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Under Valued, Under-Appreciated Education Roll-Up Story
Value Investing Presents An Under-Appreciated Education Roll-Up Story
Oct. 15, 2014 6:00 AM ET | About: Loyalist Group Ltd (LGLTF) V.LOYSubscribers to SA PRO had an early look at this article. Learn more about PRO »
Summary
Under-appreciated story with little following that’s yet to be fully understood by the market with excellent growth potential.
Large and extremely fragmented market filled with “Mom & Pop” operators with no exit strategy; M&A has historically been accretive; and there is no direct competition.
Meaningful organic growth: strong government support for the industry; market share gains as Loyalist’s relative strength, size and brand recognition increase; and new initiatives, such as student housing and franchising.
Targeting a 16.3% EBITDA margin and FCF of $0.05/share by 2016E with net cash on the balance sheet as Loyalist realizes the full impact of synergies from acquisitions.
Target price of $0.99, or ~133% upside. Understanding the implications of recent M&A, the seasonality of the industry, and upcoming catalysts is critical to timing this compelling trade opportunity.
INTRODUCTION
Different languages are constantly being spoken all around us. Think about it - on any given day, how many different kinds do you hear? The nature of today's globalized world practically demands the study of multiple languages, both on a personal and a professional level. Companies and governments understand the need to invest in language training, and so should you. I believe that this article will sway you with some very compelling reasoning, as to why I like this company, and why now presents an excellent entry point.
Loyalist Group Ltd. (OTC:LGLTF) is an educational organization that owns and operates private English as a Second Language (or "ESL") schools, career and community colleges, and secondary schools for foreign students, with 25 campuses throughout Canada. I believe that it's a very under-appreciated story yet to be fully understood by the market, and with exponential growth potential through the roll-up of a segment of the private education market in Canada.
The overwhelming majority of accredited schools in this highly fragmented industry are run by "Mom & Pop" type operators, and are undercapitalized with no real exit strategy. Loyalist is in the early stages of consolidating the sector and has already made 16 acquisitions over three years, reaching an expected revenue run rate of ~$63 million for 2014. The market size in Canada for ESL alone is ~$788 million (~$500 million is tuition fees), hence there is significant room to consolidate the sector over time, especially given the absence of any direct competition.
In addition to M&A, we have begun to see meaningful and evident organic growth. During 2013, revenues (excluding acquisitions) grew 4.5% Y/Y; up to 8% 1Q14, and 12% 2Q14.
I have derived a target price of $0.99 for Loyalist based on 2015 forecasts using a 10x EV/EBITDA multiple, which represents an upside of ~133% from Friday's close. I believe that Loyalist could exit 2014 with a revenue run rate of ~$66.1M, EBITDA of ~$8.7M, cash of ~$5M and fully diluted shares of ~148M. I believe that Loyalist could exit 2015 with a revenue run rate of ~$115.5M, EBITDA of ~$16.8M, and no need for further dilution. Debt can be used to supplement cash in acquisitions, and organic growth will improve the bottom line as well as EBITDA.
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Under Valued, Under-Appreciated Education Roll-Up Story
Value Investing Presents An Under-Appreciated Education Roll-Up Story
Oct. 15, 2014 6:00 AM ET | About: Loyalist Group Ltd (LGLTF) V.LOY Subscribers to SA PRO had an early look at this article. Learn more about PRO »
Summary
Under-appreciated story with little following that’s yet to be fully understood by the market with excellent growth potential.
Large and extremely fragmented market filled with “Mom & Pop” operators with no exit strategy; M&A has historically been accretive; and there is no direct competition.
Meaningful organic growth: strong government support for the industry; market share gains as Loyalist’s relative strength, size and brand recognition increase; and new initiatives, such as student housing and franchising.
Targeting a 16.3% EBITDA margin and FCF of $0.05/share by 2016E with net cash on the balance sheet as Loyalist realizes the full impact of synergies from acquisitions.
Target price of $0.99, or ~133% upside. Understanding the implications of recent M&A, the seasonality of the industry, and upcoming catalysts is critical to timing this compelling trade opportunity.
INTRODUCTION
Different languages are constantly being spoken all around us. Think about it - on any given day, how many different kinds do you hear? The nature of today's globalized world practically demands the study of multiple languages, both on a personal and a professional level. Companies and governments understand the need to invest in language training, and so should you. I believe that this article will sway you with some very compelling reasoning, as to why I like this company, and why now presents an excellent entry point.
Loyalist Group Ltd. (OTC:LGLTF) is an educational organization that owns and operates private English as a Second Language (or "ESL") schools, career and community colleges, and secondary schools for foreign students, with 25 campuses throughout Canada. I believe that it's a very under-appreciated story yet to be fully understood by the market, and with exponential growth potential through the roll-up of a segment of the private education market in Canada.
The overwhelming majority of accredited schools in this highly fragmented industry are run by "Mom & Pop" type operators, and are undercapitalized with no real exit strategy. Loyalist is in the early stages of consolidating the sector and has already made 16 acquisitions over three years, reaching an expected revenue run rate of ~$63 million for 2014. The market size in Canada for ESL alone is ~$788 million (~$500 million is tuition fees), hence there is significant room to consolidate the sector over time, especially given the absence of any direct competition.
In addition to M&A, we have begun to see meaningful and evident organic growth. During 2013, revenues (excluding acquisitions) grew 4.5% Y/Y; up to 8% 1Q14, and 12% 2Q14.
I have derived a target price of $0.99 for Loyalist based on 2015 forecasts using a 10x EV/EBITDA multiple, which represents an upside of ~133% from Friday's close. I believe that Loyalist could exit 2014 with a revenue run rate of ~$66.1M, EBITDA of ~$8.7M, cash of ~$5M and fully diluted shares of ~148M. I believe that Loyalist could exit 2015 with a revenue run rate of ~$115.5M, EBITDA of ~$16.8M, and no need for further dilution. Debt can be used to supplement cash in acquisitions, and organic growth will improve the bottom line as well as EBITDA.
Read more : http://seekingalpha.com/article/2562605-loyalist-group-ltd-globalism-language-and-value-investing-presents-an-under-appreciated-education-roll-up-story
Yappn Announces FotoYapp Featured By US Weekly
Ticker Symbol: U:YPPN
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- ( Marketwired ) -- 10/14/14
Yappn Corp. (OTCQB:YPPN) continues to extend its reach beyond the successful launch of FotoYapp at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with an appearance in the October 20, 2014 issue of US Weekly currently available on newsstands. Topping the popular "Buzzzz-O-Meter" section of US Weekly where entertainment buzz worthy news makes its home, US Weekly featured FotoYapp's ability to upload pictures and comments simultaneously to major social media sites including Twitter and Facebook.
FotoYapp allows viewers and users around the world to share images, 18 second video and social comments in their native language, promoting Global Storytelling together with sites like Facebook®, Instagram®, Twitter®, Pinterest®, Flickr®, Tumblr® and Google+® in 67 languages.
"FotoYapp continues to make its mark in the Entertainment and Fashion industries, giving key influencers the ability to promote and share their images and videos world-wide across major social media networks in the top languages used in the world today, eliminating the last global barrier," said David Lucatch, founder and CEO of Yappn Corp.
US Weekly engages 50 million young, high income consumers with the most timely and current entertainment news, style, beauty and fitness/nutrition content, all through the lens of celebrity. According to MRI Spring 2014 Demographic Profile, over 50% of US Weekly readership are in the sought after 18 to 34 demographic, of which 78% are social media users according to Imprezzio Marketing.
For brands, celebrities and athletes, FotoYapp creates the ability to reach a larger audience in their native language and communicate brand messages globally through images and social content. FotoYapp's Official solution provides a robust set of features not found anywhere else, allowing for customized control of content, time elements and user engagement opportunities in multiple languages.
