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What in the world caused that sudden drop?
VNUE Reports 100% accuracy with Soundstr.
Sorry if this has been posted already but I did not see it here.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vnue-reports-100-accuracy-on-streaming-id-with-soundstr-301290034.html
NEW YORK, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VNUE, Inc. (OTC: VNUE) announced that it has been working on enabling its Soundstr Music Recognition Technology (MRT) not only for identification of music in bars, restaurants, radio stations, and other physical businesses, but has been actively developing a solution to also track and identify online streams – meaning that any streaming source, such as online radio, games and vloggers, or other digital sources like Youtube, Apple Music and Spotify – may be monitored and audited.
In tests with several sources, including Apple Music and others, Soundstr's "SaaS" platform (Software as a Service) was able to correctly identify every single song that was played. Importantly, Soundstr is not just identifying the playlist, but also the composers, lyricists, publishers and other data that is related to the specific tracks that are being played. This granular data from each source can then be aggregated with hundreds and thousands of other sources to create a complete and compelling landscape of music consumption, especially when combined with physical locations and radio.
"Soundstr has always been about a complete platform, not just hardware or software," said CEO Zach Bair. "To scale, Soundstr must have flexibility that doesn't require a single piece of hardware. A total solution means we develop the platform so that not only do we have our Soundstr Pulse devices that are physically installed in businesses, but that we can deploy our SaaS solution that will, for example, track audio from virtually any digital source. This is a very important development, because many smaller DSPs, and even some larger ones, don't have the capability to deliver a deep data set that can be useful for tracking outside of tracking for their own use."
Additionally, the SaaS platform is being developed so that it may be installed on 3rd party devices – meaning that Soundstr will be able to be integrated with existing vendor equipment, for example, other hardware such as routers, POS systems, media players, and more. The company is actively exploring potential relationships.
Soundstr's Pulse has also recently been tested successfully in a commercial setting to double as its own media player, so that business owners may have the additional benefit of a high-quality solution to deliver fully licensed music in their establishment, and can also utilize the tracking and identification functionality its MRT for other music sources.
So how long does it typically take for the uplist process to complete?
True but one of those lawyers that is listed deals with mergers and acquisitions. I know nothing about law but why bring in a lawyer for mergers and acquisitions unless that was the direction you were going as a company.
https://www.lw.com/people/richard-frenkel
Rick Frenkel helps clients navigate intellectual property disputes, providing analysis and preventative counseling, advising on the IP aspects of license agreements and mergers and acquisitions, as well as representing clients in all aspects of litigation. He draws on his experience as a trial lawyer, engineer, and former in-house counsel.
https://www.lw.com/people/maximilian-grant
Max Grant is the former Global Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, which has twice won the Chambers USA Award for Excellence. The group’s development and trial capabilities were featured in a 2016 article in The Recorder.
Mr. Grant is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has successfully tried over 25 patent and IP cases to verdict. He also provides strategic business counseling on IP issues.
Named the 2016 District of Columbia IP Litigator of the Year by Managing Intellectual Property
Chambers ranks him Band 2 for IP Litigation as “a results-oriented attorney who delivers.” He is “strategic, aggressive in litigation and excellent in the courtroom,” has a “laser focus on key issues and execution of the approved plans” and is an “incredible professional, focused on business outcomes rather than only the legal ones.” – Chambers Global and Chambers USA
That’s from 2018
If it was a buyback wouldn’t the company have to disclose that before beginning the buyback?
Philip Morris description and links to HCMC patents.
Sorry if this had been posted before as I am still fairly new here with 3 million shares. Long read and research but pretty interesting. Up top is from the PM website. Below are links to the patents held my HCMC. As someone that doesn't smoke and never has it appears to me that HCMC owns just about every patent needed for any company involved in the vaping world.
Tobacco meets technology (FROM PM Website)
While the idea of heating tobacco (instead of burning it) has been around for more than two decades, it took years of research and development to create a product that is acceptable to adult consumers. Around 12.7 million consumers have already chosen to switch from cigarettes to this product: our tobacco heating system IQOS (THS).
