Yesterday, we shared some thoughts from SimpleGeo VP of Product Jeffrey Kalmikoff, and today SimpleGeo founder Matt Galligan has decided to move on. We’ve been following Matt for quite sometime now from his days as a TechStars startup with SocialThing, where I first interviewed him at one of our events. Six months later the company…
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Bootstrapping – the startup metaphor for a self-sustaining business that proceeds without external help. This is a story about bootstrapping – real bootstrapping, like, live with your parents, and rent a crappy office bootstrapping. It’s holding out on paying yourself until you start making money, on the way to a multi-million dollar revenue business bootstrapping….
Read MoreAfter four years of rallying local tech communities outside of Silicon Valley to better connect, educate and amplify the local startup and entrepreneurial scene, we are excited to be hosting out first TECH cocktail startup mixer in San Francisco on Tuesday, September 14th from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. The event will take place at Roe…
Read MoreIn this episode, I’m chatting with Melody McCloskey, founder of StyleSeat, a San Francisco based company that provides online tools for beauty, health, and wellness professionals to build and grow their businesses. I met Melody the first night of the Big Omaha conference at the opening party. We had a great, somewhat intense debate about…
Read MoreIt’s been far too long since we have hosted our last TECH cocktail Chicago event so we are excited to announce we will be hosting the TECH cocktail Chicago 13 mixer event in the Windy City on Thursday, May 13th. The event will take place in the Wrigleyville neighborhood at John Barleycorn and will showcase…
Read MoreThis past Saturday, I attended Bootstrap Maryland. The event was hosted by Jared Goralnick and Paul Singh and was held at the University of Maryland. The focus of Bootstrap Maryland is to bring together entrepreneurs and give them the tools to run lean tech startups. Aaron Dragushan of Wondermill kicked off the event speaking about…
Read MoreThis week George Washington University business school in Washington, D.C. will host the GW Summit on Entrepreneurship. The GW Summit on Entrepreneurship is a two-day symposium designed to foster and highlight the creative, innovative, and pioneering efforts of entrepreneurs in the GW community. The GW Business Plan Competition and the George Washington Entrepreneurs Roundtable (GWERT)…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs are all brands onto themselves because they are judged based on their reputations. I remember speaking to Jeff Taylor, the founder of Monster.com, about how he got funding for his new social network, eons.com. He explained to me that based on his previous success, he was trusted with millions of dollars in support of…
Read MoreA new Chicago-based micro startup grant program has launched called ScaleWell to help provide entrepreneurs with that funding. ScaleWell will provide one team or an individual entrepreneur with a $1000 grant and co-working space on a quarterly basis. ScaleWell wants entrepreneurs to explore important questions: How many customers can be acquired for $1000 or how…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by photographer and entrepreneur Jen Consalvo of Shiny Heart Ventures and Thankfulfor.com. It was originally published in Women Grow Business – an excellent collection of posts by female entrepreneurs, edited by Jill Foster but has been re-edited for TECH cocktail. You can follow Jen Consalvo on Twitter at: @noreaster…
Read MoreWe have been helping Dave McClure of the Founders Fund organize and spread the word about an event coming up this week in Washington, D.C. Here are the details: September 18 (this Friday) from 1:30-4:30pm (REGISTER HERE) – The popular Silicon Valley event Startup2Startup is coming to DC’s Washington Post building as part of Geeks…
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’s time for a summertime TECH cocktail in Washington, D.C.! This is our sixth TECH cocktail in the D.C. area and it is already shaping up to be a good one. So here are the details and be sure to RSVP as soon as possible as space is limited. When: Thursday, August 27, 2009 –…
Read MoreLast Thursday night, TECH cocktail Champaign 3 attracted a couple hundred attendees as local technology was showcased from companies like Wolfram Research, EnterpriseWorks, R Systems, Mimosa Acoustics, The Australian Semiconductor Technology Company (ASTC) and IllinoisRocstar. Thanks to our sponsors and guests for making the event another success. Check out the TECH cocktail Champaign 3 photos.
Read MoreThe newest installment of TECH cocktail here in the DC area is right around the corner, and as usual we have an incredible set of local companies, in and out of beta, who are going to be showing off their products for everyone there to see. That is what TECH cocktail is all about, getting…
Read MoreA bunch of companies I’m involved in have gone for seed funding in the last few months. After one of them asked for the ultra-warrior-l33t-skillz, I thought I’d put this post up and break it down. If any of you are raising your first startup or seed money, this is a must read. Would love…
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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