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Marketing Shark Clark: "Medico, when your done with the lawn grab three cold drinks out of the garage and meet me in the study."
Lying Ryan Medico: "Yessir. What would you like boss?" "Wait, you said three?"
Clark: "Yeah, Sleek will be rolling up any minute." "Let's enjoy some of those Elev8 CBD Infused Iced Coffee's you brought over."
Medico: "But that garbage has been expired for two years...I shit my pants at the park last time I had one."
Clark: "It's going to take a year to drink the two pallets you brought over." Besides, I really need a heavy dose of CBD since I threw my hip out humppin your mom last night."
.....a few hours later in Clark's study
Medico: "What is this about, am I finally in?"
Clark: "In what?"
Medico: "The deli crew...am I in?"
Clark: "No, we're still waiting on the patches for your jean jacket". "Listen, no one drinks lemonaid out of a really good looking can anymore and our Instagram efforts have not worked."
Medico: "You need a crack accountant to help with a surprise reverse split?"
Clark: "No, were pulling the pin on this shit grenade and going into selling virtual medicine in the Metaverse. Sleek is in tight with Scott Gottlieb who says the once the FDA approves it, we're going to make billions."
Medico: "What do you need me for then?"
Clark: "Sleek's car is dirty...going to need a quick wash and wax it buddy. And hurry, we're trying to catch the tail end of happy hour at Chilie's Grill and Bar."
Sleek: "Here are the keys champ....it's the bright red PT Cruiser. Watch the paint kid...and don't even think about skimming any cold cuts from the cooler."
Marketing Shark Clark: "Medico, when your done with the lawn grab three cold drinks out of the garage and meet me in the study."
Lying Ryan Medico: "Yessir. What would you like boss?" "Wait, you said three?"
Clark: "Yeah, Sleek will be rolling up any minute." "Let's enjoy some of those Elev8 CBD Infused Iced Coffee's you brought over."
Medico: "But that garbage has been expired for two years...I shit my pants at the park last time I had one."
Clark: "It's going to take a year to drink the two pallets you brought over." Besides, I really need a heavy dose of CBD since I threw my hip out humppin your mom last night."
.....a few hours later in Clark's study
Medico: "What is this about, am I finally in?"
Clark: "In what?"
Medico: "The deli crew...am I in?"
Clark: "No, we're still waiting on the patches for your jean jacket". "Listen, no one drinks lemonaid out of a really good looking can anymore and our Instagram efforts have not worked."
Medico: "You need a crack accountant to help with a surprise reverse split?"
Clark: "No, were pulling the pin on this shit grenade and going into selling virtual medicine in the Metaverse. Sleek is in tight with Scott Gottlieb who says the once the FDA approves it, we're going to make billions."
Medico: "What do you need me for then?"
Clark: "Sleek's car is dirty...going to need a quick wash and wax it buddy. And hurry, we're trying to catch the tail end of happy hour at Chilie's Grill and Bar."
Sleek: "Here are the keys champ....it's the bright red PT Cruiser. Watch the paint kid...and don't even think about skimming any cold cuts from the cooler."
Sleek....Sleek is that you?
I'm with you Bob...new can design looks like they are marketing fruit flavored sparkling water to an AARP convention. This design would have been cutting edge in 1999. Previous can design is far superior...go ask your kids or anyone under 30 what catches their eye.
Adding "OOH LA" to a drink name? Cheesy AF. Who are they marketing to? Retired Folies Bergere dancers looking to cut calories but keep the flavor?
Spending money on a can redesign was not necessary; looks here like Clark took a page out of Medico's playbook on this one.
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Clark to Marketing Agency: "What do you think of this Lemin can...do you consider the professional marketing company that recently developed it incompetent?"
Marketing Agency: "Yes."
Clark: "Should we dilute our stock a bit and pay you with shareholder money for totally subjective research and a redesign?"
Marketing Agency: "Yes." "This is what Anheuser Busch would do."
Clark: "Great, that makes sense." "Do you have any references or recent success stories in this industry you can share?"
Marketing Agency: "Actually yes, check out this badass tea bottle for Elev8."
Clark: "Wow..what a "sleek" design." "Let's do it."
Probably could have taken 10% of that money, paid a bunch of teenagers to blow up social media and gotten 10x the leverage immediately. Let the product speak for itself.
I asked IR directly about the S1 submittal and got a response back in under an hour. Not the answer we wanted, but they're certainly not hiding anything.
The R/S talk scares the sht out me after the donkey fkn I got from vate. But then I realize the KG product is fantastic vs that RTD coffee piss vate tried to sling. I'm pretty sure Medico was hand filling those cans with sour milk from a old goat he rented from a local bean farmer.
Maybe "SSSSSleak" can confirm this....I haven't seen a updated DD packages from the deli boss recently.
Bottoms up, good luck gentlemen.
Fake news....total horse shit article. Mice (does not equal) Humans to begin. Animal models are not predictors of human response. Some animals do occasionally respond to stimuli as do humans, but how are we to know prospectively which animal will mimic humans? Advocates who maintain animals are predictive confuse sensitivity with prediction.
Common sense suggests an unadulterated full spectrum extract would be >> CBD isolate. I'll give you that - at the end of the game Mother Nature always beats the lab.
