Back in 1982, management gurus Tom Peters and Robert Waterman took the corporate world by storm with their thought-provoking opus, In Search of Excellence. This best-selling manual examined the management practices of America’s best run companies with the aim of uncovering the factors that made them successful. The book detailed the duo’s pilgrimage in search of excellence that took them to Amoco, Avon (NYSE: AVP), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), Frito-Lay, HP (NYSE: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), P&G (NYSE: PG) and 36 other companies. Peters and Waterman popularized the term ‘management by wandering around’ (MBWA), where management opens informal lines of communication with staff. It’s been over 30 years since In Search of Excellence hit the charts, but Glenn Sanford, founder and CEO of eXp World Holdings, parent company of cloud-based real estate firm eXp Realty, recently followed its precepts. He hit the trail in a 43-foot, class-A Winnebago RV to practice MBWA.

The real estate Inman site gives an account (http://nnw.fm/fu5E3) of Sanford’s MBWA trip around the country. In September 2015, he undertook his adventure to ‘touch base’ with eXp Realty’s 1,000+ agents and brokers spread over 31 states in the U.S. eXp Realty now has representation in 40 states. Sanford’s excursion has given him unparalleled insight into the current state of the residential real estate industry, which, coupled with his experience (he has been a broker himself), endows him with a unique ability to mentor and coach. On the road, he shared his observations in a presentation titled ‘How to generate online leads without using Trulia, Zillow or realtor.com’, which was so well received that it led to a ‘lunch and learn’ series open to all industry professionals. Sanford said at the time:

“We have adopted that concept (MBWA) into our cloud office environment, only we call it ‘management by avataring around.’ And now that I am on the road, we’ve added ‘management by motor coaching’.”

Sanford’s safari took him to 10 states, and he covered a distance of over 6,000 miles.

The objectives of MBWA are to listen, to respond to problems and ideas, and to take effective action. Action is intrinsic to the MBWA approach. Indeed, one of the eight characteristics that excellent companies were found to possess was ‘a bias for action’. The best companies were not afraid to sometimes ‘ready, fire, aim’. Excellent companies also stay ‘close to the customer’, taking a genuine interest in finding out what they want. The best companies foster autonomy and entrepreneurship. They allow employees scope for professional development and encourage them to think like businesspersons. These are all principles you will find at work at eXp World Holdings.

The Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage offered by its wholly-owned subsidiary, eXp Realty, is a full service national real estate brokerage platform. Since it is cloud-based, eXp Realty avoids the costs associated with a brick-and-mortar establishment and so allows real estate agents and brokers to operate at significantly lower costs than traditional brokerages would. The online environment offered by eXp Realty operates in a 3-D mode that will be familiar to those who play online games. The platform actually employs a gaming software engine. On eXp Realty’s cloud campus, agents can not only transact business but also educate themselves and communicate with their mentors. The platform is as much a support system for agents and brokers as it is transactional. In addition, agents have ‘skin in the game’ since they are owners, which, no doubt, plays a key role in eXp World Holdings’ continuing success.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://investors.exprealty.com

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Before the opening bell, International Stem Cell Corp. (OTCQB: ISCO) announced that the first patient in its ongoing phase I clinical trial of human parthenogenetic neural stem cells (ISC-hpNSC) for the treatment of moderate to severe Parkinson’s disease has undergone a successful intracranial transplant of ISC-hpNSC at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia. This milestone marks a major step toward the completion of the dose escalation safety and preliminary efficacy study, which will evaluate three different dose regimens of ISC-hpNSC in a total of 12 participants over the coming months.

“This is a major step forward in our search for a cure for Parkinson’s Disease,” Russell Kern, PhD, executive vice president and chief scientific officer of ISCO, stated in this morning’s news release. “We are thrilled to initiate this clinical trial and prove that neural stem cells can be a part of the solution. We are hopeful that ISC-hpNSC will prove to be a valuable therapy.”

