−Removed: are a developing player in the mobile marketing and loyalty industry, providing cutting-edge mobile marketing solutions, rewards
−Removed: and loyalty to our clients.
−Removed: With a powerful yet intuitive suite of services, clients are able to reach more customers faster and
−Removed: reward them for repeat business.
−Removed: We help clients reach their marketing and revenue goals by educating clients with the most effective
−Removed: tools in mobile marketing, rewards, paperless redemption and loyalty.
−Removed: the past 4 years, we have grown to over 765 clients and more than 950 different locations in the United States and Canada.
−Removed: have achieved this with an expanded focus on a variety of industries, including restaurants, retailers, entertainment venues and
−Removed: other partnership opportunities.
−Removed: We are looking to open new SMS markets in Europe and Asia based on new client relationships.
−Removed: We have decided to focus our energy on the gym, health and fitness club market.
−Removed: However, we are also working with Quick Service
−Removed: Restaurants (QSR), Beauty/Tanning salons, hospitality, entertainment, digital marketing and sporting events.
−Removed: Our new Smart Automated
−Removed: Messaging (SAM) platform is fully operational and has completely replaced our legacy software platform.
−Removed: The SAM platform has the
−Removed: capacity to bring on several thousand new clients while adding new functionality such as Rich Communication Services (RCS) and
−Removed: Artificial Intelligence (AI).
−Removed: We will be introducing RCS to SAM in April 2019 and the AI functionality in the second half of 2019.
−Removed: new software platform provides a powerful nonintrusive and valued-added engagement tool capable of delivering more than one billion
−Removed: SMS per month.
−Removed: CIOReview Magazine recognized Textmunication as one of the “Top 20 Most Promising Digital Marketing Solution
−Removed: Providers”
−Removed: in its annual 2018 edition.
−Removed: We offer cutting-edge technology with upcoming solutions such as Rich Communication
−Removed: Services (RCS).
−Removed: We were chosen as an early adopter of RCS by aleading mobile messaging provider, OpenMarket, which could
−Removed: create a paradigm shift in the text messaging world with rich images, videos, chat box features and multi-media in a single text.
−Removed: have built an advanced “Communication Platform as a Service”
−Removed: (CPaaS) backbone enabling developers to add real-time
−Removed: communication features in their own applications without needing to build backend infrastructure and interfaces.
−Removed: We are working
−Removed: to develop “Messaging as a Platform”
−Removed: A MaaP platform combines advanced messaging with standardized interfaces
−Removed: to plugins creating a richer experience for consumers, such as RCS.
−Removed: Textmunication is targeting its RCS solution for April 2019.
−Removed: Textmunication expanded its White Label program allowing companies of all sizes to implement an “out-of-the-box”
−Removed: “Powered by Textmunication”.
−Removed: In addition to White Label, the company offers standalone Application Programming Interfaces
−Removed: or APIs, integrated API solutions and non-integrated services.
−Removed: development is a major focus for 2019.
−Removed: We can produce a new API in 2-4 weeks for each new client.
−Removed: We now have 7 of the top 8 Health
−Removed: Club Management Software (CMS) companies using our integrated SMS fitness solution.
−Removed: There is no other automated health and fitness
−Removed: solution offering a completed end-to-end solution similar to ours.
−Removed: We now have access to more than 25,000 health clubs in North
−Removed: America and will focus on converting new clubs to our solution in the next 12 months.
−Removed: adding RCS and AI, we can add customer value and higher priced solutions to any vertical we are pursuing.
−Removed: The evolution of SMS
−Removed: into RCS will establish Textmunication as an innovator of new technology and upgraded services.
−Removed: We are pursuing AI assets to add
−Removed: to SAM which will establish us as a pure technology company with an advanced communication platform.
−Removed: We feel the transformation
−Removed: into a technology company with AI will open new revenue streams and add value to our technology assets.
−Removed: have also entered into the IT consulting business through our acquisition of a minority interest in Aspire Consulting, LLC.
−Removed: plan to assist our controlling partner in the development of this consulting business in addition to improving the market position
−Removed: of our mobile marketing business.
−Removed: principal executive office is located at 1940 Contra Costa Blvd.
−Removed: Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 and our telephone number is (925-777-2111).
−Removed: Marketing Business
−Removed: Products and Services
−Removed: are an online mobile marketing platform service that will connect merchants with their customers and allow them to drive loyalty
−Removed: and repeat business in a non-intrusive, value added medium.
−Removed: We provide a mobile marketing platform where merchants can send customers
−Removed: the most up-to-date offers, discounts, alerts and events schedules, such as, for instance, happy hours, trivia night, and other
−Removed: The consumer can also access specials and promotions that merchants choose to distribute through us by opting keywords
−Removed: designated to the merchant’s keywords.
−Removed: This allows consumers to take their information wherever they go and learn about
−Removed: the latest buzz as soon as it is available, providing the consumer with events, deals, and messages on their cellphone via SMS
−Removed: We are a mobile marketing platform that connects the mass consumer to the content that they crave –
−Removed: anytime, through virtually any mobile device for all local events and promotions.
−Removed: mobile marketing solutions apply to any industry, offering a new and innovative way to reach out to a merchant’s customer
−Removed: Some examples include:
−Removed: guest promotions, reminders, new rates, fitness tips;
−Removed: happy hours, special events, discount pricing;
−Removed: invite only trunk show, spring sale, discount on a clothing line, carrying a new line of clothes;
−Removed: special promotion for teeth whitening;
−Removed: Relations –
−Removed: sending notifications to investors on news alerts and company updates;
−Removed: Marketing –
−Removed: promoting marketing updates from global clients using SMS in their portfolio;
−Removed: promotion on products, new line of products, introducing a new stylist;
−Removed: Dine about town participation, discount coupons;
−Removed: Estate Agents –
−Removed: Introducing a new home on the market, price reduction, or an open house event.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: we are a mobile marketing platform that allows merchants to get more impact out of their promotions.
−Removed: Our merchants will be able
−Removed: to recommend promotions to their customers proactively, which will help merchants increase foot traffic and revenue.
−Removed: the information that is being collected, our merchants can better target their clients.
−Removed: This system empowers merchants and enables
−Removed: them to adjust programs at a moment’s notice.
−Removed: began providing SMA text advertising in 2009 to small businesses, including bars, salons, restaurants and medical professionals.
−Removed: We have changed our strategy and decided that instead of directing our energy on smaller businesses we will focus on larger chain
−Removed: and franchise businesses in the Gym, Health and Fitness Club market place offering unique automated solutions to help clubs communicate
−Removed: with their members and increase membership.
−Removed: In order to entrench ourselves as firmly as possible in this marketplace we have add-on
−Removed: service provided with companies that provide billing solutions to the Gym, Health & Fitness Club market place.
−Removed: relationships with the following Gym, Health & Fitness Club billing providers:
−Removed: ASF Payment Solutions, ClubSystems, ABC Financial,
−Removed: Motionsoft, Paramount Acceptance and Jonas Fitness.
