TECH cocktail Chicago 7 Video

March 5, 2008

The MetroBlurb video podcasting team from MetroProper was on the scene of TECH cocktail Chicago 7 on February 21, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. They captured this video at the event as they talked to some of the happy TECH cocktailers. Thank you to MetroProper for pulling this together.

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Also don’t forget to sign up for the next TECH cocktail in Chicago which is actually a full day conference scheduled to take place on May 29, 2008. Join us at TECH cocktail CONFERENCE.

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TECH cocktail Chicago 7 Photos

February 23, 2008

We have been busy cleaning up, uploading and tagging as many photos as we can possibly handle in one weekend so that you can enjoy them on our new site. Click here to see the TECH cocktail Chicago 7 Photos.

A special thank you to our photographer Matt Kuehl for taking some great photos from the event! Also we were able to capture some snapshots with our own respective cameras as well and mixed them into the batch. Enjoy the photos and see you May 29th at the TECH cocktail CONFERENCE or TECH cocktail Chicago 8.

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TECH cocktail Chicago 7 Wrap-up and Thank You

February 23, 2008

What a night! Despite the cold temps and the snow flurries early in the day over 500 of Chicago’s top tech minds showed up for TECH cocktail Chicago 7 last night at John Barleycorn’s in Wrigleyville.

It’s truly unbelievable how big TECH cocktail has become. Frank and I are continually humbled by the growth of the event and the great stories we hear about how TECH cocktail has been able to help the community (i.e. SitterCity found their current CTO through a post we did for them on the site and the American Medical Association has hired three new people over the past three events we have done).

Unfortunately Frank and I were so consumed with some last minute event details and with our two big announcements (new site & new conference) we didn’t get to the venue early enough to spend enough time with our demoers and sponsors.

However, from what I heard today all of the demoers and sponsors really got a lot out of the event as did the attendees which is all we could ask for.

I think it is about time to give a big thanks to our sponsors. Without these guys we wouldn’t be able to put this event on. Thank you Google, Imprint Enterprises, Mullen Law, Chicago Micro, Fiodan, Saper Law, Fitzgerald and Hewes, Hubbard One, Interactive Mediums, Forbes Technical Consulting, LiquidTalk and Sun Trading. You guys rock and your support of the Chicago technology community will hopefully be reciprocated with support for your businesses.

Also, make sure to check out the awesome new companies that demoed at TECH cocktail Chicago 7:

hoodFind: Find stuff in your neighborhood.

ContextMedia: Content solutions for the health care field.

TransFS: Comparison shopping for small business financial services.

MetroProper: Localized citizen media.

TextAdapt: Ad optimization for publishers.

As always we have some super photos from TECH cocktail Chicago 7. Check out our Flickr account and add as a contact to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the pics. Also, you may be interested in following us on Twitter, joining our Facebook group or joining our LinkedIn group. Let it never be said that we didn’t give you each and every social media option available.

Thanks again for a great night Chicago. Looking forward to the conference and TECH cocktail Chicago 8 on May 29th!

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TECH cocktail in Time Out Chicago

February 14, 2008

TimeOut Chicago Just wanted to take a quick minute to feature a piece written about TECH cocktail in Time Out Chicago by Madeline Nusser. If you have a chance please check out the article and let us know what you think of it.

Thank you for taking the time to write about us Madeline. We appreciate it!

** End of self serving post. See you all on the 21st!

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TECH cocktail Chicago 7

January 22, 2008

It’s time for another TECH cocktail so we are pleased to be announcing TECH cocktail Chicago 7! TECH cocktail Chicago 7 will be held on February 21, 2008 from 6:30 to 9:00pm in the upstairs of John Barleycorn Wrigleyville.

Expect to see local startups showing off their products to the rest of the community, meet fellow entrepreneurs, bloggers and technology enthusiasts and have a few hours of fun!

If you are interested in becoming a TECH cocktail sponsor please email us ASAP as spots are filling up quickly.