For more information on FotoYapp, please visit www.fotoyapp.com/ and www.yappn.com.
About Yappn
Yappn is a real-time multilingual company that amplifies brand messaging, helps conduct commerce and provides customer support by globalizing these experiences with its proprietary approach to language. Through its real-time multilingual amplification platform, Yappn eliminates the language barrier, allowing the free flow of communications in 67 languages. Yappn has developed cost effective, unique and proprietary technology tools and services that create dynamic solutions that enhance a brands messaging, media, e-commerce and support platforms.
In addition to Yappn, FotoYapp (www.fotoyapp.com) provides consumers, brands and Influencers with the ability to share media content (images, video, audio, etc.) instantly across the global social sphere with all major social posts in a single environment in almost any language allowing global participants to interact with each other, regardless of their native tongue.
Yappn Corp. is publicly in the U.S. on the OTCQB - symbol "YPPN" and leading technology incubator; Intertainment Media Inc. (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCQX:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) has a controlling interest in Yappn Corp.
For more information, please visit http://www.yappn.com.
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The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation pertaining to a further amendment to an existing option agreement originally dated Sept. 29, 2010, between Great Lakes Graphite Inc., formerly Shield Gold Inc., and Eloro Resources Ltd., the parties have agreed to further extend, by one year, the payment and exploration expenditure schedules pertaining to certain mineral claims (the La Grande Nord property) in return for a one-time payment of 200,000 common shares to the vendor.
For further details, please refer to the company's news release dated Oct. 8, 2014.
© 2014 Canjex Publishing Ltd.
The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation pertaining to a further amendment to an existing option agreement originally dated Sept. 29, 2010, between Great Lakes Graphite Inc., formerly Shield Gold Inc., and Eloro Resources Ltd., the parties have agreed to further extend, by one year, the payment and exploration expenditure schedules pertaining to certain mineral claims (the La Grande Nord property) in return for a one-time payment of 200,000 common shares to the vendor.
For further details, please refer to the company's news release dated Oct. 8, 2014.
© 2014 Canjex Publishing Ltd.
Great Lakes Graphite Announces La Grande Nord Amendment
V.GLK, GLKIF | 1 day ago
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2014) - Great Lakes Graphite Inc. (TSXV: GLK) ("Great Lakes" or the "Company") announces that the existing Agreement between Great Lakes and Eloro Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ELO) ("Eloro") with regard to La Grande Nord Property (the Summit-Gaber property) located in the Baie James region of Québec has been amended. This amendment allows Great Lakes to extend, by one year, the dates for work commitments and remaining payments under the terms of the original agreement and its first amendment. As consideration for the extensions granted by Eloro, Great Lakes has agreed to issue an additional 200,000 common shares to Eloro, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
La Grande Nord Property has historically been the focus of base and precious-metal exploration; however, the presence of mineralization characteristic of cobalt-nickel-silver ("Cobalt-style") deposits has also been noted. The potential for cobalt mineralization is of great exploration interest to the Company.
John M. Siriunas, P.Eng, VP of Exploration for the Company and a "Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical content of this press release.
About Great Lakes Graphite: Great Lakes Graphite Inc. is an industrial minerals company with the mandate to bring graphite projects to production through the acquisition and development of high quality natural graphite properties.
Graphite has moved to the forefront of the Industrial Mineral World as a Critical Mineral required for industrial use and as a major component in the development of new technologies particularly with the advancement of battery storage, mobile battery systems and alternative energy infrastructure.
As there are currently no graphite mines producing in North America, Great Lakes Graphite has the ability to become one of the first producers to supply a growing regional customer base that requires high purity graphite, where pricing and demand continue to rise.
The Company, through strategic acquisitions and capable management will become a leader in the industrial minerals marketplace. The Company's flagship graphite property is located in Lochaber Township of southwestern Québec. The Company has also entered into option and joint venture agreements with Eloro Resources Inc. (TSXV: ELO) on the Summit-Gaber Cobalt property located in the La Grande Greenstone Belt in the Baie James region of Québec. Further information regarding Great Lakes can be found on the Company's website at: www.GreatLakesGraphite.com.
Great Lakes Graphite trades with symbol GLK on the TSX Venture Exchange and post-transaction will have 60,964,819 shares outstanding (89,158,655 fully diluted).
Great Lakes Graphite Announces La Grande Nord Amendment
V.GLK, GLKIF | 1 day ago
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2014) - Great Lakes Graphite Inc. (TSXV: GLK) ("Great Lakes" or the "Company") announces that the existing Agreement between Great Lakes and Eloro Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ELO) ("Eloro") with regard to La Grande Nord Property (the Summit-Gaber property) located in the Baie James region of Québec has been amended. This amendment allows Great Lakes to extend, by one year, the dates for work commitments and remaining payments under the terms of the original agreement and its first amendment. As consideration for the extensions granted by Eloro, Great Lakes has agreed to issue an additional 200,000 common shares to Eloro, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
La Grande Nord Property has historically been the focus of base and precious-metal exploration; however, the presence of mineralization characteristic of cobalt-nickel-silver ("Cobalt-style") deposits has also been noted. The potential for cobalt mineralization is of great exploration interest to the Company.
John M. Siriunas, P.Eng, VP of Exploration for the Company and a "Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical content of this press release.
About Great Lakes Graphite: Great Lakes Graphite Inc. is an industrial minerals company with the mandate to bring graphite projects to production through the acquisition and development of high quality natural graphite properties.
Graphite has moved to the forefront of the Industrial Mineral World as a Critical Mineral required for industrial use and as a major component in the development of new technologies particularly with the advancement of battery storage, mobile battery systems and alternative energy infrastructure.
As there are currently no graphite mines producing in North America, Great Lakes Graphite has the ability to become one of the first producers to supply a growing regional customer base that requires high purity graphite, where pricing and demand continue to rise.
The Company, through strategic acquisitions and capable management will become a leader in the industrial minerals marketplace. The Company's flagship graphite property is located in Lochaber Township of southwestern Québec. The Company has also entered into option and joint venture agreements with Eloro Resources Inc. (TSXV: ELO) on the Summit-Gaber Cobalt property located in the La Grande Greenstone Belt in the Baie James region of Québec. Further information regarding Great Lakes can be found on the Company's website at: www.GreatLakesGraphite.com.
Great Lakes Graphite trades with symbol GLK on the TSX Venture Exchange and post-transaction will have 60,964,819 shares outstanding (89,158,655 fully diluted).
What You Need To Know As An Investor in Graphite
Although many graphite explorers seem to think 'bigger is better' and although tonnes and graphitic grade are key metrics when evaluating projects, a number of factors actually need to be considered from an investor's perspective.
I suggest that you reflect on these six key factors when evaluating a graphite opportunity:
1. Deposit size and quality
2. Location and infrastructure
3. Flake size and distribution
4. Product purity
5. Product off-take agreements
6. Timeframe to production
The first two considerations are very important. When it comes to deposit size, bigger doesn't mean better. It's about how feasible the project is, which is based much more on grade. It's not that it's necessarily bad if a company has a low in-situ grade for their project, most grades can be upgraded significantly through processing, however, the mining costs can be daunting. For example, it would take the movement of six times the volume of material to mine a 4% Cg deposit, as it would take a 24% Cg deposit. So as an investor you need to consider what the project wholly entails. Significant capex requirements can dilute your investment, low grades necessitate much higher opex, and the geology of the deposit affects the metallurgy and what final applications that material can be used for. My ideal project would be a graphite mine that would produce in excess of 94% purity, with as much large (+80 mesh) and jumbo (+48 mesh) flake as possible. Graphite meeting that criteria would generally meet the standards for a wide variety of applications and would fetch a premium after upgrading and purification. The location and infrastructure of the deposit are very important facts to consider because they directly relate to expenses and final product value. The location needs to meet all environmental standards, and needs to have adequate facilities either onsite or nearby to process the material. Also, when the product is finished, it has to be transported, and since graphite is a bulk material that sells by the tonne, shipping costs factor significantly into a company's feasibility to profitably mine and sell graphite.