In recent months, ISCO has remained focused on the start of this clinical trial. The company initially commenced enrollment in March of this year before securing $6.3 million through a private placement in order to adequately fund the study. In June, ISCO officially concluded the preclinical stage of its Parkinson’s disease program when it announced the publication of the results of a 12-month preclinical, non-human primate study demonstrating the safety and efficacy of its ISC-hpNSC for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

“We believe that stem cells are part of the solution to finding a cure for Parkinson’s Disease,” Andrey Semechkin, PhD, co-chairman and CEO of ISCO, stated in the news release. “There is real potential for millions of people who currently suffer from Parkinson’s Disease to truly benefit from using ISC-hpNSC.”

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that affects an estimated seven to 10 million people worldwide, according to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, making it the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. While no cure exists, currently-available treatments for this debilitating disease, including L-DOPA and dopamine agonists, are moderately effective toward improving the early symptoms of Parkinson’s. However, as dopaminergic neurons are lost to the progression of the disorder, these drugs become ineffective and often produce a complication marked by involuntary writhing movements.

In preclinical studies in rodents and non-human primates, ISCO’s ISC-hpNSC have been effective in improving Parkinson’s symptoms and increasing brain dopamine levels while offering neurotrophic support and cell replacement to the dying dopaminergic neurons of the recipient’s brain. Moving forward, ISCO will continue to oversee the ISC-hpNSC clinical study through subsidiary Cyto Therapeutics Pty Ltd. In a prior news release, the company set a tentative date of Q4 2016 for the release of preliminary clinical data.

For more information, visit www.internationalstemcell.com

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Kris Finstad, CEO of Content Checked Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CNCK), recently penned an article for Home Business® ONLINE, the web-based counterpart of the largest magazine targeting the home-based business sector with an audience of roughly 54,000 unique monthly visitors. In the piece, titled ‘How to Turn a Passion Project into a Viable Business’, Finstad details how Content Checked was created from an ambitious idea to help those living with potentially fatal food allergies to the development of a suite of dietary apps boasting more than two million registered users, over 60% of whom use the apps on a regular basis. Today, Content Checked offers users access to a product database containing up-to-date information on over 70 percent of conventional U.S. food products, and impending international expansion in Canada, the U.K. and Australia has Finstad predicting that Content Checked will see a “breakthrough year” in 2016.

In his Home Business® ONLINE piece, Finstad provides prospective shareholders some additional insight into the keys to Content Checked’s continued growth in the $13 billion food allergy and intolerances market. To start, he suggests that the formulation of a well-defined business strategy that addresses a sizable market demand is imperative.

“As a real estate investor, I knew very little about the food allergy and dietary world, but I spent nearly a year immersed in this market, getting to know what competitors already existed, my target audience, and my own strengths and weaknesses as a businessman,” Finstad stated in the article. “There was a need for a tool to aid this particular audience and current products on the market were unreliable and inaccurate. After conducting enough research and evaluation of a particular industry, an understanding of what is lacking on the market or what can be improved will become clear.”

To view the full Home Business® ONLINE article, visit http://dtn.fm/hwy1T

After identifying a consistent market need in a particular industry, Finstad notes that building a knowledgeable and dedicated team is vital to the success of any young business. Because every businessperson has a collection of strengths and weaknesses, assembling a management team and staff made up of members possessing unique skills is a great way to accomplish daily goals without the need to micromanage, allowing me to focus more on the big picture.

“You can’t run a business alone,” continued Finstad. “Hiring talent who bring in skills that you don’t possess is also extremely important – this allows companies to think outside the box and bring in multiple perspectives that are different from your own.”

In addition to offering helpful tips to would-be entrepreneurs, Finstad’s article provides great exposure to Content Checked and its suite of dietary apps.