−Removed: These sources have access to a combined 17,000 gyms and fitness centers.
−Removed: is a list of services that we intend to perform for the health and fitness industry:
−Removed: Leads/Inquiries
−Removed: (e.g., Text gym to 87365 for a 7-day pass)
−Removed: reminders (daily sales appointments/automated)
−Removed: Referrals/Referral
−Removed: locator & directions (e.g., find your nearest club Text zip code to 87365)
−Removed: to the club text to new members (combined w/ an offer, guest pass for a friend, personal training, and more)
−Removed: a guest (or more) free day, week or month
−Removed: training sales
−Removed: renewals (automated)
−Removed: Communication & retention :
−Removed: B-day alerts (automated)
−Removed: texts delivered to people that have not been in for a workout in 30 days.
−Removed: accounts (automated)
−Removed: accounts (automated)
−Removed: Surveys/feedback
−Removed: credit card notifications (automated)
−Removed: goal is to partner with the industry leading enterprise software providers to the Health and Fitness Industry.
−Removed: We believe the
−Removed: top five enterprise software providers in the health and fitness industry account for more than 50% of the total gyms and fitness
−Removed: centers worldwide.
−Removed: By integrating our web-based platform into the existing infrastructure of an enterprise software provider,
−Removed: we can then uniquely market our service to gyms and fitness centers on a ‘turnkey’
−Removed: We believe this provides
−Removed: a significant competitive advantage to us.
−Removed: Our monthly billing rates range between $49-$299 per club.
−Removed: Over the next 24 months
−Removed: our goal is to become an add-on component to the billing features of at least 50% of the gym billing providers so that we can
−Removed: attract as many as 5,000 Gym, Health & Fitness clubs in the US.
−Removed: We then intend to expand internationally where there are as
−Removed: many as 165,000 Gyms, Health & Fitness clubs as of 2013.
−Removed: In addition, we plan on utilizing the same strategy in the salon,
−Removed: entertainment, hospitality, sporting event and healthcare markets.
−Removed: We are also looking at new technologies and services such as
−Removed: Rich Communication Services (RCS) which will help us expand our leadership in the health and fitness market.
−Removed: Platform Features
−Removed: offer our clients a mobile marketing platform.
−Removed: We completed our new Generation 3 software platform named “Smart Automated
−Removed: Messaging”
−Removed: or SAM in 2017.
−Removed: This new platform will have the ability to send more than one billion SMS per month.
−Removed: platform offers the following:
−Removed: Coupons - Engage your customers!
−Removed: Drive in traffic and boost sales through mobile coupons delivered with expiration dates
−Removed: and unique tracking codes right to their mobile phones;
−Removed: Voting/Polls - Instantly gather invaluable customer opinions;
−Removed: no more guessing at what they want or wondering what they
−Removed: think of a product or service;
−Removed: the client can get their opinions on what they want or think, and proactively plan for success;
−Removed: Messaging - Use a promotional hook for the consumer to interact with a brand by texting to a unique keyword to download
−Removed: branded content such as video, images, ringtones and games;
−Removed: now it is easier than ever to mobilize their brand on their consumers’
−Removed: Reminders - Remind clients about appointments, anniversaries, b-days, oil changes, tune ups, and more via text;
−Removed: group and bulk mobile messaging;
−Removed: engage with those who have raised their hands and said they want to have an ongoing relationship
−Removed: with a brand via mobile;
−Removed: deliver news on products and services and provide mobile offers and coupons to drive sales which
−Removed: can include expiration dates and single use promotion codes;
−Removed: 2 Web - Mobilize the website with text messaging functionality to promote interaction with customers;
−Removed: showcase text 2
−Removed: web responses on the client’s website to have fresh user-generated content that increases the stickiness of the client’s
−Removed: Contests/Instant Contesting - make any traditional media interactive with contests that can create buzz and lead
−Removed: to further engagement;
−Removed: have concert attendees enter contests for seat upgrades, backstage passes, and more;
−Removed: generate a local
−Removed: customer database from in-location giveaways;
−Removed: Widgets/Online Forms - Textmunication supplies an online sign up page so customers can join the client’s program
−Removed: on its website or social media accounts without having to text-in;
−Removed: with the web widget gives the client the ability to obtain
−Removed: further information such as email, date of birth, gender, name, and more;
−Removed: Our APIs are fast, simple and reliable and built in such a way that they integrate with any system or application.
−Removed: Our ready-made scripts help you to connect to our gateway through your chosen programming language.
−Removed: These scripts all work
−Removed: with the HTTP API.
−Removed: We offer both Direct API and API integration through our UI.
−Removed: Both models allow for a seamless sharing of
−Removed: Our API growth will be a driving revenue factor for us going forward.
−Removed: Loyalty and rewards program for client’s customers who frequently make purchases.
−Removed: Customers register their personal
−Removed: such as mobile cell number information to the merchant through our proprietary Application on a tablet or online that they
−Removed: will use in the future when making a purchase to receive new product updates, specials and promotional merchandise.
−Removed: of our HTTP/S API:
−Removed: supports text, Unicode, binary SMS and flash messaging in the following ways:
−Removed: extended length messages;
−Removed: ringtones and logos into the correct format;
−Removed: acknowledgement and Sender ID;
−Removed: Should the message be delayed for a predefined length of time, it can be escalated to an alternative delivery
−Removed: Queuing lets you specify up to 3 prioritized queues which your messages can be sent out on;
−Removed: sending and two-way messaging.
−Removed: label - (Fully Customized Design)
−Removed: provide an all-inclusive, branded platform that delivers everything you need to create a user interface that will seamlessly appear
−Removed: and takes it much further than just the standard logo and dashboard by providing a branded SMS message system, sign-up forms,
−Removed: alerts and customized buttons.
−Removed: The merchants will never know that you didn’t build it from scratch.
−Removed: Our pricing system makes
−Removed: it simple for our white labels to maintain full control over pricing plans.
−Removed: Our white label reseller program provides a powerful
−Removed: platform for resellers rebranded as their own and pay wholesale rates and keep 100% of their profit.
−Removed: Seamless set-up within 72
−Removed: hours includes payment integration and shortcode activation with over hundred domestic and international carriers.
−Removed: Resellers set
−Removed: their own pricing plans, text credits and keywords.
−Removed: Analytics, reports and account monitoring are available for tracking customers.
−Removed: Vertical Markets are the following:
−Removed: Restaurants (Quick Service Restaurant);
−Removed: Health and Fitness;
−Removed: Entertainment
−Removed: (Casinos, Golf Courses, bowling centers, Comedy Clubs);
−Removed: marketing agencies
−Removed: relation firms
−Removed: have signed up more than 750 Gym, Health and Fitness Clubs from our relationships listed above.
−Removed: We have spent our efforts developing
−Removed: strategic partnerships in the fitness and salon sectors.
−Removed: These relationships allow us the ability to scale our business due to
−Removed: their status and control in their respective markets.
−Removed: Many of these relationships are on an exclusive basis.
