{"data":{"type":"investor_profile","id":114174,"entity_id":"wefunder:investor_profile:114174","attributes":{"entity_ids":{"investor_profile":"wefunder:investor_profile:114174","subject":"wefunder:user:85614"},"name":"Steve Vanechanos","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/stevevanechanos","description":"See Steve Vanechanos's recent startup investments, sectors of interest, and updates. Follow their activity and discover companies on Wefunder.","profile_image_url":"http://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/user/avatar/85614/medium_cropped_large_cropped_Steve_V.jpg","follower_count":18,"interests":[],"recent_investments":[],"recent_posts":[{"id":116338,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:116338","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Transition Complete - Developing Private Whiskey Labels for Liquor Stores, Whiskey Clubs and Charities","preview":"Business updateI need to apologize again for the time lapse between updates. Transparency is very important, but so are containing costs, expanding sales and driving growth. We're working very hard with a thin staff and budget to minimize our expenses. With this update we're ready to declare our strategic pivot from a branded James FC Hyde Sorgho whiskey to a promising related business model - the private barrel whiskey market - behind us. While the overall market for private barrels is flour...","published_at":"2023-06-10T15:36:54Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/116338"},{"id":116332,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:116332","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec - James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey - With COLA In Hand Will Enter Rye Whiskey Market With \"A Rye Like No Other\"","preview":"Gains Approval of Label For Rye Blended With Sorgho WhiskeyMay 16, 2019 - In an April 30th Update we announced we had filed an application with TTB for a Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) for a new James FC Hyde Blended Rye product.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;And we added \"A note of due caution, getting the approval of any federal bureaucracy is always an unpredictable process.\u0026nbsp; Wish us luck\".\u0026nbsp; We're thrilled to announce, with a lot of good work by a lot of good people, we have navigated our wa...","published_at":"2019-05-16T20:07:08Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/116332"},{"id":114978,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:114978","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec - James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey ; A Thank You to Our Community of Owners","preview":"A Letter From Steve Vanechanos\u0026nbsp; Executive Chairman April 30, 2019 - We've entered the final hours of our campaign and I can think of no better time to look back at the progress we've made and how our community of owners - now almost 1,100 strong - have made it all possible. Between your investments and your efforts as brand advocates / loyalists / and customers, you're helping us to gain traction in America's two largest markets - Texas and California.For that we can't thank you enough, ...","published_at":"2019-05-01T00:03:04Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/114978"},{"id":114955,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:114955","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec - James FC Hyde Files Application For COLA With Intention To Enter Rye Market With \"Rye Like No Other\"","preview":"Sorgho Whiskey Blended With Rye to Produce A\u0026nbsp;\"Rye Like No Other\"April 30, 2019 - Epec - James FC Hyde has filed for a Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) with the TTB ( Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau). Background For a little background, before any spirit can be marketed its producer must submit a label to TTB for approval. TTB then reviews and decides if the label conforms to the strict labeling requirements for various distilled spirits. We submitted the above label with the...","published_at":"2019-04-30T18:28:51Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/114955"},{"id":114809,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:114809","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec James FC Hyde - Publishes \"Message to Investors\" as Required in 2018 Annual Report","preview":"April 29, 2019 - Regulation CF, the reg that made small scale Crowd funding (up to $1.07 million annually) legal, requires issuers like us to file an Annual Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wefunder is very helpful with both the preparation - by providing us with fill in the blanks forms - and the actual filing with the SEC. One of those required blanks is titled \"Message to Investors\". We thought it appropriate to share with our community of owners and potential owners.Mes...","published_at":"2019-04-29T21:10:47Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/114809"},{"id":114795,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:114795","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec -James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey Breaks Into Giant Texas Chain SPEC'S","preview":"SPEC'S is Added to Texas Chain\u0026nbsp;\"Total Wine\" With\u0026nbsp;Rollout to Six Key StoresApril 28, 2019 - Sales momentum of James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey continues in the great state of Texas with SPEC'S, a giant retail chain with over 100 locations statewide,\u0026nbsp;adding Sorgho Whiskey to six of its key stores. The six stores:SPEC'S - DE ZAVALA; 5219 De Zavala Rd; San Antonio, TX 78249SPEC'S - LUBBOCK; 6816 Slide Rd #12; Lubbock, TX 79424SPEC'S - DALLAS; 9500 N Central Expy; Dallas, TX 75231SPEC'S...","published_at":"2019-04-28T18:57:09Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/114795"},{"id":114430,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:114430","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec - James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey IRA Beta Test Comes to Successful Closing","preview":"We Completed the IRA Funding Transaction Cycle With Today's Rolling ClosingApril 24, 2019 - After almost seven weeks of beta testing, we finally completed an end to end transaction cycle using Wefunder's new pay via AltoIRA IRA funding mechanism. It's a game changer because of the shear volume of patient IRA capital that was previously walled off from wefunder, but is NOW AVAILABLE for patient investing in Reg CF offerings.How To Tap Self Directed IRA FundsAnyone who has a self directed IRA c...","published_at":"2019-04-24T20:55:41Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/114430"},{"id":113727,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:113727","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec James FC Hyde - Extends Early Bird Discount to First $150,000 In Commitments","preview":"Our cocktail infuser at work at Catch-19 in Red Bank N - making Hyde New Old FashionedApril 19, 2019 -\u0026nbsp;As we enter the final weeks of our campaign, we were within $10,000 of exhausting our Early Bird Discount phase. It occurred to us, having our Early Bird Discount end this close to the closing of our campaign, could have a counter productive impact on our campaign.Accordingly, to maintain momentum through the end of our campaign, we've decided to extend our EB Discount from $100,000 to ...","published_at":"2019-04-19T19:30:45Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/113727"},{"id":113100,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:113100","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec - James FC Hyde Sorgho Whiskey Enters Final Two Weeks of Its Wefunder Campaign","preview":"To Encourage the Use of IRA Funds,\u0026nbsp;Wefunder Has Agreed to\u0026nbsp;Waive Its Transaction Fees for IRA InvestorsApril 17, 2019 - As our Beta Test of the new AltoIRA funding option nears its end, Wefunder has agreed to waive all of its\u0026nbsp;transaction fees for investors that take advantage of the new IRA funding option.\"The decision to waive the regular\u0026nbsp;3% transaction fee on IRA funds is both a benefit and savings to investors and a simplification action heading toward the first closing,...","published_at":"2019-04-17T17:08:13Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/113100"},{"id":110738,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:110738","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Epec - James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey 2019 Q1 Orders Exceed First Three Quarters of 2018","preview":"First Quarter\u0026nbsp;2019 Orders Are Over 225% of Q1 2018 April\u0026nbsp;11, 2019 - Our 2019 order pace remains torrid as we\u0026nbsp;close the books on the first quarter of 2019. Distribution orders for Q1 2019 were over 225% of Q1\u0026nbsp;2018 and Q1 2019 order volume exceeded order volume for\u0026nbsp;the first three quarters of 2018. Growth was fueled by a surge in four major markets: California, Texas, New\u0026nbsp;York and New Jersey. We're optimistic the growth of our\u0026nbsp;order volume is evidence of marke...","published_at":"2019-04-11T12:41:02Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/110738"}],"provenance":{"source":"wefunder_public_investor_profile","as_of":"2026-06-06T09:02:34Z","claims":{"follower_count":{"source":"InvestorProfile#followers_count","last_verified_at":"2023-09-25T20:29:49Z","as_of":"2026-06-06T09:02:34Z","confidence":"high"}}},"updated_at":"2023-09-25T20:29:49Z"}}}