To view the company’s full financials, visit the following link: http://dtn.fm/sIJ7M

For more information, visit www.contentchecked.com

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Although cash burn for International Stem Cell Corp. (OTCQB: ISCO) currently stands at over $0.5 million per month, a number likely to increase with the progression of its clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease (PD), risks have been mitigated thanks to the company’s commercial operations. ISCO is an early stage biotechnical company developing biomedical, therapeutic, and cosmeceutical applications for its proprietary form of pluripotent stem cells known as human parthenogenetic stem cells (hpSCs). Although ISCO is carrying out intensive research to develop a stem cell therapy treatment for PD, the company reduces any financial risks with the more commercially-oriented side of its operations.

ISCO’s commercial operations are made up of Lifeline Skin Care (LSC) and Lifeline Cell Technology (LCT). LCT develops, manufactures, and commercializes over 130 human cell culture products. These cells are sold through International Stem Cell Corp.’s website. On the other hand, LSC develops, manufactures, and markets luxury skincare products through a variety of channels, including a branded website, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, and spas, as well as through Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and DermStore. Since 2012, ISCO’s biomedical business has grown by 19%, a rate nearly three times the industry’s rate. This branch of the company grew by 15% between 2014 and 2015, and the operating margins rose to 31% from 21.7% in 2014 and 12.4% in 2013. LSC, however, is still a small player in the global skincare market. That said, the skin care brand still saw revenue grow at a CAGR of 17% in recent years and reported total revenue of $3.5 million in 2015.

Although there are still sensitivities relating to therapeutics products developed by ISCO, these are not insurmountable. In the International Stem Cell report by Edison (http://nnw.fm/T8LoT), sensitivities were addressed accordingly. Valuations done by Edison found that ISCO’s skin care business is estimated to grow to sales of $4.8 million by 2025, while its biomedical business is expected to reach $10.5 million in sales in the same amount of time. Although both businesses still hold a number of risks due to the nature of their markets and the fact that they are still relatively small and growing companies, these risks have been highly mitigated to minimize loss and maximize long-term profits.

For more information, visit www.internationalstemcell.com

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Social media analysis has become key to online success for organizations of all sizes. Without the use of social media analytics, companies are unable to establish where they stand in the virtual world. Aside from this, companies are able to use such analytics to engage and communicate with customers more efficiently. Social media analysis allows organizations to have a deeper understanding of how their audiences are interacting with their brands. With this, they can tailor their social media platforms to customer requirements, allowing them to attract a broader audience, receive more impressions, and generate higher conversion rates.

Social media monitoring and analytics enable organizations to diagnose, prioritize, and evaluate their strategies. Today, it is not enough to simply monitor the number of likes and shares you get on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), or other social platforms. Now, companies are able to measure virtually anything they want. The most important and popular metrics to analyze include: conversions, reach, engagement, impressions, audience growth rate, visits vs. organic visits, referral traffic, influence scores and bounce rates. Many marketers use dozens of analytical tools at one time.

Each social media platform today offers some form of analytical tool. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Google+ (NASDAQ: GOOGL), and Pinterest have dashboards entitled “analytics” or “insights” on their pages. Each platform works slightly differently, but nearly all allow admins to see stats for posts, reach, likes, mentions, impressions, shares (or retweets), and so on. Analytics for each page has been made easier by third parties such as Google Analytics, Buffer, Social Analytics, and many others. However, how do you decide which analytics tools are right for your company’s social media campaigns? It is hard to determine what numbers are most important when everything is scattered across all your platforms.

FRAME social media management software by Agora Holdings, Inc. (OTC: AGHI), has been optimized for the use of businesses, public relations firms, and investor relations agencies worldwide. This unique platform gives companies ease-of-use thanks to a single dashboard that publishes all messages relevant to an organization’s corporate social media accounts. Aside from this unique opportunity to gather information through one page, FRAME offers features to enhance customer care and engagement. With FRAME, businesses not only measure the direct success of their social media campaigns, they also gain insight into relevant social media mentions, content that is shared, and conversion rates.

