{"id":2354,"date":"2016-05-02T20:35:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2016-05-02T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:02:22","slug":"ms-ashlee-kelly-is-a-winner-from-the-startup-weekend-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/2016\/05\/02\/ms-ashlee-kelly-is-a-winner-from-the-startup-weekend-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Ashlee Kelly is a winner from the Startup Weekend Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2015\/03\/Ashlee-theodore.jpg\" rel=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ashlee theodore\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-958 alignleft\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2015\/03\/Ashlee-theodore-150x150.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px\" title=\"\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2015\/03\/Ashlee-theodore-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2015\/03\/Ashlee-theodore-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2015\/03\/Ashlee-theodore.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>On Friday (April 29, 2016), <strong>Ms. Ashlee Kelly<\/strong> (PhD) and her partners participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonswedu2016.splashthat.com\/\">Startup Weekend Jackson<\/a> and pitched &quot;TinyJXN,&quot; Jackson&#039;s first tiny home development.&nbsp; Out of 23 pitches, her project is one of the eight selected.&nbsp; For that, she formed a group to refine her pitch.&nbsp; The event was a 52 hour-long project, which means her group worked all weekend and pitched a little after 5 on Sunday.&nbsp; Her group&#039;s pitch included tiny homes in distressed areas of Jackson, target market (students, young professionals, first-time homeowners, and empty nesters), selling a minimalist lifestyle, and customized, eco-friendly and sustainable designs.&nbsp; As first place winners, her group was awarded a space at Coalesce for 6 months, a free consulting on legal planning from Baker Donelson, and marketing consultation from ThinkWebstore and an Office Depot gift card.&nbsp; For more information, please check the dept. facebook page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacksoncompa16\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacksoncompa16\/<\/a>), and please follow her journey @TinyJXN (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).&nbsp; Ms. Kelly&rsquo;s efforts will contribute to community development in the economically depressed Jackson area, by her recognized entrepreneurship.&nbsp; <strong>Congratulations, Ashlee!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday (April 29, 2016), Ms. Ashlee Kelly (PhD) and her partners participated in Startup Weekend Jackson and pitched &quot;TinyJXN,&quot; Jackson&#039;s first tiny home development.&nbsp; Out of 23 pitches, her project is one of the eight selected.&nbsp; For that, she formed a group to refine her pitch.&nbsp; The event was a 52 hour-long project, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2358,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions\/2358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}