TECH cocktail Chicago 5: Thank YOU

July 13, 2007

TECH cocktail Chicago 5 TECH cocktail turned one year old this week and to celebrate we hosted our fifth TECH cocktail in Chicago (6th overall). Thank you to the close to 600 guests that came out to TECH cocktail last night at John Barleycorn in Wrigleyville. It was a sea of green as guests all tried to win some great prizes from SingleHop. Eric Olson and I are extremely pleased with the way the local tech scene has come out of the woodwork in Chicago to support TECH cocktail. It has been wonderful getting to know so many people over the past year as we have some fun together connecting to amplify the technology signal in the Windy City.

TECH cocktail sea of green!

Thank you to our sponsors who we could not do this event without. They include SingleHop, LinkedIn, Digital Bootcamp, Saper Law Office, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, MK Capital, Origin Ventures, Chicago Micro, Fave Media, LiquidTalk.

We had demos of a few products which included myAOL (a product I hold dear to my heart), PollEverywhere, My Open Bar, Braintree Financial, Humanized & Fave Media.

Special thanks to Paulette, Laura and the staff at John Barleycorn in Wrigleyville for helping keep this event running smoothly. Most notably, thank YOU, our loyal TECH cocktailers for all your support in helping connect and spotlight the solid tech and entrepreneurial community in Chicago.

If you are interested in sponsoring or demoing at the next TECH cocktail please let us know. Thanks again for coming to the TECH cocktail 1 year Anniversary event!

TECH cocktail Chicago 5 photos can be found in the Flickr widget below. Though this is our sixth event overall (5 in Chicago and 1 in DC) please tag your Flickr photos: techcocktail5 . Check out SingleHop’s TECH cocktail 5 photos as well.

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.

Posted by Frank Gruber | Filed Under Chicago, Eric Olson, Event, Frank Gruber, TECH cocktail, techcocktail5 | 7 Comments

TECH cocktail Chicago #5 - The One Year Anniversary

June 27, 2007

Wow - I can’t believe it was a year ago when Frank and I first put on this event. It was a crazy idea to be sure since we had no idea how many people would come or if people would get any value from it but a year later with four events in Chicago under our belts and one in D.C. (and one on the way in Boston) I can safely say TECH cocktail has turned into everything we hoped for and much much more.

The Chicago tech scene has also sprung to life it seems over the past year. Now we’ve got great events in town like Chicago Beta and Web Ascent along with staples like BarCamp (which we were fortunate enough to be part of this time around via a donation we made to the cause). We’ve got company’s springing up all around us. Some companies are even being sold to the big guys and the big guys are continuing to add to their presence in Chicago.

It has also been a big year for both Frank and I with the the move over to AOL and the sale of FeedBurner to Google respectively.

It has been fantastic to get to know all of you over the past year and to work with a lot of you and I am definitely looking forward to another great year. That said, what better way to kick things off than to start with another TECH cocktail. The TECH cocktail 1 year Anniversary event!

This is the official announcement and we’re hoping to let all attend who want to come this time. In any case please RSVP as soon as you can so Frank and I can get an accurate headcount. Here are the details:

Date: Thursday, July, 12th 2007
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Place: John Barleycorn’s in Wrigleyville (3524 N. Clark Street) Upstairs
RSVP: Click Here
Details: Drinks are free yet again as is admission

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Oh - one more thing. Frank threw together this nifty badge for all of you that would like to add it to your blogs. The URL for the image is: http://www.ericjohnolson.com/images/i-enjoy-techcocktail-chicago-5-badge.png : I would suggest linking it to TECHcocktail.com or the RSVP page at http://techcocktail-year1.eventbrite.com/