headquarters chicago illinois 1 u.s. founder s frank gruber eric olson key people frank gruber chief executive officer jen consalvo chief operating officer owner tech cocktail website tech.co type of site news and blogging available in english current status active tech.co formerly tech cocktail is an american web publication and events organization for startups entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts 2 co founded in 2006 by former tribune company and aol employee frank gruber and early feedburner employee eric olson . 3 4 in 2012 tech cocktail re located to las vegas to work with zappos ceo tony hsieh s downtown project following a 2.5 million investment . 5 in 2015 tech cocktail rebranded to tech.co 6 marking the company s shift to focus on editorial . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2010 tech cocktail transitioned into a full fledged media company 7 with olson moving on to pursue new endeavors and gruber partnering with technology producer and longtime aoler jen consalvo . see also edit techcrunch the next web mashable readwriteweb gigaom pando daily startup weekend references edit chicago tribune it s all geek to you october 5 2006 tech cocktail on crunchbase first tech cocktail post dc s startup scene entrepreneurship blooms in our nation s capital las vegas review journal starters group imagines las vegas with an entrepreneurial culture 1 techcrunch frank gruber leaves aol to pursue his own ventures january 1st 2010 external links edit tech cocktail retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tech cocktail & oldid 744149564 categories blogstechnology websitesamerican news websitesinternet properties established in 2006video podcastscomputer conferencestechnology conferencestrade fairsweb related conferencesentrepreneurship organizations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 12 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view