Amazon
Amazon’s Launchpad Could Be the All-in-One Ecommerce Starter Kit
By Adam Rowe | Jul 28, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Entrepreneurs love drop shipping as a business model: It’s easy enough to figure out that one person can be their own research team, buyer, and salesperson. And plenty of services exist to help with different aspects: Product Hunt helps you get traction and Shopify lets…
Incubator
New Orleans
Launchpad Ignition Blasts Off First New Orleans Startup Class
By Frank Gruber | May 6, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Startup accelerator programs have been spreading like wildfire over the last few years. We have been covering them since 2007 as TechStars launched in Boulder, Colorado to emulate Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston’s Y Combinator model. Since then we’ve seen TechStars expand to other…
Conferences
Chicago
CEA i-stage Awards Two Midwest Startups $50K In Prizes
By Frank Gruber | Oct 21, 2010 at 6:15 pm
The CEA Industry Forum is taking place this week in San Francisco. Tech Cocktail was a media partner for the event and I participated as a judge for the i-stage startup launch competition. Eight startups offered three-minute elevator pitches to the crowded room of…
Conferences
San Francisco
Last Day For Startups To Apply for i-Stage Springboard to CES
By Jen Consalvo | Aug 13, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Calling all startups! Today is the last day to apply to participate in i-Stage, the springboard to CES produced by the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA). i-Stage will take place in San Francisco on October 18th and TECH cocktail will be represented as the i-Stage…