Tech Cocktail

<p>&nbsp;</p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0.25em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://tech.co"><strong>Tech Cocktail</strong></a>&nbsp;is a media company and events organization for startups, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts. Since 2006, its goal has been to amplify local tech communities and give entrepreneurs a place to get informed, get connected, and get inspired. Tech Cocktail dedicates itself to covering news, how-to’s, up-and-coming startups, and industry trends online, and hosting events in over 20 cities in the US and abroad.</p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0.25em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">From a simple community-building event, Tech Cocktail has transformed into a full-fledged media company with thousands of fans, followers, and supporters across the globe. Tech Cocktail has hosted local mixers, breakfasts, conferences, festivals, and other events around the country that have attracted thousands of attendees, educating entrepreneurs as they showcase their latest achievements and the local technology communities they live in.</p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0.25em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">Working with Tech Cocktail has helped startups find employees, co-founders, funding, and even acquirers. Tech Cocktail has hosted events in Chicago, DC, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Boulder, Austin, and more. A better informed, recognized, and connected tech community is possible through Tech Cocktail.&nbsp;Check out the&nbsp;<a href="http://tech.co/2011-events-schedule" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(108, 164, 29); text-decoration: none;">full schedule of upcoming Tech Cocktail events</a>.</p><h3 style="border: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: normal; font-size: 26px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'League Gothic', sans-serif; text-shadow: rgb(221, 221, 221) 1px 1px 1px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">HISTORY</h3><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0.25em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;">The company was co-founded in 2006 by former Tribune and AOL product strategist, long-time tech blogger, and new media pioneer Frank Gruber and early Feedburner employee Eric Olson as a way to better and amplify the local Chicago tech startup scene. In 2010, after over three years as a passion project, Eric moved on to take on new endeavors and Frank teamed up with the leadership of expert technology producer and longtime AOLer Jen Consalvo as the company was reborn into a full-time media company.</p><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_61140" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 10px 5px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); text-align: center; color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; width: 586px;"><img alt="The Tech Cocktail executive team of Jen Consalvo and Frank Gruber " class="wp-image-61140 " height="516" src="http://tech.co/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/JenConsalvo-FrankGruber-TechCocktail-ModernLuxuryPhoto-640x573.jpg" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; max-width: 100%;" title="The Tech Cocktail executive team of Jen Consalvo and Frank Gruber " width="576"><p class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; margin: 0.25em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px;">The Tech Cocktail executive team of Jen Consalvo and Frank Gruber</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>