“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”—Confucius
With imaginiation and diligance, we started towards progress…
Mar2011
Brickell Technology opens in Miami, Florida
Jan2013
Cuban Sriracha hot sauce begins to ferment!
Jan2013
PepperJelly Co opens in Miami, Florida and our first Kickstarter campign is launched.
Feb2013
We have our first artisan jam! Cuban Missile Crisis Jam and Jelly.
Feb2013
Batch 1 of Cuban Sriracha is barreled for aging, and bottled for sale!
Mar2013
Batch 2 & 3 begin to ferment; scaling production to support Kickstarter campign.
Mar2013
Our first Kickstart campaign ends successfully funded!
Apr2013
We deliever to our 1st major custromer!
Apr2013
We bottle and barrel batch 2 & 3, respectively.
Sept2013
We are invited to, and display at the William Sanoma Artisan Market
Oct2013
We start fermenting batch 4 & 5, and develop our Artisan Spice Blend, the Cuban Sriracha ketchup and jerky, and develop other jams.
Nov2013
We bottled batch 4, and blended batch 5 with 1 and 3 for aging.
Dec2013
Appetite For Life with Andrew Zimmern, Episode “That’s My Jam” released! Link
Dec2013
Proved artisanship business sustainability! And started developing and documenting the accelerated artisan business operationalization and the Artisan as a philosophy framework, and supporting organizations (eventually, the Order of the Artisans Foundation).
Jan2014
The order of the Artisans business model developed, philosophy codified, the beginnings of an artisan network begins to emerge.
Feb2014
Our first big batch (batch 6, 100 gal.) started.
Mar2014
Batch 6 barreled and bottled, 20:80 split, respectively.
Apr2014
We reach 20 customers and we launch another Kickstarter.
May2014
Another Kickstarter campaign ends successfully funded!
Dec2014
PepperJelly Co. moves to new kitchen, increases batch yield by 20%, secures all local as possible vendor network, and reached repeat purchase customersbase of 100.
Jan2015
Pepperjelly Co. pauses expansion to focus on low volume, high quality product development.
Jul2015
The Order of the Artisans begins operating as a 501c3 public charity.
Nov2015
The final batch of Cuban Sriracha as PepperJelly Co. is made and stored for long term aging, with 2000 bottles in inventory.
Nov2015
The Cuban Sriracha goodness assists our friend and Artisan (Justin Sherrer) in a cooking competition! Doce Provisions
Jan2016
Our ISartisan product line is released.
Jun2016
Our ISartisan product line fails due to Amazon competition… we now have holiday gifts for years!
Jun2016
Our biggest customer closes their doors.
Jun2016
We halt most PepperJelly Co. operations and business to focus on the foundation.
Jul2016
The Order of the Artisans is incorporated in Miami, Florida.
Sept2016
All PepperJelly Co. operations are stopped permenetly.
Jan2017
Brickell Technology, and the Order of the Artisans begin forming in Viginia.
Jan2018
Brickell Technology, LLC is incorporated in Virginia, and shortly after, receives SDVOSB certification.
Mar2018
The Order is incorporated in Virginia, and shortly after, receives 501c3 status from the IRS.
Apr2018
Brickell and the Order start the Small Business Technology Modernization Initiative (SBTMI).
Apr2018
Our 1st SBTMI customer is onboarded (Seven Corners Children’s Center, 501c3 early Edu.)
2018
The rest of 2018 is dedicated to diligance, strategy, network, and a bunch of awesome stuff.
2019
More hard work, networking, and awesome stuff.
2020
COVID
2020
We lock down and enter beast mode.
2020
Brickell shifts focus to emerging technologies and architecture.
2020
The Order begins to plan legs of revenue to support operations.
Sept2020
Brickell and the Order relocate all operations to our farm in Haymarket, VA.
2021
TBD