This is the second part of a two part post focused on using licensing to grow your business, by guest contributors Blaire Jones and Aaron Horn. Read the first part here. And now the big question… Should I license? It may be a good idea if your IP is original and can satisfy a need, or…
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This is the first part of a two part series focused on using licensing to grow your business, by guest contributors Blaire Jones and Aaron Horn. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world. – Archimedes There are a variety of reasons an emerging…
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The Kellogg Tech Conference was held on April 9th and had an accompanying Chicago-wide hackathon that started on April 8th and wrapped up at the end of the conference. The theme for this year’s conference was Connecting Through Innovation and had talks on everything from mobile development to networking, business memes to social change, startup…
Read MoreYour business is built through connections. The more people that know, like and trust you, the more people will recommend you. So where should a business begin? You’ve basically got two main options: 1. Throw a lot of money into marketing. 2. Throw a lot of time into making a great business that generates referrals. Since…
Read MoreThe year is 2012. You walk into a Sears for a new washer and dryer or Best Buy for a new television. Let’s say you are not inclined to search the Internet to identify a product line you feel comfortable with, as well as a subsequent location to purchase it, all prior to walking into…
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The following is an admittedly oversimplified outline of the Cultura venture deployment process with some insights and a few things we learned the hard way. CONCEPT Under any given good idea is a great one. This stage of your venture is a matter of collecting information and connecting dots. Immersing your team into your market intelligence while…
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Location based services have been hot for a few years now, motivating people to check-in to collect a badge or other virtual good and compete with others. One of the leaders in the space is Gowalla, an Austin based startup led by founder and CEO Josh Williams. Josh is an entrepreneur who has had other…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was contributed by Washington, D.C. based Glen Helman, an angel investor and serial entrepreneur, who works for venture capitalists as a turn-around specialist. Glen is regular contributor to Tech Cocktail. There is no denying it that when it comes to fashion and investing, DC is a conservative town. We’re not fashion trendsetters, and…
Read MoreThe Internet has become part of our collective lives faster than any other technology in history. It took just nine years to reach over 50% of US households, while television took some thirty years to reach the same. As Facebook crosses 500 million users (it took just five years) and the micro-blogging site Twitter, with…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs good or bad, we all make mistakes. Some take their lumps over and over while others learn more quickly from their mistakes. Scott Walker, the founder of Walker Corporate Law Group, has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and has seen lots of mistakes get made along the way, so he shared five of the…
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WordPress is a platform that started as a blog platform but now powers close to 13 percent of websites on the Internet. This is a pretty amazing statistic as WordPress started out very much an underdog when it launched with such blog platform competition as Blogger, Moveable Type and LiveJournal already taking care of most…
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Intel has been on the forefront of innovation for the past couple decades as microprocessors are now a part of just about every electronic device you come into contact with. So I was excited to catch up with Intel Fellow and Anthropologist Genevieve Bell recently to discuss her latest findings in the area of human…
Read MoreWe’ve posted the videos from last month’s DC Lean Startup event. Special thanks to Mark Bebawy for recording. Details about the event are below. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Kevin Dewalt, Patrick Smith and Steph Hay organized another great event. Follow the DC Lean Startup Circle here. The Talks: The entrepreneurs…
Read MoreWhy is it that though you are bombarded by ads from big national chain restaurants showing everyone having a grand time, you prefer to eat at your neighborhood restaurant down the street? Do you ever wonder why you’d rather go to the smaller venue? The reason is simple: it’s because of deep personal connections. When you eat at big chain restaurants,…
Read MoreSarah Hatter is the founder of CoSupport, a company that helps web and mobile app companies with their customer support. Sarah used to work in customer support at 37signals. CoSupport provides a personal support team, providing customer support for your apps. The product draws its inspirations from her old 37signals teammates David Heinemeier Hansson and…
Read MoreIf there’s someone who knows a little about delivering happiness to people, it’s Ben Huh, founder and CEO of Cheezeburger, a network of humor sites where over 16.5 million people go each month to get their laugh on. Ben took some time out of his SXSW schedule to share his perspective on blogs vs books, failure, and business…
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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