Crane gang, the change we wish to see Even if it might seem strange initially Think global oppression and hate And as a planet beside a new direction to take Talking along and share a bitch right on the road Love it, love it, love it! Yeah! Nala Moro! What's up guys? Thanks for coming on a simulation! Woo! Super excited to be hosting you. I'm super grateful that we met at the Andrew Yang event in San Francisco and that we scheduled this. Love the music. Nala Moro, that was generate positive change. Such a beautiful song. We have so much to unpack about the mission and about the actual music, the lyrics, why you guys are choosing this, why you guys are putting this together. As an introduction, Nala Moro, a.k.a. the peace and love party band. I love that, love that so, so much. Also, one of the main missions is to nourish positive human evolution and have a lot of fun while we do it. And playing currently around the bay as well as looking to be booked around the USA as well. All these links are below. Let's have an introduction. We have Neil Nyberg first. Neil is on the guitar. He's also on the vocals. We have Coco Harlin. Coco Harlin is on the guitar and he's also placed piano as well. We have No Mansfield who is on the bass. And we have Young Sun who is on the drums. Love it, love it. So this is the four piece band. So let's start off by asking you guys, you know, that was beautiful. That was generate positive change. Teach us about that song. Teach us about the mission. Teach us about the vision that you guys have and we'll pass around the mic as you guys want to start us off. Thank you. Yes, we all want world peace. But we don't just want world peace. We want to thrive. And so we want to inspire people to create a better world. And that is our mission. And we, we're not just a fun band. Like we're actually trying to make an impact in the world because that matters. And so this is why we're doing it. And we're going to have a whole lot of fun while doing it too because we're a party band too. Yeah. That's beautiful. Just want to say the world peace is such a crucial pillar of ours as well. And we can absolutely get there and do it and have a lot of fun while doing it. I know maybe Coco on say something as well along the way. Do you guys want to maybe say something along the way? Neil, he basically covers everything that we need to say. Everyone should just love each other. Yes. Thoughts from the judge over here? Buy our new album because we have secret messaging on it. It's going to make you all love each other. I just want to say playing with this band gets me in this great positive attitude. And I think if you just go around each day, you just put a smile on your face, maybe you're not feeling so good. Just have a good attitude and be considerate. You can get very far and it's going to affect everyone in a positive way. It's really very simple. Yeah, that's that butterfly effect with the positive vibes that we put out every single moment of life. Grateful for life. Now, okay, so that's on the mission, on the vision, love it, and you're going to be playing this beautiful music and having a blast while doing it. Now, how did the band get together? How did you four end up finding each other? Okay. Well, I originally started the band in 2007 in a garage in Newark, California, which is in the Southeast Bay. And there's a couple different incarnations of the band over the years. And for about six years, I didn't do anything. And then when I met Coco in early 2017, we restarted the band and eventually we got everybody.  And now we get to do this with you. And how did you guys find No and Youngson? How did you two guys get found? Well, we all belong to the Vampire Club of San Francisco. So that's how we got to know each other. I could say more about the Vampire Club. And the meeting, secret meeting places on Monday nights at the Hotel Utah Open Mic with Brendan Getzel. I met all of these guys through that and through an Open Mic that I used to host with my wife, Gwenevere Q. And so I think it's just a music community. People will always be playing in different bands and now we just formed this little tribe here. So it's a growing scene. Love it. Okay. So that's how the band got together. So it's been two years now of performing together. Okay, so now able to book, able to book them. So the links are in the bio for those that are interested, book them.  We're 100% on board. What about we like asking about the current state of humanity? What is your current take on the state of humanity? Humanity is growing and maturing right now. Consciousness is rising on the planet. We're going through a major transformation as a planet right now and people are starting to become more aware of things in general. Things are starting to become more ethical. We're going in that direction and we want to continue with the progression and the advancement of humanity along with its maturity. Humanity needs to mature a little bit more and become more loving to each other, more forgiving because being more loving and being more forgiving, that's going to breed more unity.  And that will be great for everybody and then we can all just party. So it's a slow period of a consciousness increasing and us figuring out how to play together on this beautiful playground we have on Earth, figure out how to maximize our resource flows to enable everyone to be the absolute peak of their creative potential. Okay, and then now on the last song, Generate Positive Change, tell us about some of those lyrics. We need to be the change that we want to see. We can do it. We need to think globally, act locally. Teach us about these lyrics. Yeah, I use some cliches like, yeah, we want to be the change we want to see and think globally and act locally. It's very true and everybody should do that. We just want to see everything become better on this planet. We want to make this planet shiny and sparkly and vibrant and just happy for all life. We want everybody to be supported. We're all each other's allies and so people need to realize that that we're all just little organisms on this floating rock out in space and we need to get along and work together so we can all thrive. Other thoughts from the band on Generate Positive Change? Cool, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like the song a lot. I do too. I do too. It's, I vote for it. I love it. I really appreciate that perspective of being just, you know, 8 billion human organisms on the rock along with all of the other plants, animals, insects and all the just this oneness that we really need to start embodying and feeling and dosing up on. Let's roll into the second song, Mama Bear, and then we'll break it down afterwards. Let's do it. All right, this song is about your mom and about my mom and about all the great mother figures in our lives.  And it's also about the divine mother of all creation. One, two, three, four. I do, I do. I'm a wonderful supporter that nurtures me. We sure loved and we're so warm and we're stretching. I appreciate how many sacrifice is that you made for me when I had a crisis.  Your sincerity is very sweet. You talk to me with any single word. Skinny, you're always so comforting.  I pray that I'll keep her up. So far, working, you might cheer me on. Crowd goes wild. So this is so interesting. So it's both on the beautiful, loving, nurturing spirit and energy of a mother of the child that is there for it.  It's this mother evolution. And so, yeah, I just love it. So unpack this. I know you said it at the beginning. We want to hear more on the importance of Mama Bear. Yeah, well, I have a close personal friend of mine who's also a second mom to me. And so I call her Mama Bear. And that's how the title came to be. And then I wrote it about all the great mother figures. And I know it's highly relatable because everybody has a great mother figure in their lives. It doesn't have to be a mom. It could be a grandmother. It could be an aunt. It could be a bigger older sister. And it could also be just about the earth, the earth, mother earth, and the multiverse, which was the one that we're all part of, Source Energy, the Divine Mother of all creation. And I just wanted to honor all those mother figures. And we like to talk about this a lot on the show. The importance of the seed that is birthed into the world is the child. And then given the right nutrients, given the right care, love, compassion, water, food, shelter, energy, all of the basic needs are that it needs, that seed can more easily thrive when it gets exposed to all of the potential creative stimuli that it can actualize itself with. And one of those things is this central key point of this love and compassion of a mother, a father, a grandmother, like you said, all of the different friend. At the same time, we talk about Source, this infinite consciousness, this source consciousness, this mother energy that we're all baked into this interconnectedness that is so beautiful.  We love that so much. We talked about nourishing positive human evolution. Your messaging is very profound. Now, we talked earlier at the beginning about what we have for a long-term vision of world peace. We talked about what's happening on the Earth today. Tell us about these incremental steps towards love, towards unity. What can we do today with this positive energy that we can carry around with us? What are the things we can do today to continue pushing us forward in our communities and around the world? Me? I'm really not sure what to say. I think Neil is usually the spokesperson of the band and I just rely on him to cover everything. He created a Facebook page. He just left that. It's called Universal Unification. Yeah, I've always just been about trying to get everyone to just work together. There's so much stuff on the news about the enemies and they're making up enemies for everybody. It's just false.  