TECH cocktail 1 Demoer RipItDigital For Sale

March 5, 2008

We recently recieved word that, TECH cocktail 1, demo alum Greg Frost has decided to sell his startup RipItDigital. RipItDigital is a CD, LP and cassette conversion business that has been highlighted in Crains Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, Chicagoist, New City and TechCrunch (after demoing at TECH cocktail).

As part of the sale the new owner would recieve the following:

Powerfile
3 yr Warranty for powerfile - (2 years left)
LP converter
Professionally Designed Website - www.RipItDigital.com
Website Hosting in place
Domain with 4 years of history (huge in natural search)
Google Pagerank 5
Double Century Pro Software - www.doublecenturysoftware.com (the brains that tells the Powerfile what to do)
Professionally Designed Logo
Google Adwords Campaign developed by PPC professional
Letterhead
CD labels
Shipping Boxes (20+)
Cake Spindles (100+)
250 GB external hard drive
1 month of consulting from founders
2 Chicago home audio installer partnerships (potentially)
If needed a computer w/ DVD burner and software needed (can get you all the details on the computer)

If you are interest contact Greg Frost directly by email at: gforst at ripitdigital dot com

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TECH cocktail is LinkedIn

October 25, 2006

I am happy to report that TECH cocktail now has home on one of my favorite web services, LinkedIn. This will allow all TECH cocktailers to stay in touch, grab drinks and do business in between events. If you want to sign-up for the TECH cocktail LinkedIn group please follow this link:

https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2211/51F5EB27B64D/

It may take some time to get into our account and approve you after you apply so please bear with us.

Frank and I are really excited about this new group and are eager to hear any success stories that have come out of TECH cocktail so please e-mail us. See you all at TECH cocktail 3!

Special thanks to Rick Klau for the LinkedIn group idea.

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midPhase Takes You Home In Style

September 26, 2006

That’s right folks, the guys from midPhase thought it would be nice if everyone could have a free limo ride (yup, limo) home (or to the train station for you suburbanites) from TECH cocktail 2 so they went out and made it happen.

Click here to register for a free limo ride home courtesy of midPhase! Registration lasts from Tuesday, September 26th to Friday, October 6th and space is limited so make sure to sign up ASAP. Thanks midPhase!

If you are looking to RSVP to TECH cocktail itself please click here and leave a comment. See you all in a couple of weeks!

Posted by Eric Olson | Filed Under Chicago, Event, TECH cocktail, Video, techcocktail1, techcocktail2 | 5 Comments

TECH cocktail 1 Video

July 21, 2006

We are pleased to unveil a quick video that was generously produced by Lambert Smith of Stone Cliff Productions. Thank you Lambert! If you are interested in using Stone Cliff Productions to produce similar work please let us know and we will be happy to pass along his contact information.

To watch the video click the video above or visit this link on YouTube: TECH cocktail 1

Or if Google Video is more your thing check it out here: TECH cocktail 1

I hope you enjoy the show and fire up for the next TECH cocktail event coming soon!

Posted by Frank Gruber | Filed Under Chicago, Event, TECH cocktail, Video, techcocktail1 | 1 Comment

TECH cocktail 1 Covered By MidwestBusiness.com

July 13, 2006

MidwestBusiness.com had staff writer Lou Calamaras in attendance at the first TECH cocktail (July 6, 2006) and has published a wrap-up with three pages of photos. The article had this to say about the event:

“To summarize, the evening a very different tech crowd that appealed to a fun atmosphere where friends of friends from different industry sectors can show up and blend in.”

You can view the article by visiting MidwestBusiness.com here. Special thanks to MidwestBusiness.com and Lou Calamaras for snapping and publishing this article with so many great photos.

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TECH cocktail Gets TechCrunched

July 9, 2006

TECH cocktail was TechCrunched this morning. Most of the companies at the event were profiled which should generate some great exposure and buzz for them. The TechCrunch post is a great step towards showing the world that there is a thriving tech scene in Chicago and the midwest. You can digg the story here. Congrats everyone for making the event such a success!

Posted by Eric Olson | Filed Under Chicago, Event, TECH cocktail, techcocktail1 | 3 Comments

The May Report: TECH cocktail a smashing success

July 8, 2006

Ron May, longtime editor of The May Report covering the Chicago software and IT marketplace was in attendance at TECH cocktail 1 and has composed a candid and detailed analysis of event. Ron May had this to say:

“Last night’s inaugural party for TECH Cocktail had the air of the good old dot com boom days.”

Check out the entire report here. Thanks for coming out Ron, hope to see you at the next event.

Posted by Frank Gruber | Filed Under Chicago, Event, TECH cocktail, techcocktail1 | 1 Comment

TECH cocktail 1: Wrap & Thank You

July 7, 2006

Thank you to everyone who came out to make TECH cocktail a success. We had over 225 guests, some of which were from Google, Playboy, Orbitz, Cars.com, Apartments.com, Yahoo, Tribune and a number of other Midwest-based companies.

Special thank you to our sponsor midPhase hosting, State Restaurant and Café for the fabulous venue and Stormhoek the featured wine of the event. If you are interested in sponsoring the next TECH cocktail be sure to email Frank Gruber or Eric Olson.

Thank you to the Chicago-based companies that performed demonstrations: ZapTix, FeedBurner, TableTop Interactive. They all have unique products and stories so we are happy they were able to share them with the group. RipIt Digital, Naymz, ChicagoCrime.org, Gritwire, Coastr, Planyp.us and skinnyCorp were also represented at the event.

You can check out some TECH cocktail photos here. We had a number of photographers and bloggers in attendance and we thank you - be sure to tag your blog posts and photos: TECHcocktail1.

Finally, thank you to everyone that helped out with the event - we could not have done it without you. We hope you now feel like you have made some new connections with people with similar interests living in the same geographic area.