acorn management partners is broker distribution
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Ignite your Stock’s Potential through Broker Distribution
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Acorn is a hard charging, evangelistic partner that public companies use to expand and explain their investment thesis from Main
Street all the way up through Wall St and into your shareholder base. AMP’s revolutionary model is completely independent and
sustainable for the long term because of our 450,000 broker database, effective and reportable.
Acorn increases your company’s market exposure without the hype of social media, emails, and newsletter blasts. Acorn builds
each company an independent broker database then explains a company’s investment thesis to each broker constantly while
COMPOUNDING the investment story through the progression of calls at a rate of 3000 calls per month per client. The process is
dedicated to drive long-term investors through their trusted broker to own a company. Acorn Management Partners is the ONLY
solution in the space that works solely with companies based on their expected catalysts and successful execution of their
business model.
Acorn understands the need to increase the shareholder base steadily and create a truly sophisticated market. This is done by
creating relationships with licensed professionals and explaining the company’s investment thesis. Acorn makes approximately
80,000 + AMPLIFYING phone calls per month to only Series 7 Licensed Advisors, Brokers, and PM’s.
Acorn is designed to increase the market's interest in a company while decreasing that company’s liabilities by only speaking
with licensed Series 7 professionals, who all make recommendations to their books of ~300 clients which are all potential
shareholders. The suitability still stands and MUST always stand with the Series 7 representative.
Shareholder Amplification
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One of the biggest Myths on Wall St. is “news creates volume.” How many time have you heard “ you need more news, if you want volume,” that’s just hype and building an unsophisticated market.
• It’s a misconception that most management teams believe, but yet they don’t understand why their news is not creating volume. News doesn’t create volume, it’s just words. It’s the amount of shareholders and brokers reading those words and reacting to your news that creates volume.
In general, volume is a byproduct of the number of investors in your stock, your shareholder base.
Here are some quick numbers you need to consider about your shareholder base:
• Roughly 5,000 shareholders, the volume should be about 100,000 shares of volume a day
• Roughly 10,000-12,500 shareholders, the volume should be about 1,000,000 shares of volume a day
Look, it’s simple, the more eyeballs on your stock either buying or selling creates volume. So this might answer many of the questions about why all the programs or companies in the past didn’t work. You must understand there are two type’s of shareholders and decide which one you want. At Acorn we only work to build the sophisticated base because of its strength and longevity.
• Un-sophisticated shareholder: IR Programs create a short-term response in your stock with traders using hype pieces such as emails, research reports, non-deal roadshow, and newsletters. All of the buyers are traders with little to no understanding of the true value of your company and your time horizon. When something negative happens as it does in most small and micro-cap stocks, they have nowhere to turn for an explanation. What are they supposed to do, email back the email blaster? No. Write a letter to the editor? They will just promptly hit the sell button, and that’s that….
• Sophisticated shareholder: On the other hand, if a broker recommended the stock to his clients, they give their client a recommendation explaining the investment outlook for the short and long term. Both shareholders will work for the short term and when the perception of something negative happens, while the market is reacting negatively, the sophisticated shareholder base will stabilize the market by having the proper information within a highly volatile market. The broker is the key point. His response will be professional by going directly to you (the company) and asking for an explanation of the news, event, or story that has recently disrupted the market so he can inform your shareholders his clients. He has the trust of the shareholders, who will give them solid and accurate information and then recommend how to proceed forward.
Drive professional interest to increase Shareholders
Email Campaigns
•Email blast 10 Million People Costs $50,000 Generates $500k in volume
•THE PROBLEM Unsophisticated Market
Internet Marketing
•Warm and Fuzzy, Social Media, Nice Websites
•THE PROBLEM Unsophisticated Market
Research Reports
•AMP actually owns a research company and has written reports for billion dollar companies
•THE PROBLEM Unsophisticated Market
Traditional Investor Relations (IR)
•Phone calls, marketing, websites, news releases, etc.
•THE PROBLEM Individual Investors and Unsophisticated Market
Alternatives to working with AMP
You have tried all of the above. They do not work!
