Nicky’s Mix · Orlando
A weekend with partners, board, investors, and first teammates: ground in the thesis, meet one another as whole people, and see how the work becomes real.
An easy evening before the main day — drinks and conversation in a historic downtown room. Come as you are; no agenda beyond meeting one another.
TBC Venue and timing to be confirmed — please check back before you go.
Optional. If plans shift, we’ll update this page and reach out.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Downtown · 191 East Pine Street · three equal parts of the day — Morning · Midday · Afternoon (not evening)
Draft · within 9:30am–5pm
Settle in, meet people, thesis in conversation.
Staff will help you find us. Name tags will be ready.
Soft morning: look up at the atrium, breathe, then find the room.
Draft · within 9:30am–5pm
Light together-work in the same room:
Snacks, coffee, and pastries throughout the day. Incomplete setup is fine — coaches are in the room.
Draft · within 9:30am–5pm
Ask anything with Nicky. Keep working the threads that matter before the day softens into evening.
Still at Embassy Suites — same room energy, more room to roam in conversation.
Bar appetizers as the day softens. Nicky is bringing wine (corkage covered).
Ease out of the ballroom into conversation with a glass in hand.
Then we head to dinner — bus or Uber, about 1.5 miles.
TBD Probably The Pinery (295 NE Ivanhoe Blvd). Nicky confirming.
After Pinery: options for independent enjoyment, plus a known spot where Nicky will be. Still exploring — we’ll post what locks.
We might meet once more over brunch nearby — relaxed, optional, no event-space close-out and no closing meetings.
TBD Likely Maxine’s on Shine · 337 N Shine Ave, Orlando · brunch Fri–Sun 10am–3pm · maxinesonshine.com
If you’re flying out early, you’re still fully part of the weekend.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Downtown
191 East Pine Street, Orlando, Florida
Opened around the turn of the millennium as downtown’s all-suite atrium hotel — a vertical living room of open floors, plants, waterfalls, and art under a shared sky. Built for lingering conversation, not a windowless conference wing.
You’re steps from Lake Eola and the warm pulse of downtown Orlando. Let the atrium set the pace: arrive, look up, breathe. We’ll do serious work without forgetting the people in the room.
Formal room name still to be confirmed. Parking and drop-off notes will land here when set.
About an evening’s worth. Skim, don’t cram. If you haven’t finished everything, you’re still warmly welcome.
Clusters 2, 3, and 4 from the NMX playlist — backgrounders on Central Florida beauty, Orlando’s history, and what’s alive here now. Not jargon. Watch what you can; bring one question.
The light that makes this place feel like itself — lakes, orange groves in memory, and the soft heat of a Central Florida afternoon. A sensory hello before you arrive.
From cattle trails and a railroad stop to a downtown that still surprises — neighborhoods, Lake Eola’s curve, and the people who shaped the middle of the state.
The creative and civic energy you’ll feel on the street this weekend — makers, music, new tables, and a city mid-reinvention that still knows how to linger.
Playlist link TBD — plus one talk by Nicky from the same NMX playlist. We’ll drop the URL here as soon as it’s ready. Nothing requires a paid subscription.