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Tech Cocktail comes to MN!

Tech Cocktail comes to MN!

Tues., Oct. 4
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
CoCo Minneapolis

Have you heard of Tech Cocktail? It’s a national global tech blog that hosts events across the country, including cities like Chicago, DC, Boston, San Francisco, Austin, Boulder, San Diego and Barcelona. Tech Cocktail is coming to Minnesota to help add fuel to the bonfire that is our growing local tech scene.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, investors, bloggers and entrepreneurs as we showcase local technology companies and take a closer look at their latest achievements.

Register now

Tickets: $10 early bird, $15 standard ticket, $20 last minute

Tech Cocktail offers a handful of startups an opportunity to show off in an expo-style to the rest of the Minneapolis entrepreneurial community for FREE.  If you have a startup you would like to show off at Tech Cocktail Minneapolis please submit this form. The Tech Cocktail team (which sees hundreds of startups a year) will evaluate the entries and contact you if your startup is selected. Please note that space is limited.

Apply to demo your startup at TechCocktail Minneapolis!

Thanks to our co-organizers, the Ovative Group

CoCo and Project Skyway to team up in Minneapolis

CoCo and Project Skyway to team up in Minneapolis

In his State of the City address today, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak announced that CoCo and Project Skyway will be teaming up in Minneapolis.

CoCo and Project Skyway have been looking separately for locations in Minneapolis. At the urging of the city, the two groups decided to operate out of the same space. A final space has not been selected, but the teams are considering buildings in downtown Minneapolis, near-Northeast, Loring Park and North Loop.

For CoCo, this will be its second location and will feature specially designed collaborative settings designed by the commercial furniture maker Steelcase. The new space will also feature several meeting locations for use by members for everyday meetings and by visiting organizations for off-site meetings.

About Project Skyway
Project Skyway
is Minnesota’s first seed-stage tech startup accelerator program for motivated entrepreneurs. The program will build connections among entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, and other innovation hubs, and bring them together both online and in physical space. The vision places emphasis on building companies with long-term, sustainable value, ethical practices, mentorship, and strong networks.

Project Skyway, Launch.MN and CoCo members pose with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak after his State of the City address. (l-r) Jeff Heegaard, Kyle Coolbroth, Judy Grundstrom, John Montague, Darren Cox, R.T. Rybak and Don Ball.

Startup Bus coming to CoCo

Startup Bus coming to CoCo

Tuesday, March 8
5 p.m. until ?

That’s right, it’s a bus full of geeks working on new businesses as they the journey from Chicago to SxSW in Austin. And they’re making a pit-stop at CoCo.

Come meet the intrepid entrepreneurs and send off Minnesota’s own Andy Erikson, who will join the ride.

Full story at Tech.MN