Don’t be the Hot Stock of the day!
• “Promoters” have their stocks bought from focused e-mail marketing to short term traders (zero long term effect,) targeting direct mail marketing to small unsophisticated investors (Destructive long term effect, because now traders are buying stock from your existing shareholder base, therefore, eliminating all stock support from your current investor base,) engaging partner promotions, additional “Promoters,” email mass marketing, and social engagement using Twitter and other sites to hype buyers in your stock.
• Professionals do not buy stocks or recommend them because they received an email or because they went to an HOTSTOCK website.
• To make this simple, ask yourself this question: “Would you invest your hard earned money based on a single email from an HOTSTOCK website?” If the answer is NO, then why would you ever allow them to represent you? That’s not even taking into account what it does to your reputation on Wall Street.
AMP is not an Investor Relations or Public Relations company.
We are PROFESSIONAL Relations
AMP Provides the Solution
80,000+ Phone
Calls per Month
Series 7 Licensed Advisors
1-on-1
Real Professionals talking toReal Financial Professionals about your REAL Company
AMP makes approximately 80,000+ AMPLIFYING phone calls per month to only Series 7 Licensed Advisors. What do we mean by AMPLIFYING phone calls? These are 1-on-1 professional presentations specifically focused on our clients to licensed financial professionals.
Comfortability is a quicksand, challenge assumptions to achieve improvement, competitive advantage and outcomes. You never achieve desired results by being comfortable with the fear of change and challenge. You must embrace change to escape becoming obsolete.
In the fast paced and ever changing business world that we live in, one of the few constants is change. Change is all around us - New technology, new relationships, and expectation of better results. What are you doing to make this change become reality? There is always some type of change occurring, which side are you on? The Living or Dying!
We partner with emerging growth companies other publicly traded securities and ETF’s on all exchanges, in today’s evolving markets by amplifying
the success of your company.
PROJECT
LEADGENERATION
QUALIFIEDLEADS
RUN WORKFLOW
INTERNALDATABASE
STEPPROCESS
PROJECT
STEP 1 Investment
Thesis
STEP 2Validators
QUICKFACTS
STEP 3Comparables &Projected Catalysts
STEP 4Review PPT
CATALYSTS AND COMPARABLES
STEP 5Management
1 on 1
COMPANY PPT
STEP 6Weekly
Communications
Broker Book
STEP 7Waiting for
News
The Step Process
The Original AMP Process
CONFERENCE CALL ACTIVE
STEP 8 Brokers that that bought but are out
DATABASE OF OLD ACTIVE’S
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Quick Facts
Step 3 -
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Step 4 -
Company
PPT
Step 5 -
Managemen
t 1 on 1
Step 6 -
Broker Book
Step 7 -
Waiting for
news
Step 8 -
Past Brokers
Brokers 100 75 60 50 70 63 30 9
Calls 80 20 15 10 10 5 2 1
Conversations 20 8 5 3 1 2 0.05 0.03
Advances 7 3 2 1 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.02
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2015
10 105
2 1
20
85 3 1 2 0.05 0.03
73 2 1 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.02
How can what your doing Compete with AMP’s Exposure?
Summary of Daily Activity per Client
Step’s 1
Step’s 2-3
Step’s 3-8 Project Manager
Account Manager
AssociateJr. Account Manager
Associate
How can we do that amount of calls in one day?
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The AMP Process over the First 3 Months
80 80 80
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100
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Step 1 - Brokers Step 2 - Brokers Step 3 - Brokers Step 4 - Brokers Step 5 - Conference calls Step 6 - Broker Book
One Year View of The AMP Process Progression
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Step 1 - Brokers Step 2 - Brokers Step 3 - Brokers
Step 4 - PPT Step 5 - Total Conference Calls Step 6 - Growth of the Broker Book
Step 7 - Waiting for News Step 8 - Brokers that owned but sold Expon. (Step 6 - Growth of the Broker Book)
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1st Period
(Months 1-3)
2nd Period
(Months 4-6)
3rd Period
(Months 7-9)
4th Period
(Months 10-12)
Buying Brokers 3 19 42 63
Shareholder Exposure - (Brokers Avg. 300 clients) 900 5700 12600 18900
Potential Shareholders (5%) 45 285 630 945
Potential Shareholders (10%) 90 570 1260 1890
Exposure from 800 Presentations monthly 2400 2400 2400 2400
Phone Calls per Period 9000 9000 9000 9000
EducatedBroker
Exposure
How does the AMP Process build your shareholder base?
