Tech Cocktail’s SXSW Startup Celebration 2012 is a very special all day extravaganza. Working with our partners and sponsors, we will create a day long platform on Saturday, March 10th that will include entrepreneurial interviews similar to last year’s Tech Cocktail Delivering Happiness interview series and some private events (an outdoor rooftop BBQ, meetups, etc) – all culminating…
Read MoreGroup text messaging is a trend we mentioned as one to watch in 2011 and sure enough, Facebook validated that yesterday by acquiring group texting app Beluga. We think it’s going to be huge at SXSW this year, so we are excited to be working with DC-based startup Groupflier which we will use to share…
Read MoreLast year in partnership with the SXSW Accelerator, we hosted a large Tech Cocktail SXSW mixer event which featured over thirty early-stage startups. The event was a huge success and one of the companies, GameSalad even got an angel investment check on the spot. The event kicked off the two-day 2010 SXSW Accelerator program where…
Read MoreWhile many people were running from one panel or party to the next at SXSW, there was an interesting workshop taking place with a lofty goal: to generate ideas to shift how we think about and solve the issue of hunger in America. With 49 million Americans not knowing where their next meal will come…
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 MoreWe recently got a chance to sit down and talk with Microsoft’s Mark Hindsbo, the General Manager of the Developer & Platform Evangelism Group in the U.S. and is a member Microsoft’s North American Leadership team. The Developer & Platform Evangelism Group is responsible for driving adoption of Microsoft technologies with developers and other technical…
Read MorePlancast, the startup that offers a simple way to create, manage, and share your plans, which we covered previously made a big splash at SXSW earlier this month. We got a chance to sit down and talk to Plancast founder Mark Hendrickson about their plans (no pun intended) in the video conversation above.
Read MoreWe had a great time at South by Southwest last week in Austin, Texas. The TECH cocktail team attended the interactive event to cover the conference, festivities and host TECH cocktail SXSW: Blackout Sunday presented by Microsoft BizSpark and Volusion. The event showcased 30 startups (25 SXSW Accelerator startups and 5 BizSpark startups) and drew…
Read MoreThis week’s Social Media Hour is all about location, location, location – or at least looking at some of the ways in which we’re starting to take advantage of technology to make more localized and therefore hopefully more relevant connections. Of course, there will be the requisite discussion of Foursquare versus Gowalla and how that…
Read MoreSouth by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in Austin, Texas can be a lot of things, none of which we really wanted to hear about. So we challenged the leaders of over sharing to distill their message into one simple word. Watch how they did in the video (below). The video features an all-star cast which includes:…
Read MoreThis week the show was done live from Austin, Texas and is saturated in SXSW – that’s South by Southwest for those perhaps less familiar with the acronym. This annual festival, which began as a music festival then expanded to include film and – most recently – interactive, takes over Austin every year around this…
Read MoreWe just returned from a very busy seven days at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas where we hosted TECH cocktail SXSW: Blackout Sunday showcasing 30 startups to a crowd of close to 1000 attendees. Plus our fabulous team of TECH cocktail writers did a great job covering the conference festivities pumping out over…
Read MoreAndrew Keen is no stranger to notoriety and criticism. His book “The Cult of the Amateur,” published in 2007, drew some harsh feedback from the technology community, as he argued that: “a sea of amateur content threatens to swamp the most vital information,” and “blogs often reinforce one’s own views, rather than expand horizons.” As you…
Read MoreI know, I know, I missed day or two here … but let me tell you, it’s crazy out there. Sunday especially was a hectic day as I attended a day full of sessions, and then we had to get ready for the TECH cocktail Blackout Sunday, which by all accounts was a huge success. In any case,…
Read MoreThis week at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh (@zappos) took it upon himself to create an unique experience and deliver happiness to event attendees by touring Austin in a “Delivering Happiness” Book Bus (@dhbookbus). The tour is lined up to help get the word out about Tony’s new book Delivering Happiness…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This is a warning, this article is a TOTAL GEEK FEST! Proceed at your own risk. Now that’s out of the way, let me tell you about a terrific session I attended early on Sunday morning titled “Beyond LAMP: Scaling Websites Past MySQL.” Now by trade, I am a systems engineer and do a…
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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