When it comes to the third factor, flake size and distribution, a number of facts hold true. First, the larger the flake size, the higher the purity of graphite. Second, the larger the flake size, the higher the prices (all other things considered equal). Last, market applications drive demand, so deposits with relatively high proportions of ultrafine graphite may not ever go into production as the segment is most at risk of over-supply.
The fourth factor, purity after simple processing (i.e., before acid or thermal upgrading) is particularly important because it is a key determinant in saleability of the product. It's also a very important factor in relation to operating expenses, because the more upgrading the graphite material needs to undergo, the higher the production cost potentially will be.
The fifth factor, product offtake agreements and MOUs are significant in determining the long-term success of a graphite company, as the graphite market is largely based on contracted sales agreements between buyers and sellers based off of the buyer's custom specs. So companies that already have these agreements in place are heavily de-risked compared to their peers.
The last factor, timeframe to production is for the most part self-explanatory. While companies that get their product to market first will certainly set the pace in the space, growth metrics suggest that there will be a significant amount of demand in the future and leaves the door open for any company with high-quality graphite and a feasible mine the opportunity to succeed.
*Special note, when it comes to evaluating graphite juniors that are in an earlier stage of the development cycle and don't have their resource, metallurgy, processing and milling upgrading flow sheet, etc. you need to do your due diligence on the geology of the deposit, historical mining operations in the area or on the property and any metrics associated from them, proximity to more advanced projects that have already have demonstrated successful results, and most importantly in my mind, a good management team with experience in the industry. The graphite community is relatively small, and knowing what you're doing and having the proper relationships to advance the project are critical to success.
Source:http://seekingalpha.com/article/2504085-why-the-graphite-sector-is-heating-up-how-to-evaluate-opportunities-and-what-i-own
Whether you realize it or not, graphite is all around you. Right now it's mostly consumed for refractories, batteries, steelmaking, expanded graphite, brake linings, foundry facings and lubricants. But things are changing and incremental demand is forecast to increase substantially due to emerging green initiatives and clean technologies. Graphite is quickly becoming a necessary material in a plethora of high-tech applications, and graphene (which comes from the base material of graphite) has the potential to "change the world."
Many investors are still trying to understand graphite and its market, which is what I'm setting out to help accomplish in this article. I'll explain what graphite is, different types and deposit geology, current and future uses, supply and demand trends, pricing, a brief market comparison, and most importantly, my six key criteria for what you need to know to be an informed investor in the graphite sector. I'll also briefly discuss the graphite companies that I currently own and why, as well as conclude demonstrating some impressive performance metrics in the sector as of late.
Why The Graphite Sector Is Heating Up, How To Evaluate Opportunities, And What I Own
Summary
During the graphite boom in 2012, investors experienced a huge run-up in graphite stocks, only to be let down as their performance drastically outpaced their fundamentals.
There is now an opportunity for contrarian investors to re-evaluate the sector given recent events: the stabilization of prices; projects starting-up or near production; and off-take agreements being signed.
Blue-sky potential remains enormous from the incremental demand that will be created by ‘technology grade graphite’ to be used in emerging green initiatives and clean technology.
Supply and demand trends are extremely encouraging, spurred largely by resource nationalism, industry consolidation, and Tesla's gigafactory which alone is supposed to at least double worldwide graphite demand by 2020.
The NIA graphite explorers index is up ~70% YTD, posting most of those gains quietly this summer, and primarily by advanced projects which are still a ways off their all-time.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2504085-why-the-graphite-sector-is-heating-up-how-to-evaluate-opportunities-and-what-i-own
Current Uses and Future Growth Applications
Graphite has been referred to as the material used in every industry yet in small enough quantities that no one talks about it. The majority of the world's graphite is used in traditional applications such as refractories, steel-making, foundry moldings, auto parts, and lubricants. Minor uses such as batteries, pencils, electronics, and numerous other products account for the remaining graphite consumed each year.
Future demand growth is anticipated to be driven by 'technology grade graphite', to be used in emerging green initiatives and clean technology. Including applications in fuel cells, lithium-ion and vanadium redox batteries, energy storage, solar power, water purification, and pebble-bed nuclear reactors. Not to mention graphene, coequally dubbed the 'miracle material', a one atom thick layer of carbon atoms which some researchers claim "it's the most important substance to be created since the first synthetic plastic more than 100 years ago."
Whether you realize it or not, graphite is all around you. Right now it's mostly consumed for refractories, batteries, steelmaking, expanded graphite, brake linings, foundry facings and lubricants. But things are changing and incremental demand is forecast to increase substantially due to emerging green initiatives and clean technologies. Graphite is quickly becoming a necessary material in a plethora of high-tech applications, and graphene (which comes from the base material of graphite) has the potential to "change the world."
Many investors are still trying to understand graphite and its market, which is what I'm setting out to help accomplish in this article. I'll explain what graphite is, different types and deposit geology, current and future uses, supply and demand trends, pricing, a brief market comparison, and most importantly, my six key criteria for what you need to know to be an informed investor in the graphite sector. I'll also briefly discuss the graphite companies that I currently own and why, as well as conclude demonstrating some impressive performance metrics in the sector as of late.
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Award Winning Sports Anchor Nancy Newman Joins FotoYapp as Official Influencer
Ticker Symbol: U:YPPN
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- ( Marketwired ) -- 09/17/14
Yappn Corp. (OTCQB:YPPN) is pleased to announce that its new worldwide media and social platform, FotoYapp, has begun its rollout program with key Influencers, bringing real-time global storytelling, in 67 languages, to image and video sharing and aggregation. Award winning sports anchor Nancy Newman with the NY Yankees YES Network is among the first major influencers to be able to share their social content on a global scale.
FotoYapp works by providing brands, influencers and consumers with the ability to create their own media content, such as sharing images and 18-second videos, as well as curate media from other users and content to and from major social media platforms, in 67 languages.
Users can also apply tags and descriptions to their posts to pull in the social conversation happening around each social post from a variety of social networks based on the tag words in their own native language regardless of the originating language of the content.
"We are very excited to have Nancy on board as an Official Influencer for FotoYapp. Nancy's professional and visual approach to sports communication will enable fans around the world to consume images, short video and social content in a way not previously possible - instantly in their native language," said David Lucatch, CEO and Founder of Yappn.
Baseball and basketball rank among the top 10 sports globally reaching an estimated 900 million plus fans, according to Topendsports.com, with the NY Yankees ranked at the 4th most valuable sports franchise globally and the number 1 sports franchise in the US, according to the NY Daily News.
"The future growth of baseball and basketball is linked to its ability to capture a global audience and communicate with them without a time or language barrier," said Nancy Newman. "Yappn and FotoYapp give fans the opportunity to see and read, in real time, and in their native language, content that matters to them and allows them to be part of the action instantly."
Nancy Newman is an award winning sports anchor for the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets pre and post-game shows as well as the Yankees Magazine program, the official magazine show of the New York Yankees. Nancy Newman joined the YES Network in 2003 from CNN. Newman has also reported as a sideline reporter for the network's Ivy League college football package and is now host for The New Era Pinstripe Bowl college football coverage on YES.
The YES Network is the exclusive television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Nets. YES, which has earned 346 Emmy Award nominations and 80 Emmy Awards since its March 2002 launch, also televises original biography, studio and magazine programs, in addition to college sports.
Newman has also worked for NBC, having served as an events reporter for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Prior to joining the YES Network, Newman held a variety of sports broadcasting positions with the CNN networks from 1992 to 2002. She was an anchor for CNN Headline News, as well as an anchor and reporter for CNN/Sports Illustrated. Newman also reported for CNN's NFL weekly in-season preview program, and appeared as a panelist discussing the NHL on CNN's Burden of Proof. Newman also presented at the 1994 and 1996 National Hockey League Awards Ceremonies in Toronto.
