Join us for some perspective into the craft distilling industry at The Spirit of Business followed by tech demos from Westchester Tech Meetupstartups. This installment features Nahmias et Fils Distillery of Yonkers, NY followed by demos by Turbonomic and BingeWave.
The Spirit of Business Program
5:30 - 6:30 | Networking w/ Food and Drink
6:30 - 7:15 | A presentation and talk followed by Q&A from the founders of Nahmias et Fils Distillery
7:15-7:45 | Nahmias et Fils Distillery tasting and conversation on featured spirit selections.
7:45-9:00 | Tech Demos from WTMs selected new start-ups: FixFix and BingeWave
DISTILLERY PROFILE | Nahmias et Fils Distillery
Hudson Valley Master Distiller David Nahmias and his wife Dorit hand-craft their award-winning spirits with the finest, natural ingredients. They are proudly the sole producers of Mahia in the United States.
Dorit —a former foreign-exchange trader and Master Distiller David, a former computer-software engineer, who was raised in the small Moroccan town of Taznakht. His parents, Joseph and Tamou, and grandparents Saada and Moshe, distilled Mahia, a unique Jewish alcoholic beverage; following the Jewish exodus from the region, his dad became legendary for being the last Jew to remain in Taznakht.
WTM PROFILE
Westchester Tech Meetup is a community-based initiative dedicated to bringing together entrepreneurs, technologists, and creatives to explore product development and collaborative innovation projects in the Lower Hudson Valley region. Founders and startup teams live demo products and solutions, and receive direct feedback from participants to support their bootstrapping, sprints and growth.
Startup summaries
Turbonomic
Launched in 2010, Turbonomic delivers a hybrid cloud management platform that enables on-premises and public cloud to self-manage in real-time, thereby assuring performance, lowering cost, and continuously ensuring compliance. The Turbonomic patented decision engine curates workload demand to dynamically control resource supply, maintaining a perpetual desired state of application health. One of the fastest growing technology companies, Turbonomic is trusted by thousands of enterprises to simplify and accelerate their hybrid cloud journey. Recently named a Forbes Cloud 100 Company, an Inc. Fastest Growing Company, and a Deloitte Tech Fast 500 Company… and we’re just scratching the surface.
BingeWave
BingeWave is an exciting and newer VOD service that better allows content creators to market and have more control over monetization of their projects through subscription based packages and advertising fees (Content creators, you decide the prices!). The mission of the company is to specialize in showcasing content created by and focused on underrepresented and misrepresented groups, therefore the content is more accurate and depictive in its representation. The vision of the company is to bring people together from diverse backgrounds through an educational and entertaining platform, servicing our subscribers, not just locally but globally through working with our media partners, network owners, content creators, and advertising partners.
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