Protect IP ACT (Senate version) would give such widespread power to authorities that many content-providing businesses feel it is unconstitutional and threatening to online industry. Google,…
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Tech Cocktail’s SXSW #StartupLife Celebration 2012 presented by .CO is a very special all day extravaganza. Working with our partners and sponsors, we will create a day long platform on Saturday, March 10th that will include entrepreneurial interviews similar to last year’s Tech Cocktail Delivering Happiness interview series and some private events (lunchtime event, meetups, etc) – all culminating…
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On the tail of our big East Coast festival, including a very special Tech Cocktail mixer event (with 18 startups on hand!), the Tech Cocktail team is planning it’s second trip of 2011 to the West Coast. Events are planned for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and new to the mix – Phoenix (ok,…
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After a short hiatus, I am excited to have the Tech Cocktail team back in Boulder today to host one of our classic Tech Cocktail mixer events. The event will showcase a number of the latest startups from the local area, as well as some of the latest tech innovations from X.commerce and Mapquest. The X.commerce…
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We’re excited to announce that 14 local Bloomington companies have been selected to be featured at Thursday’s Tech Cocktail Bloomington event. The Tech Cocktail Startup Mixer will serve as the opening event for this year’s Combine. In addition to networking with fellow Combine attendees and speakers, it’s a great opportunity to get the inside track…
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The hottest technology that everyone is excited about today may be obsolete in just a few years. This week Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo of Tech Cocktail appeared on Fox News Chicago with Kori Chambers as they shared their opinions on both new and old consumer electronics and gadgets. They covered some of the trends…
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If you peek at the DCWEEK website, you’ll see very clearly that there are only 24 days until the start of the festival. While the thought of less than 4 weeks to go is enough to make my head spin (Tech Cocktail is the co-producer, along with iStrategy Labs), it should get you excited about…
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Today I shared some perspective on five years of rallying together and showcasing local startup communities with Startup America. We have covered Startup America several times in the past and were excited to be able to work with them to share our story. Startup America also offers a number of resources for entrepreneurs, so be…
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Our next Tech Cocktail mixer event is tonight, where we will be showcasing the 10 local, early stage startups listed below at General Assembly. Thank you to creative agency After10 for sponsoring this event, as well as X.commerce, who will be in the house as part of their nationwide bus tour. Also thank you to…
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Today Tech Cocktail COO and Executive Editor Jen Consalvo will be on NPR in Washington, DC as a guest on the popular Kojo Nnamdi Show. The title of the show is “The Tech Sector and The Glass Ceiling.” We cover lots of women in technology on TechCocktail.com, so we are excited to have the opportunity…
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Tonight we are back in Chicago, showcasing a number of very sexy gadgets and awesome mobile startups – and most exciting, we’re working with Samsung Mobile to share some their latest innovations. Attendees to tonight’s event will have a chance to win a new Samsung smartphone or other gadget. The following devices will be given…
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Yesterday we hosted our 5th annual Boston Tech Cocktail summer mixer event. It rallied together the Boston technology community and showcased the latest technology innovations of 20 Boston startups. We were excited to also sign a distribution deal with Boston Globe’s Beta.Boston.com to syndicate some of our articles – you can see our articles here….
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While kids everywhere are returning to school and the weather turns that perfect degree of comfortable (assuming no more hurricanes), we’ll be hosting another Tech Cocktail mixer event to showcase local, early stage startups to a fantastic crowd of tech enthusiasts. We’re super excited to be working with General Assembly, where we’ll be hosting this…
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It’s that time of the year again and because South by Southwest (SXSW) is a community-driven event, the organizers let the public have a big say in the programming – 30% to be exact – and one way you can get your voice heard is via the 2012 SXSW Panel Picker. Tech Cocktail has submitted…
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We are living in a mobile world, and there has been an explosion of activity in the past several months from apps to tablets and other mobile devices. So join us for an evening mingling with other mobile enthusiasts, investors, designers, developers, bloggers and entrepreneurs as we showcase a dozen or so local mobile developers and…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More