Frank Gruber grew up in the Midwest heartland and is an entrepreneur, new media journalist, startup advisor, public speaker, and angel investor. He is the author of Startup Mixology: Tech Cocktail’s Guide To Building, Growing and Celebrating Startup Success published by Wiley. He co-founded Tech.Co (formerly Tech Cocktail) in 2006, which has grown into a hub for the creative class, offering tech startup focused news, events, and resources. In January 2018, Tech.Co was acquired by MVF Global a London-based technology and publishing company.

Aside from Tech.Co's success, Frank has built and launched products for the masses while at AOL, Tribune and Classified Ventures along with startup efforts like Thankfulfor, Splog Reporter and more. As a journalist his works have been featured in a number of top media publications like TechCrunch, Fortune, HuffPo, etc. He was named by Forbes as one of the most connected people in tech. His alma maters include Purdue and Northwestern respectively.

Specialties: entrepreneurship, strategy, technology, tech, products, gadgets, social networking, social media, journalist, angel investing, business, media, personal branding, product development, blogging