TECH cocktail Chicago 8 Mixer To Follow CONFERENCE
April 29, 2008
We are happy to announce the TECH cocktail Chicago 8 mixer event will follow TECH cocktail CONFERENCE on May 29, 2008. You should definitely try and make it to the conference as it is a going to be a “can’t miss” event as we bring together an all-star cast of TECH cocktailers for a full day, potent, conference concoction. Also, if you sign up for the conference here you will automatically secure a ticket for the TECH cocktail Chicago 8 mixer event. If you cannot make the conference, you can still sign up to just attend TECH cocktail Chicago 8 mixer event on a first come first serve basis below.
Here are the TECH cocktail Chicago 8 details:
- Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008
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Time: 6:30 pm CT - 9:00 pm CT
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Location:
John Barleycorn Wrigleyville
3524 N Clark St - Upstairs
Chicago, IL 60657
If you are interested in sponsoring TECH cocktail Chicago 8 or our conference we still have spots open so please contact us as soon as possible - more information on sponsoring is here. We run these events to break even and would love to do so on this second event. Also if you are interested in demoing your startup product or service please contact us. See you there!
TECH cocktail DC 2 Video
April 28, 2008
TECH cocktail DC 2 took place last Thursday evening in Washington, D.C. showcasing six startups from the local area along with a number of sponsors. The event united over four hundred guests for an evening of conversations and fun. SOMEWHAT FRANK TV was able to capture some of the evenings happenings on video as episode 22 of the video podcast (below).
The Coolest TECH cocktail Photo Video Mashup
April 25, 2008
Nick O’Neill, a D.C. native and founder of Social Times, has leveraged Animoto, a product we played around with previously, to create the coolest TECH cocktail Photo Mashup. To date, it is one of the best I have seen. Check it out the TECH cocktail DC 2 Photo Video Mashup on Social Times. Thank you Nick, that video rocks!
TECH cocktail DC 2 Thank You & Photos
April 25, 2008
Thanks to the over 400 TECH cocktailers that came together at MCCXXIII (1223 Club) last night on the warm spring evening in Washington, D.C. We are happy we were able bring the community together and show off some of the local technology startups. We had some great demos from the following companies:
AwayFind - a product aimed at helping combat the email problem by letting your contacts get in touch with you via an online form.
iGala - a digital photo frame with a touchscreen interface that connects directly to Flickr and Gmail to stream photos to the frame like a slideshow.
Loladex - offers local recommendations from your trusted network of Facebook friends.
Odeo - launched a new beta verision which offers both search and personalized content (audio and video) recommendations.
Voxant - a free licensed content offering for publishers which offers a pageview based revenue share to anyone that embeds the content on a their site.
WhyGoSolo - a new social networking site aimed at helping you to create spontaneous new connections so, as its name implies, you won’t go solo any longer.
We could not put on an event like TECH cocktail DC 2 without the support of our sponsors which included AOL, Viget Labs, Voxant, Network Solutions and Jess3 - thank you. Stickers for TECH cocktail DC 2 were provided by StickerGiant.com.
The very talented D.C. local photographer Raoul Pop captured the evenings happenings in his photos - check out the TECH cocktail DC 2 Photos.
Updated: You can also check out this TECH cocktail DC 2 video (below).
Refresh DC April Meetup: Startups 101
April 23, 2008
Refresh DC was nice enough to move its April event up a day to avoid a conflict with tomorrow TECH cocktail. Thanks Refresh DC! Now we can have fun two days in a row this week. The Refresh DC event will take place right next to the Virginia Square Metro (between Clarendon and Ballston) courtesy of this month’s venue sponsor Strategic Analysis.
Here are the details:
Event: Refresh DC April Meetup: Startups 101
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008(7:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Location: Strategic Analysis, Inc.