For more information, visit www.agoraholdingsinc.com

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Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC) is gearing up for a NASDAQ listing. In an interview (http://nnw.fm/8DzdP) with Asia Fund Space, Mr. James Tan, CEO of Moxian, spoke passionately about the impending upgrade, likening his company to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), which in its early years had promising earnings potential but minimal revenues. Tan believes a NASDAQ listing will make the company known to an investor community that is better informed about tech companies like Moxian. Moxian has been trading on the OTCQB Venture Marketplace since early 2014. Now, two recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show Tan is following up on his earlier pronouncement.

In June 2016, Moxian filed a Securities Registration Statement (Form S-1), which is the initial registration form for new securities. Form S-1 is required under the Securities Act of 1933 so that potential investors might receive financial and other significant information concerning securities being offered for public sale; and so to lessen the likelihood of deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of those securities. For this reason, the Act has earned the sobriquet, the ‘truth in securities’ law. The Registration Statement requires a company to provide an overview of its business and plans for the future, a description of the securities to be offered for sale, information on its management, financial statements certified by independent accountants, and say how it intends to use the funds raised by the securities offering. The S-1 can be viewed at http://nnw.fm/XvD2O.

In addition, earlier this month, Moxian announced that its board of directors had approved a reverse stock split of the company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of 1-for-2. The reverse stock split will reduce Moxian’s authorized common stock from 500 million shares to 250 million shares. The stock split, which has been approved by FINRA, will make it easier for Moxian’s stock price to approach the listing requirement. It has meant that from July 12, 2016, for 20 business days, the trading symbol of the stock will be MOXCD, before reverting to MOXC. The 8-K filing for the reverse stock split is available at http://nnw.fm/p7Tv0.

Moxian is in good hands as it prepares for the listing upgrade. James Mengdong Tan, its CFO, president and CEO, is an experienced manager who has held senior executive positions in both private and public companies. He is also currently a director and CEO of 8i Capital, which provides advice on corporate floatation on major exchanges. Tan was the Chairman and CEO of Vashion Group, a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), from 2003 to 2006. From 2006 until 2009, he was the Executive Director and CEO of Vantage Corporation Limited, which is also listed on the SGX. In addition, he served on the board of Pacific Internet Ltd, a NASDAQ-listed company, until it was taken private.

Moxian is in the online-to-offline (O2O) business. The company provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) featuring an established brick-and-mortar presence with an online platform, Moxian+, which allows them to conduct business, interact with existing customers and obtain new customers. Moxian+ has five components. Its social media engine not only facilitates discourse between merchant clients and consumers but also allows consumers to connect with each other and act as brand promoters. With Moxian+, ecommerce is easy. Merchant clients can publish information on products, offer coupons, advertise events and sales and keep consumers educated with blogs. And, consumers can order products at the online shops for express delivery.

Moxian+ also includes incentives to encourage shopping and has its own currency. Shoppers can obtain MO-Points when they shop online, which allow them to play games on the Moxian+ platform or engage in other activities sponsored by merchant clients. The MO-Points can either be redeemed at online shops or exchanged for MO-Coins: virtual currency that can be used at any merchant client’s physical store location. There are a variety of games on the Moxian+ platform that shoppers can play to win MO-Points and MO-Coins. Finally, Moxian+ offers data crunching capability that provides insights on consumer behavior. Now, merchant clients can better tailor their promotions to suit their target markets.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com

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Earlier today, eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) announced the addition of Rick Miller and Randall Miles to its Board of Directors. Glenn Sanford, chief executive officer of EXPI, described the move as a “significant point for the Company and for its shareholders.” In addition to bringing years of experience at the highest levels of leadership and deep and diverse expertise spanning a variety of industries, Miller and Miles offer “greater independence to [the Board’s] composition as the Company progresses, both within the public financial markets and as a rapidly-growing organization,” according to Sanford.

