Instead of dreaming of a rosy Silicon Valley where all roads lead to startup success, young Singaporean students are being thrown into the Valley’s entrepreneurial trenches. The National University of Singapore (NUS) Overseas Colleges program sends students to Silicon Valley, as well as Philadelphia, Beijing, Shanghai, Stockholm, India, and Israel. There, they study entrepreneurship-related courses…
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If you watch the NBC show The Apprentice, you might recognize the name Aaron Altscher – he appeared on the show a few years ago. The Baltimore-area native has worked at several startups, had a couple of successful exits, and teaches entrepreneurship. Just in case that’s not enough to make you feel like a total…
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If you’re an app developer, what’s more exciting than rave reviews and happy users? How about 1 million downloads, which Drippler is just about to reach? The app, which delivers personalized news to you about the devices you own, also just launched a new Android app that features a brand new design and automatic device…
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Over the past 70 years, the classroom has transitioned from the blackboard to the overhead projector to the whiteboard – and now to interactive whiteboards. With all of these products, the teacher has been the primary user. However, the student with the old, chalky blackboard 70 years ago is still using the same, old-fashioned notebook…
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Baltimore-based entrepreneurs Dan Sines and Josh Spears believe they have solved the problem of “what to do” by disrupting the way people search for things to do. Their new company, Woofound, is like having a best friend that knows where to find all the fun places to go, whether you’re in your hometown or a whole new…
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A disproportionate amount of life – business especially – seems to live in the last minute. Plans change, you find yourself in Boston for the weekend, and you need a place to stay. You need to be assured you’ll get a good night’s sleep and be stationed in a central part of the city, all…
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When Ryan Meinzer demoed PlaySay at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011, the language acquisition application used the world’s largest social network as the vehicle behind their platform. Because other language learning tools lacked user engagement, the San Francisco-startup turned to the de facto tool of engagement: Facebook. In their own words, “Facebook became the new classroom, your friends…
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In response to the daily deal phenomenon that, unfortunately, does not build a local merchants’ customer base for the long-term, the loyalty program space has become jam packed with competitors. In the last few months, we have covered Womply, Zavee, Belly, and Swipely – all with their own take on how to keep customers coming…
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Today, the web is all about figuring out what you want: an article to read, a video to watch, music to listen to, products to buy, restaurants to visit, things to do. With great power (to search) comes great responsibility (to choose): “We are now living in an era where information is everywhere and it…
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Major sport matches draw tens of thousands of fans to the stadium to support their team. In many cases, for each fan attending the game, there are over a thousand fans watching the game at home, wishing they could be there. Vubooo, an early stage Israeli startup, is aiming to allow sport fans to take part in…
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If you are not in the military, you probably wouldn’t know the hassle of getting basic information about the base you are stationed in, such as where can you get food, when does the gym close, where you can find medical help, etc. The information available is disjointed and outdated, so you cannot rely on…
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Caulk the wagon and float or attempt to ford the river? I’m guessing you got the reference. The Oregon Trail is as iconic a computer game as any. It was part of “computer class” when I was in elementary school. This old school video game was (and still is) fun, addictive, and educational. One thing it…
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Earlier today, Vimeo co-founder Zach Klein announced his latest project, DIY, a project showcasing mobile app for kids and parents. Essentially, the app is a venue to help children document and receive feedback from loved ones for the creative and imaginative objects and projects they create. Upon building a birdhouse out of the leftover cardboard boxes,…
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Following the lead of metro-targeted startups like Uber, ParkMe and SeatMe, UrbanSitter is now offering an online payment feature. With this new feature, the site that connects parents with babysitters through people they know should continue on its path of stellar growth, especially with the infusion of $1.75M in seed funding they closed on this…
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This huge number should probably come as no surprise, but it’s still rather unnerving: Nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011. With so many of us storing proprietary information on not only our laptops, which we lug through cities and airports, but also our mobile devices, which we bring everywhere, we…
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If you think games are silly, you obviously haven’t met Singapore’s Witching Hour Studios, a game shop led by 3 of the most passionate, thoughtful, and hilarious entrepreneurs I met in Asia. They are the creators of Ravenmark, an iOS game where exiled nobles return home to regain their birthright. It’s a world with thousands…
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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