3601 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 600
Arlington, VAFor full details, including attendance, visit: http://upcoming.yahoo.com
/event/473721
A panel of personalities from the DC startup scene, including Andrew Lee of Publi.us (who still all work in a house, literally), Sean Greene of LaunchBox Digital, Eddie Frederick of Hungry Machine, Brian Williams of Viget Labs, and Eric Rupert of Odeo. It’ll be an hour of discussion around the challenges of starting your own business, and thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways to do it. It should be an interesting time!
I hope to see you there … I plan on sneaking out to it prior to working on some last minute TECH cocktail DC 2 prep work.
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WhyGoSolo Handshake Before TECH cocktail DC 2
April 23, 2008
In the spirit of amplifying the technology signal in under served market; we love to support and bring light to the startups in the cities like Chicago, D.C., Boston and Boulder. We do this through our sponsors, as well as having the local startups demo at our events.
One of the startups showing off its stuff at TECH cocktail DC 2 tomorrow, WhyGoSolo, wants to showoff a little early to make its demo tomorrow night have a bigger impact on the DC community and better connecting people together at the event. Simply get yourself a WhyGoSolo Handshake for the event which basically means that someone else is going to agree to attend TECH Cocktail DC 2 with you but keep in mind you still need to RSVP here for TECH cocktail DC 2. Visit WhyGoSolo.com (create an account if you don’t already have one) and create a listing for TECH Cocktail DC 2. Here is an example of a listing from Keith the CTO of WhyGoSolo. Send it to Twitter and add it to your Facebook profile and see who is interested in joining you. For example, here is a link to Keith’s listing – that has already been Handshaked.
I’m guessing this could be kinda fun – especially since it opens up the ability to meetup with a few new people online before and then in reality at TECH cocktail DC 2.
A TECH cocktail DC 2 Preview
April 22, 2008
With over 350 TECH cocktailers have RSVP’ed for TECH cocktail DC 2 and it approaching fast we wanted to take an opportunity to give a brief preview of the event. We could not do it without the support of our fine sponsors. TECH cocktail DC 2 is sponsored by AOL, Viget Labs, Voxant, Network Solutions and Jess3 (one of our preferred service providers):
TECH cocktail is a “cocktail of tech people” looking to help amplify the technology signal of the local community and what better way to do so than to showoff some of the great new startups in the area. The following companies will be demonstrating their products and services in an expo-style at TECH cocktail DC 2: AwayFind, iGala, Loladex, Odeo, Voxant and WhyGoSolo.
See you there. Also if you are up for it… our friends at Lijit Networks are hosting a breakfast in DC on Friday morning. Come hangout from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sign up here.
Past TECH cocktail Sponsor Athena Security Best of RSA 2008
April 19, 2008
Lisle, Illinois based Athena Security has quite the showing at the 2008 RSA conference last week. In fact, Network World’s Richard Stiennon had this to say about Athena after seeing them at the show:
I met them off-campus. They did not even have a booth. But their product rocks. It is a security mapping tool that can be used to assess overall network threat exposure. It grabs configurations from security devices and figures out just what resources are exposed to network entry points. The best thing about their product is that it compares your current network architecture to various best practices (NIST and the like) and gives you a score. It then allows you to model proposed changes (moving a server, adding a rule) and see how it impacts your score. AthenaVerify is a great tool to help the enterprise evolve to a more secure posture.
Very nice guys! All of us here in Illinois are proud of you. Keep up the good work.
If you are interested in reading a great article about Athena check out this column in Dark Reading.
Upcoming DC Web/Tech Events - Spring 2008
April 16, 2008
PodcampDC - April 18-20, 2008
Podcamp DC is an “unconference” focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share any/all new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. There are waiting lists spots still available.
TECH cocktail DC 2 - April 24, 2008
The second TECH cocktail in DC should be a night of fun as startups showoff their stuff for the over 300 guest RSVPs. The following startups will be demoing: AwayFind, iGala, Loladex, Odeo, Voxant and WhyGoSolo. TECH cocktail DC 2 was made possible with the support of the following sponsors AOL, Network Solutions, Voxant, Viget Labs and Jess3 (our preferred creative service provider). See you there!