−Removed: Textmunication has
−Removed: positioned itself as the SMS mobile marketing leader in both the fitness and salon markets.
−Removed: By integrating with software management
−Removed: systems, the clubs and salons using the software platform will have the SMS option easily available to them.
−Removed: Our new White Label
−Removed: program takes our strategic partnerships to the next level.
−Removed: Our White Label program is owned by our partners on the front-end
−Removed: while we support the technology and database.
−Removed: This provides a solution controlled by our partners allowing for more visibility
−Removed: to their end clients.
−Removed: Plan and Personnel
−Removed: goal is to build engaging content for potential clients to make it clear what we do and that we excel at it.
−Removed: The target audience
−Removed: for potential and existing clients is larger chain and franchise businesses in the Gym, Health and Fitness Club market.
−Removed: intend to continue marketing to small to medium businesses that have need of our services.
−Removed: objectives to meet this goal include the following:
−Removed: our website and setting up Google analytics for tracking SEO and keywords;
−Removed: up accounts for Facebook and LinkedIn for paid advertisements;
−Removed: and participating in various social media sites;
−Removed: preparing newsletters, and engaging in email campaigns;
−Removed: web seminars with attendance driven by the foregoing;
−Removed: accomplish these objectives, we will need to hire bloggers, programmers, and graphic, web and video developers.
−Removed: also need to revamp our website, purchase marketing software and materials, Google Analytics, hire IR/PR consultants, set aside
−Removed: money for conventions, and advertise for Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media.
−Removed: the past few years, the number of mobile marketing options and companies have grown rapidly.
−Removed: The markets for the products and
−Removed: services that we offer are very competitive, are rapidly evolving and have relatively low barriers to entry.
−Removed: We compete with all
−Removed: general advertising and marketing companies who eventually will want to include mobile marketing in their suite of product offerings,
−Removed: and who may develop their own similar products and compete with us for market share.
−Removed: These potential competitors may have more
−Removed: mature lines of distribution than us, be better financed than us, or may create a product offering that is superior to ours.
−Removed: of these factors can cause a competitor to take market share away from us or otherwise substantially hurt our business.
−Removed: that competition in our market is based predominantly on:
−Removed: and service components and deliverables;
−Removed: record of creating and keeping satisfied clients;
−Removed: of underlying marketing programs;
−Removed: delivery performance and customer service.
−Removed: are subject to a number of laws and regulations that affect companies generally and specifically those conducting business in
−Removed: the mobile messaging market, many of which are still evolving and could be interpreted in ways that could harm our business.
−Removed: and future laws and regulations may impede our growth.
−Removed: These regulations and laws may cover online marketing, e-mail marketing,
−Removed: telemarketing, taxation, privacy, data protection, pricing, content, copyrights, distribution, mobile communications, electronic
−Removed: contracts and other communications, consumer protection, web services, the provision of online payment services, unencumbered
−Removed: internet access to our services, the design and operation of websites, and the characteristics and quality of products and services.
−Removed: It is not clear how existing laws governing issues such as property ownership, libel, and personal privacy apply to the internet,
−Removed: e-commerce, digital content, and web services.
−Removed: Unfavorable regulations and laws could diminish the demand for our products and
−Removed: services and increase our cost of doing business.
−Removed: expect that the regulation of our industry generally will continue to increase and that we will be required to devote increasing
−Removed: amounts of legal and other resources to address this regulation.
−Removed: In addition, the application of existing domestic and international
−Removed: laws and regulations relating to issues such as user privacy and data protection, marketing, advertising, consumer protection
−Removed: and mobile disclosures in many instances is unclear or unsettled.
−Removed: addition to its regulation of wireless telecommunications providers generally, the U.S.
−Removed: Federal Communications Commission, or
−Removed: FCC, has examined, or is currently examining, how and when consumers enroll in mobile services, what types of disclosures consumers
−Removed: receive, what services consumers are purchasing and how much consumers are charged.
−Removed: In addition, the Federal Trade Commission,
−Removed: or FTC, has been asked to regulate how mobile marketers can use consumers’
−Removed: personal information.
−Removed: Consumer advocates claim
−Removed: that many consumers do not know when their information is being collected from cell phones and how such information is retained,
−Removed: used and shared with other companies.
−Removed: Consumer groups have asked the FTC to:
−Removed: identify practices that may compromise privacy and
−Removed: consumer welfare;
−Removed: examine opt-in procedures to ensure consumers are aware of what data is at issue and how it will be used;
−Removed: marketing tactics that target children;
−Removed: and create policies to halt abusive practices.
−Removed: The FTC has expressed interest in particular
−Removed: in the mobile environment and services that collect sensitive data, such as location-based information.
−Removed: principal laws and regulations that pertain to us and our customers in connection with their utilization of our platform, include:
−Removed: Trade Practice Law in the U.S .
−Removed: The FTC and state attorneys general are given broad powers by legislatures to curb unfair
−Removed: and deceptive trade practices.
−Removed: These laws and regulations apply to mobile marketing campaigns and behavioral advertising.
−Removed: The general guideline is that all material terms and conditions of the offer must be “clearly and conspicuously”
−Removed: disclosed to the consumer prior to the buying decision.
−Removed: The balancing of the desire to capture a potential customer’s
−Removed: attention, while providing adequate disclosure, can be challenging in the mobile context due to the lack of screen space available
−Removed: to provide required disclosures.
−Removed: Advertising .
−Removed: Behavioral advertising is a technique used by online publishers and advertisers to increase the effectiveness
−Removed: of their campaigns.
−Removed: Behavioral advertising uses information collected from an individual’s web-browsing behavior, such
−Removed: as the pages they have visited or the searches they have made, to select which advertisements to display to that individual.
−Removed: This data can be valuable for online marketers looking to personalize advertising initiatives or to provide geo-tags through
−Removed: mobile devices.
−Removed: Many businesses adhere to industry self-governing principles, including an opt-out regime whereby information
−Removed: may be collected until an individual indicates that he or she no longer agrees to have this information collected.
−Removed: is considering regulations in this area, which may include implementation of a more rigorous opt-in regime.
−Removed: An opt-in policy
−Removed: would prohibit businesses from collecting and using information from individuals who have not voluntarily consented.
−Removed: other things, the implementation of an opt-in regime could require substantial technical support and negatively impact the
−Removed: market for our mobile advertising products and services.
−Removed: A few states have also introduced bills in recent years that would
−Removed: restrict behavioral advertising within the state.
−Removed: These bills would likely have the practical effect of regulating behavioral
−Removed: advertising nationwide because of the difficulties behind implementing state-specific policies or identifying the location
−Removed: of a particular consumer.
−Removed: There have also been a large number of class action suits filed against companies engaged in behavioral
−Removed: Advertising-Privacy Regulation .
−Removed: Our business is affected by U.S.
−Removed: federal and state laws and regulations governing the
−Removed: collection, use, retention, sharing and security of data that we receive from and about our users.