Who are the enemies? That's the bottom line right there. There's no enemies. The powers that be have used divide and conquer to rule over people for thousands of years and it's been working. We're trying to unring that bell. We're trying to undo that. We're trying to remove all these barriers because they've been set up to control us and to keep us down. Really, the people have the power and people need to be empowered. In order to work together, people need to be more loving to one another and forgive one another. None of us are religious at all, but we want people to be more loving and more forgiving because that matters and that will make an impact in the world. Thoughts from you guys as well? Yes? Everybody should do mushrooms and be kind to each other. Absolutely. I totally agree. I just want to say, just about this entire thing, our planet is the mother. Without it, we're not going to do anything. We wouldn't be here without it and I think we just have to be more kind to it and be careful about what we do and realize that we're... Honestly, I feel like the human species is sort of a pest and that we need to learn how to be better. I think we're making a huge impact on the world right now and it's not good. I feel like things aren't doing well, but we're just a band, but I feel like this is one little tiny message toward that. We're just trying to get people in a good mood so they can be more receptive to this and not be fighting each other. I think that's the first step. It's really up to everyone. Your impact goes a long way even as a band, as the four you are, goes a long way as we keep spreading these messages further and further across the world. The good ideas we'll spread on and we'll get to that love and unity. I want to ask you, there is a certain complexity to how all these different evolution of all these different cultures and tribes kind of grew up and it's hard to get people to wrap their mind around the tribe of Earth, the tribe of that one, that union, versus the tribe of the individual countries or the individual nuclear families. How do we get more people to get past that and especially in the complexities with trade and economics and all of the cyber war that's happening with information technology. What needs to happen for that spiritual awakening to get past the tribes and into the oneness, into the unity? Do mushrooms and be kind to each other? No, I mean, that's the thing. Everybody needs to be mellow out and be kind and that's kind of what we're talking about. We're kind of open as far as a band.  And Neil writes these really cool songs with mama bear. I mean, we all love to party with our moms.  No, but anyway, yeah, everybody should be, go out of their way to be kind in all circumstances. We want to make it really popular for people to be more kind to one another. Make it like the thing to do. It's like everybody's doing it. We all want to be more loving to one another. And if it catches on, like if it's the thing to do, like everybody's doing it, then more people are going to do it. And so us getting out there more and getting our music out there can help inspire that. Because we don't have all the answers and no one person has all the answers. We want to inspire humans to figure all this stuff out and work together.  But we are totally on board. You know, we love maps. We've had multi-disciplinary association for psychedelic studies on our show many times. And we are totally for the responsible use of psychedelics, especially for spiritual awakening. Meditation helps with spiritual awakening. These things are deeply important to get more people practicing and involved with and awakening through that. So I completely agree. And even just the general acts of kindness, of thanking your parents for bringing into it, thanking the communities that you have for food and electricity, all the people that built all the things that we use every single day. Okay, next up we have Have a Beer. This is our next song or third song. Yes. Cheers. Cheers, yes. So let's jump into Have a Beer and you guys will rock that one out. All right, there's going to be beer companies watching and we're looking for a beer sponsor. And it will play in your brand name in this song. Two, three, four. Fastivities from all of us You don't need any harm or just living free So have a good time Leave your inhibition behind Smile for the camera with a few signs We are getting tipsy off our asses drinking Before we take a sip, we have our glasses clinking Our blessings and glimpses are going down I'll waste ya, make it in more warmth And pound a stir, they sigh Your research's are seven of my nice party friends We'll get the sniper heaven at a high RPM With IPAs in this library Placed with a smiling face For the good times we made Here, we ask ya Just and we'll show it off in this poppin' party We're all coming to hang out and do some alcohol I'm chugging, it's my day here Swans, they excite them When they come to play beer pong Rules are showing up I'm using bullets, getting loose They're going to want to be afraid And it plays on the doing a little bit Of our favorite psychedelics Or alcohol, whatever it may be Responsibly, not to the point Of actually harming ourselves With the consumption of this Taking Uber, driving, all these things That you mentioned in the song, yes, yes But it brings us together This aspect of the community that we can have When we sit down and we use These times to bring us together And maybe have good conversations And unpack some of the things That we have going on in the world Now, another thing that this really Brought forth for me was this idea Of the power of music for change It's almost as though music is something That's so evolutionarily old Our audio, our ability to hear And so tell us about your understanding Of how music and your songs Can get people into this rhythm Of wanting to follow the steps Towards that world piece to that unity So tell us about that We think that we're the piece In love party band, that's our nickname So we think that partying Can bring people together Music brings people together But also having a beer with each other That can build, can meet people That way, build community And people having a good time In a good atmosphere That is good for unity Yeah, are you done? We like beer Like Ted Guy But we aren't running for Supreme Court But no, beer is okay Anything is okay if you don't abuse it Beer is cool because it'll make you loose And dance better At least you think you're dancing better And so, but yeah Any minute an asteroid is going to hit So we might as well be partying, right? Now, yes Well, yeah, I mean, let's have a beer The song used to be called Chug a Beer And so we were thinking about it And we're like, how about have a beer Get a little more responsible with it Chugging a beer that might lead to some bad stuff going on So I think it might be sip a beer at one point The older we get, the less it gets radical Yeah, sip a tea Chasing it to have a tea Yeah, you can bond over tea Yeah, that's funny That highlights the evolution of the ethics as well Is that we may start with thinking, yeah, chug But then we take it back a notch for safety And for health and all that stuff I love, love, love the power of music And the power of your music And all more is music in order to be able to get us Towards that unity, towards that world peace And I think to have more millennials and Gen Z The young people listening to this music Making their own bands that propagate music Of love and peace and unity Is definitely what we need because music Is that powerful changer So in the video as well Is what we try and do these video These thought provoking conversations We think are very good, very compatible Ways that get people excited Okay, we have some questions That we like to ask on the show Alright, and even, you know You explained this earlier, Neil And I want to make sure people hear this message again Teach them about how that unity Gets us to greater cooperation Which gets us to greater change And gets us to that state of planetary one So, like I said, none of us are religious But we take the things from Christianity And most other, like most major world religions Teach love and the golden rule Which is just doing to others What you would have them do on to you And being more loving And being more forgiving to each other Will breed more unity that way Because people become friends That they support each other And then more unity Then there's more cooperation And people need to work together And then more cooperation Then there's more positive change And then more and more and more positive change A thriving planet for all life Nice and bright and shiny And sparkly and thriving And then we all win And that's the end game Yes, that's very beautifully said And I really wanted you to hit on that That's what you did There's this first step Like you guys have all been saying now Is this loving and forgiving attitude Towards each other And towards what we have here on earth And there's a, I kind of hinted at this earlier There's these weird economic and political And social pressures that kind of Are driving people into this me mentality Me, I reap, I, I, I, me And it's kind of plagued Because there's no separation No, the ego is an illusion, right? And so to get to that state of interconnectedness Is this really deep process Of like sincere self-work And I think that's something that We've had Bernard Gunther on the show We heavily agree like this Process of tuning inward And working on one's own self Towards that love and forgiveness Can then catalyze a massive global shift In that direction The systems have to change too The economics, the politics have to change In that direction as well Okay, the couple questions that we like to ask On simulation on the way out We'll go maybe from Neil over here And the first question is Do you believe we are alone in the cosmos? Oh, absolutely not We're definitely not alone The universe is teeming with life I'm not really talking about aliens right now In my career But yes, I definitely know that they exist Maybe that's another song idea, potentially Yes, in the future for sure Yeah, I don't think that we're alone We might not have found anything out there right now But we can't be alone I was alone a little while yesterday But it didn't last No, we're not alone Do you know that a scientist told me once That there's a gene in your DNA From everything that's ever lived before you So it just reinforces that we're all one I mean, there's frog genes in you And there's tree genes in me And there's trilobite genes in him Yeah, mostly trilobite Yeah, but yeah, we're definitely Not only are there others everywhere else We're all connected here and there Anyway Well, just think about all the different species on this planet And how different they are From, you know, the extremophiles The bottom of the ocean, insects, humans Everything in between And imagine, just imagine what there could be out there Now, there's no evidence that there's anything out there But, I mean, look at the known universe It's gigantic with so many different types of planets And areas that, I mean, it's unimaginable What could be out there So that brings up my creativity It makes me want to just create what that could be And not be anywhere close And then let's ask, this is simulation So we will ask you, are we in a simulation? Well, they say life is a dream So I don't know, it could be I know that the universe is holographic And that everything is energy vibrating at a certain frequency And I know that the frequencies are rising on the planet right now That's all I really could say about it being a simulation I think that it's possible that it could be a simulation But it doesn't change anything We should make the best of it I was in a simulation yesterday But then the dog came in and puked on the floor And I just took away, you know, ruined the mood I don't think there's no way to know There's really no way to know So it's a fun thought It's a thought experiment And hopefully we'll be poking the simulation with our scientific probe soon And checking, yeah, some way to test it Exactly, exactly And then our last question on the show is What is the most beautiful thing in the world?  