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The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our
−Removed: financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
−Removed: The discussion contains forward-looking statements
−Removed: that are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management.
−Removed: results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including
−Removed: those discussed below and elsewhere in this report, particularly in the sections titled ” Item 1.
−Removed: Risk Factors” and
−Removed: “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
−Removed: Entities is a technology company providing social media marketing and content delivery services across Discord, TikTok, and other social
−Removed: media platforms.
−Removed: We also design, develop and manage servers for communities on Discord.
−Removed: Based on the rapid growth of our Discord servers
−Removed: and social media following, we have developed three categories of services:
−Removed: (1) our Discord investment education and entertainment services,
−Removed: (2) social media and marketing services, and (3) our AE.360.DDM services.
−Removed: All of our services are based on our effective use of Discord
−Removed: as well as other social media including TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
−Removed: Discord investment education and entertainment service is designed primarily by and for enthusiastic Generation Z, or Gen Z, retail investors,
−Removed: creators and influencers.
−Removed: Gen Z is commonly considered to be people born between 1997 and 2012.
−Removed: Our investment education and entertainment
−Removed: service focuses on stock, real estate, cryptocurrency, and NFT community learning programs designed for the next generation.
−Removed: believe that Gen Z will continue to be our primary market, our recently-expanded Discord server offering features education and entertainment
−Removed: content covering real estate investments, which is expected to appeal strongly to older generations as well.
−Removed: Our current combined server
−Removed: user membership is approximately 260,000 as of March 2023.
−Removed: social media and marketing services utilize our management’s social influencer backgrounds by offering social media and marketing
−Removed: campaign services to business clients.
−Removed: Our team of social influencer independent contractors, which we call our “SiN” or
−Removed: “Social Influencer Network”, can perform social media and marketing campaign services to expand our clients’ Discord
−Removed: server bases and drive traffic to their businesses, as well as increase membership in our own servers.
−Removed: “AE.360.DDM, Design Develop Manage” service, or “AE.360.DDM”, is a suite of services to individuals and companies
−Removed: seeking to create a server on Discord.
−Removed: We believe we are the first company to provide “Design, Develop and Manage,” or DDM,
−Removed: services for any individual, company, or organization that wishes to join Discord and create their own community.
−Removed: With our AE.360.DDM
−Removed: rollout, we are uniquely positioned to offer DDM services in the growing market for Discord servers.
−Removed: believe that we are a leading provider of all of these services, and that demand for all of our services will continue to grow.
−Removed: expect to experience rapid revenue growth from our services.
−Removed: We believe that we have built a scalable and sustainable business
−Removed: model and that our competitive strengths position us favorably in each aspect of our business.
−Removed: revenue depends on the number of paying subscribers to our Discord servers.
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we received
−Removed: revenue from 622 and 8,694 Asset Entities Discord server paying subscribers, respectively.
−Removed: Historical Performance
−Removed: The Company had an accumulated deficit of $627,118
−Removed: at December 31, 2022 and a net loss of $645,255 during the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: However, in February 2023, the Company
−Removed: completed an equity offering which generated net proceeds of $6.6 million.
−Removed: Consequently, the Company’s existing cash resources
−Removed: and the cash received from the equity offering are expected to provide sufficient funds to carry out the Company’s planned operations
−Removed: through the next 12 months.
+Added: financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
+Added: The discussion contains forward-looking
+Added: statements that are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management.
+Added: Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by forward-looking statements as a result of various factors,
+Added: including those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in the sections titled “ Item 1A.
+Added: Factors” and “ Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
+Added: Asset Entities is a technology company providing
+Added: social media marketing and content delivery services across Discord, TikTok, and other social media platforms.
+Added: We also design, develop
+Added: and manage servers for communities on Discord.
+Added: Based on the rapid growth of our Discord servers and social media following, we have developed
+Added: three categories of services:
+Added: (1) our Discord investment education and entertainment services, (2) social media and marketing services,
+Added: and (3) our AE.360.DDM services.
+Added: All of our services are based on our effective use of Discord as well as other social media including
+Added: TikTok, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
+Added: Our Discord investment education and entertainment service is designed
+Added: primarily by and for enthusiastic Generation Z, or Gen Z, retail investors, creators and influencers.