Rick Miller brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience to the EXPI Board, including time with both Fortune 500 companies and young startups. After beginning his career at Sperry/Unisys, he was recruited by AT&T (NYSE: T), where he served as president of its $13 billion Global Services division. Miller later served as president, COO and a Board member at internet startup OPUS360, where he was tasked with overseeing the firm’s IPO. In later years, Miller was recruited by Lucent Technologies to lead its $21 billion worldwide sales efforts. He was also named president, Lucent Government Solutions. Currently, Miller serves as CEO at Being Chief, LLC, where he offers advisory services to a broad range of executives across a diverse collection of industries.

Randall Miles also brings over 25 years of experience in senior leadership positions to the EXPI board, with positions spanning global financial services, financial technology and investment banking. Miles has an extensive investment banking background at bulge bracket, regional and boutique firms, where he has served as an advisor, guiding companies’ strategic and financial needs across many disciplines. This experience is complemented by his work in leadership positions with both public and private equity backed financial technology, specialty finance and software companies. Notably, Miles served as chairman and CEO of LION MTS, CEO of Syngence Corporation, COO of AtlasBanc Holdings Corp., and CEO of Advantage Funding/NAFCO Holdings. Currently, he is a managing partner at SCM Capital Group, a global strategic and financial advisory firm, and Senior Managing Director at Tigress Financial Partners, a full-service institutional broker dealer.

“Rick and Randall are tremendous additions to our Board,” Sanford stated in this morning’s news release.

Through rapidly-growing subsidiary eXp Realty, EXPI is currently operational in 43 states, as well as Alberta, Canada, and the District of Columbia. The Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage™ offers 24/7 access to collaborative tools, training and socialization features through an innovative cloud-based office environment that effectively eliminates the high costs associated with maintaining a traditional brick and mortar office. eXp Realty’s network of real estate professionals currently includes more than 1,400 members, an increase of more than 60 percent from the beginning of this year.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://investors.exprealty.com

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While the full scope of the health benefits cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp oil have on various human tissues is still not properly understood, a growing body of scientific data has been amassed showing the positive impact on human health from cannabis-derived phtyonutrients, and cannabinoids in particular, from studies directly documenting anti-inflammatory and sebostatic effects (http://nnw.fm/M86rC) (reducing sebum or skin oils), to improved lipid (one of the main structural ingredient of all cells) synthesis and hair growth inhibitor negation (http://nnw.fm/TG4uq). Most CBD is non-psychoactive and therefore perfectly legal in all states as well, so long as the THC concentration of the final product is under 0.3 percent. This means that the burgeoning domestic cannabis market, which is on-track to hit upwards of $6.7 billion in sales this year alone, according to leading sector analysts ArcView Market Research, can rapidly proliferate via the “narrow end of the wedge” in states that have yet to roll back prohibition on marijuana.

Rich in organic omega-6 and omega-3 essential fatty acids (which are sorely lacking in most people’s diets), as well as healthy, natural antioxidants and anti-inflammatories – hemp oils and concentrated CBDs in particular are like superfoods for bodily tissues, though the true scope of potential benefits is still a subject of increasingly intense research. The human endocannabinoid receptor system is extremely complex and still represents a vast, undiscovered country. However, we do know these receptors (the ones we have discovered, CB1 and CB2, though there may be others we have not discovered) are all over the body, throughout all major tissue systems, and that they can impact everything from homeostasis and mood, to neurological system stabilization, and even inducing/promoting cell apoptosis (internally programmed, triggered process of cell death) in numerous types of cancers.

One of the most attractive vectors here is skin-care, because these oils lends themselves so readily to being developed into and used in topical applications. Skin-care is also attractive because the skin is the largest organ of the body and the global market for skincare is upwards of $121 billion a year, according to MarketResearch.com (http://nnw.fm/li4J6), dwarfing the as-yet nascent cannabis market.