−Removed: In recent years, regulation
−Removed: has focused on the collection, use, disclosure and security of information that may be used to identify or that actually identifies
−Removed: an individual, such as an Internet Protocol address or a name.
−Removed: Although the mobile and Internet advertising privacy practices
−Removed: are currently largely self-regulated in the U.S., the FTC has conducted numerous discussions on this subject and suggested
−Removed: that more rigorous privacy regulation is appropriate, including regulation of non-personally identifiable information which
−Removed: could, with other information, be used to identify an individual.
−Removed: Marketing-Privacy
−Removed: In addition, there are U.S.
−Removed: federal and state laws that govern SMS and telecommunications-based marketing,
−Removed: generally requiring senders to transmit messages (including those sent to mobile devices) only to recipients who have specifically
−Removed: consented to receiving such messages.
−Removed: federal laws also govern e-mail marketing, generally imposing an opt-out requirement
−Removed: for emails sent within an existing business relationship.
−Removed: and Location-Based Marketing Best Practices and Guidelines .
−Removed: We are a member of the Mobile Marketing Association, or MMA,
−Removed: a global association of 700 agencies, advertisers, mobile device manufacturers, wireless operators and service providers and
−Removed: others interested in the potential of marketing via the mobile channel.
−Removed: The MMA has published a code of conduct and best practices
−Removed: guidelines for use by those involved in mobile messaging activities.
−Removed: The guidelines were developed by a collaboration of the
−Removed: major carriers and they require adherence to them as a condition of service.
−Removed: We voluntarily comply with the MMA code of conduct.
−Removed: In addition, the Cellular Telephone Industry Association, or CTIA, has developed Best Practices and Guidelines to promote
−Removed: and protect user privacy regarding location-based services.
−Removed: We also voluntarily comply with those guidelines, which generally
−Removed: require notice and user consent for delivery of location-based services.
−Removed: United States Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
−Removed: The TCPA prohibits unsolicited voice and text calls to cell phones through
−Removed: the use of an automatic telephone-dialing system (ATDS) unless the recipient has given prior consent.
−Removed: The statute also prohibits
−Removed: companies from initiating telephone solicitations to individuals on the national Do-Not-Call list and restricts the hours
−Removed: when such messages may be sent.
−Removed: Violations of the TCPA can result in statutory damages of $500 per violation (i.e., for each
−Removed: individual text message).
−Removed: state laws impose additional regulations on voice and text calls.
−Removed: We believe that our platform
−Removed: does not employ an ATDS within the meaning of the TCPA based on case law construing that term.
−Removed: Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act, or CAN SPAM Act, prohibits all commercial
−Removed: e-mail messages, as defined in the law, to mobile phones unless the device owner has given “express prior authorization.”
−Removed: Recipients of such messages must also be allowed to opt-out of receiving future messages the same way they opted-in.
−Removed: have ten business days to honor opt-out requests.
−Removed: The FCC has compiled a list of domain names used by wireless service providers
−Removed: to which marketers may not send commercial e-mail messages.
−Removed: Senders have 30 days from the date the domain name is posted on
−Removed: the FCC site to stop sending unauthorized commercial e-mail to addresses containing the domain name.
−Removed: Violators are subject
−Removed: to fines of up to $6.0 million and up to one year in jail for some spamming activities.
−Removed: Carriers, the FTC, the FCC, and State
−Removed: Attorneys General may bring lawsuits to enforce alleged violations of the Act.
−Removed: Communications
−Removed: Privacy Acts .
−Removed: Foreign and U.S.
−Removed: federal and state laws impose liability for intercepting communications while in transit
−Removed: or accessing the contents of communications while in storage.
−Removed: Breach Notification Requirements .
−Removed: In the U.S., various states have enacted data breach notification laws, which require
−Removed: notification of individuals and sometimes state regulatory bodies in the event of breaches involving certain defined categories
−Removed: of personal information.
−Removed: This new trend suggests that breach notice statutes may be enacted in other jurisdictions, including
−Removed: at the federal level, as well.
−Removed: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act prohibit the knowing collection of personal information from children under
−Removed: the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent, and strictly regulate the transmission of requests for personal information
−Removed: to such children.
−Removed: Other countries do not recognize the ability of children to consent to the collection of personal information.
−Removed: In addition, it is likely that behavioral advertising regulations will impose special restrictions on use of information collected
−Removed: from minors for this purpose.
−Removed: we believe that our business methodology is proprietary in terms of how we deliver our service to our client, and how we use mobile
−Removed: marketing, we currently hold no patents, copyrights or trademarks.
−Removed: It is our plan to trademark our key products as we develop
−Removed: them, subject to applicable laws and regulations, however, we have not filed for any such protection as of yet.
−Removed: It is our policy
−Removed: to enter into confidentiality agreements with any outsourced sales or service providers so that our proprietary methodology, customer’s
−Removed: lists and business information are contractually protected, and we intend to enforce any such contractual provisions as the law
−Removed: allows in the event of a breach.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that these contractual arrangements will prevent third parties from acquiring
−Removed: or using our proprietary business information to compete against us.
−Removed: own a minority 49% interest in Aspire Consulting, LLC.
−Removed: is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
−Removed: It provides IT consulting and solution-based services as a Service Disabled Veteran
−Removed: Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSBC) to commercial, state and federal contractors.
−Removed: Aspire’s leadership and advisory board
−Removed: consists of executives from Cyber Security, Healthcare, Quality Management, Unified Communications and Financial Services.
−Removed: December 16, 2003, the Veterans Benefits Act (the “Act”) was passed by Congress.
−Removed: Section 308 of the Act established
−Removed: a procurement program for SDVOSBCs.
−Removed: This procurement program provides that federal contracting officers may restrict competition
−Removed: to SDVOSBCs and award a sole source or set-aside contract where certain criteria are met.
−Removed: purpose of the procurement program is to provide procuring agencies with the authority to set acquisitions aside for exclusive
−Removed: competition among SDVOSBCs, as well as the authority to make sole source awards to SDVOSBCs if certain conditions are met.
−Removed: meets the requirements of a SDVOSBC and is eligible for the procurement program.
−Removed: Aspire was verified as SDVOSB by U.S.
−Removed: of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) on December 2, 2015.
−Removed: This verification allows Aspire to
−Removed: compete for SDVOSB set-aside contracts in both federal and state government sectors.
−Removed: Acceptance into the Veterans First Contracting
−Removed: Program within the VA System ensures legitimately owned and controlled VOSBs and SDVOSBs are able to compete for VA VOSB and SDVOSB
−Removed: set-aside contracts and are credited by VA’s large prime contractors for subcontract plan achievements.
−Removed: provides cutting edge IT solutions and consulting services built on technologists and professional subject matter experts.
−Removed: Aspire’s
−Removed: services are comprised of the following:
−Removed: Strategy & Planning
−Removed: Maintenance and Support
−Removed: Service Management
−Removed: Performance/QA/PMO
−Removed: and Validation
−Removed: Capital Solutions
−Removed: Infrastructure
−Removed: and Development Solutions
−Removed: Process Improvement
−Removed: and Web Development
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−Removed: helps clients navigate through strategic planning to create change and achieve corporate alignment.