+Added: Gen Z is commonly considered to
+Added: be people born between 1997 and 2012.
+Added: Our investment education and entertainment service focuses on stock, real estate, cryptocurrency,
+Added: and NFT community learning programs designed for the next generation.
+Added: While we believe that Gen Z will continue to be our primary market,
+Added: our recently-expanded Discord server offering features education and entertainment content covering real estate investments, which is
+Added: expected to appeal strongly to older generations as well.
+Added: Our current combined server user membership is approximately 210,000 as of March
+Added: Our social media and marketing services utilize
+Added: our management’s social influencer backgrounds by offering social media and marketing campaign services to business clients.
+Added: team of social influencer independent contractors, which we call our “SiN” or “Social Influencer Network”, can
+Added: perform social media and marketing campaign services to expand our clients’ Discord server bases and drive traffic to their businesses,
+Added: as well as increase membership in our own servers.
+Added: Our “AE.360.DDM, Design Develop Manage”
+Added: service, or “AE.360.DDM”, is a suite of services to individuals and companies seeking to create a server on Discord.
+Added: we are the first company to provide “Design, Develop and Manage,” or DDM, services for any individual, company, or organization
+Added: that wishes to join Discord and create their own community.
+Added: With our AE.360.DDM rollout, we are uniquely positioned to offer DDM services
+Added: in the growing market for Discord servers.
+Added: We believe that we are a leading provider of
+Added: all of these services, and that demand for all of our services will continue to grow.
+Added: We expect to experience rapid revenue growth from
+Added: our services.
+Added: We believe that we have built a scalable and sustainable business model and that our competitive strengths position us
+Added: favorably in each aspect of our business.
+Added: Our revenue depends on the number of paying subscribers
+Added: to our Discord servers.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we received revenue from 298 and 8,694 Asset Entities Discord
+Added: server paying subscribers, respectively.
+Added: Our Historical Performance
+Added: The Company had an accumulated deficit of $5,558,315 at December 31,
+Added: 2023, $2,924,323 in cash at December 31, 2023, and a net loss of $4,931,197 during the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: The Company initiated
+Added: a sale of 621,590 shares of common stock under its Amended and Restated Closing Agreement on March 27, 2024, and the Company intends to
+Added: file a “shelf” registration statement and arrange for one or more financings to commence pursuant to such shelf registration
+Added: statement shortly after it becomes effective.
+Added: Based on the Company’s existing cash resources and the cash expected to be received
+Added: from these financings, it is expected that the Company will have sufficient funds to carry out the Company’s planned operations
+Added: through December 31, 2024.
+Added: For further discussion, see Item 7.
+Added: “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
+Added: Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources ”.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
−Removed: current global pandemic of a novel strain of coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the global measures taken to combat it, may have an adverse
−Removed: effect on our business.
−Removed: Public health authorities and governments at local, national and international levels have announced various
−Removed: measures to respond to the pandemic.
−Removed: Some measures that directly or indirectly impact our business include voluntary or mandatory quarantines,
−Removed: restrictions on travel and limiting gatherings of people in public places.
−Removed: believe that we have fully complied with all federal, state and local requirements relating to COVID-19.
−Removed: We have undertaken various measures
−Removed: in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
−Removed: From our founding, we have been a highly efficient remote-first company, which has been
−Removed: able to continue to function as normal even with pandemic-related stay at home orders and other regulations.
−Removed: We have also exploited certain
−Removed: trends related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including its acceleration of global growth in virtual services.
−Removed: However, the COVID-19 pandemic
−Removed: has adversely impacted global economic activity and has contributed to significant volatility and negative pressure in financial markets.
−Removed: The resulting global deterioration in economic conditions and financial volatility may have an adverse impact on discretionary consumer
−Removed: spending or investing, could also impact our business and demand for our services.
−Removed: events are rapidly changing, we cannot predict how long the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to contain it could disrupt
−Removed: our operations or the full extent of that disruption.
