We are excited to announce Tech Cocktail Conversations, a new video podcast by Tech Cocktail bringing you candid insights from startup founders, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders from around the world. Now you can watch your favorite Tech Cocktail interviews while on the go. Conversations offers a no BS, three-to-five minute interview with some of the world’s…
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MuckerLab, a tech accelerator based in Los Angeles, is bringing its first child into the world today. Or 9 children, rather – startups offering everything from an all-you-can-fly airline membership to a credit card that holds all your credit cards. They’ve spent 3 months incubating at MuckerLab HQ, nourished by mentorship and up to $21,000…
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Betaspring, part of the Global Accelerator Network, is releasing 16 startups into the wild today. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the 12-week accelerator program offered mentorship, office space, and up to $20,000 in seed funding. It has been kickstarting startups since 2009, including Manpacks. To join the fall 2012 program, submit an application by June…
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When he isn’t winning the Chinese National Kickboxing Championship, obtaining the Guinness World Record in tango, guest lecturing at Princeton, learning to speak a new language (currently fluent in five), or writing a pair of #1 New York Times bestselling books (The 4 Hour Workweek and The 4 Hour Body), Tim Ferriss finds time to lend…
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Fact of Reality #1: The current unemployment rate in the United States hovers around 8.3% according to the the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This rate does not factor in those who have given up on looking for a job or those fresh out of school who haven’t yet been able to find one. So…
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“In every generation in every decade in every turn of the world people are looking for magic. In the contemporary sense, magic is you do something to get a million hits on your website, 10,000 incoming phone calls, or 100,000 emails. I hate to break it to new entrepreneurs: There is no magic.” This is…
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After the initial exhilaration of take-off, turbulence sets in and passengers can sometimes get a little queasy. It turns out the journey through a startup accelerator is no different. On completing weeks 3-4 of Women Innovate Mobile (WIM), my mobile startup Appguppy has encountered its own form of turbulence: the first call for financials and…
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It all started at a conference in 2009. The presenter was giving a talk on web form design and user behavior. His company recently started using eye tracking technology to study on-site behavior. The information they were able to gather through this new method was immensely helpful, but the price tag was, well, just immense…
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The second year of the Chicago Lean Startup Challenge is fast approaching, with $75,000 in cash and prizes on the line. The 14-week program features lean startup classes and mentorship, including a dedicated health track. After 10 weeks, judges select 4 finalists to pitch their startup ideas in the final competition, with pitch coaching from…
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Today, app developers need marketing more than ever, but they have less money to spend on it. That’s because many of the App Store’s over half a billion apps are free. Serial entrepreneur Terry Hsiao saw this problem and created the App Growth Engine – tools to acquire more users for iOS games by capturing…
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The last time we featured Banjo and their founder and CEO Damien Patton, social discovery was the next big thing. Earlier this week, the Redwood City-based startup passed the one million user mark – in nine months. Social discovery is mainstream, and it looks as if Banjo is leading the charge. Among a highly competitive…
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21-year-old entrepreneur Brian Wong believes in disrupting markets, not just plugging up holes with little apps. (See Brian Wong discuss this at SXSW 2012.) He himself is aiming to disrupt mobile advertising with Kiip, a rewards network that app developers can add to their apps. On Wednesday, we published Brian Wong’s take on Mark Zuckerberg…
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Just turned 21, entrepreneur Brian Wong is already racking up achievements: graduated college at 18, worked at Digg, founded Kiip, got funding. But, on Skype at least, Wong comes off as humble: he brushed aside a comparison to Mark Zuckerberg, wants his business to take the spotlight, and explained how luck and teamwork fueled his…
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SocialKaty, a Chicago-based social media marketing company, landed Series A funding recently from Lightbank, the high-profile VC firm that was founded by the original backers of Groupon. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed. I am sure you are thinking the same thing as I was: How does a company that executes online…
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Your idea for a startup has been streamlined, the team is assembled, and everything is moving forward. Talk starts to turn to S-Corps versus LLCs, and you quickly realize that you need an attorney. Finding a lawyer to incorporate your business or register a trademark can become a job in itself. Ever wonder whether you…
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If you rely solely on social media for marketing, you’re missing out on lots of fine-grained data, opportunities to follow up, and true engagement. That’s part of the message in a new book by Jed Alpert, expert mobile communications strategist and CEO of Mobile Commons, whose clients include the Obama campaign, Nike, and AT&T. Alpert’s…
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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