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| Jul 22, 2021 | Indy Hall is closing its hub at 399 Market. But Philly’s first coworking space lives on online | As some offices across the city began to formulate “back to office” strategies earlier this summer, members of coworking space and online community Indy Hall had been wondering: When might we get back to in-person work?
Founder Alex Hillman... |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Resource Roundup: Missing a sense of community? Indy Hall is hosting summer camp | This is Resource Roundup, a look at open applications for business and career-building programs, funding and other opportunities around the region. Want to share a new resource for entrepreneurs and technologists? Email us at philly@technic... |
| May 1, 2019 | Kick off #PTW19 with us this Friday | We can’t believe it’s already time to say this again, but this Friday marks the start of Philly Tech Week!
This year’s kickoff festival aims to blend the best of Philly Tech Week 2019 presented by Comcast with a 27-year-old tradition of art... |
| Apr 3, 2019 | These 40 Old City spots are playing at the PTW19 Kickoff Festival scavenger hunt | Philly Tech Week 2019 presented by Comcast begins with the Kickoff Festival at First Friday in Old City.
Get excited to get your phone out, because there are 40 locations participating in the inaugural PTW19 scavenger hunt created by Scavif... |
| Sep 24, 2018 | Finish that thing you’ve been putting off, and have fun doing it | Almost every person I know has something they want to do. In some cases, they have something they really need to do. And yet, that thing is forever stuck on the to-do list.
Maybe it’s:
Designing and writing the copy for a small website or l... |
| Jan 8, 2018 | Why Indy Hall needed a Code of Conduct | Old City’s Indy Hall — Philly’s pioneering coworking community, established in 2006 — finished 2017, a year of reckoning for many industries, with its first Code of Conduct in place.
There was no triggering event, no scandal or shameful inc... |
| Mar 18, 2014 | FictiveKin calling on startups to state their /purpose | Dumbo creative agency FictiveKin is putting out the call to startups and makers to state their purpose.
To do so, they have built a separate page for the idea, called slashpurpose. Not to pitch their work with another about page, but to tel... |
| Dec 16, 2013 | What do great coworking spaces have in common? | Coworking has gone from fringe subculture of independent workers and technologist freelancers to the cutting edge of the modern workplace.
The idea to find a community to work within for collaboration and as a way to get the benefits of a b... |
| Nov 27, 2013 | What I learned from launching 5 products in 9 months: Nathan Barry | As of last May, Nathan Barry had launched five products in nine months. The Boise, Idaho entrepreneur spoke to bootstrappers at Philadelphia’s BaconBiz Conference in the spring.
Watch his talk, and others, here.
Organized by Indy Hall head ... |
| Nov 8, 2013 | Ignite Philly 12: lightning talks put accessibility on display | Putting 20 visual slides on a screen in front of a loud and rowdy crowd at an indie concert venue has its sensory limitations.
So it’s fitting that accessibility, including sensory loss, was highlighted at Ignite Philly 12, the local versio... |
| Aug 20, 2013 | Head and the Hand Press founder Nic Esposito launches writers coworking | The ripples of coworking into industries far and wide have been chronicled sufficiently to date. But add the twist of commercial corridor revitalization, and the story has, in news parlance, fresh legs.
That’s where the next stage begins fo... |
| Jul 1, 2013 | College dropouts who are running Philadelphia technology | If you find yourself in a conversation about education with John Fazio, you’re going to find out he has some strong opinions on the matter.
The cofounder of Northern Liberties coworking space Devnuts and web development company Jarv.us neve... |
| May 22, 2013 | How we raised $6.25M as a Philadelphia Startup: RJMetrics | Last week, my company RJMetrics announced a Series A investment from West Coast VC firm Trinity Ventures. One hundred percent of this capital came from outside the Philly region. But this city helped us get that support to grow us to the ne... |
| Feb 13, 2013 | Indy Hall Arts community works with coworking neighbors [ART] | When Sean Martorana joined Indy Hall two years ago, he was bothered by the barren walls inside the Old City coworking space.
“Alex Hillman told me, if you want to do something, hang up some artwork, then shut up and JFDI,” Martorana said of... |
| Dec 20, 2012 | Indy Hall has ‘a binder full of women:’ resumes and cover letters of female professionals | Over at Old City coworking space Indy Hall, ask for a binder full of a women and you shall receive. And it’s all thanks to Hila Ratzabi, an Indy Haller who’s a freelance editor and poet.
We asked Ratzabi, who lives in West Philly, about the... |
| Nov 13, 2012 | Rock the Whiteboard: one-day workshop at Indy Hall on developing ‘visual thinking skills’ | Participants in one of Jonny Goldstein’s whiteboard innovation workshops looking at a user history
Two years ago, graphic artist Jonny Goldstein and his wife moved to Pittsburgh. Next Monday, Nov. 19, Goldstein will be back at his old cowor... |
| Nov 12, 2012 | Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network lands on N3rd Street | N3rd Street welcomed its newest tenant last week: the Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network, or PPIIN.
