Julien Smith, co-author of the best-selling book Trust Agents, closes out the first day of SocialDevCamp Chicago on Saturday, August 27th with a keynote that addresses the power of visibility. Julien will discuss the need for start-ups, companies and entrepreneurs alike to gain and sustain attention to convert prospects into sales and build brand ambassadors….
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Today’s post by Tech Cocktail contributor Samantha Strauss (@SFSam22) is the third of a collection of interviews with some heavyweight social media industry personalities with a goal to highlight the entrepreneur in all of us. Read the previous posts: Never Stop Learning! Twitter Celebrity @Flipbooks on Social Media and Entrepreneurship and Share Learn Grow! An…
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With the rise of mobile devices, mainly smartphones, location-based services have been tied to just about every application we use these days. Geolocation is used to personalize your experience, or, in some cases, offer additional services to you. The geolocation data enables applications to determine local points of interest, as well as other relevant location-based…
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Group texting was a popular and trending niche of startup development this year, and it was clearly on display this past March at South by Southwest. So I was pleased to get a chance to sit down and talk with DC-based entrepreneur Morris Panner about his latest endeavor Groupflier, which we covered previously. Morris shares…
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For a 16-year-old, Shahed Khan has a lot to brag about: Robert Scoble likes his startup idea and may recommend him to investors; a Y Combinator alumni offered to introduce him to Paul Graham once he has a working demo; and he has spoken with Andrew Warner of Mixergy and Fred Wilson of Union Square…
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Gretchen Rubin has had amazing success with her 5th and most recent book, The Happiness Project. Of her previous books, some have succeeded while some never found an audience. When she took on her 5th book, she approached it differently: She found her audience ahead of time and leveraged the Web to build momentum, thus…
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Today’s post by Tech Cocktail contributor Samantha Strauss (@SFSam22) is the second of a collection of interviews with some heavy-weight social media industry personalities with a goal to highlight the entrepreneur in all of us. Read the previous post: Share, Learn, Grow! An Interview With Twitter’s Famed @CharityIdeas We all have the potential to be great….
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Today’s post by Tech Cocktail contributor Samantha Strauss (@SFSam22) is the first of a collection of interviews with some heavy-weight social media industry personalities with a goal to highlight the entrepreneur in all of us. Are you on Twitter? If you’re reading Tech Cocktail, we’ll assume you are. Since you’re on Twitter we’ll also assume…
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I’m fascinated by the way successful entrepreneurs see themselves and the world. That’s why I asked the speakers at this year’s Startup Mixology Conference how they first came to see themselves as entrepreneurs. Their diverse answers prove its never too late (or too early) to start something amazing. Watch the video to find out the…
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Fear can be a terrific motivator, but it also stops many would-be entrepreneurs from achieving their dream. After interviewing the speaker’s at this year’s Startup Mixology Conference, I learned that even the most successful entrepreneurs wrestle with fear. Watch the video to see how some top entrepreneurs conquer fear. Video footage provided by sponsor IMG.
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Bootstrapping – the startup metaphor for a self-sustaining business that proceeds without external help. This is a story about bootstrapping – real bootstrapping, like, live with your parents, and rent a crappy office bootstrapping. It’s holding out on paying yourself until you start making money, on the way to a multi-million dollar revenue business bootstrapping….
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It’s apparent that there are many changes going on at Brazen Careerist, the Gen-Y focused entrepreneurial startup operating in the networking and job search sector. At the end of 2010 Brazen opened an office in the DC area, its staff has grown to more than ten strong, and the company continues to pursue innovation for…
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Tagged is a San Francisco based social network focused on social discovery. They want to help people to meet and socialize with new people. So it was no surprise when they offered free rides from the airport for people while at South by Southwest. A great marketing idea for connecting with people at a festival…
Read MoreThere are a number of social media and location based services in the market today, but Nick O’Neill, entrepreneur and founder of AllFacebook.com, has been working on a new startup, Holler, which looks to improve the interactions we have between friends. In essence, Holler is a mobile app that is going to make it easy…
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Social commerce has been on fire as daily deal sites have been helping to sell excess inventory for local businesses. LivingSocial along with Groupon have been leading the charge. We have been keeping our eye on both social commerce giants as they have both been valued at over a billion dollars. I got chance to…
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With the Big Omaha conference coming up this week, we thought it was appropriate to share our interview with Jeff Slobotski, creator of Big Omaha and Silicon Prairie News. In case you are not familiar with Big Omaha, it is a conference taking place in Omaha that pulls together industry leaders to share their insights…
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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