The attendees – mobile techies, gadget junkies, & others – will see a showcase and some development how-to’s for the new Windows Phone 7 Series & mobile platform. App developers and startups are encouraged to show off as well (the event link above has a link to the form to apply).

TechCocktail aims to help amplify the mobile & technology development community, including via their events in many cities.

Update: There is more information about the event here.

• Brewery Fans
• cardagin
• CardStar
• Couples Spark
• Heliograph
• Replyz
• Ringio
• Shout Reel
• Starfish Retention Solutions
• Webtaps
• Where Mark

There is expected to be several hundred attendees to see some of the most exciting technology start-ups in the area.  (We’ve previously highlighted some of the Social Matchbox presenters in the 2009 DC startup showcase list).

Tuesdays are startup news days here.

This week the attention is on the DEMO event, which is being streamed live. Our own Startup Rockstars alumni Diditz is there, along with dozens of other startups. (see articles at the bottom of the post)

And in other news, the economy (at least in the US) continues to show signs of improvement.

Recent articles & blog posts:

4 solid ways to engage a venture capitalist – Smart Planet
(the above found via: Social Networking May Help Entrepreneurs Connect With Venture Capitalists – Gaebler)

What Have VCs Really Done for Innovation? – TechCrunch

Venture Capitalist At Your Service – VentureBlog

They’re drinking it up in New York – LA Times (about success selling bottled NY tap water)

Videos:

Entrepreneur advice: break down brick walls - Vator.TV – Bambi Francisco interviews Lorenzo Carver (Sept. 2009)

Tapping In To Creative Potential – George Kembel in the clip below explores the question: Is creativity available to all of us, of just the gifted?  This video about the d.school explores the idea of latent creativity:

More articles related to DEMO

• DEMO: Fuze Box promises a richer web meeting experience (demo.venturebeat.com)
• DEMO: Whodoyouknowat backs professional social networking (venturebeat.com)
• DEMO: Diditz turns Facebook albums into pages that can be indexed on the web

• VentureBeat acquires Tradevibes (inquisitr.com)

• StartupDay 2009 - found via this Seattle news/blog post, the event is a “conference for pre-entrepreneurs interested in founding or joining a tech startup“.  It happens on Sept 26 in Seattle, Washington and is organized by Seattle 2.0.
• TechCrunch50 is today (and yesterday), and features presentations from 50 startups, plus 50 more in the pit. If you are thinking to present anywhere at a large pitch conference, this ReadWriteWeb post on TechCrunch50 will give you tips.  And there have been previous TC50 events, and you can read how the previous demo-ers are doing.  One presentation is embedded below – Insttant – and you can view more videos here.

• Also from TechCrunch50 is this startup funding-related post: TC50: Everyday Investors Can Help Startups “IPO” On The Sprowtt Marketplace
• Upcoming is the DEMO event next week, Sept. 21-23, with 70 products and prototypes showcased over 3 days.
• 10 Common Mistakes That Startup and Small Companies Make – FastCompany
• Fancy Doing a Startup? YCombinator Has a Business Plan for You – FastCompany
• The Promise of the ‘Lean Startup’ – BusinessWeek
• How a Tiny Startup Used Twitter to Find App Store Success - Business Week – discusses how taptaptap used Twitter to help it’s Convert iPhone app launch into being one of the top 30 paid apps within a week.
• Twitter And The Revenue Dilemma – Washington Post
• Top 10 rules for Web start-ups needing venture funding – a video posted last week from a live presentation.  With a New Zealand bias, perhaps, the advice is useful for the rules around: Creating value, brilliant team building, mantra creation, get going, bootstrap, global know-how, fast adaptor advantage, everyone sells (marketing), change, and people trumping technology.

This is the first news-video-blog posts article – hope it was helpful to advance your business momentum, knowledge, & enthusiasm!

On page 2 of the Kim Hart article Up-and-Comers Who Are Breaking Down a Digital Divide there is a reference to our “Startup Rockstar events”. The article also appeared in the print edition of the paper.