The nonprofit journalism outfit, whose official name is still in the works (because, yes, it’s a mouthful), has taken residenc... |
| Oct 22, 2012 | ElectNext: political matchmaking startup launches local politics effort in Philly, now has offices in NYC, SF | After ElectNext left the Philadelphia Media Network’s Project Liberty incubator at the beginning of the summer, the political matchmaking startup left the city.
The team is now split between the coasts, with CEO Keya Dannenbaum and Chief De... |
| Oct 12, 2012 | SEED 2.0: ‘Teachers Lead Philly’ wins $5k in crowdfunded edtech fundraiser | Teachers Lead Philly, a network of local “teacher leaders,” came out on top at Wednesday’s Philly CORE Leaders‘ SEED 2.0, the second annual crowdfunded fundraiser for education ventures.
Held inside City Council Chambers thanks to co-host C... |
| Oct 4, 2012 | Shindig: new event management app from the team behind Philly Beer Week app | From the team that brought you the Philly Beer Week app comes Shindig, a recently launched tool that allows event planners to easily create mobile apps for their events.
Shindig’s already scored some big name local clients, like the Live Ar... |
| Oct 3, 2012 | DmgCtrl: software dev shop outgrows its Indy Hall space, seeks its replacement | DmgCtrl’s principal Mac Morgan (left) and Hire an Esquire’s cofounder Julia Claire Shapiro. The two companies shared an office up until recently.
Old City software development shop DmgCtrl has outgrown its offices above Old City coworking s... |
| Sep 25, 2012 | Arcweb: new consulting firm on IT product from PSL, Vuzit cofounder Chris Cera | It’s a services shop to help product firms.
Chris Cera, Vuzit co-founder and founding member of Philly Startup Leaders, has been quietly working on a new venture out of Indy Hall for a little over a year, but now that Cera’s got some time t... |
| Sep 12, 2012 | Girl Develop It Anniversary Party: celebrate Philly women tech | It’s been one year since 123LinkIt founder Yasmine Mustafa launched Girl Develop It in Philly. After nearly two dozen meetups and classes geared toward women in tech, it’s time to celebrate.
The group is throwing a nerd-themed anniversary p... |
| Jun 20, 2012 | N3rd Street: tech business corridor from Old City to Northern Liberties | A stretch of North Third Street in Philadelphia is on its way to acquiring a new moniker: N3rd Street.
In recent years, the corridor from roughly Market Street in Old City through Northern Liberties has been gradually filling with nerd-cent... |
| Jun 8, 2012 | Startup Corps’ teen entrepreneurs offer 11 important business lessons [LINKS] | Young Entrepreneurs – 11 Important Business Lessons from Teenage Entrepreneurs[Brad Aronson’s Blog] “The young entrepreneurs were participants in Startup Corps, a Philadelphia nonprofit that helps high school students become entrepreneurs... |
| May 14, 2012 | Indy Hall expansion update: photos of construction progress for Old City coworking staple | Coworking staple Indy Hall announced in March it was expanding into the street-level storefront of its Old City building. Just over a month later, it looks like they’ve made quick work of changes to the original second-floor coworking space... |
| Apr 11, 2012 | An alternative to incubators: the co-working space | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you’re a startup, you’ve probably considered j... |
| Apr 2, 2012 | Desks for Startups: Infrastructure for entrepreneurs or budding startup bubble? | If you have a startup in Philadelphia that has outgrown your local coffee shop, but doesn’t want an office or a storefront, well, you’re in luck. In the last six months, the number of low-cost desks for technology startups, often coupled wi... |
| Mar 30, 2012 | Indy Hall 3.0: coworking community discusses plans to acquire storefront addition to Old City coworking space [VIDEO] | What about security?
That question dominated the discussion at the Indy Hall Town Hall where a group of about 30 community members gathered to discuss the expansion of the Old City coworking facility. The move would put coworking desks on t... |
| Feb 9, 2012 | Benjamin’s Desk: Naval officer Michael Maher launching ‘corporate coworking’ | A Juicy Couture and an upscale nail salon wouldn’t seem to be likely building mates for a soon-to-be coworking space, but a trio in Rittenhouse say they are in the process of building Benjamin’s Desk into just that sort of space.
Michael an... |
| Jan 11, 2012 | IndyViews Video: member testimonials from Indy Hall, largest Philadelphia coworking community | [tech]p8pRI5AkrOI[/tech]
Members of Indy Hall all seem to agree that what makes the Old City coworking space so great is, to summarize, themselves. That’s the takeaway from “IndyViews,” a rough cut of Indy Hall member interviews conducted a... |
| Nov 22, 2011 | ApostropheNow: P’unk Avenue launches hosted version of its open source CMS | Passyunk Square-based web development shop P’unk Avenue is angling for broader adoption of its open source web platform Apostrophe with last week’s launch of a hosted version.
Launched in 2009, Apostrophe, the company’s open source content ... |
| Sep 2, 2011 | Alex Hillman: ‘I want Philadelphia to outlast other cities,’ [Q&A] | Alex Hillman partied last night.