Acorn builds and explains a company’s investment thesis to brokers constantly to drive long-term investors through their trusted broker to
own a company because they understand the reasons to do so, because it was presented in a broker style. Acorn understands the need to
steadily increase the shareholder base and creating a truly sophisticated market. This is done by creating relationships and explaining the
investment thesis to professionals.
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASD: INO):
Engaged AMP in July 2012, it was trading on
the NYSE Markets at $0.42 cents. The stock has
been as high as $15.80 per share currently
hovering around $10 per share after four years
of partnering with AMP. We have increased
retail participation and made introductions into
multiple broker-dealers. We have introduced
the company to well in excess of 10,000
Registered Financial Advisors/Stock
Brokers/Small Funds and Institutions. Inovio is
a valued and current client of AMP.
Around the start date
NYSE; Now NASD: INO
July 28, 2012
Price: $.42
Market Cap: $62.1 Million
Volume: 263,000
Prothena Corp (NASD: PRTA):
Engaged AMP in February 2015 when the stock
was trading around $26.58 per share with a
Market Cap of $728.3M. During the first three-
months of the engagement the stock traded as
high as $70.52 with a market Cap over $2.2B. We
presented the company to our network of
Registered Financial Advisors/Stock Brokers/Small
Funds and Institutions. PRTA was a valuable and
appreciated client of AMP.
Around the start date
NASD: PRTA
QF: February 27, 2015
Price: $26.58
Market Cap: $728.3 Million
Volume: 237,857
Retrophin Inc. (OTC.QB) (NASD: RTRX):
Engaged AMP in July 28, 2013 when the
stock was trading around $4.73 per share
with a Market Cap of $58.2M. During the
first six-months of the engagement the stock
traded as high as $70.52 with a market Cap
over $2.2B. We presented the company
to our network of 480K Registered Financial
advisors/Stock Brokers/Small Funds and
Institutions.
Around the start date
OTC.QB: Uplisted
NASD: RTRX
July 28, 2013
Price: $4.73
Market Cap: $58.2 Million
Volume: 3,750
Case Studies
Case StudiesNanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE: NNVC):
Engaged AMP in January 2016, the stock was
trading around $1.32 per share with a Market
Cap of $76M. During the engagement, the stock
traded as high as $3.40 with a market Cap over
$196M. We are still presenting the company
to our network of over 450,000 Registered
Financial Advisors/Stock Brokers/Small Funds
and Institutions.
Around the start date – NNVC
QF: January 26, 2016
Price: $1.32
Market Cap: $76.1 Million
Volume: ~100K
Arch Therapeutics (OTC.QB: ARTH):
Engaged AMP in February 2014 when the stock was
trading with a Market Cap of $21M with an average
daily volume of 109,000. During our current engagement,
the stock traded as high as $.55 (April 07, 2016) currently
hovering around $.40 per share with a Market Cap of
$48M and an average volume of 968,000. We are still
presenting the company to our network of over 450,000
Registered Advisors/Stock Brokers/Small Funds and
Institutions. ARTH is a valued and current client of AMP.
Around the start date – ARTH
QF: February 2014
Price: $.19
Market Cap: $21 Million
Volume: ~109,000
Adamis Pharmaceuticals (NASD: ADMP):
First engaged AMP in October 2014 and then again
October 2015. In October 2015, the stock was traded
at $4.03. The stock has been as high as $8.75 per
share currently hovering around $8 per share after 7
months of partnering with AMP. We have increased
retail participation and made introductions into over
50 broker-dealers. We have introduced the company
to over 5,000 RFA/Stock Brokers and Small Funds.
