We’re excited to announce that 14 local companies have been selected to be featured at Thursday’s Tech Cocktail Bloomington! Tech Cocktail—happening 8-10 p.m. at the Indiana Memorial Union’s Alumni Hall—serves as the opening mixer for this year’s Combine. In addition to networking with fellow Combine attendees and speakers, it’s a great opportunity to get the inside track on some great startups emerging from Bloomington, Indianapolis and beyond.

We’d like to thank Tech Cocktail for sponsoring this great event and fostering the growth of startups and talent in our community. Founded in 2006, Tech Cocktail is a leading media company focused emerging technologies, products, startups, entrepreneurs and innovations.

Here’s just taste of the 14 companies that will be featured this Thursday: Read more on http://blog.combine.org…

Waiting until the last minute to get your ticket to the Combine? Wait no longer! In addition to fabulous events and speakers, we’re stoked to announce our full schedule of Saturday workshops! With these expanded and highly interactive workshops, you’ve got no reason not to GET YOUR TICKET TODAY!

We’ve got four tracks (Business, Marketing, Coding and Cornucopia) of workshops to delve deeper on specific topics. Choose from 14 sessions on topics like social media marketing, business basics, community building, fundraising and much more. Return home with even more ammunition to innovate and become a change agent for your own company!

Rapid Collaborative Strategy Workshop
Track: Business
Presented by: Kevin Makice & Christian Briggs of SociaLens

In this high-energy workshop, you practice building a simple, memorable, measurable business strategy. Already have a business idea? Align your concept with clear goals, and use that strategy to craft your elevator pitch with help from other participants. Don’t have a business idea yet? Learn a rapid strategy process that can be used at the organizational, departmental, and even individual level with your organization. Read more on http://blog.thecombine.org/.

Why You Should Attend the Combine, October 20-22!

The Combine launched in 2010 to a sell-out crowd in the collegiate, Midwestern town of Bloomington, IN. The 2011 event, planned for October 20-22, promises to be an even better event with nationally-known speakers, expanded workshops and unique networking opportunities.

Want to attend, but not sure how to convince your boss? How about these talking points to inspire your “pitch”:

Networking Opportunities
With hundreds of attendees and a full schedule of events, there’s no shortage of people with which to engage and interact. Combine attendees are diverse — from large corporations, small businesses, non-profits and even students. You will make valuable connections with influential tech experts and open doors to others who are similarly inspired by innovation and technology. Read more on http://blog.thecombine.org/.

We are seeking out awesome startups to showcase at Tech Cocktail in Bloomington, IN on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Will you be one of the lucky ones?

Tech Cocktail Bloomington is a networking event and part of the Combine 2011 — a new Midwestern event taking place October 20-21 in the tech culture hot spot of Bloomington, Indiana. The Combine is bringing together movers and shakers in creativity, community, culture, capital and code from across the country and we’re seeking Midwestern startups to be showcased at this event! Read more on http://blog.thecombine.org