One of the more interesting plays on this vector in the space today is network marketing company, Laguna Blends, Inc. (CSE: LAG) (FSE: LB6A.F) (OTC: LAGBF), which has already planted its flag in the most lucrative niche of the cannabis market so far: edibles. Many readers may already know about Laguna Blends from products such as its flagship beverage, the hemp-infused protein coffee Caffé, which is packed with high quality whey protein, and delivers a whopping two grams of protein in every serving. Or perhaps readers have tried one of the many delicious flavors of the company’s functional beverage, Pro369 – an infused, plant-based, single serving “on-the-go” product in the same vein as the 5-hour Energy drink, but packed with HempOmega®, hemp protein, and ginseng.

The company’s move to secure a definitive agreement with and acquire the exclusive license brand name for revolutionary Swiss developer CannaCeuticals’ line of CBD skincare products is a bold move in the right direction, and one which dovetails superbly well with the company’s Affiliate Marketing Program that lets entrepreneurs start their own businesses. Laguna Blends’ proprietary, immersive networking/training platform and its affiliate marketing approach deserves closer examination by interested investors, as it speaks volumes about LAGBF’s momentum potential. However, the CannaCeuticals skincare products could be the company’s core driver moving forward, and thus deserve immediate discussion.

Shares of LAGBF jumped nicely on the recent news that clinical, independent third party testing by BioScreen Testing Services, an FDA-approved lab in the U.S., returned impressive efficacy results, including an astounding 100 percent endpoint in subjects reporting improvement to the appearance of skin within just 14 days of starting to use Canna’s CBD face serum. InvestmentPitch Media even took a closer look at the story (http://nnw.fm/rxR9p), bolstering an already prominent media presence enjoyed by Laguna Blends. CannaCeutical’s specially formulated CBD7 skincare products, using Swiss-acquired CBD, also contain proprietary micro-encapsulated time-release spheres. Similar microspheres are now common in many cosmetics or skincare products and have become an accepted standard method of delivery for time-release ingredients. Here, such microspheres actively shield the rich, organic CBD from oxidation, while simultaneously allowing the product to continue releasing bursts of anti-aging ingredients, even long after the product has been applied to the skin.

CannaCeuticals prides itself on using only the purest cosmeceutical-grade, THC-free CBD, as well. This CBD is always non-toxic and non-GMO. This ironclad commitment to product quality really underscores the antioxidant, anti-aging and anti-inflammatory capabilities of its CBD7 skincare products, and provides LAGBF with an easily marketable and unimpeachable product pedigree. This is the stuff brand recognition is made of and if extant user receptivity is any indication – with sales for the 11-week period ended May 31 totaling $105,000 (unaudited), handily beating internal projections – Laguna Blends could be one of the booming cannabis sector’s brightest rising stars.

For more information, visit www.lagunablends.com

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Agora Holdings (OTC: AGHI) is combining old concepts and new tools with FRAME, its social media management platform. This is not surprising, judging from the company’s name. The agora in ancient Greece was an assembly of people conducting political business. The term later came to describe the location where such assemblies took place, more often than not the marketplace. There’s more to the appellation than geography, however. The root meaning of agora is ‘to gather together’, which is exactly what FRAME does. FRAME gathers together all of your social media accounts on one dashboard. Through FRAME, businesses can speak to the people.

The modern marketplace is democratic. We vote with our purchases, and every one of us can participate. No one is excluded. In addition, we do participate, and to a greater extent than in political elections, since, at the very least, necessities must be procured. The evolution of this democratic process in the Western world began, it is thought, in ancient Greece. Direct participation by citizens was easier and more manageable in the Greek city-states, of course, with their populations numbering in the tens of thousands. However, as cities grew larger, practicing that form of direct democracy grew increasingly difficult. Today, in our cities with their millions, public assembly would be a logistics nightmare to begin with, and a crowd of a million or more could, probably, never be an effective decision-making body. But information technology has changed the social fabric. Now practically everyone has access to ‘the system’. Now everyone, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), can make their voices heard.