My bike bundles, she's the most beautiful We have any answer corrections? Music, we can't forget music Music, yeah Was that her or the larger poster? Yeah, yeah Yes, yes Edit, edit, quick edit Yeah, quick edit, yeah You need to edit to my wife as the answer Yes, yes, yeah I need to edit, edit, edit I love it Okay, so give us the quick bit on the future of Nalamora You guys have a bay area performing The links are below everyone Also, I'm looking to get booked for uni You said, and have a beer You said that you're looking for, again, sponsors For the songs Are you guys thinking about doing other music Around our interconnectedness and our unity Is that kind of the trajectory of the music As well, so teach us about the future For you guys Yeah, we're just waiting until someone Wants to sponsor us so we can tour And spread our magic and love around the world We set up shows Around San Francisco and the bay area We're playing at bottom of the hill Tomorrow night here in San Francisco We're also, I'm hosting a free outdoor Indie music festival on Ocean Beach Saturday June 22 It's called June Beach Fest And we are playing And Coco has his own band No Parking They're playing and No has his own band Revolution Which are playing And, yeah, we're all in each other's bands Really And we're playing at a few different house parties And we're working on our next album Which is our party album called Getting Down Hell of Tough And we're also about to release A really important song called Solar Punk Opus Which is all about creating New, green, sustainable infrastructure All over the world Being very ethical, very green Sustainable, fair trade Ethically sourced, everything And really egalitarian societies We want to promote people to live in that way We want to raise money to build Universal basic infrastructure All over the world Especially in the poorest areas of the world So clean water, housing, stuff like that And that's our plan for the future Give me the quick bit on the other bands This is interesting, we didn't know that So, is Young Sun also another band as well? Okay, so teach us, we have No Parking Teach us about the other band as well And about what's the mission and the vision Of your other bands as well Well, my mission, I just really love playing music That's all I want to do I listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn's guitar playing And I try to pick up all the little things he's doing Jimmy Hendrix That's all I do, I just want to play I don't have any specific mission I just want to do what I love to do I love that, I love that so much That's when you know that someone's Super dedicated to their craft Is that they just want to do that That's the thing that they do with their life Love it, yeah I feel really lucky Because I'm sort of in a community In this group in particular We're all connected with Jason's band Jason plays in one of my other bands These guys play Yeah, yeah Yeah, get down The San Francisco music community Is probably one of the tightest that I've ever been around And it's really based on sort of Supporting each other as opposed to Maybe Los Angeles or New York That's it everyone, thanks for tuning in To the episode with featuring Nalimora Generating positive change in their band And everything, check out all their links in the bio Keep supporting the artists and entrepreneurs That you believe in everyone Much love and we will see you soon We're going to close with California poppin' Nalimora's last song of the evening Thank you very much And much love I want to hold your hand I'm a golden gate bridge You're the one I want to grow You're the one I want to hold And grow your love we're Than a dozen bouquets of tulips I'm just so glad to met you Thanks to keep it You're nice and pleasant Like a small ocean breeze In the tropics Coming across the calm open seas I like to cheer the type of gal That's sort of naughty And pretty as a brightly blooming California poppin' It's indisputable It's irrefutable You're even more beautiful With your unprovided soul Nothing about you is dull Truth be told If I'm before you Maybe lose control What about you? What about you?


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What's up guys, it's Yuval here and in today's video I'm talking about all of our favorite filmmaking gear We're talking cameras, lenses, lights It's gonna be a lot of fun and we also have a little giveaway at the end of this video So make sure you stick around, but now let's jump in So the first camera I want to talk about is the Blackmagic Pocket 6k Of course everyone uses that camera nowadays and for a very good reason It has amazing image quality and it's easy to use It's probably the best value for money out there It offers a bunch of codecs, resolutions, frame rates The ProRes files are really easy to work with and are very light in the editing software Which is a very big plus because it really helps speed up your workflow and it just makes life easier So it's the camera that's actually shooting me right now in this video And for these kind of things I usually like to shoot on the ProRes 4 to 2 codec Which in my opinion is great for keeping image quality and still giving you like a relatively small file size And an easy to work with file and if we're shooting a commercial or something that May require some more work in post and color grading Then we shoot RAW which is amazing, but even just the smaller ProRes looks amazing So the Blackmagic Pocket 6k, this is our main camera for these kind of videos The YouTube videos, even some of our commercials and some other content that we create That's our go-to camera for that So the next camera we own is the Blackmagic ProRes Mini It's 4k, it's a little bit of an older version And that camera is more of a studio production camera for us It's definitely bigger than the Pocket 6k The quality in my opinion is a bit less than the Pocket 6k But it just has that like big form factor It's a real cinema camera, it has excellent inputs and other cinema-like features So that camera is definitely more convenient in like bigger sets, bigger productions Has all of the cinema features that we need So that's another camera that we own Then the camera that we use is probably the most And we still don't own yet Is there Alexa, usually the MiniLF A lot of our bigger productions and the commercials are shot on the Alexa I don't think there's really much to say It's like probably the best camera out there It's the most common camera definitely on film sets, commercials It's everywhere in the industry And obviously it's one of the best cameras out there In terms of glass for simpler things like these videos Or behind the scenes or even some of our commercials We use the Sigma Art 24-70 and the 18-35 Which is currently on the Pocket shooting this video And these lenses are great, they're clean They have a good quality, they got good sharpness And they're very easy to use and affordable And honestly they're perfect for like 80% of what we do But of course they do have their limitations They don't have a lot of character So if that's something you're going for You won't get it from these lenses And then also it's not a cine lens So the focus is a bit harder to use But that's how it is with steel lenses But all in all a great piece of glass Very affordable, very useful, high quality They're very popular for a good reason And then of course on a lot of our other projects We use all types of different glass Like the Atlas Orion anamorphic lenses Size super speeds, standard speeds Really a bunch of other lenses Really depends on the project But the Sigma ones are the ones we actually own So moving on to lighting We have the Arri SkyPanel An essential in any production It has a lot of power, great output Great quality of light It has RGB control, special effects Really anything you need for any situation Love the SkyPanel It's another piece of gear that you'll find On almost any set in the industry Then we have its little brother The NanLight MixPanel A great budget option Which has very similar capabilities As with the SkyPanel It's just less powerful But it's obviously way more affordable And it's really a great light that we use a lot It's very easy to use Easy to set up It's pretty light Has good quality of light RGB controls, effects Really anything you need in a light Then we got RGB tubes We got a lot of them These are from NanLight They are the Pava Tubes We have those big ones Probably like 10 of them We also have a bunch of medium ones And these small ones These are honestly amazing I always recommend them Because they're just so versatile So easy to use And they're also very affordable Honestly, there's nowhere to go wrong You can use these as backlight You can use them as a practical on set You can use them for your YouTube setup I have one over there Giving us this blue light And I also have one for the hairlight So honestly, I find myself always using these Whether it's the big ones Small ones They're great I use them all the time In almost any production Also my personal projects They have full RGB controls They have special effects You can dim them down You can control the saturation So yeah, NanLight Pava Tubes If you can get yourself a few of these You'll use them all the time, I promise And some other RGB options Are these lights From Aputure They're the Aputure MCs These lights are really awesome They're small, they're versatile They are magnetic Which is great You can just stick them on Easily on set Very versatile Super light and small They're really fun And they come in handy So yeah, these are really nice to have Forza 500 An amazing good quality Very strong light We mainly use it as a key light In a lot of situations It's obviously very versatile Because you can just shine it directly Or you could use it with a softbox Or shoot it through a diffusion Like a 4x or something like that So this is a really good piece of gear to own Just as a base As I said, we use it mostly as a key light Most of the time So if you put that with like a softbox Then you already have a strong and beautiful light And then you just maybe need a few other smaller light But this is great to have as kind of like a main light Then we also have the Aputure 300X This is a bike alloy light Which means you can change the temperature And we can go cooler or warmer Which is a very nice feature to have A great light to own We also have the spotlight mount Which lets you control and shape light In a very cool way And we actually made a video about it So you can check it out if you want So these are the lights we own And then of course we rent a lot of things out For the bigger productions Like AGMIs More sky panels And a bunch of other more expensive lights But if you're doing smaller productions Even medium sized productions Even on bigger productions All of these lights that we have From these great brands Like Nanlite and Aputure They're super innovative And they're really easy to use Very user friendly And they also do have a great quality So these are all very good lights that we use all the time And I'm really glad we have them Another piece 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So I am Akush, I don't take much time but I am the business unit of E-commerce intelligence at E-commerce. And I've been