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good vibes at tech cocktail dc 8

Jen Consalvo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:31:17 +0000

can you believe we’ve had 8 tech cocktail events in dc since 2007? once again, the crowd and the demos did not disappoint. i was really happy to see dc web woman tiffany bell showing off twellwishes, as well as jared goralnick with the latest version of awayfind. the guys from amplify (formerly clipmarks) were also on hand as well as the very cool see joe rock, my local text, rowdy orbit and where mark. i encourage you to check them all out – you can read short write-ups about each product here.

dc’s pillsbury law sponsored the entire event and brought along some of the startups from their own incubator program - euraeka, fela, fitfeud, counterpoint and cyncz. the end of the evening came too fast, but of course there will be another tech cocktail this coming june.

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tech cocktail chicago 12 – wow

Jen Consalvo — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:35:28 +0000

12 events into it and tech cocktail chicago at john barleycorn in wrigleyville was a full house with more startups than ever, live music, a guy on stilts, performance artists and lots of costumes, demos, smiles and chatter. it was a good night. i’m always amazed at how prepared the chi-town startup teams are for these events – branded in tshirts, signs in place, give-a-ways and more. it’s an impressive tech-city.

The event was sponsored by microsoft, chicago micro, saper law, blue sky factory, clearwire, fr&r, spoutbox & shiny heart ventures.

14 startups demo which included: peoplestox, merge.fm, myservicevine, rubity, general system dynamics (gsd), special agent, omar 9000, send eazy, simpletel, great america networks conferencing, cheddargetter, squad, schedulething, jumpforward. for more details, check out the recap by jimmy gardner on techcocktail.

tech cocktail dc 5

Jen Consalvo — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:19:19 +0000

to switch it up a bit, tech cocktail dc 5 was held on a wednesday night last week in adam’s morgan at the leftbank. once again, the place filled up quickly and went beyond it’s planned time-slot as people mingled and spent time getting to know all the local startups and fellow tech enthusiasts. there was a vast array of people in the house – from local university students, company execs, freelancers, startups and even several tech-titans – making for great conversations everywhere you’d turn.

the main sponsor of tech cocktail dc 5 was when.com – a local search engine that helps you discover things to do locally. when.com helped make it possible for a record number of startups to show their stuff, including: diditz, earth aid, fitfeud, messagepub, inside job, mpowerplayer , pointabout, wegora, tweetmart, buddycast, and consumer healthcare advisers inc. to learn more about each of these startups here, check out this great overview done by jimmy gardner on techcocktail.com.

see more images from the event here.

techcocktail chicago 10

Jen Consalvo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:44:41 +0000

hopefully everyone who came out for tech cocktail chicago last thursday night had as great a time as i did. i knew it would be a popular event, being in it’s flagship city, but i was not prepared for the completely packed house at john barleycorn’s in wrigleyville. it was a blast and i took as many pics as i could (yep – breaking in the new camera!).

from a tech perspective – tech cocktail is an excellent way to learn about new startups and meet lots of interesting people from all aspects of our industry. i always walk away feeling like i met great people who i can continue to connect with online via twitter, linked in and of course the tech cocktail online community. i also thought the new “town hall” eric and frank launched before the event was refreshing – an opportunity to hear from the community their thoughts about tech cocktail and its mission.

from a photography perspective – most of you know i work in the tech industry but i never stray too far from a camera. shooting this event was a perfect mix of my two loves. and since this was my first outing with the new camera, it was a bit like being thrown into the deep end..or, er.. jumping into a new code base. heh. it was a great excuse to interrupt small groups and jump into conversations.

if you weren’t in chicago last week, no worries – there’s another tech cocktail on february 26th in washington dc. it’ll be at the left bank in adams morgan. sign up, come for a drink, check out some startups and say hello. i’ll be there again, camera in hand. cheers!

thanks to zemote for catching me in the act!

see more pictures here…