At the heart of THS are sophisticated electronics that heat specially designed heated tobacco units. THS heats the tobacco just enough to release a nicotine-containing tobacco vapor but without burning the tobacco.
Here’s the key point: the tobacco in a cigarette burns at temperatures in excess of 600 °C, generating smoke that contains high levels of harmful chemicals. But THS heats tobacco to much lower temperatures, up to 350 °C, without combustion, fire, ash, or smoke. And because the tobacco is heated and not burned, the levels of harmful chemicals are significantly reduced compared to cigarette smoke. However, THS is not risk-free and delivers nicotine, which is addictive.
How does THS work?
THS is a tobacco heating system available in two versions. The first has three main components—a heated tobacco unit (called HEETS or HeatSticks), a holder, and a charger. The second is an integrated product that combines the holder and charger and allows multiple uses without recharging the battery.
Both work in the same way: a consumer inserts the heated tobacco unit into the holder, which contains an electronically controlled heater.
The consumer pushes a button to turn on the heater, and then draws on the heated tobacco unit to inhale a nicotine-containing tobacco vapor. Once the heated tobacco unit is finished, the consumer removes it from the holder, and then it can be disposed of in a waste bin.
1. The heated tobacco unit contains a uniquely processed tobacco plug designed for heating, not for smoking. The tobacco plug is made from tobacco leaves, which are ground and reconstituted into tobacco sheets, called cast-leaf. These sheets are then crimped and made into a tobacco plug.
2. The holder, into which the heated tobacco unit is inserted, heats the tobacco via an electronically controlled heating blade. The blade simultaneously heats the tobacco to temperatures up to 350 °C, while monitoring its temperature to ensure consistent taste and to avoid burning. It also has an over-heating protection mechanism, which turns itself off if necessary. The holder supplies heat to the heated tobacco unit via the heating blade for six minutes or 14 puffs, whichever comes first.
3. After each use of a heated tobacco unit with the original three-component heating system, the small battery in the holder needs to be recharged by inserting it into the charger. The IQOS DUO allows a second use before recharging and the IQOS Multi can be used up to 10 times before recharging. The chargers can be recharged from household power sockets.
From the US Patent office. Patents owned by HCMC
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7832410B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8156944B2/en?oq=8156944
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8365742B2/en?oq=8365742
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8375957B2/en?oq=8375957
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8393331B2/en?oq=8393331
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8490628B2/en?oq=8490628
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8511318B2/en?oq=8511318
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8689805B2/en?oq=8%2c689%2c805
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8863752B2/en?oq=8%2c863%2c752
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8893726B2/en?oq=8%2c893%2c726
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8899239B2/en?oq=8%2c899%2c239
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8910641B2/en?oq=US+8%2c910%2c641
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9320300B2/en?oq=9%2c320%2c300+
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9326548B2/en?oq=9%2c326%2c548
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9326549B2/en?oq=9%2c326%2c549
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9326550B2/en?oq=9%2c326%2c550
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9326551B2/en?oq=9%2c326%2c551
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9339062B2/en?oq=9%2c339%2c062
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9364027B2/en?oq=9%2c364%2c027
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9370205B2/en?oq=9%2c370%2c205
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9456632B2/en?oq=9%2c456%2c632
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9713346B2/en?oq=9%2c713%2c346
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9717278B2/en?oq=9%2c717%2c278
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9717279B2/en?oq=9%2c717%2c279
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9808033B2/en?oq=9%2c808%2c033
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9808034B2/en?oq=9%2c808%2c034
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10045564B2/en?oq=10%2c045%2c564
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10065489B2/en?oq=10%2c065%2c489
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10143238B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10178881B2/en?oq=10%2c178%2c881
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10327478B2/en?oq=10%2c327%2c478
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10342264B2/en?oq=10%2c342%2c264
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10349682B2/en?oq=10%2c349%2c682
https://patents.google.com/patent/USRE47573E1/en?oq=US+RE47%2c573+
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10383366B2/en?oq=US+10%2c383%2c366
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10477898B2/en?oq=10%2c477%2c898
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10588353B2/en?oq=10%2c588%2c353
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10701982B2/en?oq=10%2c701%2c982
https://patents.google.com/patent/US10791766B2/en?oq=10%2c791%2c766
Fidelity shows closing Friday at .0016 which is what the news released stated it closed at.