In 2000, Newman hosted Turner Sports' Emmy Award-winning coverage of the NHL Atlanta Thrashers inaugural season. In 1994, Newman hosted CNN's Goodwill Games Preview from St. Petersburg, Russia. Newman came to CNN from The Sports Network (TSN), where she worked from 1990-92 covering Major League Baseball, the NFL, the NHL and horse racing. Newman's reporting there garnered a 1991 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Broadcast.
For more information on FotoYapp, please visit www.fotoyapp.com.
About Yappn
Yappn is a real-time multilingual company that amplifies brand messaging, helps conduct commerce and provides customer support by globalizing these experiences with its proprietary approach to language. Through its real-time multilingual amplification platform, Yappn eliminates the language barrier, allowing the free flow of communications in 67 languages. Yappn has developed cost effective, unique and proprietary technology tools and services that create dynamic solutions that enhance a brand's messaging, media, e-commerce and support platforms.
In addition to Yappn, FotoYapp (www.fotoyapp.com) provides consumers, brands and Influencers with the ability to share media content (images, video, audio, etc.) instantly across the global social sphere with all major social posts in a single environment in almost any language allowing global participants to interact with each other, regardless of their native tongue.
Yappn Corp. is traded publicly in the U.S. on the OTCQB - symbol "YPPN" - and technology incubator Intertainment Media Inc. (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCQX:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) has a controlling interest in Yappn Corp.
For more information, please visit http://corporate.yappn.com
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Legal Notice and Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, and those preceded by or that include the words "believes," "expects," "given," "targets," "intends," "anticipates," "plans," "projects," "forecasts" or similar expressions, are "forward-looking statements." Although Yappn Corp.'s management believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable; it cannot guarantee that such expectations are, or will be, correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from those anticipated. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is available in the Company's filings with the SEC including the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2013 and each subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update any of the information contained or referenced in this press release.
Tesla ‘gigafactory’ will require 8 new graphite mines
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/16/tesla-gigafactory-
will-require-8-new-graphite-mines/Special to Financial Post September 16, 2014 9:13 AM ET
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Sr. VP John Carter runs a series of tests to identify the most efficient way to process the Lochaber ore while also achieving the highest recoveries.
HandoutSr. VP John Carter runs a series of tests to identify the most efficient way to process the Lochaber ore while also achieving the highest recoveries.
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Great Lakes Graphite is fast tracked to production
Electric car producer Tesla Motors (TSLA-NASDAQ) is planning to build a $6-billion lithium-ion battery ‘Gigafactory’ in 2017, doubling the 2013 global output of lithium ion batteries and creating a massive shortage of graphite – unless new mines come on line.
Great Lakes Graphite (TSX.V:GLK) is a strong candidate to fill some of that North American demand. GLK’s 100%-owned Lochaber project in Quebec is a large flake graphite project with a near-surface resource located close to infrastructure and end user markets.
“We spent the last seven years assessing opportunities in the graphite space,” stated GLK CEO Paul Gorman in an exclusive interview with Financial Post, “We wanted a high grade graphite project that had already been drilled and that had historic reserves which needed to be upgraded to modern geological standards. The Lochaber graphite property in Quebec checked all the right boxes.”
Gorman stresses that he intends to be one of the first producers of flake graphite in North America. Great Lakes will achieve this by opening a quarry style graphite operation in a smaller footprint, that offers an easier permitting process and much lower initial capital requirements.
“We are focused on the development of Lochaber” stated Gorman, “but at the same time we are building relationships with North American end users to supply graphite from our Lochaber project. We are not just a junior explorer, we are an industrial minerals company. Graphite demand in North America is surging and there is a race on to see who will fill it. It is our intention to be one of those companies.”
The former owner of the Lochaber project spent $2 million drilling it and doing particle distribution work, so Great Lakes Graphite inherited a lot of very useful data.
“We knew the size of the historic reserve,” confirms Gorman, “Our focus is to bring it to 43-101 standards and update the resource calculation based on new modelling and developmental work.”
On August 27, 2014 – Great Lakes Graphite announced that it has initiated a program to fast track the Lochaber Graphite Property towards production. The first phase of this program includes field-work, laboratory work, a new 43-101-compliant resource estimate and the securing of offtake agreements that will be the key to obtaining production financing. Gorman expects the production decision to be made by Q4, 2015.
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HandoutSamples collected recently appear consistent with the high quality, large flake natural graphite for which the area is known and also indicate the potential for lump graphite.
“The beauty of industrial minerals is that we can scale the output based on customer requirements,” stated Gorman, “We’re going to have all of the orders from the customers in place before we go to the bank and say: ‘this is how much we need’. The construction cost for this graphite mine is going to be very modest – around $35 million dollars – give or take.”
GLK’s Senior VP John Carter, in his former role as President of MinPro, built mills in 26 different countries around the world. Carter’s unique knowledge and experience is another way the Company is mitigating risk. By leveraging a wealth of prior experience, GLK is exploiting every advantage to insure their operations will produce graphite products to the exacting requirements specified by customers.
“On the marketing side, we are doing a top-down approach,” stated Gorman, “Getting graphite samples into the hands of end users and having them analyse it and reverse-engineer what they need from us.”
In 2007 Gorman and Carter spent several months talking and visiting with potential customers along the Eastern Seaboard, to Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh – meeting with procurement managers from different carbon companies. It was an eye opening trip. They discovered that the carbon end users are actively looking for new suppliers, since at that time there was only one graphite producer in North America and the pricing and supply from the Chinese trading houses to this day remains unreliable.
“We now have about 640 customers in our marketing database,” stated Gorman, “Refractory companies, battery companies, solar panel companies and new technology companies.”
GLK’s field-crew partners recently concluded the initial phase of fieldwork at Lochaber, which involved verifying the location of each of the 100+ drill holes drilled by the previous operators and collecting a mini bulk sample. The field team also secured the drill core from the 7,000 metre program that was conducted in 2012.
“Particle size distribution and flake analysis is a big focus for us,” stated Gorman, “How much jumbo flake, large flake and smaller stuff do we have? With this data, we can align ourselves with the right customers.”
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HandoutAt Great Lakes Graphite “from mine to market” means bringing an understanding of customer requirements to all aspects of building the business.
Lochaber is GLK’s flagship project and is intended to be the first into production for the Company. But Gorman plans to develop four or five more quarry-style projects, which can be duplicated and scaled from the Lochaber model.
“North American factories that are buying graphite are sourcing it mostly from China,” explains Gorman, “but across the industry, inventory levels are falling. The Chinese have consolidated a many of their small graphite operations, largely because they are doing a national audit, trying to determine how much graphite they have left. There is already an export tariff on domestic graphite leaving China. That tariff could go up, or they could choke off graphite exports all together.”
With its lower cost profile relative to synthetic graphite, Tesla’s Gigafactory is going to require new streams of natural flake graphite.
With the advancement of battery storage, mobile battery systems and alternative energy infrastructure, it is estimated that 20 new graphite mines will be required to keep up with demand by the year 2020.
Great Lakes is working with its partners to develop proprietary technology to micronize, shape and purify flake graphite to 99% for emerging technological applications. GLK plans to put Lochaber into production by Q2 2017. Currently, GLK intends to purify up to 40% of Lochaber’s gross yield. The specialized products created through the purification process command prices of up to $7200/tonne.
GLK is currently trading at $0.10 with a market cap of $6-million.