with E-commerce for 7 years. My previous job was E-commerce. Sajid. Hi, I am Sajid Sharma and I am living a business of E-commerce. I have completed almost one and a half year in E-commerce. I am very proud that I used to work for E-commerce and I am very excited to work with you. And I am very proud to work with you. Because it's an E-commerce. So I am very happy to work with you. Hello everyone, my name is Pooja. And I am, I work with an organization called Shrishita. So it is all discussion about the brand Shrishita. But for a lot of you it must be on your own. And it must have been on your own for the first time. It is still there in the market. We haven't really shown our face as much as, you know, a lot of the brands do. But we have been there in this case of E-commerce. And also we have been there for quite a long time. So it's been almost like we actually started in the eye with a brand back in 1990s. Where a couple of better carriers or I would say doctors, they started this somewhere in the products. With those items of products, today we have expanded our portfolio into personal care. Then there is groceries and you name it. There is almost 30 plus products that we actually have in the market today. Including juices and supplements and so on. Apart from this, of course we are there in almost 43 plus countries today. Where we have a market expanded. Plus we are also there. We are of course a private entity. We are a product making organization. But we are part of the marketing organization. So it doesn't seem like that. And when I say that, we are very proud to be associated with a lot of projects that the organization takes care of. So for example, I'll give you an example.  So this is our own project that this week started by the organization where we say that these are preschools. Almost 83 plus preschools. If 800 schools are there and 81 plus students are actually getting education for the first time in their lifetime. So there have been generations who are never about education. So this is where these are kind of projects where we also put our hands into it. And of course there are multiple marketing facilities that we have. And I am very happy to be part of this project. I am looking forward to a point of interaction with you. Awesome. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I am. So I am Radhit. And I have the e-commerce business here in the country. I've been with them for 17 years now. Of course, various business. And so whatever I know, because we work with each other. So I have been dealing with them for about 7 years now. And I have kind of seen how it's been. So with Pro consumer, you know, we deal with home care, personal care. And a flagship planner, some food and yard work. And one can handle that. So excited to be here. I'm sure we've done each other. And we've done each other. Let's go with the patience and work with one another. Yeah, we have two people. I am Rajesh. I did the e-commerce there. We have on the retailers side, we do this. So we have a couple of retailers. And we're on Cloud Rail and we're by the movies. At Rajesh, we are a cluster of food brands. Primarily through beauty and personal care and health and personal care. So, interestingly, I've been here for a little over a year now, looking after the e-commerce business. So, there's largely a horizontal, vertical, and now the e-ghost business. Look forward to the discussion. I'm just in the final, I think, we have accomplished there. So, we can forward the discussion. Thank you. So, I'm Sundar. I head the e-commerce business project. So, gentlemen, this is an introduction. We are a 14-pander company, globally, one of the largest food companies, started out as a real company first, and then collaborated with Filzberry to form what we're wearing there today. In India, we are known by four brands, one is Filzberry, Filzberry, the Ata brand. We have cake mixes. We have pancake mixes. The second is Haganda Rice Milk. We have some compalers across in Bangalore. This is Haganda. Then we have a brand called Betty Crocker. Betty Crocker Pancakes, which is a pancake mix. And we have a color brand, which is made in India. Of course, outside of India, we have a brand, Red Chilli. We have a big series there outside of India. Very excited to be here for us. We have different kinds of brands from every day to most of the day. These are very important as we come. So, looking forward to the follow-up. Is it necessary or important? Balaji here, I work in the company Heroplex. I hope most of you know the company Heroplex. We are one of the leading players in Mattress. Other than Mattress, we are into furniture space. We are in the company Heroplex. So far than the plan was. While we are known for Mattress, that's when we are deeper. And we are trying to explore that much further. We come for space. So, we were mixing 50 and all of them. And now we are in the second generation. And the good part, unfortunately, unfortunately, COVID only accelerated the comfort space. So, I pre-COVID, I would say we focus on having a good mattress, having good comfort at home, focus on health, et cetera. We are not the primary focus for everything. But I think COVID changed all that. And all we focus on, you know, ensuring that we are able to sleep. So, we were one of the most recommended brands during that period because we ran this campaign called Sleep for Immunity. So, that was being promoted across the country. I think, you know, that really shaped our brand. And, you know, COVID only took a further consumption of mattress and, you know, giving focus to what you have at home and how do you improve that to improve your health. So, all that, you know, we have a huge wave for Mattress. And actually, you know, the Heroplex is a company, you know, we wrote that wave and over the past three to five years, we have grown multiple number of brands. And so, we have two brands under the umbrella, Heroplex. So, both put together in the continuous case, in the continuous case where we do our OEM and the COVID doesn't happen. In the continuous case, today, we can see oftentimes more than 50% of the portfolio. So, that's the quantum of frequency. And frequency is a very important piece for the organization. And digital has been at the core of whatever we do.  So, that's what Heroplex is all about. So, happy to be here, and I think if you want, hope to have a great discussion. Good evening, everyone. My name is Abdul Hussain. I lead the Commerce Center for Workshops and Titan Company. I lead the Association of Thick Art, Amazon, Indra, Nicaragia, the chief brands that I set up, Titan, Fastrack, Sonata, and a host of other international brands for which we have a license, including and especially the government. Hey, hi, everyone. Ashwin here. I manage the D2C e-commerce business on Marketplaces for Puma. You've all heard of Puma or Puma. Both pronunciation are fine. A little bit about the company. In India, we are 2,900 crores last year. India is one of the few major markets where Puma is the number one ahead of our competitors. Generally, the last 10 years have been really good for Puma. It's been the fastest growing sports brand. I've been here for four and a half years and it's been exciting. I've been a big sports fan myself, which has been really exciting to be part of it. I was doing, last three years, I've been in my current role and a lot of Puma sites both through the outright channel on the market or on the D2C channel on or the platform which you mentioned or other names around the world. So, yeah, it's been exciting to be here as part of the journey. A little bit about myself. I've been here for four years from now up here now. Before that, I was in management consultant for around four years. I have a D2C mobile. Yeah, that's it for me. Hi, this is Saruji. I have a media mission to talk to the D2C team. It's time for you to know what you've been doing right now and what you've been doing right now. That's one of the most important things to do for the Irish community, which is a lot of people. There is another community, which is also a community which is the rest of the world. They've been married out. It's the start of the year for them. Then there is the revenue community, which is P and copy of Kappa. And then the revenue community, which is herbs, spices, and a whole list of a lot of the RDB also somewhere, and RDB also, if I'm from a certain long-term. So, it can be on a growth strategy. We call ourselves three years younger market because it got formed after a combination of smaller companies that we had with Kappa. And that's why we are very excited to have the digital article and have everything that we do. There is this B2C where everything is called and there is a media. I also look up, there is some sort of digital community about the media. Then there is the revenue community where we have our smaller ones, the social community smaller ones. And there is now still no GDB which gets built in between watching through the upper panel and in the copy panel. And when it's being heard by everyone, what do you see about it? So, that's exciting for me because it's a discussion. Hi, everybody. This is Jyotsna and I'm from Mark E. I've been with MQG for last two years and before that, I come home media back and I was working with MQG for five years. And this round table is really snippet of what I exactly do with MQG. So, yeah, I hope you guys have been rewarded. So, I'll let's give you a round of applause for each of us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So, I'm going to start off with this question. Okay. What was that to gain the best in this time? Okay. So, essentially the whole idea was more understanding how we are offering the best. Okay. So, what was the best in this time? Okay. So, I'm going to answer the question. Okay. So, I'm going to answer the question. Okay. So, I've been rewarded for the best in this time. So, I'm going to answer the question. Okay. So, I'm going to answer the question. Okay. So, how do you understand how we are offering the best in this time? Okay. So, I'm going to answer the question. Okay. So, I'm going to answer the question. Okay. So, I'm going to answer the question. Okay. So, like this microplan, various mobiles, parallel, telecom. You may not be able to even choose. So we have that. And it's a lot of information. And the interesting thing for us is that when we've actually gone and just opened these minds, we realized that the tuning of data or the supposed intelligence that they have, which the deltas are there. And I thought this could be a good way of actually just echoing myself. So some of this would be very common knowledge. It could be phase 2, but it's OK. You can actually expand on that. So I'm going to just keep up with the presentation and say that we all know, growth is happening phenomenally. We've got various numbers. All these sources exist. So things are good. And COVID was a huge apparatus. It really shifted. I remember our shares in FMCB sector from news and papers, 102%. Today, the finance has been moving. Overall, the contribution of FMCB, it's seen telecom, it's in fashion, it's