−Removed: Governments could take additional restrictive measures to combat the pandemic
−Removed: that could further impact our business or the economy in the geographies in which we operate.
−Removed: It is also possible that the impact of
−Removed: the pandemic and response on our customers, users, and markets will persist for some time after governments ease their restrictions.
−Removed: extent to which the pandemic may impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot
−Removed: be predicted as of the date of this report, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of the pandemic and
−Removed: steps taken to contain the pandemic or treat its impact, among others.
−Removed: Nevertheless, the pandemic and the current financial,
−Removed: economic and capital markets environment, and future developments in the global supply chain and other areas present material uncertainty
−Removed: and risk with respect to our performance, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: The current global pandemic of a novel strain
+Added: of coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the global measures taken to combat it, may have an adverse effect on our business.
+Added: Public health authorities
+Added: and governments at local, national and international levels have announced various measures to respond to the pandemic.
+Added: Some measures
+Added: that directly or indirectly impact our business include voluntary or mandatory quarantines, restrictions on travel and limiting gatherings
+Added: of people in public places.
+Added: We believe that we have fully complied with all
+Added: federal, state and local requirements relating to COVID-19.
+Added: We have undertaken various measures in an effort to mitigate the spread of
+Added: From our founding, we have been a highly efficient remote-first company, which has been able to continue to function as normal
+Added: even with pandemic-related stay at home orders and other regulations.
+Added: We have also exploited certain trends related to the COVID-19 pandemic,
+Added: including its acceleration of global growth in virtual services.
+Added: However, the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted global economic
+Added: activity and has contributed to significant volatility and negative pressure in financial markets.
+Added: The resulting global deterioration
+Added: in economic conditions and financial volatility may have an adverse impact on discretionary consumer spending or investing, could also
+Added: impact our business and demand for our services.
+Added: As events are rapidly changing, we cannot predict
+Added: how long the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to contain it could disrupt our operations or the full extent of that disruption.
+Added: Governments could take additional restrictive measures to combat the pandemic that could further impact our business or the economy in
+Added: the geographies in which we operate.
+Added: It is also possible that the impact of the pandemic and response on our customers, users, and markets
+Added: will persist for some time after governments ease their restrictions.
+Added: The extent to which the pandemic may
+Added: impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted as of the date of this Annual
+Added: Report, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of the pandemic and steps taken to contain the pandemic or
+Added: treat its impact, among others.
+Added: Nevertheless, the pandemic and the current financial, economic and capital markets environment, and future
+Added: developments in the global supply chain and other areas present material uncertainty and risk with respect to our performance, financial
+Added: condition, results of operations and cash flows.
See also “Item 1A.
−Removed: Factors – Risks Related to Our Business and Industry – The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a material adverse effect on our business ”
−Removed: Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance
−Removed: operating results are primarily affected by the following factors:
−Removed: ability to acquire new customers and users or retain existing customers and users;
−Removed: ability to offer competitive pricing;
−Removed: ability to broaden product or service offerings;
−Removed: demand and competition;
−Removed: ability to leverage technology and use and develop efficient processes;
−Removed: ability to attract and retain talented employees and contractors;
−Removed: conditions and our market position.
−Removed: Growth Company
−Removed: qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act.
−Removed: As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions
−Removed: from certain disclosure requirements.
−Removed: For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:
−Removed: an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b)
−Removed: of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
−Removed: with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
−Removed: regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing
−Removed: additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion
−Removed: and analysis);
−Removed: certain executive compensation matters to stockholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay”
−Removed: and “say-on-frequency;” and
−Removed: certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation
−Removed: and performance and comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median
−Removed: employee compensation.
−Removed: addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period
−Removed: provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
−Removed: In other words, an emerging
−Removed: growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies.
−Removed: We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
−Removed: Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable
−Removed: to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.
−Removed: will remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which
−Removed: our total annual gross revenues exceed $1,235,000,000, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined
−Removed: in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds
−Removed: $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued
−Removed: more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.
