Editor’s Note: This video episode was created by Tim Jahn, a longtime Chicago TECH cocktailer and storyteller who produces the online video series, Beyond The Pedway focused on better telling the local business stories in Chicago. You can follow Tim on Twitter: @timjahn. In this episode, I’m chatting about e-learning with the folks at NogginLabs,…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Bob Meighan, CPA and Vice President of Intuit’s Consumer Tax Group. Meighan is the past chairman and current member of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee. Meighan has been featured on ABC News, CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg Radio, and countless local and national television and radio programs, as well…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This video episode was created by Tim Jahn, a longtime Chicago TECH cocktailer and storyteller who produces the online video series, Beyond The Pedway focused on better telling the local business stories in Chicago. You can follow Tim on Twitter: @timjahn. In this video episode, I’m chatting with Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Christopher S. Rollyson a longtime TECH cocktail supporter in Chicago. Chris has been a marketing and technology pioneer for over twenty years, with distinction in corporate strategy and innovation. You can find his Executive’s Guide to Web 2.0 online and follow him on Twitter at: @csrollyson. Did you…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Shashi Bellamkonda. A prolific Twitterer, blogger, and product innovator, Shashi speaks seven languages and ardently works to turn his hobbies into his profession. He blogs at: blog.networksolutions.com and shashi.name. You can follow him on Twitter at: @shashib. At this time of the year there is a flurry of…
Read MoreIs there something you’ve been wanting to do? …like start a business or change your focus? Recently, I was at a cocktail party talking with a woman about her job. She seemed genuinely upset about how her life was going and wanted to change direction but seemed stymied about making any changes. We then talked…
Read MoreWe are excited to hear that Facebook will be hosting it’s 2nd Facebook Developer Garage in Washington, D.C. on Monday, December 14th. Facebook Developer Garages are a place to explore, hack, get gritty, tinker, experiment, and test out ideas for Facebook Platform. Participation is key to your enjoyment of a Facebook Developer Garage event. So…
Read MoreWell your just gonna have to wait a few more sentences. You didn’t think it would be that easy, did you? For a little background info, leading up to our TECH cocktail DC event this coming Thursday, we had a little competition using the recently launched CrowdCampaign. We asked all of our communities members, especially…
Read MoreWe are excited to be hosting our third annual TECH cocktail Boston event on Thursday, September 3rd. The last two events were a huge success so we are happy to be coming back again to help showcase the local Boston tech scene. We expect another great turnout to see a handful of local start-ups demoing…
Read MoreIt has been a while. Too long really. Frank and I have both been very busy. Frank has been working on some new projects at AOL for AIM and on his own and I started work on a new company (TransFS.com). With that said, we are happy to say TECH cocktail Chicago is back for its…
Read MoreIf you have a D.C. based startup or business idea you might want to enter yourself into the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership’s PremierPlan Business Plan Competition. There have been a couple of recent updates to the competition details which include: First, the application deadline for the intent to apply application has been extended to April…
Read MoreLaunchBox Digital is now accepting applications for LaunchBox09, its 2nd annual business incubator program, which will begin on May 18, 2009 and wrap-up with Demo Days the first week of August 2009. Your startup company could be one of ten applicants that will each receive up to $20,000 in seed investment and guidance. Stay tuned…
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I recently spoke on a panel about social networking & the 2008 election and at the time I went out on a limb and predicted that Barack Obama would win the election. He was not projected to win by anyone at the time but he was leveraging technology to communicate with people through a number…
Read MoreMost software and ecommerce businesses need to accept credit cards. Over the past four years, as the owner of an ecommerce business TSS Raido, I have learned the hard way how expensive credit card processing can be. There aren’t a lot of resources on the net to help business owners negotiate on an even playing…
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce TECH cocktail Chicago 9 will be taking place in just a few short weeks. It has been a little longer than we would have liked due to the unknown schedules associated with both the Chicago Cubs and White Sox playoff bids. But with those out of the way we are…
Read MoreThe point of this article is to redefine how startups (not solely tech companies) view and define early adopters and the “echo chamber” in order to gain momentum in order to “cross the chasm” to the next tier of evolution, adoption, and monetization. This is about uncovering the very people who can benefit from what…
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Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More