−Removed: Its value-based management
−Removed: methodology allows it to help clients align their decisions to business needs.
−Removed: Performance and Governance
−Removed: Aspire’s
−Removed: modern governance models provide a bridge for stronger relationships with IT and the client ensuring alignment with IT operational
−Removed: Its IT Service Management (ITIL) and Business Intelligence expertise make it an ideal partner in this area.
−Removed: Process Improvement
−Removed: strives to make organizations more competitive by driving down costs and increasing performance.
−Removed: Its team will draw on real-world
−Removed: experience and deep industry best practice knowledge to help clients achieve a more effective and efficient IT organization.
−Removed: Security and Compliance
−Removed: helps to reduce IT related risk, securing client’s critical information assets, and ensuring regulatory compliance through
−Removed: the application of industry-leading security practices.
−Removed: Domain expertise across multiple industries helps Aspire to fully assess
−Removed: risk and ensure compliance.
−Removed: and Maintenance
−Removed: designs and develops custom software for enterprise-wide and mission-critical solutions.
−Removed: It supports current programs with top
−Removed: developers in all technologies.
−Removed: It has proven experience across the technology spectrum with adherence to Quality Control and
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−Removed: Aspire’s
−Removed: QA team has vast experience making sure software systems meet specification and performance objectives.
−Removed: This is done independent
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−Removed: It provides the client an unbiased approach
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−Removed: This also provides a good audit for applications
−Removed: working in compliant environments.
−Removed: provides data integration, information architecture, information delivery, business intelligence and information management.
−Removed: conducts business and technology assessments across each category.
−Removed: Aspire creates and executes an information strategy that supports
−Removed: the business demands for better and more comprehensive information for business decision making.
−Removed: Service Management
−Removed: designs, configures, and installs the leading business service management tools to meet the needs of its client’s environment.
−Removed: Experienced consultants understand both the technical nature of client applications as well as the real-world usability needs
−Removed: of their business.
−Removed: Infrastructure
−Removed: & Development
−Removed: designs and implements virtualized infrastructure solutions that optimize distribution and availability of IT services.
−Removed: This end-to-end
−Removed: service provides critical details for planning and design as well as best practices implementation.
−Removed: Capital Solutions
−Removed: supports on-site/off-site IT with resources across the entire SDLC spectrum.
−Removed: It targets Cloud, Big Data/Analytics, Mobile and
−Removed: Aspire provides “Best of Breed”
−Removed: technical and IT experts to deliver cost cutting solutions.
−Removed: provides outsourced IT service management.
−Removed: Specialties include - service desk, applications and database support.
−Removed: Process Outsourcing
−Removed: provides financial, document management, electronic healthcare, human resources and procurement support.
−Removed: Aspire is knowledgeable
−Removed: in process efficiency and improvements, coupled with resource expertise with functions from assessments to post-deployment and
−Removed: process management support.
−Removed: provides security and risk management, business continuity planning, IT assessment, systems/networks, infrastructure, project
−Removed: management, agile lifecycle management and business strategy support.
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−Removed: It has extensive vendor experience
−Removed: ranging from back office support to design, testing, deployment, and optimization, highlighted by our expertise in virtualization
−Removed: and domain management technologies.
−Removed: has teamed with three multi-billion companies on a large Federal IDIQ contracts.
−Removed: The contracts announcements are expected this
−Removed: Aspire is also pursuing a state software modernization contract by teaming with a global technology leader renowned in
−Removed: will need to pay our management team and consultants that assist with managerial and administration efforts in the next twelve
−Removed: We have 7 employees, including a CEO, COO, VP of Sales, Lead Developer, Marketing Director, Client Success Manager and
−Removed: two Business Development Representatives.
−Removed: We have 5 consultants that assist with development, systems engineering, and inside
−Removed: We recently contracted an API Engineer and Scalability Engineer to help build-out our new SMS software platform.
−Removed: not have employment agreements or written consulting agreements with any of our personnel, except for our CEO, Wais Asefi.
−Removed: employment agreement obligates us to pay him $132,000 annually.
−Removed: In order to compensate him and all of the above managerial and
−Removed: administrative support, we estimate we will require and additional $100,000 in revenue in the next twelve months.
−Removed: intend to hire sales personnel to help grow our business.
−Removed: Our anticipated sales force will work in teams of two.
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−Removed: a position for LDR (Lead Development & Research), who is responsible for originating new leads and converting those leads
−Removed: into scheduled appointments for an AR (Account Representative), who will perform an online demo overview about our company and
−Removed: the services we offer.
−Removed: We expect to pay an LDR $36,000 annually and the AE $40,000 annually.
−Removed: hope to eventually have a team in place for each our targeted customer groups, which are as follows:
−Removed: salons, spas, health clubs, gyms, fitness centers, massage, hotels, etc.
−Removed: Entertainment:
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−Removed: automotive, clothing, apparel, car washes
−Removed: digital marketing and Investor Relation (IR) firms
−Removed: we continue to grow, sales teams will be added in each targeted customer group according to geographic region.
−Removed: our past experience, one team should be able to reach out to 1,600 contacts and yield 60 demos per month.
−Removed: With this forecast,
−Removed: which is really just an estimate, one team could generate $6,000 in new sales per month.
−Removed: We hope to hire 2 teams for a total of
−Removed: $100,000 in the next twelve months.
−Removed: will have one VP of Sales over teams and more may be added as our company grows and our geographical customer base expands.
−Removed: sales Director is responsible for leading and developing the sales team, organizing and assigning industry specifics and regions,
−Removed: and working hand in hand with current and new partners for sustained growth.
−Removed: We have one Sales Director already.
−Removed: our mobile marketing business, see risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014
−Removed: filed on April 15, 2015.
−Removed: our interest in Aspire Consulting Group, LLC, see risk factors included in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 1,
−Removed: currently do not own any real property.
−Removed: Our principal executive office is located at 1940 Contra Costa Blvd.
−Removed: Pleasant Hill, CA
−Removed: We currently lease our executive offices at $2,000 per month.
+Added: October 25, 2019, Resonate Blends, Inc.
+Added: (formerly Textmunication Holdings Inc.) announced its entry into the cannabis industry by acquiring
+Added: Resonate Blends LLC (“Resonate” or the “Company”), a California-based cannabis wellness lifestyle product company
+Added: built on a proprietary system of experiential targets.
+Added: Resonate is building a value-added, brand-focused cannabis organization offering
+Added: premium brands of consistent quality.
+Added: The Company also acquired Entourage Labs LLC (“Entourage Labs”), a sister company of
+Added: Entourage Labs is the Intellectual Property (IP) subsidiary of Resonate.
+Added: in Calabasas, California, Resonate Blends is a cannabis holding company centered on value-added holistic Wellness and Lifestyle brands.