in a parallel, it's in hell, boom, boom furnishing. All those are taking off. And COVID, I think, actually, I believe you have a side conversation and we'll talk about it later. But we've seen some kind of contracting in the south on the e-commerce channel. Consumers contracting, running with tax, there were marketing scale in the south. That will be the side. But great case to be in. 18% is running now. From the client, we've got 14%, 15%. Contributions coming in from finance, doing it going through practice. Very easy. So it's a good space. But yes, we've got upside down. So that's what it is. So perfect place to be. And therefore, it's important to understand what it is. Business intelligence, a lot of definitions are included. Essentially, this is using technology to gather data, analyze the data to help you make a decision. Now, there are various steps to it. What are the data levels? How sacrosanct is it? Is it integrated into your systems? Or each one has their own so that they look at their own data and say, this is what I'm doing, so on and so forth. How is the quality of that data? Is it accurate? Is there governance around it? Is there a rhythm sound? Or is it once a year you look at it and say, okay, I do all my preparations and we can come back to that. The other side, in other situations, how do you do that? What do you do with that? You track the data. You track the data to monitor as well as the government. That's the beauty of whatever you do. And then, do you have respectable data that can be viewed across the system? There's a quote that I know. I can't understand it. Obviously. I'm going to read this out if you know the enemy and yourself, you need not fear the result. If you know yourself, there will not be any. Every witty thing, you will also suffer. If you don't neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb any time. Adding this consolidate this into that. It's a battle to keep all of it. If you know yourself and your enemy, don't worry. You don't know either for a big problem. But you know yourself and you don't know him or you've been. You have the things. And therefore it becomes critical to understand how and where you actually need to know that. And it's across all facets, right? We have it right from the customer acquisition, you come to your assortment, you approach them in the pricing side. You name it, you need data points, right? Media spent. What should I be buying? What should I be selling? What should I be banning? Now if I don't know what is happening with the relative sector, I'm lost. I can buy. But is it making an impact? So therefore, can I use this in order to get this going at a much faster rate? Can I have real time as real as possible? Can I have that automated? Can it give me insights? Can it reduce the income that is happening in the same? So I have said that okay, managing is impossible but it does happen, right? So can you reduce all of these elements to take on through optimization through integration of data sources and so on and so forth? And also ensure that it's across the organizers. It doesn't stay in a consolidated knowledge sector, right? It should be freely available for everyone and all departments. I think that's what's going to be as you're working with clients. Data tends to stay in one place, right? And there's a lot of data saying that the organization is not necessarily using that data. Because of various reasons. And like I said, the users are completely, I think the only thing I think we missed out on here would be the leader. The leader can not change the data. He can move the data. He can't move the data. So if you are right up to your leader managers, your agency, your content guys, all of them can move the data. All of them can move the data, right? So do you mind the size? Your online documentation manager also can move the data. Right? Or the question that how are you what are the data that you're collecting? Is it going down completely to all of these units and units in your company? Right? Because the data makes sense for each and every one of them. So therefore, just giving you some examples of how it's helped certain brands.  But this is basically available in Amazon on this campaign. Client are very happy with this. They have, I'm okay. Self-idea. Okay? And this also was not, it was, we basically didn't do that at all. We promised we would do that at all. We didn't do that at all. So we just didn't know what we were doing. 15 are very happy. Uh-huh. Even in a 25th to a 10, without us not filling up. Then we showed them what had happened in the competition. And in the competition, one is plus 10. And most so critically, in the 25th to the 10, they've done things like that. Today that's the anomaly. And it's a, if you look at, right here, and it's a very well-established brand. So critical to have that dense view actually. Client, looking at the, the clients. Very happy with that. 40s. Really good. Everything happens. Everything happens. Competition comes in. And what happens in the end? Amazon will fail. 2 days, 8. Post 2 days on certain categories. The consumer will switch. They'll switch to a product. 48 hours is the kind of time that they look at. Beyond which, consumer will switch. And they will lose some profit. They'll ask you to get them. They'll say, can you actually look at this? And you'll realize, are you looking at this data? Pricing, pricing is anomaly. So this plan, again, a large player at people sitting in an actually scanning, physically scanning sites, for a full speed, or area, I guess. And looking at it and saying, do you price the plan? So it's a beautiful experience. It takes a couple of days and then it's ready to go. It's not a lie. No problems at all. Can you automate it in a faster, even better instance? Yes, you can. At a daily level, you can get real time reporting huge amount of data on the site. You can tell you what your ASP, what is the discount, etc. And then trend and see what happens. I'm placing this down. All of that comes with it. Literally, in ASAP. Again, this is cooperation and this is COVID for us. COVID clients was filming this channel, whatever was happening with this opportunity. Prices were all over the place. Channel fights were happening in the traditional foreign way. And every time the brand would go to the platform and ask them, hey, why are you making a whole platform here?  All that seller is doing it so on and so forth. Very easy to grapple with. Who's actually the software and who's creating the products. And also, if you get the bottom end of their way below price points, that's a indication of counterfeit production. Again, who are they, what are they and these data funds are searching in Google. They use this to actually get through data. Amazon has a good graphics but the others don't. So, how do you actually do that? So, that's how you can actually do your work. Media.   They're very high on your words. You know that they're actually taking to the front stage. And if you're not available, you can't get to the front stage. So, all of these are very, very important points that you need to be aware of. Are you looking at it, not looking at it, why are you not looking at it? Those are the questions which I want to do with you. I'm sure you're doing the same. Talk about that. Plan analysis. A lot of things you do and the plan, the platform, you promise to you, okay, we'll do this, promotion analysis. And what's the share of work? Are we going out all this now? Are we stopping talking to talk about brands? Is ingredients coming out already? All of that can be coming out. You can actually team that to create tools. Continue. Continue the scheme. We all talk about the first scheme. Are we there or not there? Amazon. And you need to create a perfect page philosophy. So, what about the other platform? Our experience to build up those across the page. What we can actually do is create a scope for you to serve this population across a perfect page. We've taken it a step further. You look at the image. You could ask the guidelines and your brand guidelines. So, if someone has this managing of a seller or distributor, the company's worth to that group, are they actually following the brand guidelines? Is the image just following the brand guidelines? Is it adhering to asking the hackers? Is it we have a child and an ad supposed to have an adult also represented? It's a call that you can take, but you have to be aware of it. Are you doing all this as an individual? The whole idea is... Having a European gentleman has the best call as to you. Hey! Look for you. So, there you go. That's the way to update on this. And quality is a very good one. Especially on Amazon. Actually, it's up to them to see whether they're actually pushing it up. Right? Heading to your analysis, you have the time to actually go through all of this, understand this and figure out what are the things that are coming out of this. Can you actually look at these things? The interesting thing is, if you look at these things, you can actually break this down. How are you looking at these things? We've gone and worked with the teaming of the product that's coming out, going into all of this. I'll just cover a simple model here. Kills to face, right? In all of course, it's not a question. When is it expiring?


Thank you for joining all of us this afternoon, the City of Portland and the Portland Development Corporation for its 24th annual Business Awards celebration. My name is Julie Viola. I'm the president of the Portland Economic Development Corporation and we in the City of Portland are pleased that you're here to celebrate five fantastic companies this evening. The PDC or the Portland Development Corporation is the commercial lending and granting arm for the City of Portland. I want to just take a moment and I think most of the folks in the committee are here. But when I say your name, maybe if you could just stand up for a moment to be recognized. Our board includes Tim Agnew. Oh, he's here. Yeah, Tim. Thank you, Tim. James Dowd. James, thank you. Blaine Grimes. He's playing there you are. Jeffrey Hickley. The city manager is not here this evening, but he sits on our committee as well. Steve Lovejoy. I know I saw Steve somewhere on my travels this evening. Laura Reading. Yeah, there's Laura. And Brianna Vogue. These are the members of the Portland Development Corporation. I also want to welcome and thank you for attending this evening. Mayor Kate Snyder is here in our midst. There she is. And Councilor Justin Costa and Councilor Nick Mavadonis is here as well. Thank you very much for joining us this evening. Just want to take a quick moment and explain just a little bit about the Portland Development Corporation. We've been in existence since the 1990s when City Manager Bob Ganley formed this group. And we have a revolving loan program that provides loans to businesses here in the city. When they have a gap potentially in bank financing, or maybe they're not financeable for traditional lending. And we also do a lot of work with startups here in the city. Currently we have a portfolio of about three million dollars in