“Don’t cheat the world of the things only you can figure out and only you can do”, says Laura Fitton, the founder and CEO of OneForty, which sold to Boston-based HubSpot last summer. Fitton, who is now the Inbound Marketing Evangelist for HubSpot, talked to Tech Cocktail’s Frank Gruber about the greater context of everything…
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When it gets down to it, it’s really about the impact startups can have on our quality of life and the passion entrepreneurs bring to the table for their audience. That’s what entrepreneur Alexis Juneja shared with us when we interviewed her as part of Tech Cocktail’s Delivering Happiness series. In terms of inspiration, Juneja, co-founder…
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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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Mayank Mehta, co-founder of Cooliris, stopped by our Tech Cocktail Delivering Happiness at SXSW tour in March to chat with Frank Gruber. Mayank is kind of a startup old-timer at this point, since Cooliris was founded way back in 2006 when the Internet was evolving from a very tech-centric to a media-centric medium. Cooliris, if…
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During our Tech Cocktail Delivering Happiness at SXSW tour last spring, Frank Gruber talked to Sean Green, the Associate Administrator of the Small Business Administration. He runs their investment and innovation program, so his job is solely focused on finding ways to help entrepreneurs grow their companies and build jobs. Sean is not your run-of-the-mill…
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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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Poornima Vijayshankar is a typical startup founder – she loves what she does so much that she jumps out of bed every morning – early. Her company, Bizeebee, helps small businesses with large communities manage all the behind-the-scenes logistics. Their focus right now is on yoga studios and helping them manage customers, track and retain…
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What happens when you grow up as the son of an engineer in Silicon Valley? You get to see the first Mac prototype in 1967 – which didn’t ship for another 17 years. Prolific author and man-about-tech-town Robert Scoble, who was with Microsoft and now leads the Startup charge at Rackspace, has always been into…
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Karl Staib, founder of the blog Work Happy Now, sat down with Frank Gruber during our Tech Cocktail Delivering Happiness at SXSW tour last March to share his views on what makes people happy at work. If you are a startup founder and/or entrepreneur, you are most likely doing the work you love – why…
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Nicole Glaros, Director at TechStars in Boulder, stopped by our Tech Cocktail Delivering Happiness at SXSW tour last March to talk about entrepreneurship. If you are not familiar with TechStars and are in the very beginning stages of your startup, check them out. They are a mentorship-driven seed accelerator with locations in Boston, Boulder, NYC,…
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How can small businesses manage their money better? That’s the question Jessica Mah asked herself. Inspired by business owners everywhere and the approach that Mint had taken a few years ago, Jessica Mah looked at the unique challenges encountered by small businesses and started inDinero in July 2010 to help every business owner better manage…
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If you’re a creative, you’ll want to watch this short video interview with Scott Belsky, founder of Behance, who spoke with Frank Gruber as part of our Delivering Happiness interview series. Behance is the largest online network of creative professionals in the world. They totally rethought the portfolio so creatives can really show off their…
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Michael Galpert, co-founder of Aviary, a New York City-based startup, joined me for a chat to share what inspired him to create his startup, why he loves that technology has enabled everyone to be connected and how he looks to help entrepreneurs, as well as share some personal stories about his journey as an entrepreneur….
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A veteran of the startup world as creative lead at Threadless, Digg and others, Jeffrey Kalmikoff has been leading up the product team at San Francisco-based startup SimpleGeo. I got a chance to sit down with Jeffrey while at South by Southwest to discuss his role, experience, and share his advice for any entrepreneurs looking…
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Group texting was a popular and trending niche of startup development this year, and it was clearly on display this past March at South by Southwest. So I was pleased to get a chance to sit down and talk with DC-based entrepreneur Morris Panner about his latest endeavor Groupflier, which we covered previously. Morris shares…
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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
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
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... 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