Rohit Bhargava loves the “agony filter” on Hipmunk. Why? Not only because it filters out the multiple stops and 12 hour layovers, but because of the philosophy behind it; leveraging technology to “filter out the idiotic”. And let’s face it – the world needs to filter out more idiotic. Bhargava is the author of Personality…
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After figuring out that you do not need to be a “techie” to start a company, firefighter and paramedic turned journalist Matt Mireles took to tackling the problem that video has on the web – primarily that it’s not indexed the same by Google or other search engines due to its rich non-text format. So…
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During our Delivering Happiness bus tour at SXSW, Jen Consalvo had a chance to chat with StepCase founder Leon Ho. If you’re not familiar with StepCase, they create simple and flexible mobile photo-sharing apps like Steply, Darkroom, and others. Leon’s wide ranging conversation with Jen covered the company’s background, Leon’s prediction that mobile will become…
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The hottest technology that everyone is excited about today may be obsolete in just a few years. This week Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo of Tech Cocktail appeared on Fox News Chicago with Kori Chambers as they shared their opinions on both new and old consumer electronics and gadgets. They covered some of the trends…
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Today Tech Cocktail COO and Executive Editor Jen Consalvo will be on NPR in Washington, DC as a guest on the popular Kojo Nnamdi Show. The title of the show is “The Tech Sector and The Glass Ceiling.” We cover lots of women in technology on TechCocktail.com, so we are excited to have the opportunity…
Read MoreUsing technology to do good means many things and this week, Social Media Hour looks at several angles. First, Jeanne Rizzo the President and CEO of the Breast Cancer Fund will join the program to talk about the way in which their organization leverages social media to fundraise, expand awareness and publicize events (like the…
Read MoreUnless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably noticed some, er, heat in the media about women, or the lack thereof, in the technology space and specifically in the tech-speaker circuit. So today, it’s with great pleasure we get to introduce you to Allyson Kapin, founder of Women Who Tech – a group that not…
Read MoreA few months ago, Jill Felska and Jenn Korducki quit their jobs at a large PR agency in Chicago and started their own social media branding and management company. As Jill explains in the video above, they decided “to enter the grad school of life” and learn the intricacies of business by simply doing it….
Read MoreFestivals of myriad sort snare much of this week’s episode with two segments exploring the infiltration and impact of social technologies in two very different places – the Beltway and LGBT film. Entrepreneurs and event organizers Jen Consalvo and Frank Gruber of Shiny Heart Ventures talk about Digital Capital Week – ten days of digital…
Read MoreThank you again to everyone that came out to TECH cocktail DC 7 on December 3rd. We had photographer and entrepreneur Jen Consalvo taking photos at the event. Check out the TECH cocktail DC 7 photos (a sampling is below). Also entrepreneur producer and videographer Mark Fitzpatrick was on hand and produced the TECH cocktail…
Read MoreWhat a name, right? I was honored to be invited as a member of the panel (with such an exciting name!), talking to local businesswomen about social media last night at the TRAK office in downtown DC. Here’s a recap of the experiences I relayed, some pictures (yes, I whipped out my extra-large camera while…
Read MoreBack in September at the TechCrunch50 event I wrote a brief post about the top 10 products I wanted to try as of Day 2. Today I can honestly say that there is only one product on that list that I still use everyday – it’s OtherInbox. I set it up shortly after TC50 and…
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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