+Added: The Company’s strategy is to ignite future growth by building a purpose-driven portfolio of innovative, trusted national brands,
+Added: emerging brands, research organizations, and a variety of retail channels.
+Added: The Company’s focus is finding mutual value between
+Added: product and consumer by optimizing quality, supply chain resources and financial performance.
+Added: The Company offers a family of premium
+Added: cannabis-based products of consistent quality based on unique formations calibrated to Resonate Blends effects system in what the Company
+Added: believes is the industry gold standard in user experience.
+Added: believes the greatest long-term value creation in the cannabis industry will be in the establishment of high quality and consistent consumer
+Added: Resonate hopes to become a national leader through its vision in creating a family of brands designed specifically to deliver
+Added: reliable, effective and beneficial experiences.
+Added: is committed to helping people live the life they love, but they do not make the medicinal vs.
+Added: recreational distinction.
+Added: This is a temporary
+Added: legal separation in some states that should soon cease to exist.
+Added: The Company believes in wellness for the whole person, especially
+Added: people with pain, insomnia or anxiety who also want to enjoy friends, concerts and have satisfying intimate experiences.
+Added: is designing experiences which should improve all areas of ones’ life.
+Added: accomplish this, Resonate is Mastering the Art of Experience.
+Added: This is the Company’s mission.
+Added: By integrating science, technology,
+Added: education, branding, marketing, sales and delivery - with every customer interaction they aim to provide exceptional experiences.
+Added: has a broad range of unique characteristics, and they are dedicated to harnessing and amplifying those characteristics to support healthy
+Added: empowered and engaged lifestyles.
+Added: From product development through customer communication, they prefect and demystify cannabis bringing
+Added: innovative products to an increasingly sophisticated market.
+Added: Resonate Blends has a strong social mission and the Resonate team is building
+Added: a successful business by focusing its knowledge, skill and energy on creating wellness-lifestyle products which will improve community
+Added: by helping individuals live more satisfying, meaningful and connected lives.
+Added: The need for these products currently is crucial.
+Added: communicate the breadth of wellness products that Resonate is developing, the Company created The Resonate System.
+Added: The Resonate System
+Added: graphically represents a spectrum of wellness products based on cannabis scaffolding.
+Added: This system helps users easily select which product
+Added: Products based on The Resonate System deliver relaxation, freedom from pain and anxiety, boosts in focus and creativity, sensuality,
+Added: human connection and joy.
+Added: Koan products are formulated around a system of interconnected experience targets that will allow you to know
+Added: exactly what to expect when using them.
+Added: respecting and honoring the natural power of plant medicine, Resonate also employs advanced science, leading technology and a deep understanding
+Added: of how various cannabis compounds, when working in the body, simultaneously can create unique effects and benefits (referred to as the
+Added: “Entourage Effect”).
+Added: Product developers blend cannabinoids and terpenes to formulate products with specific, controllable
+Added: and repeatable, beneficial effects.
+Added: Through innovation, experimentation, testing and an iterative product development
+Added: strategy, the Koan team has unlocked new plant constituent combinations resulting in unique, enjoyable and extremely effective
+Added: wellness products unlike anything else in the marketplace.
+Added: Resonate has filed a provisional patent for protection of these formulations
+Added: and products in the future.
+Added: the Resonate Blends product family, is based around a comprehensive system of interconnected experience targets that allow people to
+Added: select the products that best fit their lifestyle and health objectives.
+Added: Koan products are dedicated to the efficacy and precision of
+Added: functional experience targets across a broad range of product categories.
+Added: initial products are a completely unique class of products called Cordials.
+Added: These blends offer a wide range of experiences not currently
+Added: available in the cannabis market.
+Added: Cordials are water-soluble and use nano-emulsification technology to allow for quick onset and a sustained
+Added: and nuanced experience.
+Added: Single dose, healthful, subtle in taste, cordials are an ideal way for people to intentionally improve their
+Added: They can be shipped directly or substituted for alcohol as a cocktail mixer.
+Added: A significant competitive advantage is that
+Added: the Cordials allow users to select both the experience they want and the beverage they choose to enjoy them in.
+Added: Cordials have been developed in partnership with an award-winning advanced infusion technology partner and were launched to the retail
+Added: channel in late Q2 of 2021.
+Added: The company is offering six unique formulations and expects to have additional blends by Q1
+Added: The Cordials were awarded the Golden Leaf Award as “Best New Brand of 2021” at the “Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference”
+Added: held in New York City in December.
+Added: Resonate also won a Cannabis Clio Award for “Brand Design” also in December.
+Added: has formalized contracts with logistical, sales and marketing partners to build a digital native strategy supporting Direct-to-Consumer
+Added: The Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sales platform launched in October and now allows California consumers the ability to order on-line
+Added: and have the Cordials home delivered in most metro areas within four hours.
+Added: Based on customer demand, the Company is creating a “singles”
+Added: option for the Cordials which will be available in early 2022 and a multi-dose option shipping in early Q2 2022.
+Added: principal executive office is located at 26565 Agoura Road, Suite 200, Calabasas, CA 91302.
+Added: The executive telephone number is (571) 888-0009.
+Added: Company signed a custom development contract with Vertosa in March of 2020, the leading provider of safe, reliable emulsion bases for
+Added: infused product developers.
+Added: This contract was a major milestone for the Company as it selected its strategic partners to develop innovative
+Added: products and solutions.
+Added: is an award-winning strategic partner who will assist the Company in the launch of its first unique category of six water soluble products.
+Added: These multi-use products deliver specific, predictable, reliable, effects in a format that is completely unique in the industry.
+Added: first product developed collaboratively is the Cordial product line, but both companies expect several other products to be developed
+Added: over time utilizing Vertosa’s emulsification technology.
+Added: In addition to the new Cordial blends, the Company also expects to
+Added: launch a unique edible product line to the market in mid-2022.
+Added: Vertosa and Resonate teams share a mission of maximizing the benefits of cannabinoids and plant medicine.
+Added: Resonate selected Vertosa as
+Added: a development partner because the Vertosa systems’ industry leading emulsification technology makes them highly stable, bioavailable,
+Added: and water compatible.
+Added: All of Vertosa’s inactive base materials are FDA approved and are lab tested for quality.
+Added: Hemp-derived CBD Emulsion System is now certified organic by CCOF, a United States Department of Agriculture-accredited certifier and
+Added: non-profit advocacy group, and the company has also received its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification, confirming that its
+Added: offerings follow regulations promulgated by the US Food and Drug Administration and are safe, pure, and effective.
+Added: In addition, Vertosa
+Added: is expanding into other legal states, and this paves the way for Resonate to follow behind moving beyond California while still assuring
+Added: strict standards and high production quality for Koan products.
+Added: Manufacturing:
+Added: Company partnered with The Galley, a California licensed Type N – Infused Products Manufacturer based in Santa Rosa, California.
+Added: The Galley produces and packages premium award-winning products and has worked with some of the most popular brands in the industry.