Let’s hope. Either way though we’re in good shape.
I know what they stated and it’s certainly possible but they have a lot of work to do. It can go fast though with the right crew and good workers.
Saw a picture of the new building on the rockhouse live Facebook site. For some reason I can’t post it. Holding long here on my shares but judging by the picture they are probably close to two months out minimum from being able to open. Building is still in early to mid construction phase.
You spelled Bloody Mary wrong...lol
On target for $20,000,000 in annual revenue and over $600,000 in assets already acquired sucks ass?
Is this stuff really selling for $99.00 as amazon shows? Is that per case or what?
I had the exact same thought this morning about the combination. There is certainly more to this puzzle. I can see why some have doubts and part of me still has some, but a bigger part of me is more intrigued by this entire thing to see how it plays out. My position is small enough to not lose much if it goes south but large enough to potentially change mine and my families life if it goes north. I have play money invested so I’m not really out anything. Pass the popcorn!!
From January 2019 talking about ATI possibly going public. They just might have found their way.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/are-these-big-physical-therapy-chains-ripe-ipos
Physical therapy clinics have popped up on just about every street corner around metro Chicago lately, it seems. Those ubiquitous ATI and Athletico banners, in fact, signal that two big local companies are growing fast to dominate the business, leading to speculation about what each can do for an encore.
Some dealmakers believe they could be ripe for public offerings of stock. If so, their stories certainly would impress Wall Street. Athletico, based in Oak Brook, was founded in 1991 and has grown to 450 locations in a dozen states, with three dozen clinics added last year and another 50 planned in 2019. It's been majority owned by BDT Capital Partners of Chicago for the past two years.
ATI, headquartered in Bolingbrook and founded in 1996, owns some 830 clinics in 25 states, with 184 locations in Illinois alone. It closed the books on 2018 with 70 clinics added to its portfolio, on top of 91 opened in 2016. It's had four private-equity owners (including GTCR in Chicago) since 2006, with Boston-based Advent International, a colossus with $42 billion in assets under management, the owner since 2016.
ATI ranks No. 2 in size in the physical therapy field, trailing only Select Medical, based in Mechanicsburg, Pa., with close to 2,000 locations and a repertoire that extends to acute care and inpatient rehabilitation. The No. 3 company is Houston-based U.S. Physical Therapy, with 580 centers in 42 states. Athletico is believed to rank No. 4. Both U.S. Physical Therapy and Select Medical are publicly traded companies, with U.S. Physical Therapy trading at a rich 45 times its 2018 earnings recently (the S&P 500 average is 19).
In the wake of a frenzy of acquisition roll-ups over the past 15 years, the 10 largest physical therapy companies still control less than 25 percent of the $30 billion, 19,000-clinic outpatient physical therapy marketplace in the U.S., according to analysts. Private equity has flooded into the 15 or 16 biggest players that aren't public companies, but, as with ATI, some have flipped their ownerships more than once already in an exercise that is repeating itself.
"This space will certainly continue to consolidate, with lots of private-equity investors still looking to get into the market," says Ryan Buckley, a partner in the Chicago office of Livingstone Partners, a mergers-and-acquisitions advisory that has helped arrange more than a dozen deals in physical therapy, including several for ATI. He predicts that as the biggest players get ever larger, the audience of private equity willing to invest will shrink. "For some of these big players, it will make sense to pursue an IPO in the future," Buckley says. "It may be that ATI has already considered that, for the simple reason that the public markets are valuing these businesses at a significant premium to where they trade privately."
