In conjunction with Warner Bros. kicking off their first accelerator camp last month, Turner Broadcasting Systems (TBS) today announced the companies selected for their 12-week, Media Camp accelerator program in San Francisco. The five startups will work with digital, television, and film executives while participating in comprehensive curriculums on media-specific topics. Additionally, they will have the opportunity…
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The electric car is at the forefront of a growing trend in America, but one issue has caused this trend to slow a bit. Buying an electric car, like the Tesla Model S, is a fantastic way to go green, but the price is insanely high, and the commitment very serious. To that end, many drivers do…
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This post is part of Tech Cocktail’s “Psychological Guide to Starting Up,” bringing you insights on the psychological and emotional challenges of startups throughout June. Starting up is an emotional roller coaster. An idea strikes, you’re filled with passion. You embark, and fall into “The Dip” (to borrow on Godin’s terminology). You continue to alternate between…
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Did you hear what Obama said about Klingon immigration? He’s actually considering amnesty – darn them to Gre’Thor! Oh, wait, you didn’t hear about it? Have you not logged into BEHUM this week? BEHUM helps keep you in the loop by providing you with unbiased, media-unaltered, recent statements made by politicians and advocacy groups. Real…
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SocialRadar, the new startup from Blackboard cofounder and former CEO Michael Chasen, today announced $12.75 million in Series A funding led by New Enterprises Associates, Grotech Ventures, and SWaN & Legend Ventures. After 15 years at Blackboard, the education company that he grew to over 30 million users, Chasen left in December and founded SocialRadar…
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Combat Gent, a men’s business attire brand, today announced $1.84 million in funding from the VegasTechFund, MHS Capital, Greycroft Partners, Naxuri Capital, Blazer Ventures, Point Nine Capital, and Jake Bronstein of Flint and Tinder. The startup also launched $40 Italian shirts to complement their line of dress shirts (starting at $25), suits ($160), and ties…
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For most of us, Google Glass remains largely a thing of the future; with only a select few chosen for Google’s Glass Explorer program (I’m looking at you, La Forge!), the rest of us either are incessantly questioning the reality of this wearable, augmented reality technology or are dumbfounded when finding ourselves in the same…
Read MoreIf generating $2.4 million on a Kickstarter campaign weren’t enough, Oculus today announced that they raised an additional $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, Founders Fund, and Formation 8. Irvine, CA-based Oculus confirmed the funding in a blog post today. All of this money will be poured into developing the…
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So you’re thinking about using digital currency Bitcoin as part of your business? The virtual currency founded in 2009 is still too new to benefit most startups, but it is popular enough to attract attention from regulators. So some companies could pioneer a new niche to profit from its potential to ease international payments and…
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Today, Kaplan kicked off its first EdTech Accelerator, powered by TechStars, with a crop of 10 startups. The 3-month program, which takes place in the Kaplan offices in New York City, offers startups $20,000 and mentorship from advisors like Kaplan CEO Andy Rosen, TechStars CEO David Cohen, Washington Post Company CEO Don Graham, and TechStars…
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This post is part of an ongoing series, Tech Cocktail’s “20 Damn Good Reasons to Attend Tech Cocktail Celebrate”, our national startup competition on October 23 – 25, held in Downtown Las Vegas. Check back each Tuesday as we feature a new reason to attend Tech Cocktail Celebrate. When I say Las Vegas, what comes to…
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What is our purpose in life? Are there inherent flaws with bipartisan politics? What shoes go well with this killer outfit I want to buy? These are life’s burning questions, well not the last one so much, and the Internet never fails to provide us a soapbox from which to ask. However, when people pose…
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Imagine this: someone hands your startup a check for $1,000. Their only stipulation? You have to use it on “marketing.” Turns out, entrepreneurs can get pretty creative with what they consider marketing. Here are some of the best ways they would spend that extra thousand. Stunts “Probably buy a sign on one of those trucks…
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Quick grammar lesson: what is the difference between “doing well” and “doing good”? For my purposes, I’ll assume that you subscribe to the view of grammar that equates “doing well” with “doing fine,” and interprets “doing good” as ”doing good [acts/deeds/works].” I know – grammar, ugh, someone stop this article right now. This distinction is important, though,…
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I’m guessing you’re familiar with AddThis? You know, the “world’s largest sharing platform” used by the likes of The Today Show, The Chicago Sun Times, and American Idol. Amongst a sea of competition, AddThis has successfully scaled to more than 14 million publications, reaching more than 1.3 billion unique users monthly. Here’s the million dollar question: how?…
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