Look at the LD50 vs the effective dose of CBD...pretty GD safe compared to the smorgasbord of shit we all willingly defile our liver with daily without a thought.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_lethal_dose#cite_note-60
Author does seem to really be looking out for your best interest though. Check this other article where he outlines the dangers of an excessively strong grip ->
https://www.mikeadamsofficial.com/single-post/2019/04/12/Choking-The-Chicken-Too-Tight-Can-Cause-Problems-In-The-Boudoir
Translation: this guy is a Jabroni
Sleek - very positive that VATE will be releasing new RTD product soon. In your opinion, does VATE has the right strategy for marketing and the required distribution network in place to hit the $X MM's revenue targets suggested on the forum?
Ryan is that you?
So what you are pointing out is that VATE the tallest midget?
RM heard Steve Jobs say "do one thing and do it well" and applied to to his marketing strategy through IG.
This ticker is a boat anchor.
Great thought, but Medico's strategy is to clip coupons so we'd be looking at signing Buster Douglas or Billy Jean King as a sports personality.
There is the fact they advertised during the Super Bowl vs the slightly more conservative approach by the (master)VATE marketing department who prefer leveraging Instragram to a couple hundred followers - but marketing and media exposure in this line of business is probably way over hyped IMO. I like the strategy that "if you order empty bottles, they (orders/reorders) will come". Then all that's required is dilute for more capital in order to buy sht to fill and sell. It's really bottom left side of the bell curve genius.
Outside of that, the rumor is BCC* beat RM in placing their order for a similar mega-sized coffee roaster to multiply their production capacity. No doubt a brilliant attempt to out maneuver our heavyweight market leader that is VATE. We ordered from the same equipment supplier, but parts had to be back ordered for our roaster. I heard these parts are in hand and fabrication has commenced. The roaster will be completed, tested and shipped in 2 weeks - fantastic news. Y'all watch the Discovery show Gold Rush?? ...with those giant red sluice boxes complete with the appropriately outrageous nicknames? I say we start a poll to nickname our roaster....my vote is Firerrhea (check the urban dictionary...I think it's appropriate since this is what happens when folks think of how many shares they own at 05+).
Here is what I see as the new schedule before we can cinch our saddles for launch:
1) A couple weeks on the boat for the new roaster to sail from India to Longwood, FL.
2) Installation should start half a month before the FDA issues the pending CBD guidance. I'm actually shocked it wasn't announced yesterday at the close...you know those KY hemp farmers can't plant seeds before guidance is issued - that pattern "be" full Ghostrider. Mitch bout to start throwing his switch and get medieval on these FDA jokers. This catalyst is going to be so big, the South Africans and Russians combined won't be able to mine enough platinum. No worries, I slapped the ask hard for several hundred Benjis! I'm in deeper than Ron Jeremy.
3) Once the bolts are tight and the gas is flowing, I'd expect a single fortnight to get this fire breathing dragon dialed in and cooking those sweet azz beans. PS - I have a friend who stopped into VATE HQ this week and spent time in the *board room for over an hour. Word is the next seasonal coffee flavor will be one of three: Aunt Ginny's Figgy Pudding, Misses Clause's Hot Spiced Sugar Plums, or Uncle Robert's Boda Bag Eggnog. This should be worked out real soon - just in time to capitalize on pre-clearance level prices. I immediately thought a better flavor idea would be anything with a hint of a green curry undertone since that would mask any potential residues from factory acceptance testing.
*said his damn phone was on the fritz for those few hours, otherwise we'd have pics to validate. Believe it though.
4) Half month to grind the beans, allowing for a few mechanical break downs and running the plant a minimum speed to minimize CO2 emissions. The faster we can get to a white earth event, the better. This may even help sell more hot coffee by day and RTD dranks by night.
5) Package half the grind and sell the snot out of them on Amazon.ca for twenty bucks a bag - can you say new investors, eh?
6) The other half of the beans can do their cold brew magic for as long as it takes to get more flavor into the bland RTD product we have today. New label = better flavor.
7) By this time we should have enough juice to fill 100,000 or so cans with that sweet CBD nectar.
8) Proceed to the bank to start cashin checks
Shts about to get real guys, hold on to your one eyed donkeys....once they spark this roaster, it will be a fight between Folgers and Maxwell House on who will be first in line to contract for the extra capacity. Just think....if all this profit isn't wasted on hookers and blow; we can buy a pod making machine and run rough shot over everyone in the space. Starbucks on notice.
Make no mistake gentlemen; THIS IS A BELT AND SUSPENDERS SCENARIO. You better recognize this quickly or risk having your pants on the ground after this MF lights off. Were looking at a level 3 white-eruption.
MO FWIW
EOM fellow VATErs.
Current VATE PPS vector = a fresh load of whale sh*t
Lets get this float locked up boys....
Just caught wind that Medico is considering a change to the current VATE logo. It is also rumored he will be releasing a limited run of company headwear to increase market awareness. Should be the boost we need fellas.
I've got a man on the inside that is supposed to send me an advanced copy of the new logo and gear. I'll share as soon as I see it...stoked!
Do enlighten us...
Deli stocks making N look like dog food these days. Wish I had the cajones to sell this position and double down at the meat counter.
First post, but have been reading this board for several months... Thought I'd share the cover of the upcoming Economist magazine "World in 2019". If you're unfamiliar, it's debatable that past "World In" covers provide clues and/or telegraph future events by the TPTB. Obviously of interest is the Sativa leaf in the right hand of da Vinci's Vitruvian man. I'd say the placement of the leaf over the US mainland is not a coincidence either. Definitely another indicator that Trump signs TFB legalizing hemp. Could indicate more with the momentum building with recreational MJ as well.
At any rate, I'd like to think the longs in VATE and similar will be in good shape in the next several years.