+Added: The Galley is built to FDA and CDPH standards and is focused on high demand areas of production – Edibles, Topicals, Tinctures,
+Added: Chocolate, Hard Candies, Gummies, Pre-Rolls, Flower, Vapes and Beverages.
+Added: Resonate Blends was granted a Type S:
+Added: Shared Facility - Adult
+Added: and Medicinal Cannabis Manufacturing License on July 23, 2021.
+Added: The license allows Resonate Blends to manufacture cannabis products at
+Added: the licensed facility of The Galley.
+Added: and The Galley entered into a Master Services Agreement in which The Galley will manufacture and package Resonate’s first family
+Added: of products to precise specifications.
+Added: Galley and Resonate have been in frequent contact throughout Resonate’s development period and are now supporting the production
+Added: of the Company’s unique family of wellness lifestyle products.
+Added: Resonate’s first of its kind offerings are emulsified through
+Added: the advanced infusion technology provided by award-winning Vertosa and collaboratively developed to push the state of the art in its
+Added: cannabis products.
+Added: Distribution:
+Added: of the unique nature of Resonate’s Koan products and the recent expansion of home delivery services in the cannabis industry, Resonate
+Added: has prioritized a direct-to-consumer method as a key sales strategy.
+Added: Resonate has identified a technology partner who will add an e-commerce
+Added: feature to the Koan web site that will allow the Company to sell products directly to consumers using a licensed California state-wide
+Added: delivery network for fulfilment.
+Added: addition to direct sales, the company plans to offer products to select premium dispensaries throughout California.
+Added: These products will
+Added: be delivered to retail establishments by a leading cannabis full-service distributor.
+Added: The Company contracted with The Vault 3PL to provide
+Added: logistics and state-wide distribution for Resonate’s Koan Cordials, its product line of unique experience blends currently available
+Added: in California.
+Added: is also developing relationships with a variety of complementary distribution channels such as subscription box companies and other non-storefront
+Added: reseller organizations.
+Added: Company partnered with leading e-commerce technology provider Grassdoor in October to allow online sales of Koan Cordials throughout
+Added: The Grassdoor partnership powers same-day delivery service of Resonate’s six precision-calibrated formulas throughout
+Added: Northern and Southern California.
+Added: summarize, Resonate has signed and announced definitive agreements with various partners to execute on its overall business strategy.
+Added: Vertosa is expected to develop unique formulations through its advanced nano-emulsification process, The Galley is expected to assemble
+Added: and package, Grassdoor’s e-commerce solution is expected to offer online sales and home delivery in California of Cordials and
+Added: Vault 3PL Distribution to distribute the products.
+Added: Resonate engaged with The Flower Agency to actively market social media channels to
+Added: the California market.
+Added: and Sales Plan
+Added: cannabis industry is changing daily in response to updated regulations, customer product education, new interest from various demographics
+Added: and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: As a result, we are constantly attentive to these changes as they affect the marketing of Koan products.
+Added: The initial marketing strategy was to launch in select dispensaries in Los Angeles and to support the launch with dispensary promotional
+Added: material and location-based marketing.
+Added: However, in the current market the Company has decided to modify this strategy.
+Added: Paradoxically,
+Added: retail restrictions and safety regulations were beneficial, as these allowed Resonate to reprioritize their sales approach and to build
+Added: a marketing plan around on-line dispensaries with wide delivery networks.
+Added: Although retail restrictions will eventually be relaxed, the
+Added: Company doesn’t expect that storefront dispensaries will return to the dominant role they played in the cannabis industry before
+Added: COVID-19 for several reasons.
+Added: are generally small, making social distancing difficult.
+Added: Limitations on a customers’ ability to touch and smell products reduces
+Added: the value of in-person shopping.
+Added: Restrictions on the number of people allowed in these small spaces will create waiting lines outside
+Added: stores, which will be inconvenient and even embarrassing for some.
+Added: Finally, a significant number of customers, particularly in targeted
+Added: demographics, prefer the privacy and convenience of having products delivered to their homes.
+Added: For all these reasons, Resonate has decided
+Added: to focus sales efforts on select high-end retail dispensaries and on-line, delivery and e-commerce outlets.
+Added: response to the sudden change in customer buying preferences, Resonate has implemented a plan to sell directly to consumers, by partnering
+Added: with an on-line platform which will allows them to communicate the value of their products directly to consumers.
+Added: This platform will
+Added: connect consumers to a licensed retail and California-wide home delivery network.
+Added: This direct-to-consumer approach has significant benefits
+Added: First, it allows Resonate to control brand messaging and to assure that we can provide the information and education customers
+Added: need to make confident and informed product choices.
+Added: Through this method, they have access to customer information, which is not available
+Added: from dispensaries, which allows them to employ successful marketing techniques used by leading on-line retailers such as customer loyalty
+Added: programs, memberships, ambassadors, etc., to build brand awareness and increase sales.
+Added: It is also better for them financially as it increases
+Added: profit margin.
+Added: the marketing budget and energy is now being channeled into appropriate programmatic advertising, developing informational materials
+Added: for customers on the website, and developing professional and effective social media, search engine optimization and direct to consumer
+Added: marketing campaigns.
+Added: We also offer market support to select premium California dispensaries both in person and thorough the Leaf.VIP
+Added: budtender training program.
+Added: The Company expects that building its brand online will complement retail sales by increasing customer awareness
+Added: and creating “pull-through” at brick-and-mortar facilities.
+Added: is currently recruiting two internal sales managers to oversee all sales efforts in Northern and Southern California.
+Added: The Company is planning an in-house sales strategy for early Q1 2022 to maximize both the dispensary outreach and budtender education
+Added: – and to increase Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sales platform activity.
+Added: While wellness dispensaries will be a focus for the Company,
+Added: the customer acquisition focus will be heavily tilted towards the D2C portal starting in 2022.
+Added: Multi-state expansion through licensing arrangements
+Added: with the Cordials is also being planned.
+Added: Several retailers in multiple states have reached out to Resonate requesting the Cordials to
+Added: be stocked in their dispensaries.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating where and when to open potential new states outside of California.
+Added: September 9, 2021, we entered into a binding letter of intent with L & G USA Inc., a Delaware corporation and L & G Canada Inc.,
+Added: an Ontario corporation (together “Seller”), and the stockholders of Seller, pursuant to which the Company planned to acquire
+Added: substantially all of the assets from Seller associated with the Lemon & Grass business and the Koan business (the “Acquisition”).
+Added: October 27, 2021, the Company terminated the agreement and the Acquisition.
+Added: The Company is still in discussions with Seller, and the
+Added: Company may or may not go through with a transaction with Seller, but if the Company does, the terms will change from the previous agreement.
+Added: first commercial release was a family of six precisely targeted effect blends.
+Added: These products are category-breaking offerings as they
+Added: are neither tinctures nor beverages but have the benefits of both.
+Added: They are emulsified, water soluble, single-serving blends that can
+Added: be enjoyed privately or shared socially.
+Added: Resonate offers these across California in stylish mini bottles, each containing a single serving.
