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5 Early Stage Startup Founders Share Valuable Advice on Starting Up
Article Source: TECH cocktail, Monika Jansen, April 27, 2012 At Tuesday night’s Tech Cocktail Champaign Mixer event, we had the unique opportunity to showcase 5 startups that are so early stage they are still in either conceptual or research mode. Thanks to the University of Illinois’s focus on engineering and science at their Urbana-Champaign campus, 4 Read more »
Is the Government Voting on Bills that Hurt Your Startup? Find out on TrakBill
Article Source: TECH cocktail, Kira Newman, April 26, 2012 “We’ll figure it out later.” That’s how some startups, who might be breaking laws or regulations, decide to deal with it. We’re so tiny that no one will care, right? If you want to err on the side of caution, take a few minutes to sign Read more »
Reduce Food Waste at Restaurants with Zero Percent
Article Source: TECH cocktail, Kira Newman, April 25, 2012 Urbana, IL’s Zero Percent is tackling a problem that’s already been accepted as the norm: food waste. “As standard business practice, U.S. restaurants waste over $10 billion a year —Literally. When faced with the chore of trying to find use of excess fresh-food inventory, the easiest thing for Read more »
TECH cocktail photo highligts
Here are some highlights from last night’s TECH cocktail event. All of the photos can be found on our Facebook page. All of the photos can be found on our Facebook page.
Meet 10 Early Stage Startups at Tonight’s TECH cocktail Champaign Mixer
Article Source: TECH cocktail, Monika Jansen, April 24, 2012 We are excited to be back in Champaign, IL for our 2nd Tech Cocktail Champaign Mixer event. While all of our events are unique thanks to any one city’s unique community mix of academia, established startups, investors, and mentors, Champaign’s startup scene sets itself apart thanks to Read more »