This story was provided by Market One Media for commercial purposes. Postmedia had no involvement in the creation of this content.
http://www.greatlakesgraphite.com/
The Next Disruptive Social Media Tech? Why You Might Soon Be ‘Yappn' With Your Friends
Sep 16, 2014 2:00 PM | about stocks: YPPN, GOOG, TWTR, FB, LNKD, YHOO, KEEKF
Summary
Expansive market opportunity with impressive growth metrics forecast for social media, mobile, e-commerce, and multilingual internet users
FotoYapp, which officially launched Sept. 4th at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC, provides consumers, brands and Influencers a unique value proposition by putting context with content that is unlike anything else on the market
Attractive business model with clear paths to monetization, lots of expansive opportunities, and well positioned for growth having recently formed a number of noteworthy relationships
Numerous value creating catalysts are expected to take place before the end of the year
With a valuation of only ~$15 million, I believe that there is a compelling opportunity for technology speculators
We're all familiar with the expression a picture is worth 1000 words. Well, what do you think of taking that idea to the next level? Kicking it up a notch by aggregating media and putting context with content.
Let's go through a quick example. I'm not sure about you, but I'm a sports fan, and I can only read in English. Some of my favorite players or athletes don't always communicate in English, and a lot of their fans don't either. Despite living in 2014, and being able to communicate with people across the world instantaneously, it's not always so easy to do so in practice. Wouldn't it have been cool to instantaneously communicate with fans all around the world during the World Cup regardless of what language they write in - to break down language barriers?
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Source: FotoYapp
That's what Yappn Corp. (OTCQB:YPPN) has been working on that, having just launched their innovative social platform, FotoYapp, Sept. 4th at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC.
No other company is offering a platform like Yappn's. Instagram, Vine, Pinterest, SnapChat, Facebook, Twitter and all of the rest in the social photo imaging and video companies haven't yet succeeded in aggregating content with context - and that's really important not only to consumers, but to advertisers and brands. With a valuation of only ~$15 million valuation, I believe there is a compelling opportunity for technology speculators.
By the end of this article, you should have a firm idea of whether or not you're interested in the company, and how you want to proceed (or not) with an investment, long or short.
I've tried to be as thorough as possible given the nature of this company, but if anyone has any questions or comments, please feel free to post below or message me. Feedback is appreciated.
Further to this introduction, please watch this YouTube video about Yappn.
Read more: get the whole story..
http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/27523743-point-of-return/3269965-the-next-disruptive-social-media-tech-why-you-might-soon-be-yappn-with-your-friends
Continues Global Launch of FotoYapp at London Fashion Week
Ticker Symbol: U:YPPN
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- ( Marketwired ) -- 09/11/14
Yappn Corp. (OTCQB: YPPN) has partnered with the British Fashion Council for London Fashion Week to continue the global launch of the new consumer worldwide media and social sharing platform, FotoYapp.
FotoYapp works by providing brands, influencers and consumers with the ability to create their own media content, such as sharing images and 18-second videos as well as curate media from other users and content from major social media platforms in 67 languages.
Users can also apply tags and descriptions to their posts to pull in the social conversation happening around each social post from a variety of social networks based on the tag words in their own native language regardless of the originating language of the content.
After a successful activation at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, FotoYapp is expanding its availability to designers, models and media outlets in London, introducing the concept of globalization of social media and online communication.
"With over 22 Million media impressions and significant interest from the fashion industry, FotoYapp had a tremendously successful launch at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York and we are excited to continue to introduce the platform globally at London Fashion Week," said David Lucatch, founder and CEO of Yappn Corp. "After seeing the great response in the US market, we are thrilled to present the language barrier breaking technology to the European fashion industry and corresponding models, celebrities and media."
Additionally, FotoYapp will partner with British designer, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, to feature exclusive backstage and front row access to the global users of the platform on Sunday the 14th of September. FotoYapp will be the leading platform for Preen by Thornton Bregazzi in its efforts to expand its global social media reach.
For more information on FotoYapp, please visit www.fotoyapp.com/.
About Yappn
Yappn is a real-time multilingual company that amplifies brand messaging, helps conduct commerce and provides customer support by globalizing these experiences with its proprietary approach to language. Through its real-time multilingual amplification platform, Yappn eliminates the language barrier, allowing the free flow of communications in 67 languages. Yappn has developed cost effective, unique and proprietary technology tools and services that create dynamic solutions that enhance a brands messaging, media, e-commerce and support platforms.
In addition to Yappn, FotoYapp (www.fotoyapp.com) provides consumers, brands and Influencers with the ability to share media content (images, video, audio, etc.) instantly across the global social sphere with all major social posts in a single environment in almost any language allowing global participants to interact with each other, regardless of their native tongue.
Yappn Corp. is publicly in the U.S. on the OTCQB - symbol "YPPN" and leading technology incubator; Intertainment Media Inc. (TSX VENTURE: INT)(OTCQX: ITMTF)(FRANKFURT: I4T) has a controlling interest in Yappn Corp.
For more information, please visit http://corporate.yappn.com.
Forward-Looking Information
Legal Notice and Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, and those preceded by or that include the words "believes", "expects", "given", "targets", "intends", "anticipates", "plans", "projects", "forecasts" or similar expressions, are "forward-looking statements". Although Yappn Corp.'s management believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable; it cannot guarantee that such expectations are, or will be, correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from those anticipated. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is available in the Company's filings with the SEC including the Current 10-K filed on August 29, 2014. The Company assumes no obligation to update any of the information contained or referenced in this press release.
Contacts:
Corporate Contact
David Lucatch, Founder and CEO, Yappn Corp.
info@yappn.com
Media Contact
Melissa Kubrin, Fingerprint Communication
melissa@fingerprintcom.net
HC,
Thanks for the link.
In the case of Titan it does not apply. Titan is a Canadian listed company with a secondary listing on the QX (new DTC eligible). They are governed by a different regulator (a different club with different rules).
It follows TSX rules/regulations.........if Titan were a CNSX company (which it's not) - then they could in fact potentially do the roll-back. That is not the case here.
The only way this can happen is by calling a shareholder meeting and voting. I for one would vote against it (but that's not relevant).
No need to worry.
Long and strong.
Just to clarify...
I should have explained this earlier, but I was in a rush on August 16th, and quickly through up 4 posts just so that I could get the moderator privileges on this board.
FotoYapp just debuted today at the Mercedes-Benz fashion week, and I believe that things are going to start moving here as users (hopefully) aggregate to the new platform. I think that it's neat app and would love to get feedback other iHub members that are trying it.
That said, I want to re-write the sticky post at the top of the board with relevant, quick reference information on Yappn, as well as provide ownload links to the iTunes and Google Play stores for FotoYapp. Hopefully I'll have that up this weekend.
Agreed.
510 should be smooth.
Keep us updated on your friends' comments now and then.
Long and strong.
El Guapo Roboto, I am back.
To be honest, I have been 100% on top of everything going on with Titan, been doing all my homework and have not missed a beat.
The reason I have not been on as much lately is that my friend (and now, formally, business associate) and I have been out doing a ton of due diligence on some other companies. We have both invested our own funds in some that are private and some that are public. We are also watching other companies and are looking to see entry points as well. This has been a real awesome learning experience. Lastly, it has been the summer and instead of being on the boards my time has been spent doing other work and enjoying the more relaxing time. We are doing some interesting due diligence on some other new technology launches in the IT space as well as some other spaces. Much of my time has been studying and writing about these companies on Seeking Alpha – so I am alive. Let me know if you want the link to one of the sites that a friend of mine and my Titan friend just launched at Fashion Week in NYC. You can Inbox me or just reply to this post and I will flip it to you. I would love to get as much feedback as possible as well. We both invested in this company and would love to provide them feedback and guidance.
The board has gone a little school yard-ish (not really a word but you know what I mean) but that’s fine. That happens when readership goes up, and frankly it's sometimes amusing. Of course it would be much better if people stick to the facts, but a good laugh never hurt anyone.