‘101 Ways Local Businesses Can Leverage Social Media’ (http://nnw.fm/MP3ii) offers some useful ideas of how to do this. Appearing at the top of the list, understandably, is advice to maintain a blog. In the second spot is the admonition to add social sharing tools to the blog. Often overlooked, this is a great idea. A click or two from an enthusiastic fan or customer can increase readership by the hundreds. The third piece of advice is to ‘focus on viral content creation’. Content, as the saying goes, is king. The fourth suggestion is a reminder to update regularly, and the first quintet of ‘101 Ways’ is completed with ‘publicize your social network profiles everywhere’.

Agora Holdings’ Geegle Media subsidiary continues to advance its FRAME platform, which enables companies to use a centralized dashboard to conveniently distribute brand-relevant messages to all of the organization’s social media networks. This unique publishing capability, among other features, makes the platform ideal for businesses, public relations firms, and investor relations agencies looking for effective ways to engage customers, track and measure social media campaign performance, and execute the strategic distribution of branded content. Geegle Media developers are currently addressing minor issues discovered in FRAME’s pre-release to a subset of the public.

Agora Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiary Geegle Media and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with five business segments: media networks, TV, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media.

For more information, visit www.agoraholdingsinc.com

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Before the opening bell, Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC: MMEG) announced entry into a binding agreement with Poolworks Germany LTD, one of the largest social media firms in Germany, through which Momentous will provide Hollywood quality film and television content to an audience of more than 10 million subscribers. According to the terms of this agreement, Momentous will deliver its content to Poolworks’ leading social media platforms, StudiVZ and MeinVZ. From there, the content will be deployed to audiences through the use of a full over-the-top (OTT) streaming solution. The company’s programming will be available to the platforms’ users on an ad-driven basis, as well as through a pay-per-view model and a recurring monthly subscription fee model.

“This binding agreement enables the Company to create substantive and recurring revenue in addition to our aggressive acquisition program,” Kurt Neubauer, president and chief executive officer of Momentous, stated in this morning’s news release. “Once this system is installed and operational, Momentous Entertainment will offer the service worldwide to other social media and similar platforms.”

This new content streaming solution will feature a shared revenue model that creates an immediate source of revenue for both Momentous and Poolworks. The two companies will share in the multiple revenue streams stemming from various advertising sales, transactional video on demand, and monthly subscription fees charged to users who activate the planned subscription video on demand service.

For Momentous, this new agreement falls in line with the company’s aggressive growth business plan, which was originally outlined in May. Under this strategy, the company plans to take advantage of vertical growth opportunities that supplement organic growth in both its primary and satellite markets. Notably, Momentous intends to own, through strategic acquisition and integration, a variety of entertainment properties in the faith-based entertainment industry and related markets. The company intends to consider potential acquisition targets, such as domestic and foreign film and television distribution firms; film and advertising production agencies; record labels and distribution businesses; and asset-based product firms, in order to leverage both direct response marketing strategies and alternative content delivery methods.

“As we grow the company’s revenues through organic maturity of our Christian Music and sports-based Reality Television markets, we will look to acquisition to build steadfast and robust shareholder value in the near term,” added Neubauer. “The first stage is to complete a consequential acquisition that will complement Momentous Entertainment’s market presence by enhancing scale considerably into a much larger and more diverse firm.”

In recent months, Momentous has made considerable progress toward increasing its presence in the entertainment market. In April, the company announced the commencement of filming for its upcoming reality TV series, ‘The Quarterback Academy’, before unveiling its first music video in early May. Moving forward, Momentous will look to build on this progress through the completion of an accretive acquisition that will increase its presence in the global entertainment space.

For more information, visit www.momentousent.com

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