Advisor Insights: Recent Episodes
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Advisors play a key role helping companies navigate the public markets. The Advisor Insights podcast features conversations with members of our OTC Markets' Premium Provider Directory on the opportunities and challenges our issuer community often encounters.
Joe Dunlow, CEO of B2i Technologies Inc., joins us to discuss how his company of almost 25 years has grown and expanded in the website management space. B2i developed the first Software as a Service (SaaS) for IR which has now evolved into Data as a Service (DaaS) to simplify and streamline data captured on company websites. Tune in to learn more about leveraging these technologies!
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Kim Clark-Pakstys, Managing Director of Advisory Global Consulting Solutions, and Swami Venkat, CFO Advisory Services Practice Leader at CohnReznick LLP join us to discuss the evolving role of the CFO, who has transitioned from a traditional financial overseer to a key driver of strategy, innovation, and digital transformation. Kim and Swami also discuss how CFOs in companies of all sizes are now instrumental in aligning technology, data, and processes to meet business objectives.
Martin Ryan, Founding Partner of EGS Creative, joins us to discuss how Emerging Growth Services has evolved into EGS Creative to fully encompass their expertise in all of the services that issuers expect from a fully-scaled agency. Tune in to learn more about all of the services that Martin and his team can provide!
Ramon Pedrosa, principal and founder of Pdrs., joins us to discuss how Pdrs. provides expert investor relations communication services for companies who are listed on major stock markets. Pedrosa believes that non-US companies are able to leverage their unique stories to attract US investors through transparency and consistent communication. Tune in to learn more!
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Kaan Özçelik, CEO and Founder of Usul Ventures Limited, joins us to discuss how Usul Ventures supports companies through comprehensive legal and financial advice as they seek access to US capital markets. Usul Ventures believe that accessing the US investor base, by cross-trading on OTCQX, will not only provide capital but also boost a company's credibility on a global scale. Tune in to learn more!
Federico Castillo Martinez, Director of Investor Relations at Heineken, joins us for a special feature to celebrate over 10 years of trading on OTCQX under the symbols HEINY and HINKF. Federico gives insight on how Heineken continues to preserve its EverGreen strategy while also connecting to multiple audiences and markets to remain one of the top brands in its industry. Tune in to learn more!
Sam Buchanan, Managing Director of Doceo, joins us to discuss how Doceo can provide visual media strategies and support for companies looking to build their presence in the evolving and growing digital world. Tune in to learn more!
Steven Nelson, President and Chairman of Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, joins us to discuss the inner workings of being a stock transfer agent. Continental Stock will execute the communications between public shareholders and issuers; acting as the liaison for the issuers. Tune in to learn more!
Kevin Langdon, Senior Vice President of Alliance Advisors, Inc., joins us to discuss the preparation that Alliance Advisors provides small and mid-cap companies. Kevin also stresses the importance of ESG, now that it has become one of the largest and most valued aspects of a company and shareholders will want to know how this initiative is being handled and worked into the values of their prospective investment. Tune in to learn more!
Maurizio Manzati, President of Golden Eagle Capital Advisors, joins us to discuss his company's international network and services in order to bring international companies to US investors. Tune in to learn more!
David Batista, Senior Managing Director of Viriathus Capital, joins us to discuss how his extensive history within the Australian marketplace has helped him turn his company global, bringing international companies to US investors. He stresses the importance of continuing to grow a company’s US investor base after joining the OTC Markets in order to continually trade their securities successfully and build brand awareness.
Steve Bendit, Head of Sales at Securitize IO, joins us to discuss the differences between using a fully digital transfer agent like Securitize over a traditional transfer agent. Securitize can support companies, in all industries, as the push to move digital is at an all-time high; this can be done through tokenization. Tune in to learn more!
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Vince Caruso, CEO and Co-Founder of New to the Street, joins us to discuss how his company can help OTCQX and OTCQB companies gain earned media coverage. Through media appearances across all major financial broadcast networks, companies benefit from increased exposure to the financial investment community. Tune in to learn more!