Now for the facts.
NO REVERSE SPLIT IS IN THE CARDS!!!!!!!!!!! If it were in the cards then we would have to wait for an AGM called by the company. Shareholders would have to vote. Right now it’s not on their minds – I can tell you that with certainty. All the people on the board who are mentioning it are speculating/guessing. Back to the school yard comment, they have every right to think about it and mention it, but it’s not even being considered today.
Next, this DTC is a good thing. There is a reason this happened. There are many funds out there who need the company to be DTC or they cannot trade it. Sherry probably has some funds out there that want to purchase shares and she has probably advised the company of this. I asked my friend about this and he was very familiar. He has had other Canadian companies listed in the US go through the same thing. He has a buddy who runs another public company that is inter-listed and this buddy told him he too had to get the DTC Eligibility as well in order to attract certain funds or brokers…… They simply applied and paid so many hundreds of dollars and it was done. I have not discussed this with management and don’t intend on discussing it with them either as its very minor. The only reason they would have ever done it as I stated earlier is because they were probably advised to do it – either by a broker (in the US), by Sherry or by an institutional investor.
I can also tell you for certain that both my friend and I have been chipping away at shares on the open market during the down days.
I am still long and strong and will be back and a little more active on the board.
Daymond John didn't just give YPPN an endorsement, but actually joined Yappn as a shareholder and business partner!
Interesting development.
2014-08-19 08:56 ET - News Release
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- (Marketwired) -- 08/19/14
Yappn Corp. ("Yappn" or "Company") (OTCQB:YPPN) a leader in real-time language technology, today announced that Shark Branding, the firm founded by iconic brand builder, entrepreneur and business leader Daymond John, will become a business partner and shareholder in Yappn.
Shark Branding and Yappn will partner to accelerate Yappn's ongoing sales, revenue programs, brand and communication strategy, enabling Yappn to reach a wider business and consumer audience for its services. Additionally, the two companies will work together to bring Yappn's real-time multilingual services and e-commerce platform to Shark Branding's impressive list of brands. Shark Branding will also assist in developing new engagement and revenue programs for FotoYapp, Yappn's new offering that revolutionizes social engagement, allowing images and content to be linked together and shared instantly in almost 70 languages.
"Partnering with Yappn is a step into the innovative and growing business vertical of real-time language services, which excites me and Shark Branding," said Daymond John, founder of Shark Branding. "There is an inherent business and global communication need for the technology that Yappn provides, and I'm looking forward to seeing what this partnership can do for not only our brand relationships, but the industry as a whole."
Throughout the last two decades Daymond John a successful businessman and star on the hit television show Shark Tank, has evolved from a successful fashion icon who launched a brand that filled an untapped need in the urban clothing market, FUBU, to a celebrity, sought-after branding expert, and business and motivational speaker.
In 2005, Daymond founded Stealth Branding & Marketing to focus on music video and television show product integration and four years later he changed the name to Shark Branding. Since then, the company has grown to help start-ups, large corporations, athletes and celebrities explore their brand extensions as well as hone their communication and messaging skills.
"We could not be more excited to work with Daymond and Shark Branding to build Yappn's client portfolio," said David Lucatch, CEO of Yappn. "Daymond's knowledge and experience speaks for itself and his company has an impressive array of clients that could benefit from Yappn's offerings. Together we aim to help companies all over the world communicate in a seamless and accurate way."
Shark Branding, which employs 20 people in Los Angeles, Miami and New York, has divisions focused on corporate and entrepreneur consulting, live entertainment and talent management, as well as licensing and design services. Corporate clients include Jamba Juice, Shopify, Reebok CrossFit 5th Ave, Resultly and various Shark Tank investments. Talent management clients have included global superstar Pitbull and now, rapper and record producer Lil Jon, model Selita Ebanks and singer-songwriter CeeLo Green.
About Yappn - www.yappn.com
Yappn is a real-time multilingual company that amplifies brand messaging, helps conduct commerce and provides customer support by globalizing these experiences with its proprietary approach to language.
Through its real-time multilingual amplification platform, Yappn eliminates the language barrier, allowing the free flow of communications in nearly 70 languages. Yappn has developed cost effective, unique and proprietary technology tools and services that create dynamic solutions that enhance a brands messaging, media, e-commerce and support platforms.
In addition to Yappn, FotoYapp (www.fotoyapp.com) provides consumers, brands and Influencers with the ability to share media content (images, video, audio, etc.) instantly across the global social sphere with all major social posts in a single environment in almost any language allowing global participants to interact with each other, regardless of their native tongue.
Yappn Corp. is publicly in the U.S. on the OTCQB - symbol "YPPN" and leading technology incubator, Intertainment Media Inc. (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCQX:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) has a controlling interest in Yappn Corp.
For more information, please visit http://corporate.yappn.com
About Shark Branding - www.sharkbranding.com
Shark Branding's team of expert communicators, strategic analysts, and creative heavyweights excels in transforming businesses into iconic brands. At their helm is business and branding expert Daymond John, CEO and Founder of FUBU, a $6 billion global fashion game-changer.
As demonstrated on ABC's hit reality series Shark Tank and from behind the scenes of countless business success stories, Daymond possesses a singular talent for tapping into the heart of a brand and positioning it for success.
Shark Branding's clients benefit from a 360 degrees approach to the growth of a healthy, successful brand with services ranging from brand strategy, design, and licensing; event development; celebrity affiliation and media; digital marketing; and the fundamentals of business leadership.
Forward Looking Information
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, and those preceded by or that include the words "believes," "expects," "given," "targets," "intends," "anticipates," "plans," "projects," "forecasts" or similar expressions, are "forward-looking statements." Although Yappn Corp.'s management believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee that such expectations are, or will be, correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from those anticipated. Additional information regarding the factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is available in the Company's filings with the SEC including the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2013 and each subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update any of the information contained or referenced in this press release.
Contacts:
Corporate Contact
David Lucatch
Founder and CEO
Yappn Corp.
info@yappn.com
www.yappn.com
Media Contact
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kellie@sharkbranding.com
www.sharkbranding.com
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Yappn isn’t just a chat service. Or a social wall. Or a customer service provider. Or an e-commerce company.
It’s all of those features bundled into one offering, with many different layers of user integration and features, and clear paths to monetization.
Marketing Services – 1. Chat Platform 2. Engagement Events 3. Flash Viral Videos 4. Social Media Walls 5. Video Closed Captioning 6. Virtual Tradeshow
Current Clients – Wutang Clan, theAudience, New Era, Wizard World, Steve Aoki, Marvel Studios, Wheels Up, Rock Smith, Good Life Network, Walt Disney, Oakley, FOX
Yappn is targeting companies and advertisers to provide any or all of the services they offer. Revenue will primarily come through FotoYapp, which is only now being launched, and will integrate with its current chat, e-commerce, and customer service solutions.
Yappn plans to aggressively capture users not only by signing what they refer to as ‘Influencers’ (celebrities, athletes and other key personalities) to contracts, but also doing large events to promote the platform.
The company has been very quietly developing their technology, and is now going to launch at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 4th.
I think that now is an excellent time to start accumulating (if you haven't already) before people actually start to realize what’s going on here, and the upside offered by this company.
Now let’s look at FotoYapp…
Screenshot 1 - iPad desktop Screen: New FotoYapp launch icon bottom right
Screenshot 2 - Android Home Screen Showing FotoYapp launch icon top right
Screenshot 3 - User News Feed Home Screen including:
- User Feed
- Getty Images Feed
- Getty Images Pics of the Day
- People and Brands that User Follows
It looks like each row of photos represents a category on a user’s home page.
Screenshot 4 - User Uploaded Media and Social Results
Here it looks like user ‘Robert Cole’ has uploaded his own photo, which is then shared on its own respective page, and other social results which are similar in nature (differentiated by tags?) are then aggregated, and can be sorted by social media network.
