Comic books are about as analog as you can get, though even in this all-digital age of ours, they still enjoy a huge fan base. Micah Baldwin founded Graphicly to move the storytelling and escapism of comic books onto a digital platform with a global reach. If you’re a fan, you probably already know about…
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Failure is something that we all face everyday. It’s how we react to failures that makes us who we are. Startups are a constant flow of successes and failures. Micah Baldwin, the CEO of Graphic.ly, has most recently created community around digital comics and worked at various startups through the years. Micah joined us at…
Read MoreLong time Tech Cocktail friend and supporter Micah Baldwin has been busy – running a company and raising money. Baldwin is CEO of Boulder-based startup, Graphic.ly, a digital comic book hub where fans can get the latest and greatest while connecting and sharing with others. The site has over 150 publishers and creators with over…
Read MoreIt’s been an exciting year in technology and business as we have watched the idea of social shopping captivate peoples minds thanks to Groupon and LivingSocial. We also grew accustom to constant privacy changes by Facebook which kept us on our toes. There was also the rise of the concept of the “super angel”. There…
Read MoreFor those who weren’t able to attend the Tech Cocktail Startup Mixology Conference, here’s what you missed: a lot. The great news is that I’ve written a detailed play-by-play of the entire day, we’ve got plenty of photos and there are videos coming as well. After a brief introduction from conference co-host, Frank Gruber, Doejo…
Read MoreOver the past few years, I’ve been to more conferences then I can remember, ranging from big O’Reilly productions to smaller events produced by local agencies or enthusiasts. For the most part, they’ve served to keep me up to date on trends or inspire me in a general sense. So when we set out to…
Read MoreThis past September, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at The Combine conference in Bloomington, Indiana. We hosting our first Indiana Tech Cocktail mixer event to kick things off with the help of Betsy and Mike Trotzke and Brad Wisler from Sproutbox. It was a great weekend of events and we had a…
Read MoreComic books have been around for quite sometime with the first U.S. comics appearing in the early 1930′s newspapers. Graphic.ly, a startup we previously covered, is looking to change the way we think about comics by offering an interactive online comic book experience. We recently caught up with Graphic.ly CEO, Micah Baldwin in this video…
Read MoreI first saw Take Comics as part of the TechStars 2009 program and instantly was reminded of my days reading Spiderman and X-Men comic books. I used to love to reading comic with my younger brother and we could exchange ideas about how one character was better than another or visa versa. I got a…
Read MoreJust a quick note on the Tech Stars meetup tonight. It is being held at skinnyCorp HQ (4043 N Ravenswood Ave) by Micah Baldwin (all around great guy and friend of TECH cocktail). If you have an idea and you think you might want to apply to the Tech Stars program you should check out…
Read MoreYou have probably seen the Lijit search widget on a number of sites around the Web. It offers some great site search analytics in a manageable and easy to digest format. I even get a weekly statistics email from Lijit keeping me updated as to how search is performing every week and what people are…
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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