−Removed: Public Offering
−Removed: February 2, 2023, we entered into the Underwriting Agreement with Boustead, as representative of the underwriters named on Schedule 1
−Removed: thereto, relating to the IPO of the IPO Shares.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, in exchange for Boustead’s firm commitment
−Removed: to purchase the IPO Shares, the Company agreed to sell the IPO Shares to Boustead at the IPO Price of $4.65 (93% of the public offering
−Removed: price per share of $5.00, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and before deducting a 0.75% non-accountable expense
−Removed: The Company also granted Boustead a 45-day over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 225,000 shares of Class
−Removed: B Common Stock at the IPO Price, less the non-accountable expense allowance, from the Company, representing 15% of the IPO Shares.
−Removed: to the Underwriting Agreement, on February 7, 2023, the Company issued Boustead the Representative’s Warrant.
−Removed: The Representative’s
−Removed: Warrant will have an exercise price of $6.25 per share, which is equal to 125% of the public offering price, subject to adjustment, a
−Removed: cashless exercise provision, and may be exercised at any time for five years following the date of issuance.
−Removed: closing of the IPO took place on February 7, 2023.
−Removed: At the closing, the Company sold the IPO Shares for total gross proceeds of $7,500,000.
−Removed: After deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, the non-accountable expense allowance, and other expenses from the IPO, the Company
−Removed: received net proceeds of approximately $6.6 million.
−Removed: The Company also issued the Representative’s Warrant to Boustead for the purchase
−Removed: of 105,000 shares of Class B Common Stock.
−Removed: IPO Shares were offered and sold, and the Representative’s Warrant was issued, pursuant to the Registration Statement, initially
−Removed: filed with the SEC on September 2, 2022, and declared effective by the SEC on February 2, 2023, and the final prospectus, dated February
−Removed: 2, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 6, 2023 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: The Company intends to use the net
−Removed: proceeds from the IPO for investment in corporate infrastructure, marketing and promotion of Discord communities, social campaigns, and
−Removed: the Company’s “AE.360.DDM” Discord design, development and management service, expansion of “SiN”, the
−Removed: Company’s social influencer network, increasing staff and company personnel, and general working capital, operating, and other
−Removed: corporate expenses.
−Removed: also agreed to provide Boustead the Right of First Refusal for two years following the consummation of the IPO to act as financial advisor,
−Removed: lead managing underwriter, book runner, placement agent, or to act as joint advisor, managing underwriter, book runner, or placement
−Removed: agent on at least equal economic terms, on any public or private financing (debt or equity), merger, business combination, recapitalization
−Removed: or sale of some or all of the equity or assets of the Company.
−Removed: In the event that we engage Boustead to provide such services, Boustead
−Removed: will be compensated consistent with the Boustead Engagement Letter, as described below, unless we mutually agree otherwise.
−Removed: the Boustead Engagement Letter, during the 12-month period following the termination or expiration of the Boustead Engagement letter,
−Removed: which will occur no earlier than February 7, 2024 (see below), we must also compensate Boustead for any transaction with a party, including
−Removed: any investor in a private placement in which Boustead served as placement agent or in the IPO, or any party who became aware of the Company
−Removed: or who became known to the Company prior to the termination or expiration of the Boustead Engagement Letter.
−Removed: Such party will include,
−Removed: but not be limited to, Company officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors, shareholders, members, and partners.
−Removed: Engagement Letter will expire upon the later to occur of February 7, 2024 (12 months from the completion date of the IPO) or mutual written
−Removed: agreement of the Company and Boustead.