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Seth Forman, President of ESG at Socialsuite Holdings, Inc., joins us to discuss the need to become more ESG conscious. Seth details the process and the extent of regulations that a company must go through in order to meet this criteria. Listen to hear how with Socialsuite's help, they make the experience easier as they are well-versed in everything ESG-related.
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Hunter Diamond, Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Equity Research, joins us to discuss how Diamond Equity Research delivers one of the top services in equity research and prides themselves on their relationships with their clients. They work with small cap companies who don't have the internal resources to deliver extensive reports and gain the proper exposure to grow their companies.
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Audun Hoen, Chief Executive Officer of Arctic Securities LLC, joins us to discuss how Arctic Securities assists Scandinavian companies reach the US market in order to expand their investor base and grow their company. One of the most important factors in gaining US attention is cross-trading on a US market, such as OTC Markets, and exposing the brand to US investors and consumers.
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Eric Schneider, Managing Director of AlphaRoot, joins us to talk about his company and the significance of cannabis insurance. Eric touches on the importance of using an insurance broker, such as AlphaRoot, who specializes in the necessary field in order to have the full knowledge and exposure to all resources and coverage to thrive in the market.
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Peter Sidoti, CEO and Founder of Sidoti & Company, as well as John DeBono, Director of Corporate Relations and Head of Company-Sponsored Research joins us to share insight on how Sidoti & Company can be an asset for smallcap and micro-cap companies by using their research resources. Sidoti & Company's product gives these companies a chance to compete with giants in their same industry who already have large amounts of funding and resources readily available to them.
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Sarah Morrison, President of OTC Advisory Services, joins us to share her experience working with prospective companies looking to cross-trade in the US. She gives insight on the steps a company must take in order to enter the US and the level of support her firm provides to ensure a smooth transition onto the OTC Markets.
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Arthur J Gallagher & Co. Podcast:
Pierre Woozevelt, Area Vice President of AJG joins us to talk about D&O and cyber insurance. He walks us through how Gallagher helps companies access risk and protect their assets when going from a private to a public market while also stressing the importance of cyber security post pandemic with the shift into work from home business models.
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Mohit Bhansali, CEO of Equity Stock Transfer joins us to talk about transfer agents and how Equity Stock Transfer helps companies address common pain points. He shares details to help small and microcap issuers better understand their relationship with their transfer agent in the public markets.
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Cicely Parada, Managing Member of Integrität Audit, Accounting & Advisory LLC joins us to talk about 15c2-11 and how Integritat helps companies become current under the rule. She also provides some tips to Cannabis and Crypto companies about what they should be focusing on in their accounting and reporting formation.
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Jonathan Paterson, Founder & Managing Partner of Harbor Access LLC, an Investor Relations firm that represents and advises small and mid cap companies, talks to us about the IR landscape. Jonathan tells us his take on where companies should focus their Investor Relations strategies in today’s market, and gives us some tips on what you should consider when hiring an IR advisor.
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Join us as we speak with Kara Kennedy, Executive Director, of ClearTrust, LLC, a full service Stock Transfer Agent on the OTC Premium Provider Directory. Kara discusses the importance and role of having a Transfer Agent, especially for Community Banks. Don't know what DTC eligibility, or DWAC and/or DRS is? Listen in and find out.
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John Kimber Executive Director of North America of Independent Investment Research (IIR) tells us how his firm stands out as a research house licensed with the regulators in the USA and Australia. Working across a wide variety of industries, listen in as John tells us about his wide distribution and efforts they go to make sure both individual and institutional investors have access to their research.
Dana Telsey, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Research Officer of Telsey Advisory Group, LLC speaks with Matt Liteplo, Host of Advisor Insights presented by OTC Markets. They talk about small-cap companies and the ever-changing investor landscape in today's market. Are retail investors becoming a more attractive prospect? How do you target institutional investors? Join in to hear Dana's insights.
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In this episode of Advisor Insights, we speak with Richard Heft, President and Co-Founder of EXT. Digital, a firm which uses digital marketing campaigns and their own proprietary financial-influencer network to assist issuers in their growth as public companies. We discuss how digital media has grown over the past few years, especially throughout the pandemic and what issuers should be focusing on when they are thinking about launching their own digital media campaign.