outstanding loans, which has leveraged about another 32 million in private investment. And it's also resulted in the creation of about 120 jobs and also been a factor in retaining about another 191. So its impact is significant here in the city. The PDC also administers a brownfield revolving loan fund, which provides loans for cleanup of contaminated properties. And that comes from the U.S. Department of Protection, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, pardon me. In addition, since the inception of the business assistant job grant program in 2012, the Portland Development Committee has granted matching grants for growing startups and businesses. It provides up to $20,000 for the creation of full-time jobs in the low to moderate income sector at $10,000 per job. Through this program, the PDC has helped 44 businesses with over $650,000 in job creation grants, creating 111 jobs. And I know we have some more on our agenda for our December meeting. And the funds for this program are provided from the city's community development block grants. So we have five wonderful awards this evening. And I have the privilege of presenting the first. The 2019 client of the year is Drifter's Wife. The business is also known as Maine and Lowery, and it's owned by Peeta and Orinda Hale. Maine and Lowery borrowed funds from the PDC Commercial Loan Program in 2014 to start a wine shop at 63 Washington Avenue, selling natural wines. And a few years later, the Hale's incorporated into the wine shop a small wine bar that most probably know is the Drifter's Wife, which now serves food. When a larger space opened at 59 Washington Avenue, they moved to a larger space and expanded. And I'm sure most of you are aware in August, the Drifter's Wife was named to the Bon Appétit Hot 10 2018 List of America's Best New Restaurants. The Drifter's Wife is a valuable member of the Portland Foodie Nitch and a great member of our community. Peter is here to receive the award tonight. And Peter, I'd like to congratulate you in receiving this year's Portland Development Corporation Client of the Year Award. So come to it. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you. And I think I'm just going to take a picture here. Thank you. Thank you. Would you like to take it, please? I didn't prepare anything, but since my wife and partner, Aurenda, couldn't be here, I know that she would want me to say thank you to Nell Handing, especially who's not here. But the city of Portland was instrumental in helping Maine and Loire and Drifter's Wife become a reality. We moved here with like a couple of suitcases and a baby in Aurenda's belly. And now we have all of you wonderful people that we get to see all the time and sort of nutritious, delicious food and great wines and create new stories. So we'll continue to work really hard and we'll continue to pass the word along that Portland is a wonderful place to raise a family, start a business, plan a garden, etc. Thank you very much for having us here tonight and I hope to see you soon. I'm going to go back to work. Thank you all. Just a little bit to all of them, just a little. So at this point, Councillor Justin Costa will be presenting the next couple of awards and I have the pleasure of introducing Council, I can't say that altogether, City Councilor Justin Costa. He's going to be presenting the Small Business of the Year Award and the Business of the Year Award. Councilor Costa was elected to the City Council in the District 4 in 2014 and was re-elected in 2017 for an additional three-year term. He serves on the Council's Finance Committee, chairs the City's Economic Development Committee and prior to that, he was on the School Board for six years. Please welcome Councilor Costa. Good evening and first and foremost, I want to thank you all for coming this evening to celebrate our business community and some of our most successful businesses in the City of Portland. I just want to begin quickly by saying, if City staff who's in the room would mind standings, we could recognize you, particularly our Economic Development Team, Greg Mitchell, our Director, Laurie Hulia, but I won't do the name thing from up here, but if you all could please stand. It is really the tireless work of our City staff that allows so many City programs and the PDC to be able to function in the manner that they do. It's no secret that these are exciting times for Economic Development in the City of Portland and by many measures we are growing in ways that we haven't seen since the aftermath of the Civil War and the fire that nearly destroyed the entire City of Portland. So these are very exciting times and I will just say personally that this is a very exciting time to have the opportunity to be able to participate in Economic Development. This is now going to be my third consecutive year chairing the Economic Development Committee and we're working very hard in partnership with a lot of people who are in this room tonight to really change the way that we do Economic Development and to make sure that as our City grows it is successful not just for individual businesses but for the community at large. So as we look out over here and we see the incredible development that's taking place with hotels, with the WEX headquarters and the coming development of the Portland Company complex, the Economic Development Strategy for the City is getting ahead of that. We have used tax structures available to us to make sure that that valuation is getting shielded and thereby increasing the school funding that comes into the City of Portland. And at the same time we are using the property tax revenues from this development to pay for new and broad-ranging job skills training programs to expand the opportunities that our Portland Adult Education System offers for people and a whole variety of other things. So these are very exciting times and it's very exciting for me to be able to participate in all of those. But we're here today obviously to talk about a couple of specific businesses and the first award that I'm going to present this evening is the 2019 Small Business of the Year Award to Charlie Mitchell and Justin Alphon from Bayside Bowl. Congratulations. Bayside Bowl is a pretty well-known business now. They opened in 2010 in the Bayside neighborhood and really haven't looked back. They became the anchor for people wanting obviously to get bowling in the City of Portland but also for food, live music and a whole variety of other things. I'm very happy to say that the City has been able to assist in the expansion of Bayside by partnering with Bayside Bowl in a land transaction a few years ago which allowed for the very successful expansion. But Bayside Bowl has been growing by leaps and bounds and it's clearly a major anchor for economic development in the Bayside neighborhood which continues to this day. They are wildly successful. They are now hosting nationally known tournaments and being featured on ESPN and Fox Sports and a variety of national networks. The last thing I will say though is just like so many other businesses that we will hear from this evening and that we're here to honor is that they're a part of our community. Justin and I are friends going back to the first days when each of us started getting involved in politics and public policy. So beyond just being good corporate citizens you are actually good citizens and good people in our community which is always something that's much appreciated. The 2019 Small Business of the Year Award goes to Bayside Bowl and Justin I'm happy to present the award to you my friend. Well I want to thank the City of Portland and the Portland Development Corporation as you heard from Councillor Costa like to call him by his first name I really like that name. Justin you know when we found 58 Alder Street where Bayside is 10 years ago Bayside was a very different place. I think I'm being kind but it was a pretty sleepy neighborhood but we did have some incredible businesses around us. I mean how many people remember all the sauces coming out of Schlatterback Foss.  We did know and Charlie and I had long conversations that we were going to take a chance by moving our business to Bayside and truly Bayside was taking a chance on us. And we were two green entrepreneurs. We had never run a bowling alley. We had never run a bar. We had never run a restaurant and we had never booked a band. But we were ready to take on you know this this just small business that we called Bayside Bowl. And what was incredible even though our business plan was pretty loose was how much the Bayside Neighborhood Association welcomed us and cheered us. And we're our biggest cheerleaders knowing that we needed to be successful because they needed more attention. We needed more attention to this part of the city. We had three visions for Bayside Bowl. Bring bowling back to the peninsula. Many of you might remember that bowling once was on the peninsula in multiple locations. We wanted bowling back on the peninsula. We wanted to ensure that what we built at Bayside was built around community.  And finally Charlie's creation which today is trying to be mimicked around the country and bowling alleys was a league a league that we call Bowl Portland. And at the time there are about 200 bowlers there and we wanted a home. We wanted a home of our own. Our start was had plenty of fits and stops. I know that this name is not going to be a name that this room isn't going to know. But Ross Furman owned the building. And Ross wasn't that convinced that Bayside Bowl was the right tenant for his baby. He had been there for a long time at 58 Alder Street. And in fact he wouldn't actually get to a yes.   