Our intrepid photographer Garrio Harrison was on the scene to capture the vibe at last week’s double header event: Strom Studio’s open house + Ken Friberg’s exhibit of tilt-shift photos of St. Paul.
Event recap Archive
UPA Minnesota visits CoCo
Some snapshots from UPA Minnesota’s recent event at CoCo: “Products over Process: Advancing Agility with Design Thinking” with David Hussman of DevJam.

2nd Freelancer Friday held on 2/5
Ok, we know we are late on sharing this post. However, we believe the information in this post is relevant to so many freelancers, and may spark thoughts and ideas that can help advance the conversation.
On Friday (2.5.10) an amazing group of freelancers met at CoCo to discuss what problems keep them awake at night. This is the second in a series of meetings that we will host here at CoCo in the effort to build broader collaboration amongst freelancers across disciplines. These sessions will be followed by an educational series for freelancers to helpĀ them solve and work together on making their individual businesses more effective, and at the same time expand their role in the broader community.
The first session had the following all-star cast:
- Deborah Vajda, writer
- Jenn Barnett, photographer
- Betsy Kershaw, marketing diva
- Janis Olson, writer
- Ketan Kakkad, founder of TheSmallWorld & co-owner of CurryUp
- Arun Batchu, programmer & owner of CurryUp
- Valerie Rigsbee, web designer & Broadway expert
In addition to great conversation and ideation, we enjoyed phenomenal curry food from CurryUp and Eric TremperTremble at Comfy Chair Consulting. You definitely do not want to miss any future curry potlucks – after all you only live once!
SMBMSP Tweetup a huge success!
Thanks everyone who came out for SMB’s decidedly non-breakfasty meetup at CoCo on Feb. 28. Check out the pictures from the bash.
Photo by Lauren Melcher (@lgmelcher)














