Let's not forget that the HMBL app and the associated patent(s) are now owned by Brian Foote's private company.
HMBL Ventures (is that the name of this turd now?) owns a percentage of the private company. How does "Ventures" exert any influence over Foote's private company? Assuming, arguendo, that we fast forward 5 years and the HMBL app is a huge success. What prevents Foote's private company from giving him (and his friends and family, since Brian has a history of heaping largess upon those around him) a multi-million dollar salary? And a private jet. And benefits up the wazoo. It's his private company, after all.
What sort of profits or dividends would Ventures receive after Foote has drained the coffers?
Being a minority owner, especially of a private company, is not a powerful place to be.
No one should be counting on seeing a dime from that relationship.
So we're back to the missing pile of fertilizer. It was sold, right? When is the cash going to show up?