−Removed: the Boustead Engagement Letter, in connection with a transaction as to which Boustead duly exercises the Right of First Refusal or is
−Removed: entitled to the Tail Rights, Boustead shall receive compensation as follows:
−Removed: than normal course of business activities, as to any sale, merger, acquisition, joint venture,
−Removed: strategic alliance, license, research and development, or other similar agreements, Boustead
−Removed: will accrue compensation under a percentage fee of the Aggregate Consideration (as defined
−Removed: in the Boustead Engagement Letter) calculated as follows:
−Removed: for Aggregate Consideration of less than USD$10,000,000;
−Removed: for Aggregate Consideration between $10,000,000 - $25,000,000;
−Removed: for Aggregate Consideration between $25,000,001 - $50,000,000;
−Removed: for Aggregate Consideration between $50,000,001 - $75,000,000;
−Removed: for Aggregate Consideration between $75,000,001 - $100,000,000;
−Removed: for Aggregate Consideration above $100,000,000;
−Removed: any investment transaction including any common stock, preferred stock, ordinary shares,
−Removed: convertible stock, LLC or LP memberships, debt, convertible debentures, convertible debt,
−Removed: debt with warrants, stock warrants, stock options (excluding issuances to Company employees),
−Removed: stock purchase rights, or any other securities convertible into common stock, any form of
−Removed: debt instrument involving any form of equity participation, and including the conversion
−Removed: or exercise of any securities sold in any transaction, Boustead shall receive upon each investment
−Removed: transaction closing a success fee, payable in (i) cash, equal to 7% of the gross amount to
−Removed: be disbursed to the Company from each such investment transaction closing, plus (ii) a non-accountable
−Removed: expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross amount to be disbursed to the Company from each
−Removed: such investment transaction closing, plus (iii) warrants equal to 7% of the gross amount
−Removed: to be disbursed to the Company from each such investment transaction closing, including shares
−Removed: issuable upon conversion or exercise of the securities sold in any transaction, and in the
−Removed: event that warrants or other rights are issued in the investment transaction, 7% of the shares
−Removed: issuable upon exercise of the warrants or other rights, and in the event of a debt or convertible
−Removed: debt financing, warrants to purchase an amount of Company stock equal to the 7% of the gross
−Removed: amount or facility received by the Company in a debt financing divided by the warrant exercise
−Removed: The warrant exercise price will be the lower of:
−Removed: 1.) the fair market value price per
−Removed: share of the Company’s common stock as of each such financing closing date;
−Removed: price per share paid by investors in each respective financing;
−Removed: 3.) in the event that convertible
−Removed: securities are sold in the financing, the conversion price of such securities;
−Removed: the event that warrants or other rights are issued in the financing, the exercise price of
−Removed: such warrants or other rights;
−Removed: such warrants will be transferable in accordance with FINRA rules and SEC regulations, exercisable
−Removed: from the date of issuance and for a term of five years, contain cashless exercise provisions,
−Removed: be non-callable and non-cancelable with immediate piggy-back registration rights, have customary
−Removed: anti-dilution provisions and any future stock issuances, etc., at a price(s) below the exercise
−Removed: price per share, at terms no less favorable than the terms of any warrants issued to participants
−Removed: in the related transaction, and provide for automatic exercise immediately prior to expiration;
−Removed: out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the performance of its services, regardless of
−Removed: whether a transaction occurs.
−Removed: to the Underwriting Agreement, as of February 3, 2023, we are subject to a lock-up agreement that prevents, subject to certain exceptions,
−Removed: selling or transferring any of our shares of capital stock of the Company for up to 12 months.
−Removed: In addition, our officers, directors and
−Removed: beneficial owners of approximately 78.0% of our common stock agreed to be locked up for a period of 12 months.
−Removed: Holders of approximately
−Removed: 7.2% of our outstanding common stock agreed to be locked up for a period of nine months, and a holder of approximately 2.3% of our outstanding
−Removed: Class B Common Stock prior to this offering has agreed to be locked up for a period of six months with respect to approximately 0.9%
−Removed: of the outstanding common stock held by such holder, subject to certain exceptions.
−Removed: The remaining shares are not subject to lock-up provisions
−Removed: or such lock-up provisions have been waived.
−Removed: Underwriting Agreement and Boustead Engagement Letter contain other customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company,
−Removed: customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and Boustead, including for liabilities under the Securities
−Removed: Act, other obligations of the parties, and termination provisions.
−Removed: The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting
−Removed: Agreement and Boustead Engagement Letter were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the
−Removed: benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
−Removed: addition, the Registration Statement registered for resale a total of 1,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock by the selling stockholders
−Removed: named in the Registration Statement.
−Removed: Any sales of these shares occurred at a fixed price of $5.00 per share until the Class B Common
−Removed: Stock was listed on Nasdaq on February 3, 2023.