Depending on how many filters Yappn comes out with, I am only imagine the possibilities. They’re taking a great idea that is feverishly catching on, the social wall, thus being complimentary not competition to the major social networks that are out there that everyone already uses, and they’re making it easier on people, while at the same time integrating some very intriguing and cool user features such as the ability to converse with anyone on the globe about any topic, in this case, through pictures! I think that it’s very compelling from a user perspective.
Not to mention that brands can seemingly control their own ad content, which again presumably, is very targeted.
Screenshot 5 - Getty Images Verified User Image.
What really intrigues me here is that users, at least in my experience, have never had access to licensed content from the Getty database. If you’re not familiar with Getty, they’re probably the foremost stock photo and media agency in the world. Major news outlets and media publications which content from their databases for an overwhelming amount of media they share. So by allowing your average person access to this content, presumably in real-time, is unprecedented.
Screenshot 6 - Global Social Results For Getty Images Media.
Not to mention that I think that the Getty “Pic of the Day” and the focus that FotoYapp seems to have on that is brilliant. People love commenting on photos and discusses real-time events. FotoYapp can be a destination for this. Users from around the world can converse in one thread, to discuss one important topic (or photo). Sure, they could go anywhere and comment on a photo, but to be able to actually converse with people from around the world about it is very cool and brings a totally different perspective to something. If people do indeed use FotoYapp how I can envision that will be A LOT of eyeballs for advertisers!
FotoYapp builds on the idea that “a picture is worth a thousand words” by revolutionizing social engagement allowing images and content to be linked to each other and shared instantly, in almost any language substantiating the thought that complex ideas can be conveyed through visualization.
Let’s review some recent news to briefly put into context what has been going on at YPPN:
YAPPN CORP PARTNERS WITH MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK TO LAUNCH GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOTOYAPP
MMA LEGEND ANDERSON SILVA LAUNCHES SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE IN NEARLY 70 LANGUAGES
YAPPN CHAT UNVEILS NEW FEATURES INCLUDING 3RD PARTY GLOBAL MESSAGING
YAPPN ENHANCED VIDEO SERVICE ENABLES GLOBAL MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTENT PROVIDERS UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION CHRIS WEIDMAN TO HOST TWITTER CHAT IN OVER 70 LANGUAGES
YAPPN AND TOPFAN ENABLE FANS TO CONVERSE AND SHARE IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE
YAPPN LAUNCHES E-COMMERCE PLATFORM ENABLING COMPANIES TO EXPAND TO NEW GLOBAL MARKETS
YAPPN EXPANDS FOTOYAPP CAPABILITIES BY OFFERING INFLUENCERS AND CONSUMERS ACCESS TO GETTY IMAGES
YAPPN AND VOX CREATE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR BRANDS, TALENT AND SOCIAL INFLUENCERS
I don’t think that people really understand what’s going on here…
Tech speculators definitely should be doing their due diligence.
Most people think that chat.yappn.com/ is what Yappn is all about.
That’s not the case though. It was really only the starting point for the framework that David Lucatch and his management team have been developing.
You have to look at the entire package –
“Yappn is a real-time multilingual company that amplifies brand messaging, helps conduct commerce and provides customer support by globalizing these experiences with its proprietary approach to language.”
Yappn Chat is just one piece of the puzzle.
FotoYapp is what ties everything all together and will allow YPPN to start aggregating users and monetizing its platform.
“FotoYapp (www.fotoyapp.com) provides consumers, brands and Influencers with the ability to share media content (images, video, audio, etc.) instantly across the global social sphere with all major social posts in a single environment in almost any language allowing global participants to interact with each other, regardless of their native tongue.”
My schedule from now through September is jam packed. I do believe that there’s a Titan meeting in it somewhere. Whenever it is, I’ll definitely be in attendance.
I echo your sentiment when it comes to press releases as does the majority of the TITXF iHub board.
However, Titan management is very concerned that press releases expose Titan’s timeline to the competition and allow them to strategize better. I don’t want to go so far as saying that they think it’s ultimately disadvantageous for the company to press release, but it does feel like that sometimes with the lack of news flow.
On the plus, this does work two ways– when news comes, it can be very impactful to the share price. When certain milestones are achieved you’ll definitely want to be holding onto shares.
Long and strong.
CUIN2,
What makes me believe that Titan is perhaps a little behind with their milestones isn’t what I’ve heard but rather the lack of what I’ve heard in my discussions. Lots of talk of optimization, not enough talk of filing the pre-submission package. I know that they’re working on it, it’s just a matter of timing. Conversely, when they file the pre-submission package they’ll have completed the design freeze at which point there’s no going back; that’s the model that will be used in clinical trials and deployed commercially. If they tweak anything else or find a way to cut costs, too bad – next generation. So, I do like the thought of them working on every detail and getting it all right. Weeks I can deal with if in fact that does turn out to be the case. I’m still optimistic this gets accomplished by the end of the year.
I’ll reiterate my take on Joe without really getting into it – I’m not concerned at all that Joe left. My understanding is that Joe didn’t do anything that others couldn’t, and were, doing themselves. At the end he was acting more as a liaison to Ximedica than utilizing his sales background in his role as VP Business Development. Whether or not that means that there’s also been a strategy shift with sales and marketing, that’s something that I’ve speculated on. I’ve mentioned that initially they may go with a 3rd party to handle the roll-out. To re-iterate, all speculation there, however it’s a thought that’s definitely crossed my mind.
I can’t give enough credit to IITF – he’s a real sleuth and has impeccable timing when it comes to new due diligence on Titan.
In terms of doing a press release, I can see the merit in it, however, as we’ve discussed in the past, management doesn’t necessarily. They’re (overly) paranoid about disclosing too much information, meanwhile, information such as the new patent is in the public realm, and very much searchable if you’re looking for it (which the competition certainly is), however, management doesn’t seem to appreciate the fact that retail investors don’t do such thorough due diligence (this board and it’s exemplary members are an exception to the rule), and don’t see value in press releasing something like this (or other events that our board has found significant but management hasn’t announced).
Re: the website, I’ve talked to multiple members of the Titan team about this and have stressed the importance of daily updates and professionalism. Yes, hopefully, the website is updated soon to reflect recent changes.
Suckitup,
Nothing would make me happier than if you were correct.
In the interim, my model is based on how an analyst would value Titan today.
Based on history, the average takeover that has occurred in this space has been for the most part a double (give or take a bit, and again, that is based off of this stage in development). That puts us around $5 per share which frankly in my opinion is way undervalued – but more realistic. This is why many of us have been critical of Titan and their lack or news. The company should not just not just be putting their head on the sand and working hard on the product, they also have to simultaneously be creating shareholder value.
It’s all a process and Bertner will guide them properly down this path.
I hope to see some news in September and I hope you are right with your $3.5 billion.
Long and strong
ORMedDevRep,
Yes I am based in Canada.
I am still working on the due diligence of my next article and hope to have it published in a month or so.
From what I have been able to gather today Titan is basically on track for their milestones to maybe a little behind (and I am not talking months – more like weeks).
I do still hope/expect Titan to file for their CE Approval in 2014.
Yes, as the expression goes “the radio silence is deafening” I don’t wish for fluff to be published, but I do wish some type of updates would be released from the company. In the interim, from a market perspective there are lots of people on vacation and so any releases would have less of an impact anyway. Hopefully we will see something in September as I can wait longer.
Unfortunately with Titan we have to be patient.
ORMedDevRep,
I am here. It’s summer time and I like many I decided to get away for a bit. In fact, just prior to your response I had put out a post stating that I was just back from vacation.
No, I am not Steve Rosenman. If you read his stuff you will see nothing more than statements backed up by nothing. There is no logic to how he sets his targets – or maybe I am a bit unfair in saying there is no logic, but regardless, he does not share it with the public. No models, no comparisons….there might be some logic but he sure does not explain it.