I don't know if you ever get a chance to go to Rossport. It is unbelievable what what Mr Furman has up there. But ultimately he agreed to at least us Bayside 58 Alder Street. Charlie and I meanwhile we got in there and I still remember I almost probably still have the email that Charlie wrote me and said we can do it. And I was like what are you talking about. He's like we have two inches to spare. I was like what do you mean 20 is like we need 12 lanes and we have two inches to spare. I was like great. We're ready to go. Our opening night in June of 2010 we were thrilled. We thought we were ready for everything. Again green entrepreneurs. We had no idea what we're doing. And by 8 o'clock we had run out of credit card paper. So we were we had to run to another business. They're like who are you. And we're like can we just borrow credit card paper. So luckily they gave it to us. We quickly realized that Bayside could be really that community space in West Bayside to really bring a lot of people down there get more people on the streets all around every time of the day. And you know regulars kept coming back and back for more. And we were super excited. All of that created an opportunity of a lifetime. What we know Charlie and I talk about almost a Super Bowl for us in the bowling world. When in 2014 we didn't know that the PBA commissioner was in our house but he had come to Bayside Bowl saw the league that we were bowling and Bow Po and saw what he needed so desperately for the PBA music coed teams passion and he said we are going to bring the PBA to Maine little did the players know they were not convinced they were actually quite skeptical they had never been to Maine. But when they showed up in 2015 for the first PBA League Cup they instantly fell in love with our community with our fans with Bayside and we haven't looked back. It was mentioned but you know there is. There are a lot of incredible events in the state of Maine and we're proud to be one of them hosting the PBA. But just think about what is happening around economic development and showcasing Maine when you have 20 plus hours on Fox Sports that's being broadcast all over the world. I mean that's pretty special and we're just proud that we can deliver that for Portland and for the community. After six years Charlie and I knew it was time to expand and so we realized that we were just saying no to too much of the community bowlers business parties events. So we embarked on the expansion for our business in new and exciting ways. Our roof deck facing towards the beautiful sunsets. We found a 1968 Airstream and we said this could be a taco truck and we had no idea how to get on top of our rooftop. But we're like we can do it. And we didn't we're not much gardeners so we thought solar panels would be better for our rooftop gardens. And so we've got 402 beautiful solar panels to produce a lot of energy for a very hard to use business. It transforms our business. It's been incredible to have a business that's now no longer counter cyclical. We used to be we used to love the winter and the darkness because then people came in to bowl but now we love the summertime too. The last thing I'll say is that it's been amazing to watch the community grow around us. We've seen new restaurants new apartments new housing country bars everything around. I mean it's just it's just remarkable and now we're cheering them on to come down and be a part of West Bayside. The steady hand that has really made Bayside Bayside is my business partner Charlie Mitchell. I get to come to these events when I was elected and now I get to come with Charlie and accept these fun things because they're every single day with an unbelievably dedicated staff. And from day one we had one real simple motto that we were going to treat our employees our customers and our vendors like family. And we've done that from this day one and a lot of our first employees are still with us and we are thrilled to be in West Bayside and growing our business. So thank you Councilor Costa. Thank you Greg and the City of Portland for making this a reality for us. Our next award is the 2019 Business of the Year award which this year goes to Certify Inc. Certify was founded in 2008 by Bob Navau and his brother Alan creating world class innovative online expense management software which changed the way organizations manage expenses including travel purchasing invoicing and reporting to name a few. Many of you know that I'm an accountant in my day job so that actually is very exciting stuff to me. The competitively priced subscription does not require a contract which makes these services much more flexible and easy to use. There are companies now in over 100 different countries that use Certify solutions to streamline business processes with Certify's platform now supporting 64 languages and over 140 currencies making it the largest independent travel and expense management company in the world. Currently their headquarters is at 20 York Street although I know that they're actually about to take over the headquarters of my daytime employer right down here on commercial street. So that's an interesting connection but they are headquartered here in Portland, Maine where they have more than 130 employees and they also have an additional location in San Diego. They offer a wide variety of things for their employees, solid medical benefits 401k parking, all of those sorts of things and they have been named one of the best places in Maine to work for now four years in a row. Due to its rapid growth, its position as an industry leader and the footprint that it has made on the Portland employment market, Certify is very deserving of the honor of 2019 business of the year. Congratulations. Who here in the room has done an expense report? Show of hands. All right, we've solved that for you. Automated. Hooray, Certify that's all I need to say I think. So it started in 2008 with a simple idea.  And here we sit 12 years later. In fact, I'm sorry, but the numbers here in Portland are correct 130 we have an office in San Diego. But we also today now have offices in 11 cities, including Canada, US, England, Barcelona, Spain, etc. And the big shift for us for the first 10 years was really growing on our own. And it was really an exciting period of time to go from four people above Brute Hub in Portland, Maine to where we are today. But you know, it was really a great vision on the technology and yes, we have great technology. I'm glad you appreciated it. I think accountants around the globe tend to appreciate what we do for them. But it really is about the people. It's about the team that we built here in Maine. It's about the willingness of people to move back to Maine. It's been amazing to see the boomerangers who've left and really are looking for an opportunity to be in the tech space and want to come back to Portland, want to come back to the Maine experience or come up from Boston or come from New York. We even have an employee that he's actually here tonight and I'm going to ask him to stand up. Johnny, can you stand up real quick? This is one of the craziest employees we have. He left San Diego and moved to Portland, Maine from San Diego. Thank you, John. So see, there is hope for this tech scene in Maine and there is hope for this entire lifestyle vision. So it's with a tremendous amount of respect that I accept this award on behalf of the team here today. The team in Portland, yes, we are relocating to auto Europe. If I could undo one decision many years ago, we ran out of office space and we ended up with a second office and a third office. At one point we had four offices and so it's great to bring everybody back under one roof. That'll happen hopefully early to mid next summer and I think with that you'll continue to see the growth of the certify. We love to put our employees first. I think we started out with a very small salary, very few commissions and the basic medical plan. And today I think we're probably one of the most loaded organizations in terms of employee benefits with paid maternity leave, fertility payments, etc. We're all about the employees and trying to give back to them so they can continue to grow the company. I've got one simple mission of my job. I take care of my team. The team takes care of the company. That's what I do. And team, here it is for you. So thanks very much. Congratulations again. My last duty this evening is to introduce a longtime colleague and friend of mine who is going to present the next several awards. I think many of you who are here this evening probably have read the papers and now that we have a new mayor in the city of Portland. Kate Snyder is a dear friend and colleague of mine. Before she ran for mayor, she was an elected member of the school board. Kate and I were colleagues there for five years and in fact served in leadership together. So there was a time when Kate was the chair of the school board and I was the finance chair of the school board. So I've known Kate for some time as have many people throughout the community of Portland. Kate is an exceptional leader and exceptional manager of people and processes. She obviously ran a very successful campaign recently. She carried every precinct in the most recent elections. So that alone is pretty impressive. She was inaugurated just last week. So this is really one of her first major duties that she has on her plate. So on behalf of the Economic Development Committee, on behalf of the rest of the community in the city of Portland, it is my great honor to welcome my friend and colleague, our new mayor, Kate Snyder. Hi, I'm Kate Snyder. Thanks for having me here tonight. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you, Justin, for the intro. I am on day seven of this new role and so far so good. It's been a lot of fun and I feel very honored to have this role and this opportunity within the community. So thank you all for inviting me here this evening and it's great to be here honoring these five businesses tonight. I have the honor of giving away the next two awards. The first is the 2019 Economic Development Achievement Award, which goes to Kevin Bunker and Developers Collaborative. So for the 2019 Economic Development Achievement of the Year Award, we want to celebrate Kevin Bunker and his team for their many contributions to Portland, both with private public partnerships and with redeveloping historic properties. Under Kevin Bunker's leadership, Developers Collaborator based in Portland is a real estate development and management company investing in projects that build community. As founding principal of DC in 2007, Mr. Bunker provides consistent direction regarding smart growth, environmental stability, and sustainability, affordable housing, and innovative design. DC employs a community based approach to planning and building and frequently participates in public-private partnerships to achieve public goals. The developer's collaborative team has years of experience developing and structuring finance, financing for complex projects with a community benefit. DC also works on real estate solutions for some of Maine's most iconic businesses including Jackson Labs and LLV. As previously noted, DC has redeveloped many historic properties into beneficial uses throughout Maine. Examples in Portland include my kids Alma Mater, Nathan Clifford School on Falmouth Street, which was redeveloped into apartments, as well as the Mother House, Sisters of Mercy property in the Deering Center neighborhood, redeveloped into a mix of affordable and market rate rental senior housing. In 2017, DC responded to the city's RFP for the sale and reuse of the former Reed School building and property and was awarded the project. A portion of the property has been redeveloped into a new facility for children's odyssey, which is a preschool for children who have learning challenges, and the rest of the property will be redeveloped into eight residential units. The company is now focused on further redevelopment of the former Sisters of Mercy campus, particularly the former Maine Girls Academy, which was Catherine Macaulay High School. Another example is the private public partnership for DC renovating 66 State Street into an affordable housing project with a lodging house with 38 rooms and 30 units of rental housing, which is very much needed in the city of Portland. So it is my honor to present this award to Kevin Bunker and the developers' collaborative. Thank you. When I got the email that I won this award, I was like, really, me? Us? It's a great honor, but I was kind of surprised, and