−Removed: Thereafter, these sales will occur at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the
−Removed: time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices.
−Removed: The Company will not receive any proceeds from
−Removed: the sale of Class B Common Stock by the selling stockholders.
−Removed: The Company has no knowledge of whether any of the shares of Class B Common
−Removed: Stock that may be sold by the selling stockholders have been sold.
−Removed: total, the Registration Statement registered for sale shares of Class B Common Stock with a maximum aggregate offering price of $8,625,000,
−Removed: representing the right to sell up to 1,725,000 shares of Class B Common Stock at the IPO Price upon full exercise of the over-allotment
−Removed: the Representative’s Warrant;
−Removed: shares of Class B Common Stock underlying the Representative’s Warrant with a maximum
−Removed: aggregate offering price of $754,687.50, representing rights to purchase up to 120,750 shares of Class B Common Stock at the exercise
−Removed: price of $6.25 per share, upon full exercise of the over-allotment option;
−Removed: and 1,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock on
−Removed: behalf of certain selling stockholders.
−Removed: As of the date of this report, the IPO Shares were sold for aggregate gross proceeds of
−Removed: $7,500,000 and the Representative’s Warrant was issued with the right to purchase up to 105,000 shares of Class B Common Stock
−Removed: at $6.25 per share for gross proceeds of up to $656,250.
−Removed: As of the date of this report, the underwriter’s over-allotment option
−Removed: has not been exercised and the securities issuable upon exercise of the Representative’s Warrant have not been sold.
−Removed: Company’s officers, directors, and certain stockholders who, prior to the IPO, held shares of Class B Common Stock or the Class
−Removed: A Common Stock, have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to offer, issue, sell, contract to sell, encumber, grant any option for
−Removed: the sale of or otherwise dispose of any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or other securities convertible into or
−Removed: exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock for a period of 6 months, 9 months or 12 months,
−Removed: as applicable, without the prior written consent of Boustead.
−Removed: copy of each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant is filed as Exhibit 10.24 and Exhibit 4.5 to this
−Removed: Annual Report, respectively, and the description above is qualified in its entirety by reference to each such exhibit.
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, we had used none of the proceeds from the IPO because the proceeds from the IPO were not received until February
−Removed: of the date of this report, none of the proceeds from the IPO were used to make direct or indirect payments to any of our directors or
−Removed: officers, any of their associates, any persons owning 10% or more of any class of our equity securities, or any of our affiliates, or
−Removed: direct or indirect payments to any others other than for the direct costs of the offering
−Removed: has not been, and we do not expect, any material change in the planned use of proceeds from the IPO as described in the Registration
−Removed: the employment letter agreement between the Company and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, Arshia Sarkhani, dated
−Removed: as of April 21, 2022, the term of the agreement commenced as of the closing of the IPO on February 7, 2023, and will continue for two
−Removed: years unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms.
−Removed: During the term of the agreement, the Company will pay Mr.
−Removed: annual salary of $240,000 and an initial cash bonus of $10,000.
−Removed: Sarkhani will be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus as determined
−Removed: by the board of directors of the Company.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment letter agreement, following the closing of the IPO, on February
−Removed: 7, 2023, the Company entered into its standard form of restricted stock award agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Sarkhani granting restricted stock under
−Removed: the Plan in the amount of 200,000 shares of Class B Common Stock to vest equally over three years on each anniversary of the agreement.
−Removed: Upon a change of control of the Company, all of the shares will vest immediately.
−Removed: Under the employment letter agreement, Mr.
−Removed: will be eligible to participate in standard benefits plans offered to similarly-situated employees by the Company from time to time,
−Removed: subject to plan terms and generally applicable Company policies.
−Removed: The employment letter agreement also has certain confidentiality and
−Removed: non-competition provisions.
−Removed: The Company previously entered into its standard form of directors and officers indemnification agreement
−Removed: Sarkhani, and provided standard directors and officers liability insurance, in accordance with the employment letter agreement.
