Because Working Together is More Fun for Everyone.

Jelly is a casual place for freelancers, entrepreneurs, etc. to meet and work together. We meet at Noble Tree on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 12pm-4pm.

What is Jelly Chicago?

Working at home has a lot of benefits, but social interaction is not one of them. Jelly is a biweekly gathering of freelancers, entrepreneurs, telecommuters and other professionals with flexible working arrangements. Anyone who wants to meet cool people, get some work done and have some fun is welcome.

Andy Angelos

Allie Osmar

Anton Dybuncio

Jeff Siarto

Designers, developers, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, marketing folks... Jelly professionals are a varied bunch. Some people come once a month, some people are regulars.

Recent news from the Jelly Community

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New members page!

Posted in News | January 18th, 2010

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!

Posted in News | January 10th, 2010

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!

Posted in News | January 10th, 2010

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

Posted in News | January 9th, 2010

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!

Posted in News | January 8th, 2010

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.