As far as you being critical about my target, go ahead and be critical. I, unlike you am not an OR device sales rep, however I do have financial training and experience. I have made no claims on Titan’s technology other than to make comparisons on what is out there in the public domain and to listen to others who are professionals in the field and what they have to say. This board has been quite useful in that respect from the many comments provided by the medical professionals like yourself.
In response to your criticism, I clearly showed how I achieved my target in my model. Am I right with my target? I hope so. I simply contacted various analysts and discussed with them their financial models on similar devices (similar being used loosely) including Mako pre-takeover, Intuitive, TransEnterix, etc. I reviewed various published analyst reports on these competitors as a furtherance to my due diligence. Lastly, I created my model based on a late 2015 FDA 510(k) clearance; assuming that management meets its published deadlines. I came up with my price target of $6.90 by assigning a 50% weighting to the intrinsic value calculated from my DCF analysis (~$6.50/share) and a 50% weighting to the intrinsic value calculated from my EV/sales analysis (~$7.30/share), and like I said in the article, feel free to play around with the numbers in the matrixes to derive your own valuation.
For the record, I unlike Rosenman HATE putting time frames on my investment targets but I simply used Titan’s own stated time frame, which is public information, to try and provide some analyst-like coverage for Titan right now. In fact, it was other iHub board members that initially encouraged me to post an article on Titan and to join Seeking Alpha. Titan has no analyst coverage and no one aside from myself has attempted to give the company such a detailed valuation. Assuming Titan stays on track with their time frame, I am very comfortable with my model.
Again, my target price is based on industry comparables and how the average analyst values similar companies at similar stages to Titan and YES, my time frame is a bit of a “wild-card” as I (we) are all at the mercy of Titan and their ability to stay on track.
Being extra conservative, let’s assume Titan falls a little behind, that would bring them to February or March for a technology freeze which is, in my opinion will be the catalyst for shares to really breakout. Hopefully a NASDAQ listing will follow shortly thereafter (as soon as the listing requirements are met) and then institutional buyers will step-in and the fun will really begin. At this point it’s all up to Titan to perform. I am good with that, I am patient and I will continue to hold.
Anyway, I hope that helps clarify how I achieved my target. If you would like more info. or have more questions on my model/theory, feel free to ask.
FYI, I know you were being a little sarcastic with your 5-7 target by the end of 2014, but I would be very pleased if that did happen. As I've stated before, I understand why we are valued where we are today, but could just as easily see Titan being a $4+ stock as I write this.
Long and strong
Wow. I go away for a few weeks on vacation (at least part drinking some good wine in Napa) and this board has gone a little wacky. Anyway, many of the posts have been entertaining.
In response to your question, RI.
Still long and strong
Good morning,
You have to love TD who continue to pound away. They are now on the offer to sell 25,000 shares at $2.55 CAN.
Long and strong
I know CUIN has brought this up a couple of times now. I believe that Honeycomb's statement is fairly accurate. Not everyone was thrilled with the first article in particular...
But things were what they were and management needed to be aware of our board's (and others') discontent.
Same old sellers here in Canada today - TD, Anon., and Canaccord had a few nice blocks up today.
I love it. Let them continue selling and the new buyers step in. A more solid base forms at these levels then.
It's all good and nothing to sweat over (however I know this board always prefers green LOL).
Long and strong (this is a buying opportunity)
Calling all involved in the industry to respond. I’m looking to write a third article and need your help!
Anyone in the industry (physicians and specialists (surgeons, anesthesiologists, etc.), hospital administrators or management, sales reps, or anyone else who thinks that their input would add to the article is encouraged to submit a short piece of writing to titxfresearch@gmail.com.
After reading Lurker05’s post from the other day, and then VeNoM12’s, Robs911’s, and CUIN2’s responses, I had an idea for a new article. Let’s highlight the differences between Titan’s SPORT and its competition from the people who know the machines best, those with an intimate knowledge of what is needed – the end or near-end users.
I’ve really appreciated and find it fascinating to hear the differences in functionality between the units from the (near) end user, and what their thoughts here on iHub, and I think that others will really appreciate it as well via another Seeking Alpha article.
So, I would like to pose a few questions to those qualified to answer:
What makes the SPORT the most ideal platform relative to its competition?
(This is based on what details you know about the machines – please be as specific as possible)
What is your opinion of the current surgical robotics marketplace? How do you and your peers feel about Intuitive?
(Any anecdotes about experiences using the Da Vinci are appreciated)
Please add any metrics or additional information to you feel is pertinent to the discussion and that you feel would be of interest to others.
Don’t work about your responses being too bias, that’s expected. This is the TITXF board, the article will be on TITXF, and we’re all invested in TITXF, so inherently, there will be bias.
If you could e-mail me a brief synopsis of your personal details (what you do, how many cases/procedures a year, your involvement in the industry, etc. – that type of stuff), and also provide commentary to the above questions, that would be much appreciated – bullet points or paragraphs, whatever works for you. All contributors to the discussion will remain anonymous and will be labeled generically in the article (i.e. Surgeon 1, Sales Rep 2, etc.)
When I asked the other day I failed to realize that Private Messaging is a premium function on iHub and most users are not premium members. So to hopefully get a higher response rate, I just set-up titxfresearch@gmail.com. Please send your submissions there.
Looking forward to the e-mails. And remember this is totally voluntary and anonymous, but the more responses the more detailed and thorough the article will be.
If anyone has anything to add, or any suggestions or comments, don't be shy - feel free to post on here or send me an e-mail.
Long and strong.
As expected with the recent rise in share price, the shorts on TMD increased by about 509,000 as of the end June. They were just over 2 million.
Symbol Report Date Volume Change Shares Issued % Float
V : TMD 2014-06-30 2,028,290 509,500 99,296,396 2.04
V : TMD 2014-06-15 1,518,790 246,600 99,249,368 1.53
Long and strong
All the selling this morning is from TD again - same as last Thursday.
Just an observation and comment.
Some anonymous as usual too.
Agreed.
*UPDATE* Conversation with Titan
Hi guys,
First off, congrats to whomever initially brought-up all of this info. GREAT find!!! I can’t stress that enough. Very pertinent information to all of us. While many, in my opinion, overreacted, it’s important that we have discussions like this.
My friend spoke with the company this morning.
Three things:
1. The website – He explained to them that they have been behind updating their website and that there are a few issues with it. They said management thought the website was okay, however they’ll put their IT person on it right away. They made some changes recently and will review it again. There were obviously some misses.
If anyone wants to point out any discrepancies on the website such as BB still being listed, or the like, either PM me and I’ll get it to the right person, post it on the board, or e-mail Titan directly.
2. Joe Talarico – Nothing to worry about. You all read my post on Joe Talarico the other day. He was not an engineer, his background is in sales (despite his title being VP Business Development). He was overseeing the relationship with Ximedica, and in the grand scheme of things was simply no longer needed. If you guys wants to continue this discussion, that’s fine – I’m not touching it any more. Trust me, there is zero to worry about here.
Apparently he’s still an employee until the 11th, so Titan will remove him from the website later.
3. Why the Change in Patents – Simple as this: Titan had a couple 20-year-old patents that expired. They don’t use the patents. They were merely still tied to the company as someone else had brought up earlier, to bolster their patent portfolio. 7 sounds better than 5, no? From Titan’s perspective – it looked better. That’s it. There’s no conspiracy here.
If these patents materially affected the company there would have been a press release about it, however, in this case it was not necessary. The 2 patents that expired had nothing to do with the business. Nothing current. Nothing temporarily on the shelf. Nothing in a future product line. Most likely, there will be mention in the MD&A of the two the patents expired.
If anyone wants to PM me to discuss anything further, by all means.
Long and Strong