TECH cocktail Demoing Startup Funded By TECH cocktail Sponsor

November 16, 2007

GrubHub.com Co-Founders Mike Evens and Matt Maloney GrubHub.com, a Chicago-based food delivery startup and TECH cocktail Chicago 2 demoer, just recently received $1.1 million dollars in funding from repeat TECH cocktail sponsor Origin Ventures.

Congratulations to the founders of GrubHub, Mike Evens & Matt Maloney.

How’s that for a TECH cocktail love triangle? It’s good to be loved.

Posted by Frank Gruber | Filed Under Chicago, TECH cocktail, TECH cocktail News, techcocktail2 | 2 Comments

Help GrubHub.com Donate Meals To Those In Need TODAY!

February 3, 2007

This past week, leading up to the Super Bowl (Go Bears!) has been National Take-out and Delivery Week. Chicago-based startup GrubHub.com, who demo’ed at TECH cocktail 2, has been donating meals to Meals on Wheels Chicago for every order placed on GrubHub.com for the week ending February 4th. GrubHub.com co-founder, Matt Maloney had this to say:

“Chicagoans need to know that for every order taken through GrubHub.com this week a meal will be delivered to those less fortunate.”

So you still have a little time to order some food through GrubHub.com and help donate meals to people in need.

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Elevator Pitches from TC2: Powered by Liquid Talk

December 21, 2006

As all of you may remember our friends over at Liquid Talk Networks had a booth set up at TECH cocktail 2 where entrepreneurs could give elevator pitches which would be compiled into a video. Well, the video has finally arrived and it looks great! After you watch the video you’ll be reenergized for TECH cocktail 3 on January 25th so make sure to RSVP. You can also see the list of TC3 RSVPs here. Well, what are you wating for? Click on the video below and enjoy! Oh, and Happy Holidays everyone!

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View the TECH cocktail 2 Interviews

December 6, 2006

Technology Evangelist was able to capture a number of excellent interviews at TECH cocktail 2 on October 12, 2006 in Chicago. Check them all out here.

Interviews
Chris Monaghan - Time59.com
Frank and Eric - TECH cocktail
Dan Green - The Mortgage Reports
Jason Jacobsohn - Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
Justin Chen and John Li - Menuism
Kris Smith - Palegroove
Mary Beth Hughes - BigThinkingByTheHour.com
Mike Evans and Matt Maloney - GrubHub.com
Phil Kruzel - Liquid Talk Networks
Troy Haaland - eSigma.com

Still to come…
Matt Shobe and Joe Kottke - FeedBurner
Jeff Pulver - Pulver Media

Great job Technology Evangelist - thanks!

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Technology Evangelist TECH cocktail Videos Are Here!

November 23, 2006

Technology Evangelist Crew TechnologyEvangelist.com was in attendance to capture TECH cocktail 2 on video. After editing and post production, the videos are now available for public viewing. For the rest of the the month you can expect to see one new video each day. The first couple videos were released and are posted as follows:

TECH cocktail - Eric Olson and Frank Gruber
TECH cocktail - Christopher Monaghan

Thanks to TechnologyEvangelist.com for capturing the evening on film and in high definition. Check back for updates.

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TECH cocktail Specials Job Board Is Free - Promo Code Upon Request

November 13, 2006

In case you missed the news, we launched a job board at TECH cocktail 2. Yeah, I know it was a rather eventful night of fun, so you probably missed the job board announcement with the loads of conversations taking place at the event. So we would like to once again mention the TECH cocktail Specials Job Board (techcocktail.com/jobs). We hope that that board can help to continue any conversations that might have been taking place while we made this announcement at Tc2.

If you have a job opening please contact us at:

Eric [at] techcocktail dot com
Frank [at] techcocktail dot com

And we will happily grant you access to a promo code that enables you to post a job listing for free!

Our vision is to make TECH cocktail Specials a place to help our supports find a sweet new gig! So help us help you by posting job openings today. Also, if you are looking for a new job it might be just the place to find at TECH cocktail Special today!

Posted by Frank Gruber | Filed Under Chicago, TECH cocktail, techcocktail2 | Leave a Comment

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.

Posted by Eric Olson | Filed Under Chicago, Event, TECH cocktail, techcocktail1, techcocktail2 | Leave a Comment

TECH cocktail in the Sun-Times

October 23, 2006

TECH cocktail 2 was profiled in the Chicago Sun-Times today by columnist and MidwestBusiness.com president Brad Spirrison. Brad’s write-up focused on what the future of TECH cocktail could be and Brad mentioned that he was unclear as to whether or not we had a motive behind TECH cocktail. The answer to that is simple: we do have a very clear two part mission (aka motive) behind TECH cocktail and it is as follows:

Tell the technology story better in Chicago and other underserved technology markets
Have fun doing it

I hope this clears up what we are all about and a big thanks goes out from us to Brad and the Sun-Times for highlighting TECH cocktail today. If anyone has any questions about TECH cocktail or would like to sponsor future events please feel free to e-mail Frank and I any time (info on the “about” page). Thanks again for your support everyone! We’re starting to get some great press both on and off the web and that’s a good thing for everyone in the community.

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TechCrunch Profiles Startups Present at TECH cocktail 2

October 23, 2006

TechCrunch has published an overview of several of the startups that were present at TECH cocktail 2. This is great news for all involved as TechCrunch will no doubt generate some interest in all of the companies. It is great to see tech in the midwest being showcased on a national and international level. Thanks for publishing the write-up Mike!

If you guys like the article make sure to digg it here.

Posted by Eric Olson | Filed Under Chicago, Event, TECH cocktail, techcocktail2 | 1 Comment

TECH cocktail 2 Video

October 22, 2006

Lambert Smith of Stone Cliff Productions has done it again. Lambert was gracious enough take part by capturing TECH cocktail 2 on film. Thank you Lambert! If you are interested in using Stone Cliff Productions to produce similar work (i.e. video marketing, web streaming, business expo
trade show video displays, CD video business cards, corporate
business events, milestone celebrations or just want to be Internet famous) please be sure to contact Lambert.