Aug 26, 2011

We must be doing a time warp, because the month of September is already upon us, and with it comes another TTO (on September 1, no less)! Tech.li Thursday One is a monthly gathering of entrepreneurs discussing the state of tech in their respective businesses. This month, we’re featuring Kris Peterson & Starrin Kinser, a couple who owns &...

Aug 19, 2011

The Tech.li team is heading to St. Louis and we want to see you there! On Wednesday, August 31, we will storm the Jazz Bistro Theatre to bring you some of the top entrepreneurial talent in St. Louis. Our night will kick off with short presentations from the Capital Innovators Class of 2011, followed by speakers discussing the trials and tribulations of being a...

Aug 11, 2011

Many startups begin in the same fashion: bootstrapping until they can find funding. And while they seek out these elusive monetary gains, they often end up becoming contestants in the game….quite literally. Thousands of contests and competitions have been conceived for startups and tech businesses, with the chance to bring money to the table and breathe...

Aug 2, 2011

Do you have a revolutionary idea? Does your idea have the potential to become the NEXT BIG THING? A new reality show being shot in Chicago is in search of entrepreneurs, inventors and anyone with a great idea. You will be given the opportunity to pitch your concepts to a panel of venture capitalists, as well as other successful entrepreneurs and funding houses....

Jul 28, 2011

When Hoply duo Jessica Lybeck and Erin Hopmann stumbled upon a great idea for taking classes and learning new things, they were excited.  So excited that they quickly found themselves abandoning Hoply in full-time pursuit of Dabble. Dabble is a platform for teaching and taking classes – with a twist. Lybeck and Hopmann recognized that sometimes people...