Around the start date – ADMP
QF: October 01, 2015
Price: $4.03
Market Cap: $54 Million
Volume: 50,159
Cemtrex, Inc. (NASD: CETX): Engaged AMP in
November 2015 when the stock was trading around
$2.40 per share with a Market Cap of $16.71M. The
stock has traded as high as $6.17 with a market Cap
over $52.4M currently hovering around $4.73 per
share with a Market Cap of $41.67M and an average
volume of 435,270. We have presented the company
to our network of Advisors/ Brokers/Small Funds and
Institutions.
Around the start date – CETX
QF: November 16, 2015
Price: $2.40
Market Cap: $16.71 Million
Volume: ~133,872
Case StudiesGenius Brands International, Inc. (OTC.QB:
GNUS): Engaged AMP in February 2016 when the
stock was trading around $.90 per share with a
Market Cap of $9.77M. During our current
engagement, the stock has traded as high as $2.45
with a market Cap over $28.8M and an average
volume of 43,789. We are still presenting the
company to our network of over 450,000 Registered
Financial Advisors/Stock Brokers/Small Funds and
Institutions. GNUS is a valued and current client of
AMP.
Around the start date – GNUS
QF: February 05, 2016
Price: $.90
Market Cap: $9.77 Million
Volume: ~12,177
Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC.QB: RLMD):
Engaged AMP in March 2016 when the stock was
trading around $1.38 per share with a Market Cap of
$16.56M. During our current engagement, the stock
has traded as high as $3.75 with a market Cap over
$42M currently hovering around $3.00 per share with
a Market Cap of $35.2M and an average volume of
58,270. We are still presenting the company to our
network of over 450,000 Registered Advisors/
Brokers/Small Funds and Institutions. RLMD is a
valued and current client of AMP.
Around the start date – RLMD
QF: March 21, 2016
Price: $1.38
Market Cap: $16.56 Million
Volume: ~5,900
Reports that Validate your Success
Broker Book: Just as a broker builds a book of clients, we build a book of brokers for each
client. These are brokers that understand the investment time horizon, the projected value, and
are currently taking down positions for their clients. Starting at the end of the fourth month we
will begin to provide a Broker Book.
Broker Name
Firm Email Phone
Joe Smith AbcAdvisors
[email protected] 555-555-5555
Jay Smith ABC Capital [email protected] 555-555-5555
John Doe AbcAdvisors
[email protected] 555-555-5555
Jane Doe AbcAdvisors
[email protected] 555-555-5555
Reporting: AMP reports our work to our clients monthly and then validates it through a
required amount of scheduled conference calls with brokers and broker-dealers. This is all
provided to our clients with a printed monthly report followed by a monthly review and
update call. Contact information includes: broker’s name, firm name, email, phone, and current
step of the process they are in.
We pride ourselves on transparency!
Acorn’s Management Team
Gregory Lowe, President
Mr. Lowe has been in the financial industry for over 25 years, of
which, 17 years were spent as a financial advisor and Senior Vice
President within the brokerage industry.
Mr. Lowe was a broker trainer, manager at multiple BD’s, and 50%
partner at Acorn.
Mr. Lowe has brought his extensive financial experience as a retail
broker managing private client services and institutional accounts to
help create the AMP Platform.
Mr. Lowe runs the Atlanta, GA office for AMP.
John Exley, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Exley has been in the financial industry for over 25 years, of
which, 17 years were spent as a retail broker in which he was the
number one producing rep out of 690 for his last 9 years.
Mr. Exley put together a team of professionals with extensive market
knowledge and contacts around the world that clearly understand
the goal of professional relations.
Mr. Exley was a broker trainer and trained hundreds of broker while
in the industry and is a 50% partner in AMP.
Mr. Exley runs the Sarasota, FL office for AMP.
Chris Lowe, Chief Operations Officer
Mr. Lowe brings a unique background along with highly focused
optimization skills to the AMP team. As our Chief Operations
Officer, Chris uses his optimization and process management skills
to analyze, but also streamline, report, execute, and manage the
AMP sales teams in addition to various other processes.
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