Ladies, we may be unwitting victims of a red-shoe war. That’s because a dude judge recently told Christian Louboutin that he doesn’t think that those hot red-soled shoes are worthy of trademark protection. This lacquered red color alone may be protectable as a trademark if it has become distinctive in the high-fashion shoe industry for…
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Students Helping Startups is an innovative new program at Howard University in Washington, DC. Here’s the concept: There are lots of students learning about marketing and social media, and they need projects to take on for the semester. At the same time, Professor Angela Hausman noticed there are lots of startups out there who may enjoy some help…
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If your startup is in the financial tech or services space, hopefully you had a chance to enter the 2011 Innotribe $100K Start-Up Challenge (deadline was August 14). If you’re not familiar with it, this is a great opportunity for startups in banking, payments, securities, trading, social media, big data, security, identity, mobile, small business…
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As a preview to this weekend’s SocialDevCamp Chicago keynote address, Tech Cocktail connected with Alexis Ohanian, whose accomplishments include co-founding reddit, launching Hipmunk and serving as their head of marketing, YCombinator ambassador and an active angel investor with Das Kapital Capital. A very busy entrepreneur, Alexis also recently launched Breadpig, a company that creates geeky…
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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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Editor’s Note: This guest post is a three-part series on angel investing – Part I introduces angels and angel groups, Part II focuses on the due diligence process and the post-investment relationship, and Part III breaks down angel investing for entrepreneurs. The majority of content for these articles was gathered from a conference on angel…
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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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Editor’s Note: This guest post is a three-part series on angel investing. Part I introduces angels and angel groups, Part II focuses on the due diligence process and the post-investment relationship, and Part III breaks down angel investing for entrepreneurs. Angel Profiles Angel investors, or angels, are usually wealthy individuals and “accredited investors” who provide…
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Yesterday, we shared some thoughts from SimpleGeo VP of Product Jeffrey Kalmikoff, and today SimpleGeo founder Matt Galligan has decided to move on. We’ve been following Matt for quite sometime now from his days as a TechStars startup with SocialThing, where I first interviewed him at one of our events. Six months later the company…
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Raising money will rarely proceed on schedule. It is like building or remodeling a house or developing a new version of software. Complex stuff just doesn’t go as planned and is rarely completed on time or on budget. So when you finally get that fish hooked, and you land a term sheet, it may feel…
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While many of you were outside enjoying the beautiful weekend, Santa Monica’s premier coworking space, Coloft, played host to Startup Weekend LA as more than 100 developers, designers, marketers & product managers convened to launch startups in just 54 hours! Notwithstanding a bit of excitement of whether there would be another surprise celebrity drop in this year…
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A veteran of the startup world as creative lead at Threadless, Digg and others, Jeffrey Kalmikoff has been leading up the product team at San Francisco-based startup SimpleGeo. I got a chance to sit down with Jeffrey while at South by Southwest to discuss his role, experience, and share his advice for any entrepreneurs looking…
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Anyone living the startup lifestyle knows that the weekend is a great time to keep chugging away on your latest endeavor. Thanks to the makers of the Cardinal app, you now might have a rap anthem to jam to. The Cardinal App helps aggregate all your music shares from various applications like Soundhound, Shazam, HypeMachine,…
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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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What has the DC VC world been up to lately? Well according to the PWC MoneyTree survey, the venture capitalists with offices in the DC region have continued to steadily invest. At least that is true for the VCs who still exist. According to prominent blogger and venture capitalist Mark Suster, in the last 10…
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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