Speaker Series – TechCo

Culture is becoming more and more a part of the everyday conversation when it comes to starting and running a business. Culture – we’re not talking about what’s hot in pop culture or which celebrities are getting married to whom, but more the large cultural shifts that are happening within organizations. Mark Drapeau of Microsoft... The post Five Cultural Shifts Facing Entrepreneurs with Mark Drapeau appeared first on Tech Cocktail

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... The post Embracing Startup Failures with Micah Baldwin from Graphic.ly appeared first on Tech Cocktail

As CTO of Threadless, Harper Reed helped grow the community-based company that prints designs created and chosen by users from 2 barely functioning servers to over 45 devices. He also helped Threadless produce a revenue of over $20 million. Reed has since moved on from Threadless and is working on his own secret startup. Harper... The post Growing A Culture of Problem Solvers with Harper Reed appeared first on Tech Cocktail

As Co-Founder and CTO of FeedBurner which sold to Google back in 2007, Eric Lunt has experience building a successful tech startup into a business. Eric’s new venture, BrightTag, looks to ease the pain that publishers have with inserting ads, metrics and other includes ... The post Building A Solid Startup Team with Eric Lunt of BrightTag appeared first on TechCo.

As Co-Founder and CTO of FeedBurner which sold to Google back in 2007, Eric Lunt has experience building a successful tech startup into a business. Eric’s new venture, BrightTag, looks to ease the pain that publishers have with inserting ads, metrics and other includes ... The post Building A Solid Startup Team with Eric Lunt of BrightTag appeared first on TechCo.

As Co-Founder and CTO of FeedBurner which sold to Google back in 2007, Eric Lunt has experience building a successful tech startup into a business. Eric’s new venture, BrightTag, looks to ease the pain that publishers have with inserting ads, metrics and other includes into a web property. BrightTag creates a simple system that can be controlled... The post Building A Solid Startup Team with Eric Lunt of BrightTag appeared first on Tech Cocktail

The Pivot. It’s a term that has been used a lot lately in the startup world as it was popularized by the idea of a lean startup which was championed by Eric Ries and Steve Blank. In it’s simplest form, a business should pivot, or change something about it’s direction, if the current business model... The post The Pivot Discussed By LivingSocial Co-Founder Aaron Batalion appeared first on Tech Cocktail

Though some entrepreneurs might be interested in creating a product that could quickly be sold to Google, Microsoft, Twitter or Facebook, building a business can sometimes take a little bit of time. Chicago-based couplepreneurs Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner know this as they are currently working on building their third startup together. Their last startup... The post Building A Business For Longevity With ContactKarma Co-Founders Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner appeared first on Tech Cocktail

The way to launch a new startup, product or company has changed a lot in the last decade. Just five years ago the blogosphere was the best way to plant the seeds to launch your startup. But what was once just a blogosphere of... The post The New Art of Launching with Tony Conrad of About.me appeared first on TechCo.

The way to launch a new startup, product or company has changed a lot in the last decade. Just five years ago the blogosphere was the best way to plant the seeds to launch your startup. But what was once just a blogosphere of... The post The New Art of Launching with Tony Conrad of About.me appeared first on TechCo.

The way to launch a new startup, product or company has changed a lot in the last decade. Just five years ago the blogosphere was the best way to plant the seeds to launch your startup. But what was once just a blogosphere of voices has morphed into a social media empowered age where everyone... The post The New Art of Launching with Tony Conrad of About.me appeared first on Tech Cocktail

One of my favorite quotes from the recent Startup Mixology conference came from entrepreneur-turned-adviser and investor, Travis Kalanick CEO and founder of Uber: Fear is the disease, Hustle is the antidote. Since I saw those words up on the screen, they haven’t left me.... The post ‘Hustle Is The Antidote’ When Starting And Running A Business appeared first on TechCo.

One of my favorite quotes from the recent Startup Mixology conference came from entrepreneur-turned-adviser and investor, Travis Kalanick CEO and founder of Uber: Fear is the disease, Hustle is the antidote. Since I saw those words up on the screen, they haven’t left me.... The post ‘Hustle Is The Antidote’ When Starting And Running A Business appeared first on TechCo.