then I saw the other people who were considered for the award, and I thought, again, really, us? Me? But I'm not going to give it back. I'll take it. So I don't have any remarks prepared, either, but you heard some of the themes. I think we all in the business community here really have a lot of the same feelings about Portland. It's a special place, but in the end, it's really about the people, and one of the first people that I think it's important for me to talk about is a previous winner of this award back in 2009, and I don't know. That's the guy who taught me real estate, Richard Berman, who's here in the audience. Right there. I have to say, though, I think it's probably a lot easier to win this in 2009 because you just had to do one thing, because there was nothing going on in 2009. So he got one project done, and he won the award. But I'm just saying this one may be a little more important, but so I met Richard in, I think, May of 2006, and it was right down the street here at what's now the Gorham Savings Bank building, which is a building that I was fortunate enough to redevelop a couple of years ago. But I met Richard, and it all came full circle, but I was a planning student at the time getting a master's in planning, and I wanted to learn a little bit about real estate, and I walked into this guy's office, and I walked out with a new career, and I wasn't looking for a job. I wasn't doing an informational interview. I just wanted to kind of learn a little bit about it. I'd heard him speak and appreciate his message and wanted to learn a little bit more about it, and he said, you don't want to be a planner, you want to be a developer. Come be a developer with me. And that changed my life and changed the life of my family, and I'm forever grateful for that. He taught me a lot. He taught me the nuts and bolts of real estate, the creativity and the public-private partnerships that you heard referenced in the mayor's remarks was that's Richard. Those are the things that he taught me, and we did this project with Maine Medical Center. One of the first things I ever did in Portland was Crescent Heights. It was Maine's first platinum lead building, and it was first platinum lead multifamily building, right next to the hospital, Maine Medical Center, and the way we always talk about how the legal agreements and the structure is really the most creative part of the project. You think of architecture as a creative profession, but you don't necessarily think of development as a creative profession, but Richard taught me that it was, and he taught me that there was always a way to get something done, and sometimes that's led me to try to seek out the more complicated projects. That's how he did it, and that's kind of how I do it, but I'm forever grateful to what he taught me. But he always worked alone, and I met Laura one day, and Laura's on the, she didn't get to vote for me, she's on the Corporation Board, but I was told she wasn't allowed to vote for me, but she was my first employee, and I met her when she was still a grad student, and I was when I met Richard, and I said, come talk to me when you graduate, because I was meeting a lot of people, a lot of smart people at that time that were looking for jobs, and I didn't have a plan to have a company, so I said, you know, I'm not hiring, but you should call this one or call that one, and I would see these people, the smart ones, the good ones anyway, would show up at my competitors, and they would show up with these great jobs, and I thought, you know what, the next smart one, I'm going to hire them, and Laura was the next smart one I met, and I hired Laura, and that was kind of the beginning, there was a slippery slope of hiring smart people, and Laura and I had the corner of Richard's office, and we just kind of figured it out, and now the company is, I don't know, 15, 16, 17, 18 people, I'm not even quite sure, but we have a development two full-time project managers, Laura's one, Mike in the back is the other, and then a management company that manages what we do, and I never saw myself as someone who was going to build a company, and I never saw myself as someone who wanted to do interesting things, it had a community benefit, and I think we've been able to do that. You know, all those schools and projects that were mentioned are all in different neighborhoods in Portland, and each neighborhood has its own dynamics, and some of them are challenging, and some of them are less so, but they all have, you have to get in and meet the people and learn what the issues are in the neighborhood in order to be successful in Portland, and I started my career doing mostly stuff outside of Portland because I think it was the approach that we had and the skills that we were able to bring to bear were it was a lot easier to compete in a lot of other places, and I guess I maybe wasn't ready for the big time yet of Portland, and to be able to get stuff done here, and now most of my projects are down in Southern Maine, and it's a little more, this is a special award, I have some awards that I've been able to get, we've been recognized for doing things, but this one means a little more, there's a lot to be recognized for this award, and it's really an honor, it's really an honor to be trusted with some of these old historic buildings to do right by them, it's an honor to be in charge of trying to create this operation that continues to do the good things that it's done, and it's been an exciting experience to kind of grow along as the city has come back from the recession and grow along with it, and I'm thrilled to win this award today and certainly thank you all for coming. Congratulations, Kevin. The next award is the 2019 Legacy Award, which will go to Paradigm Window Solutions. This is a business that has been in operation for the last 20 years and has made substantial contributions to the city. Paradigm Window Solutions has been building energy, star-rated premium quality vinyl windows for residential and commercial applications for over 30 years. Not all windows are created equal, a statement Paradigm thrives on. The Paradigm product line was built from the ground up with the intention to fill a market gap in the vinyl window industry at the time to satisfy the diverse climate needs of New England. Their premium quality products are designed and fabricated in Maine and exceed the requirements of the American Architectural Manufacturing Association Gold Label Certification for Integrity and Quality. Paradigm employs 230 people, including many new Mainers from 15 different countries, as well as graduates from area high schools and career and technical education centers and colleges. They offer supplemental health, dental, vision, benefits, company-paid life insurance 401k, holidays, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement. In recent years, Paradigm has partnered with multiple educational and job-seeking-oriented organizations to implement programs to facilitate their career growth. As the workforce began to shift from local high school graduates to an influx in immigrant populations, the company adapted training procedures to support English as a second language employees. So, folks who came speaking a language other than English, thank you for that. Paradigm has a long and valued legacy in the city of Portland, and we're proud to have you here in Portland. Accepting this award this evening is Mark Moran, CEO of Paradigm Window Solutions. Congratulations, Mark. Thank you, Mayor Snyder. I don't think we intended for you to do a pitch for Paradigm Windows, but we do appreciate it. Great job. And we at Paradigm actually do appreciate glass awards. We do a lot with glass ourselves. And this award really goes to the Paradigm team. And if I could ask everybody from Paradigm who's here tonight, please stand up, okay? So, this gives you a sense of who's paying the bar tab tonight, okay? I'd like to start by thanking the city of Portland, Mayor Snyder, the Portland Development Corp for this award. We really value it. We value our connection to Portland. You know, we are all Mainers at Paradigm Windows, and we have, you know, been so involved with Portland. We moved from Riverside to Millican a few years ago. We got your help during that. We have, you know, been through ups and downs with Recession. We, you know, went through trouble, like most in the building products industry, came back much stronger. And we're a very strong company today. We were originally founded by the applicator's building products distribution group who decided they wanted their own proprietary window aimed at the main climate. And it turns out they then sold the Paradigm window business off, and I'm part of the group that acquired Paradigm in 2015. The product is a workhorse. It's a phenomenal product. Energy Star rated in most instances. We can do all kinds of specialty windows. We can do shapes. You want them flanged together. We can do that, special glass. And I just want you to know that that snow last week was actually one of our marketing programs to get you to realize it's time to put those new windows in. Okay. I thank you for recognizing the diversity of our workforce. We actually currently have people from 17 countries speaking 27 different languages in the place. So it's really a, it's a magnet for immigrants that come to the community. You know, we like to think of ourselves as welcoming. We have many programs and many ways of attracting new arrivers at our city, and we really do appreciate them. And we pride ourselves on training and growing and advancing people who come to us from other countries. We are very plugged into the educational programs here in the community. The Maine Quality Center has given us two grants in the last year that helps us train people coming out of high school on how to, you know, use some of the equipment and be able to do the types of, you know, manufacturing activities that we do. We've had a Maine State-approved apprenticeship program. We are partnered with Destination Occupation with the Career Center of Maine, the Portland Adult Ed. We are, we help with a lot of reentry from the local correctional facilities as well. So we're involved with higher vet. We're involved with the Portland Chamber of Commerce. I don't think we could be any more integrated in this community, to be honest with you. So you have allowed us to grow. You have allowed us to continue attracting people to work with us. You have allowed us to sell our product as far north as Caribou, as far west as the western shores of Michigan, as far south as Tennessee. It's a great product. Portland, Maine is a great brand. And I just want to say thank you very much for this award. And it's going to get cold. You need those windows. Thank you. Anyway, at this point, I want to thank everybody for coming out to join us this evening. Congratulations to our five wonderful award winners. And thank everybody for their time. Have a wonderful holiday season. On behalf of the PDC in the city of Portland, thank you for coming out. Congratulations to these great winners. And have a great evening. Thank you.