If Technically Philly were to suggest that Hillman was celebrating the anniversary of a building, he probably wouldn’t like that very much. Last night, the co-founder of Old City coworking haunt Independents... |
| Aug 29, 2011 | Broadband for business: varied needs, many providers | Updated, Sept. 2, 2011: Added clarification and fixed typos.
Consumers hear a lot more about competition for residential services, but Internet service providers are equally focused on the fight for the business market in Philadelphia.
Whil... |
| Jul 18, 2011 | IndyViews: Independents Hall report on coworking members | Old City coworking space Independents Hall has released its first research project called IndyViews, what co-founder Alex Hillman calls “a compilation of experience and worldview personas from within our membership.”
Download the report her... |
| Jun 20, 2011 | Event Highlights: June 20th – 26th, 2011 | We hope you had a happy Father’s Day, Philadelphia.
Whether you paid a visit to pops, or are a dad yourself Technically Philly offers a belated happy Fathers Day to you and yours. And if your dad didn’t like the tie you gave him, perhaps he... |
| Jun 10, 2011 | Thaddeus Squire: CultureWorks to train Philly arts to do more with less funding; Hidden City to return in 2013 | This is not about technology.
This is about learning lessons from the technology community and a broader entrepreneurial spirit and taking those lessons to a decidedly foreign place: arts and heritage institutions.
And nobody seems more int... |
| Apr 28, 2011 | The 2011 Philly Tech Week calendar: Thursday | With only three full days left to go of the inaugural Philly Tech Week, if you’re not already up and at ’em for the second day of Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise, we’re expecting you to hit your third wind at about 12:00 p.m., just... |
| Apr 26, 2011 | Indy Hall and Postgreen: ‘We’re building a house’ | The principles of collaboration and shared place that helped launch Old City coworking space Independents Hall are planned to be used in a new co-housing venture in Kensington, announced one of the founder’s at a Philly Tech Week event.
Jun... |
| Mar 15, 2011 | MindSnacks moved to Bay Area for the best environment to build a startup: Andy Mroczkowski | This is Exit Interview, a weekly interview series with someone who has left Philadelphia, perhaps for another country or region or even just out of city limits and often taking talent, business and jobs with them. If you or someone you know... |
| Mar 4, 2011 | Indy Hall Town Hall: an expansion of community crossover | Indy Hall isn’t supposed to be about technology for its own sake, but rather about collaboration.
So, now three and a half years old, it is fitting that during the semi-regular Town Hall event Wednesday night, during which co-founders Alex ... |
| Sep 29, 2010 | FoundedinPhilly.com from Gabe Weinberg serves as community stake in the ground | It’s about perception.
Sensing that the perception of Philadelphia’s startup community in the minds of entrepreneurs hasn’t grown with the community itself, Duck Duck Go founder and Hacker Angel Gabe Weinberg launched this week a very small... |
| Sep 13, 2010 | Indy Hall co-founder Hillman leads effort for Coworking.com, building broader community | The minds behind coworking often laud it for its organic and authentic growth.
That’s how the country’s more respected communities of shared, collaborative workplaces, like Independents Hall in Old City, differentiate themselves from a grow... |
| Jul 19, 2010 | Event Highlights: July 19 – July 24, 2010 | Summer is in full swing, Philadelphia. In the whirlwind of carnivals, neighborhood barbecues and family vacations, don’t forget about this week’s events calendar. It’s chock-full of events you won’t want to miss and deciding which one to at... |
| Jul 19, 2010 | ShareUrMeal gives back with every click | The next time you watch someone at a restaurant whip out a cell phone to take a picture of their meal don’t be so quick to roll your eyes, it could be for a good cause.
The person might be using ShareUrMeal, a Philadelphia-based service tha... |
| Jul 12, 2010 | Event Highlights: July 12 – July 18, 2010 | Update: PSL Happy Hour has been moved to a later date as the PSL BBQ.
If you haven’t joined in the mad dash to the Jersey Shore, don’t fret. We have a packed calendar of technology events that are just as good as some funnel cake. Okay, may... |
| Jan 20, 2010 | Startup Roundup: Lifehacker has trust issues with Lose It Or Lose It, myYearbook donates to Haiti | Introducing Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup. Here, we’ll parse out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve... |
| Sep 11, 2009 | Friday Q&A: Kelly Lee, Innovation Philadelphia President & CEO | Updated 9/11/09, 2:15 p.m.: Clarified summit tracks, noted “no frills” package clarification, and updated Philly panelists.
If it wasn’t for the first Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit in June 2006, Innovation Philadelphia may not ... |
| May 28, 2009 | Two IndyHall software projects featured in MacUpdate bundle | Does anyone get a little nostalgic when it comes to bundled software?
In the 90s it meant getting 25,000 games packed onto a CD or a complete reference library from researchers you never heard of: Mayo Clinique? Not so much.
But last night ... |
| May 4, 2009 | Events highlights for the week of May 4 – May 11, 2009 | Can you be in ten different places at once on Tuesday to celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
Sure you can.
While this week’s events are weighted on Tuesday when ten local tech organizations will celebrate the Mexican holiday, there’s some exciting thi... |