In fact, most of the private-equity investments in physical therapy have valued companies such as ATI and others at between 10 and 14 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, analysts say. Viewed by that measure, U.S. Physical Therapy, at a recent public price of $120 a share, is trading at a multiple above 21. The disparity in public/private valuations is particularly wide in physical therapy, investment bankers say.
"The trend in health care services has been for companies to go private rather than public," says Dana Hambly, an analyst at brokerage Stephens in Nashville, Tenn. "But all these companies have to be watching U.S. Physical Therapy. At the kind of valuations it's attracted, it would be silly not to at least consider doing an IPO."
"Our competitors typically get sold from one private-equity investor to another," says Larry McAfee, chief financial officer of U.S. Physical Therapy. "I keep hearing the rumors from time to time that this company or that company is getting ready to go public. But it hasn't happened yet."
Will it? Both ATI and Athletico deny such ambition. "I don't expect Athletico to go public, though I do expect some of the others in our business to do IPOs. Our owners are interested in driving long-term value here," says Athletico CEO Mark Kaufman, who founded the firm in 1991. He took it into the big time four years ago when he engineered, with the backing of private equity, the acquisition of the larger Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers, based in Chicago with 250 locations. One source at the time valued the transaction at close to $450 million.
CONTINUED CONSOLIDATION
ATI management declines to comment on the possibility of an IPO. Brent Mack, chief operating officer, predicts the marketplace will continue to consolidate. "We have at least 20 markets where we see growth for ourselves ahead," he says. "We can still grow in Chicago, and we want to grow in places like Dallas, Portland, Seattle and Phoenix."
The investment appears modest. Most physical therapy firms acquire a smaller practice in a target market, then expand by opening their own clinics in a hub-and-spoke system from there. The clinics are small, rarely exceeding 3,500 square feet and usually leased in shopping centers, and employ between three and five therapists, who earn on average about $80,000 a year, according to Department of Labor statistics.
Hospital systems and even orthopedists themselves have shown only moderate interest in competing in the physical therapy arena. A typical treatment lasts an hour and brings an average reimbursement of about $100—too low to interest bigger medical groups. In addition, the overall field is growing at just 2 to 4 percent annually, driven by more and more baby boomers with tired muscles and overweight patients unsteady on their feet. Insurance payers have kept a tight cap on prices for most procedures.
Roll-ups like ATI and Athletico clearly intend to double and even triple industry growth rates. The companies don't publish financial results, but Crain's conservatively estimated ATI's revenue in 2017 at $420 million, representing in all likelihood a gain of 7 percent or more. Athletico's annual sales were pegged at $130 million. Kaufman just closed in October on a deal to buy the four locations owned by Maximum Impact Physical Therapy in Dallas. He thinks he can eventually open 30 clinics in that market. The company entered Kansas City less than two years ago and will soon have a half-dozen new locations open there.
"We had both Athletico and ATI formed in the 1990s, and I don't think at the time that either of us aspired to the kind of growth that we've achieved," says Kaufman, who got his start as an athletic trainer at the Francis W. Parker School on Chicago's North Side. "We certainly could not have done it on our own. Private equity has been the key driver for us and others."
Representatives at both Advent and BDT would not confirm any interest in taking ATI and Athletico public. But it may be in their best interests to do so before long.
I still have my .006’s
Fidelity is 10,000. Sucks when you want to buy a lot of shares.
It shows up on the Nasdaq page but under exchange it lists otc. At least with what I see.
I’m new to all this so sorry if this is a dumb question. Do you think they will have to reverse split to get the share price up enough to uplist or do you think it gets there on its own?
Why in the world would anyone sell this right now?
Rookie here. Got in at .006. Just curious everyone's opinion on potential highpoint for this. From what I can find and gather with my limited knowledge the sky is the limit.