+Added: They can be sipped directly from the bottle or poured into beverages.
+Added: Koan products offer the very high bioavailability of tinctures
+Added: not possible to deliver with edibles, take effect generally within minutes and provide benefits for approximately 3 hours.
+Added: Significantly,
+Added: these formulas all provide a pleasant predictable experience, a gentle onset and exit and have no unpleasant sensations or aftereffects
+Added: sometimes associated with cannabis products.
+Added: The current products are as follows:
+Added: rich with a hint of THC, Calm is formulated to quiet your mind and ease you into a gentle sense of wellbeing.
+Added: highest THC offering, Wonder is carefully crafted to bring back that youthful sense of wonder and awe we feel when we are fully engaged
+Added: with our senses and environment.
+Added: is a subtle combination of cannabinoids and terpenes formulated to bring your mind, body and spirit back to an even state of harmony
+Added: and homeostasis.
+Added: is formulated to stimulate your senses, spark your imagination and channel your inner muse.
+Added: Led by a stimulative blend of terpenes and
+Added: just the right amount of THC to inspire and facilitate the artist in you.
+Added: formulated Play to help you become fully immersed in the moment and the people around you.
+Added: From the park to the beach to the dance floor,
+Added: Play helps you find your groove and keep it going.
+Added: on your rose-colored glasses and give everything some extra sparkle with Delight.
+Added: Designed to open up your senses, raise your spirits
+Added: and brighten your day.
+Added: Products - Resonate Growth Plans
+Added: the first 12-18 months, Resonate concentrated on releasing product and brand building in California, and possibly new state expansion
+Added: if the proper opportunities exist.
+Added: Resonate is following the launch of its first six Koan products with others based on The Resonate
+Added: System at regular intervals, and they plan to release their “Love” in Q1 2022 and “Sleep” Cordials in Q2.
+Added: formulas, combined with the proprietary Vertosa technology, will allow the Company to quickly deliver controlled, predictable, enjoyable
+Added: effects in beverages, teas, and gummies.
+Added: Vertosa is the leading provider of emulsification technology for cannabis manufacturers.
+Added: Emulsification
+Added: allows cannabinoids to become water-soluble so that they can be added to Cordials, beverages, gummies, etc.
+Added: Vertosa and Resonate are
+Added: engaged in joint research focusing on effects of various emulsification methods on cannabinoids.
+Added: Resonate is working on methods that
+Added: improve user experience by refining effects and managing bioavailability.
+Added: Vertosa will also be providing the emulsification required
+Added: for formulas in Resonate’s product line.
+Added: cannabis industry is in its infancy.
+Added: Resonate’s growth strategy is to create an innovative ecosystem of companies, investments
+Added: and research that all support The Resonate System and its mission of empowering the wellness market.
+Added: In addition to creating “house”
+Added: brands, the Company is also looking for other quality brands which could be incubated or targeted as either strategic partners or as
+Added: acquisitions.
+Added: Integrating these companies should provide consistent product quality that yields expected results and that also allows
+Added: scalability to make a successful company overall.
+Added: The Company is actively seeking potential acquisition roll-ups into the holding company
+Added: that could offer product synergies, new product development and shared resources in critical areas of the Company.
+Added: Property (“IP”) development and protection continues as a core area of value creation for Resonate.
+Added: The Company has developed
+Added: the world’s first Cannabis Cordial.
+Added: The Koan Cordials combine THC (psychoactive), CBD (non-psychoactive) with botanical terpenes
+Added: to deliver an all-natural, plant-derived, single-dosed experience that can be enjoyed straight out of the bottle or poured into any beverage.
+Added: These multi-use products deliver specific, predictable, reliable, effects in a format that is completely unique in the industry.
+Added: Company believes the greatest long-term value creation in the Cannabis industry will be in the establishment of high-quality valued-added
+Added: consumer brands that deliver the expected experience.
+Added: As cultivation, supplies and services become quickly commoditized, value-added
+Added: brands represent the best opportunity for Resonate and its shareholders to support and benefit from the growth expected in the Cannabis
+Added: It is therefore critical for Resonate to protect its methods, formulations and packaging.
+Added: June 14, 2021, the Company successfully filed a Provisional Patent Application with the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled
+Added: “Cannabis Nano-Emulsions for Achieving a Reliable, Targeted, Specific and Repeatable User Experience.” The invention relates
+Added: to methods and formulations including a combination of cannabinoids and terpenes calculated and specifically formulated to achieve a
+Added: targeted, specific and repeatable user experience.
+Added: The Company is also filing for patent protection on its unique product packaging and
+Added: anticipates filing for other protections on new product development.
+Added: cannabis market still primarily consists of products of varying quality and poor branding.
+Added: Much of the branding is heavy “stoner”
+Added: or hospital medicinal, and differentiation between products is difficult.
+Added: As a result, finding a product with controllable, consistent
+Added: effects is difficult.
+Added: Even products of high and reliable quality all look alike and have no shelf appeal.
+Added: In addition, there is a mismatch
+Added: between the fastest growing demographic and many current product offerings, which are designed to be inhaled.
+Added: This is exactly why Resonate
+Added: has developed Koan Cordials, tasty, single dose, healthy cannabis products with timeless, exceptional branding.
+Added: As the market matures,
+Added: some companies are recognizing the importance of branding.
+Added: Branded category leaders represent the 10 spots among best-selling products
+Added: and sales data supports the desire among consumers for branded products.
+Added: This is further supported by Headset, data (the leading industry
+Added: provider of retail buying patterns), which shows that brands are leading every category in cannabis.
+Added: Further, branded products command
+Added: higher prices.
+Added: Some branded products generate pricing as high as 150%, over industry average.
+Added: The Resonate team excels in product branding.
+Added: is no product in the marketplace exactly like Koan products at this time.
+Added: Other companies offer tinctures (which are concentrated
+Added: herbal extracts made by soaking the bark, berries, leaves (dried or fresh), or roots from one or more plants in alcohol or vinegar),
+Added: tea, salves, patches and cosmetics and vapes, and some of them provide effects which may be similar to those the Koan products will
+Added: provide, but none are equal to Koan with respect to quality, efficacy, consistency and scope.
+Added: Koan products are water soluble
+Added: and can be enjoyed privately or poured in beverages and shared socially.
+Added: Resonate believes the total experience offered by Koan
+Added: products cannot be found elsewhere in the industry.
+Added: there are a number of very fine products in the premium cannabis space, there is not yet a dominant brand in any category.
+Added: Some are leading
+Added: but no brand dominates.
+Added: Data indicates that Resonate’s targeted demographic seeks out trusted brands when making product selections.
+Added: Resonate is bringing to market custom, reliable, experience-targeted products which can be sipped or shared;
+Added: and offered under a well-crafted
+Added: brand supported by an accessible information system.
+Added: The Company provides The Resonate System so customers can understand what to expect
+Added: and can make informed confident selections.
+Added: there are six employees, comprised of 3 C-level executives and managers of brand, marketing and sales.
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