DC New Media Technology Meetup - April 30, 2008
Meet and greet others interested in new media, social networking/web 2.0/video 2.0. Besides talking about our current interests & projects, suggested topics: financing Web 2.0/social media efforts, technical developments, Startups & what’s artistic & unusual in web 2.0 sites. If you’re interested in meeting and sharing ideas/discussion around the subjects of web 2.0 and online video, join up and attend the meetup.
SocialDevCamp East - May 10, 2008
SocialDevCamp East is an “unconference” for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web. Where is the social web going? It’s going mobile, to geocentric services, and to open platforms. Join a community of like minded developers, social media gurus and thought leaders for an unconference to discuss the future of the social web. The event is looking for thought leaders from DC to Boston to meet, forge relationships, and envision the future. SocialDevCamp East is convenient to the entire east coast corridor via Amtrak. Just travel to Baltimore’s Penn Station — University of Baltimore is two blocks south.
TECH cocktail CONFERENCE - May 29, 2008
DC is just an few hours by plane from Chicago which is where the first TECH cocktail CONFERENCE will be held in May. The focus of the CONFERENCE is taking a “no nonsense” approach to building a business that can flourish by leveraging technology and the Web. The event will be offer access to some amazing speakers and TECH cocktailers can save on the price of admission by using the promo code: techcocktailers. You cannot miss this event - join us now!
BlogPotomac - June 13, 2008
BlogPotomac, a one day event, is aimed at providing advanced marketing insights beyond the average social media 101. BlogPotomac will be held on Friday, June 13, 2008 at the State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia. BlogPotomac seeks to provide a local “unconference” on best marketing practices for the social media community in the Washington, DC area.
UIUC Luncheon Tomorrow: Changes in Patent Law & the Impact on Entrepreneurs
April 7, 2008
Please join the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Technology Entrepreneur Center for an Illini-TEC Forum luncheon event:
“Recent Changes In Patent Law And The Impact On Inventors and Entrepreneurs”
Date: April 8, 2008
12:00 – 2:00 PMLocation: Illini Center, 4th Floor
200 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606 (map)
Our distinguished speakers:
Joe Barich
Shareholder
McAndrews Held & Malloy LTD
Joe has been helping his clients develop and manage their patent portfolios, both in the U.S. and abroad, for about 10 years. He works with companies of all sizes, but takes special delight in helping small or startup companies advance to the next level. Joe is also currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law where he has taught “Patent Prosecution” since the Spring of 2005 and this year started a Patent Pilot Program in which he supervises third year law students as they write patent applications for innovations from the Cozad Business Plan Competition and Lemelson Innovation Competition. Joe was also recently named one of the 2008 Rising Stars on the Super Lawyers list.
Troy A. Groetken
Shareholder
McAndrews Held & Malloy LTD
As a registered patent practitioner, Troy regularly counsels international and Fortune 100 and 500 clients and individual entrepreneurs/inventors regarding advanced patent prosecution issues (U.S. and foreign), licensing, complex transactional issues, and global portfolio management matters involving chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological technologies such as new drug (small-molecule, recombinant, combinational technologies, etc.) entities, mesenchymal stem cell therapies, amphetamine conjugate therapies, medical devices, pediatric pharmaceuticals, surfactant technologies, agricultural compositions, gellants, biocidal materials, polyols, lubricants, coatings, laundry and cleaning products, pharmaceutical supplements, personal care and cosmetic formulations, alternative fuels, and renewable energies. Prior to practicing patent law, Troy has! worked as a clinical consultant pharmacist. Troy is also the past-President and current Vice-President/Board Member to the Association of Patent Law Firms. Troy was recently selected as a “Rising Star” by the Illinois Super Lawyers independent survey for 2008.
Lunch will be served.
Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Register: by 5:00 PM on Monday, April 7 or at the door
Questions? www.tec.uiuc.edu or 217-244-3124
Limited seating available, so register today!
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Preferred Creative Service Provider: Jess3 
Preferred Accounting Services Provider: Frost, Ruttenberg & Rothblatt, P.C. 
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Teaming for Technology
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