For the second year in a row, Tech Cocktail traveled to Boise, Idaho to participate in develop.idaho, a half-day conference focused on software development hosted by the Idaho Technology Council (ITC). Nestled at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Boise has a lot to offer as a city – it’s the state capital, home of…
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Tell me if you’ve experienced this frustration for yourself. You and a group of friends go to a major event – e.g. college football game, music festival, or technology conference. Throughout the event’s various highlights, you and your friends are snapping pictures as if you worked for TMZ and everyone was Lindsey Lohan (is she…
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A revolutionary technology. It’s not every day you come across a vision so ambitious that a startup founder is willing to toss around such a claim. It’s not every day, however, that you come across a technology like Matterport, a remote scanning device that creates highly accurate and interactive 3D models of interior spaces and…
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Looking to change the world but don’t know how to even get started? The Boulder, Colorado-based Bold Academy is a program for people just like you. It was founded by the team of Amber Rae and Nathaniel Koloc. What exactly will the academy teach you? The program curriculum will include a series of expert-led workshops,…
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Demo day is wrapping up in Chicago as 10 new health startups launch to the public out of Healthbox. The 3-month accelerator program offered mentorship, office space, and $50,000 in funding (in exchange for 7 percent equity) to 10 lucky startups who are tackling a tricky sector. “Between rising costs, issues of access and a…
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After starting AxHill, a government consulting agency, back in 2009, Jonathan Lunardi was exposed to an issue that would forever change his life. Along with fellow co-founder Paul McDonald, Ph.D., the team tasked themselves with leading the U.S. Army and National Guard Bureau in creating a program for veterans focusing on health promotion, risk reduction, and suicide…
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Solomon Arman Nabatiyan was a research professor at Northwestern University before he started pitching investors. His company, CerviaDx, was planning to create a revolutionary cervical cancer test that would be as easy as a pregnancy test. It seemed like a great investment, Nabatiyan explains: a woman dies of cervical cancer every 2 minutes, yet it’s…
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Brent Freeman, Founder and CEO of Roozt, the world’s marketplace for cause-related brands, knew in elementary school that he wanted to make a difference in the world. “My dad is cinematographer here in LA, and he always said, ‘Follow your heart and do what you love.’ When my mom passed away from cancer when I…
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Personal finance tool HelloWallet launched version 2 of its iPhone app today, with new features that help you manage your money on the go. If your employer offers a HelloWallet membership, you can do your setup on the iPhone – including linking bank and credit card accounts to monitor transactions. If you see a pink,…
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Tonight, Tech Cocktail will host our 2nd mixer in beautiful Boise, Idaho, home to an emerging startup scene, as part of develop.idaho 2012, presented by Perkins Coie. This half-day, industry-led software event, hosted by the Idaho Technology Council, was put together to promote and support the active software community in Idaho. You can follow @developidaho on Twitter to…
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Alan Weinkrantz is telling me how he was invited to the Palestinian territories to coach startups – and I can hear a sense of awe in his voice at how globalized the startup world is. He has been consulting in PR for 30 years, which means he was born in a time when things weren’t…
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It’s a new take on an old concept – I mean, older than the first leisure travel apps you saw. Old as in the days when a relative or friend would make a personal connection for you when traveling to another city – old. The service is called Tripl, and it puts social-centric technology to work,…
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Remember Hot or Cold? Not the Katie Perry song, but the kids’ game: you hide something and help the seeker find it by telling her if she’s “hot” or “cold.” Well, now you can play it on your iPhone – or, for businesses, you can create a game to lure in customers. Hot or Cold®…
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Small businesses are constantly hearing about all the things they have to do – you have to have a mobile website, you have to be active on social media, you have to create compelling content to share with your target market, you have to have a mobile app. That’s all good and well, but when…
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Way back at the beginning of the month, Zamp was a showcased startup at our SXSW #StartupLife Celebration. Founder Sam Zebarjadi was gracious enough to sit down for an interview, which became part of our SXSW video series (you can watch the interview here). He talked about his really cool social travel service that connects…
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Fill in the blank. Cluster ____. The reason you were able to arrive at this answer so easily, likely has something to do with your inbox. Over the last couple of years, daily deals have only compounded this problem. First it was Groupon and Living Social, then Google got in the mix, then so did…
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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
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
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... 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