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Jelly in Gaper’s Block

Sean Johnson — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:10:14 +0000

Jelly was briefly mentioned in a brief article about coworking on Gapers Block today, along with Jelly friends The Coop. Thanks for the mention!

ScaleWell in Crain’s!

Sean Johnson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:21:01 +0000

Hot off the heels of the first successful funding cycle, ScaleWell founders Sean Corbett and Andy Angelos got some nice press in Crain’s. You can read the article here.

First ScaleWell winner announced

Sean Johnson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:45:43 +0000

ScaleWell, a project organized by Jelly members Sean Corbett, Andy Angelos and Ziad Hussain, had their launch party last night and announced the first winner of the project. Scalewell provides grants of up to $1000 to ventures looking for early seed capital.

The first round had 42 submissions from entrepreneurs, which were narrowed down to five finalists, including Jelly member Jake Lumetta’s WinkVid. The winner ended up being Unatronics, a manufacturer of minimalist, retro electronic musical instruments, founded by Michael Una. Congrats to Michael, and to the ScaleWell team on a successful launch!

Want to go to New Orleans?

Sean Johnson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:13:22 +0000

Jelly member Patty Huber is leading a volunteer trip to New Orleans January 30 – February 7 with the volunteer organization One Brick to help rebuild homes with the St. Bernard Project.

Anyone 21+ is welcome to come and there will be other volunteers from all over the country in this group. The fee is $200 and covers housing, project materials, and breakfast and lunch M-F. For details and to sign-up visit their Google Group page or email Patty.

New members page!

Sean Johnson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:08:07 +0000

We’ve updated the members page and redesigned it to better highlight the projects that various Jelly members are working on – we hope you like it!

Don’t see yourself on the page? Let Sean or Jeff know and we’ll be sure to add you!

Jason Goodrich and OfficePort on ABC News!

Sean Johnson — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:36:30 +0000

Jelly pal Jason Goodrich is a public relations dynamo. Dude was on ABC News with Diane Sawyer last night, talking about coworking and the freelance lifestyle. Nice cameo of Andy Angelos as well at OfficePort!

Watch Jason in action (no embedding = boo!):

Texthog on CNBC!

Sean Johnson — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:13:45 +0000

Texthog (@texthog), an online expense tracking application developed by Noble Tree owner Phil Tadros and Jelly pal Darren Marshall (@dpmarshall), was featured on CNBC’s special program “Planet of the Apps“. Congrats guys!

How to create a thriving Jelly community

Sean Johnson — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:12:46 +0000

Jelly Emeritus Rishi Shah recently moved to San Francisco, and has quickly made friends. He’s helping Jelly founder Amit Gupta with Jelly SF, and they’ve recently moved to a weekly model similar to Chicago’s. Last week, Rishi posted a nice write-up on how Jelly Chicago was able to develop a thriving community. Check it out when you have a chance – it might be useful for other organizations as well.

Scalewell applications open today!

Sean Johnson — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:56:28 +0000

Jelly members Sean Corbett (@stcorbett), Andy Angelos (@andyangelos) and ZiadHussain (@ziadbc) have put together a “mini startup fund” that provides entrepreneurs with $1000 and coworking space (courtesy of OfficePort) to start their own venture. Applications are officially open today – learn more at http://www.scalewell.com.

Jason Goodrich in Crain’s

Sean Johnson — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:00:59 +0000

Jason Goodrich (@chigoodrich) has been a busy man lately. His PR firm has picked up nearly a dozen clients in the last year, and he’s become an increasingly popular advocate for the coworking movement. He recently was featured in Crain’s Chicago Business discussing the topic. Check out his interview when you have a chance.