TECH cocktail Champaign 3 Photos
June 30, 2009
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Check out the TECH cocktail Champaign 3 Photos
Last Thursday night, TECH cocktail Champaign 3 attracted a couple hundred attendees as local technology was showcased from companies like Wolfram Research, EnterpriseWorks, R Systems, Mimosa Acoustics, The Australian Semiconductor Technology Company (ASTC) and IllinoisRocstar. Thanks to our sponsors and guests for making the event another success. Check out the TECH cocktail Champaign 3 photos.
Windy City Social’s Social Media and Online Marketing Summit: The Details
June 5, 2009
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From organizer Hope Bertram:
Windy City Social is hosting a very cool Social Media/Online Marketing Summit that you’re TC group is going to want to hear about.
It’s Tuesday, June 23rd from 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm with evening networking and panel from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm at the beautiful Blackstone Hotel.
Guests will connect with other marketers and learn about the latest trends in Social Media and Online Marketing from leaders in the industry. People will leave the event with new, innovative ideas about how to leverage Twitter, Facebook, SEO, E-mail Marketing and Experience Marketing.
Several of the speakers and sponsors will be on hand for 15 minute consultations where they’ll give attendees immediate steps they can take to improve their actual site or campaigns! AND our speakers are going to pick a few emails and websites submitted by attendees in advance to critique during presentations.
Event Highlights
* Creating an Experience They Will Remember (in a good way!) Cereality Founders
Rick Bacher and David Roth
* E-mail Makeovers Reagan Taylor, NCR eCommerce Consultant
* Top 10 Tips for Improving Your Natural Search Rankings
* Tips on How to Get the Most out of the New Fan Pages From Brad Keown from Facebook * Panel on Using Twitter to Promote Big Business
I’ve sent up discount code for $10 off of the full ticket price for TC members who enter TC10 when they register at http://wcssummit.eventbrite.com
TeachStreet Comes to Chicago: Get Ready to Learn
June 4, 2009
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My friend Dave Schappel (not the comedian) has been building up his latest company, TeachStreet, over the past year and I was happy to hear from him that the Chicago portion of the site is now live. TeachStreet is a place where people can come to find teachers for anything and everything that are based in their city. Want to learn drums? Check out TeachStreet. Want to learn Mandarin? There are probably some teachers on TeachStreet that can help you out. If there is something you want to learn, check out TeachStreet.
When.com Supports Local Events Like TECH cocktail
May 20, 2009
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Special thank you to When.com, our premier sponsor for TECH cocktail DC 5. When.com is the hyper-local guide for your hyper-active lifestyle. When.com helps you to pinpoint restaurants, events and activities in your neighborhood. Its unique tools for Hot Tickets and Dining Deals can help to save you time and money. When.com also throws user-generated events into the mix for extended coverage of everything that’s going on in your city. For example, check out the listing for TECH cocktail DC 5 in Washington, DC today.
Watch the video (above) as I chat with When.com’s Abha Dasgupta. Also be sure to check out When.com next time you are looking for something to do and if you are in the DC are be sure to see them tonight at TECH cocktail DC 5.
Inventables is Hiring
April 23, 2009
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Inventables is lighting the product development world on fire! This year they launched a the Inventables Marketplace, they got VC funding, and now they are hiring!
Looking for a new gig? Do you have what it takes? They need the best Chicago has to offer!
Software Engineers
http://corporate.inventables.com/AboutUs/SoftwareEngineer.asp
UI Designer
http://corporate.inventables.com/AboutUs/uidesigner.asp
1 Person Finance Department
http://corporate.inventables.com/AboutUs/Controller.asp
Chicago Public Schools Needs Our Help
April 16, 2009
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Please give this post a read. It is very important that we (i.e. the Chicago tech community) rally to help Chicago Public Schools with their tech efforts and show our support. CPS needs some help with donations of goods, services and/or cash to get their TECHxpo 2009 project ready to rock. I know there are some individuals and companies out there who, even in these tough times, can still help with this effort. Let’s see if we can’t help CPS out and show that the TECH cocktail community can rally. If you and/or your company can donate some cash or tech goods please contact me (eric [at] techcocktail [dot] com) to get the ball rolling.