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Taylor Thoen is the Founder and CEO of BTV—Business Television, a platform which provides companies the opportunity to tell their story across multiple channels including Bloomberg Television, Fox Business News, and a plethora of financial sites. On this episode, Taylor mentions that “marketing is a process, it’s not an event” listen in to hear what she means and what you should be thinking about as you begin outreach to investors.
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In this episode, Laura Anthony, Founding Partner of Anthony L.G., PLLC, discusses the qualifications of listing on our OTCQB Venture Market and OTCQX Best Market. Whether you’re a private company or a company that trades on the PINK Open Market, listen in to learn about the qualifications, our OTCIQ platform, as well as tips and suggestions for communicating with the OTC Markets team.
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In this episode of Advisor Insights, we speak with Gregg Castano, Founder and CEO, of News Direct, a state-of-the-art news and content distribution service. Gregg talks about media, and provides some ideas on what companies can do in their press releases to grab the eye of current and potential investors.
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If you’re looking for ways to reach out to current and potential investors, or to understand why incorporating an Investor Relations strategy into your company’s plan is important, you’ll want to listen in to this episode with Mike Houston of Lambert IR. Mike clues us in, to Lambert IR’s recommended strategy for small and micro-cap companies and tells us about Lambert’s new platform, Tiicker—a shareholder loyalty platform.
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Sponsored research... Is this a last resort for small and micro-cap companies? Richard Hantke of Zacks Small Cap Research tells us about the benefits of Sponsored or Paid For Research. Listen in to hear why you should consider this in your growth as a public company.
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In this episode of Advisor Insights Robert Kraft, CEO of SNN INC. talks to us about how Stock News Now has grown into a premier media outlet for small & micro-cap stocks and tells us why every CEO needs to focus on their company’s media.
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Scott Powell of Skyline Corporate Communications Group joins us to talk about the importance of Investor Relations for public companies, especially small-cap companies. Companies frequently ask Scott “What’s the one thing we can do to get investors to pay attention to our stock or our company?” If you’re thinking there’s only one thing, listen in to hear Scott’s response.
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Curious about why liquidity and volatility matter so much to nano to mid-cap companies? Listen in as we discuss with Christopher Nicholson and Renas Sidahmed of ACF Equity Research. We talk about why these companies should not take their eye off the ball, and provide some insights on what you, a public company, should do, that you may not already be doing.
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In this special episode of Advisor Insights, we speak with Carl Clausen and Erik Aasland of Advokatfirmaet Ræder AS. As an active OTCQX Sponsor, Carl and Erik provide some valuable insights for some publicly traded international companies that are considering cross trading on the OTC Markets. You’ll want to have a listen, especially if you’re a Norwegian based issuer.
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Matt talks with Scott Greiper, President & Founder of Viridian Capital Advisors, about the cannabis market in 2020. While the cannabis market was greatly affected by the pandemic, Scott talks about things to look forward to in 2021 that include greater inclusion of institutional holders in cannabis companies, and also what kind of impact the newly President Elect and recent election will have on the cannabis market.
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Thinking about moving up to the OTCQB or OTCQX? Listen in to our conversation with Corey Fischer, Firm Managing Partner of Weinberg & Co, where we talk about what to expect from an accounting/ auditing perspective as companies move up to the higher tiers and become fully reporting entities. View Podcast Transcript for Weinberg & Company, P.A.
Laura Kiernan, Founder and CEO of High Touch IR, an Investor Relations firm in our Premium Provider Directory joins us to talk about Investor Relations in the Small Cap Space. Listen in as we talk about the role of an IR firm, what’s expected of companies when they hire an IR firm, and even some tips and suggestions on reaching the best investor base for your company.
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Seth Farbman, Chairman and Co-Founder of VStock Transfer, a Transfer Agent that is a member of our Premium Provider Directory joins us to help issuers with a common topic that publicly traded companies think about—picking service providers, specifically Transfer Agents. In their growth as public companies- how do issuers pick the right one, when should they consider one, and what do they need to think about?
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Matt Liteplo from our Advisor Relations team is looking forward to chatting with experts in our industry about issues and topics that are important to OTCQX and OTCQB traded companies. Subscribe for the first episode.