Crowdsourcing is nothing new but the Web has made it easier than ever to tap into a crowd of people for help. This article looks at a number of different businesses that leverage crowdsourcing but left out some of our favorites which include GeniusRocket and CrowdSpring. Amplify’d from www.nytimes.com Tapping the Wisdom of the Crowd…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Ross Kimbarovsky. Ross is the co-founder of crowdSPRING, an online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. Follow Ross on Twitter @rosskimbarovsky and @crowdSPRING. As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startups on Naming Your Company, coming up with…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Ross Kimbarovsky. Ross is the co-founder of crowdSPRING, an online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. Follow Ross on Twitter @rosskimbarovsky and @crowdSPRING. Naming your company can be challenging and time consuming. If you need help or simply don’t have…
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 MoreLocal company and former TECH cocktail demoer, crowdSpring, need your vote. They have made the final four of the WIRED magazine small business competition and they are currently sitting second in the voting. It would be really great to have a Chicago company take this award and the guys at crowdSpring couldn’t be more deserving…
Read MoreFor those that don’t know, Under The Radar is one of the more competitive startup conferences around. Companies go through numerous rounds of interviewing before the final presenting companies are chosen and local company crowdSPRING made the cut. Being the sole Midwestern company in the land of valley startups they weren’t really sure how they’d…
Read MoreOn Thursday May 29, 2008 in Chicago we had an action packed day of TECH cocktail activities which included our first ever full day conference, TECH cocktail CONFERENCE, followed by our 8th Chicago mixer, TECH cocktail Chicago 8. It was a lot of fun as we were able to further our mission of better connecting…
Read MoreFollowing the first TECH cocktail CONFERENCE we will be hosting our 8th Chicago TECH cocktail mixer event. With over 600 guests RSVP’ed it should be another super event. The event it sponsored by AOL, Illinois Ventures, Sun, Illinois Technology Partnership, ChicagoMicro, Dash Navigation, Kirix, Singleton Law Firm and Interactive Intelligence with special TECH cocktail drinks…
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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
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
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
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More