Now, I turn this post over to CPS’ own David Schwab to explain the program and how to get involved:
Chicago Public Schools students are getting ready to flex their tech muscles in a major way … but they may need your help!
The kick-off celebration for "TECHxpo 2009" will take place on May 29th at the Museum of Contemporary Art . Five other events follow in the first week of June.
The schools, with support from the CPS Office of Academic Enhancement, have been working all year on the Adobe Youth Voices project. This project teaches students to use high-tech software and hardware to learn and report about complex social and community issues. The events will feature "cubes" of student work, showcasing their finished videos and presentations, along with documentation of their work on the projects throughout the year.
Silicon Prairie Social Coming Up
April 15, 2009
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This just in from Tim Courtney:
Colocation hosting provider XNet is pleased to announce the next Silicon Prairie Social, the technology networking event for the western Chicago suburbs! The event is hosted by XNet and sponsored by Saper Law Offices , Obtiva , and maconRAINE . Silicon Prairie Social will be held Tuesday, April 28 and is a great opportunity to connect in a fun, informal setting with like-minded people in technology.
The event is free to attend, and RSVP is required via this link . Hope to see you there!
Silicon Prairie Social
Tuesday, April 28
6:30pm-8:30pm
Arrowhead Golf Club
26W151 Butterfield Road
Wheaton, IL 60189
Startup Weekend Chicago Wrap-up
April 10, 2009
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Just wanted to let everyone know that Startup Weekend Chicago was a success. Six companies launched (see descriptions below) and everything went off without a hitch thanks to the gracious sponsorship of the ITA, TECH cocktail and DePaul’s Coleman Center for Entrepreneurship. Also, a HUGE thanks to Nick Seguin for facilitating the whole weekend. You da man, Nick!
Looking forward to Startup Weekend Chicago 2. Stay tuned for that and check out the companies spawned in Chicago over just one weekend bellow.
TweepUp - Allows you to enter what, where, when - converts common language and connects people doing interesting things, everywhere. Built on the Twitter API.
BigHugeWindow - Creates and facilitates the marketplace for window advertising.
Fork Chop (still in dev but they had a LOT of functionality together) - this app allows for the creation and forking/versioning of recipes. Additionally, they group worked on some powerful parsers which deconstruct the recipes into ingredients - grocery lists.
Eventr - Collects and aggregates user-generated-media surrounding an event. UI that allows anyone to create event.
Conference Survival Kit - nuff said
Merit Badges - This app was dev’d locally but revolved around controlled vetting of information resources and structured learning sequences coupled with certification of competency achievement.
TECH cocktail Champaign 2: Pictures
March 25, 2009
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Photos from TECH cocktail Champaign 2 are now up. Please check them out if you have a free moment. The event went off without a hitch and we’re looking forward to TECH cocktail Champaign 3 (coming soon).
The Value of Emotional Intelligence for Entrepreneurs
March 24, 2009
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This just in from Jason Jacobsohn. Looks like a great event!
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Hi TCers,
I want to let you know that E.Factor (www.efactor.com ) is hosting another great event in Chicago on April 14. The event is titled "The Value of Emotional Intelligence for Entrepreneurs" and will feature local entrepreneurs Troy Henikoff of OneWed.com, Rick Mazursky of The Executives Profit, and Julia Stamberger of GoPicnic. This is a great opportunity for you to learn from and network with successful entrepreneurs. For more details and to register, go to http://www.efactor.com/p/events/id=79 . If you sign up with the code "CHIEIE79.", then you will receive a 25% discount.
Hope to see you there!
Jason
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