−Removed: the employment letter agreement between the Company and the Company’s Chief Experience Officer, Derek Dunlop, dated as of April
−Removed: 21, 2022, the term of the agreement commenced as of the closing of the IPO on February 7, 2023, and will continue for two years unless
−Removed: terminated earlier in accordance with its terms.
−Removed: During the term of the agreement, the Company will pay Mr.
−Removed: Dunlop an annual salary of
−Removed: $220,000 and an initial cash bonus of $10,000.
−Removed: Dunlop will be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus as determined by the Company’s
−Removed: board of directors.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment letter agreement, following the closing of the IPO, on February 7, 2023, the Company entered
−Removed: into its standard form of restricted stock award agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Dunlop granting restricted stock under the Plan in the amount of
−Removed: 225,500 shares of Class B Common Stock to vest equally over three years on each anniversary of the agreement.
−Removed: Upon a change of control
−Removed: of the Company, all of the shares will vest immediately.
−Removed: Under the employment letter agreement, Mr.
−Removed: Dunlop will be eligible to participate
−Removed: in standard benefits plans offered to similarly-situated employees by the Company from time to time, subject to plan terms and generally
−Removed: applicable Company policies.
−Removed: The employment letter agreement also has certain confidentiality and non-competition provisions.
−Removed: previously entered into its standard form of directors and officers indemnification agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Dunlop, and provided standard
−Removed: directors and officers liability insurance, in accordance with the employment letter agreement.
−Removed: the employment letter agreement between the Company and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, Matthew
−Removed: Krueger, dated as of April 21, 2022, the term of the agreement commenced as of the closing of the IPO on February 7, 2023, and will continue
−Removed: for two years unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms.
−Removed: During the term of the agreement, the Company will pay Mr.
−Removed: an annual salary of $180,000 and an initial cash bonus of $25,000.
−Removed: Krueger will be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus
−Removed: as determined by the Company’s board of directors.
−Removed: Pursuant to the employment letter agreement, following the closing of the IPO,
−Removed: on February 7, 2023, the Company entered into its standard form of restricted stock award agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Krueger granting restricted
−Removed: stock under the Plan in the amount of 198,000 shares of Class B Common Stock to vest equally over three years on each anniversary of
−Removed: the agreement.
−Removed: Upon a change of control of the Company, all of the shares will vest immediately.
−Removed: Under the employment letter agreement,
−Removed: Krueger will be eligible to participate in standard benefits plans offered to similarly-situated employees by the Company from time
−Removed: to time, subject to plan terms and generally applicable Company policies.
−Removed: The employment letter agreement also has certain confidentiality
−Removed: and non-competition provisions.
−Removed: The Company previously entered into its standard form of directors and officers indemnification agreement
−Removed: Krueger, and provided standard directors and officers liability insurance, in accordance with the employment letter agreement.
−Removed: of the above employment letter agreements may be terminated by the Company only for “cause”.
−Removed: “Cause” is defined
−Removed: as (a) conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof;
−Removed: (b) commission
−Removed: of fraud or embezzlement on the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
−Removed: (c) willful act or omission which results in an assessment of a civil
−Removed: or criminal penalty against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that causes material financial or reputational harm to the Company
−Removed: or any of its subsidiaries;
−Removed: (d) any intentional act of dishonesty resulting or intending to result in personal gain or enrichment at
−Removed: the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
−Removed: (e) a violation by of law (whether statutory, regulatory or common law), causing
−Removed: a material financial harm or material reputational harm to the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
−Removed: (f) a material violation of the Company’s
−Removed: (or any of its subsidiaries’) bona fide, written equal employment opportunity, antidiscrimination, anti-harassment, or anti-retaliation
−Removed: (g) material breach of this agreement;
−Removed: (h) the consistent abuse of alcohol, prescription drugs or controlled substances, which
−Removed: interferes with the performance of the officer’s duties to the Company;
−Removed: (i) failure to execute the duties and responsibilities
−Removed: of the officer position which the officer holds;
−Removed: (j) a breach or default of the officer’s obligations to the Company or under the
−Removed: or (k) excessive absenteeism other than for reasons of illness.
−Removed: Each officer may terminate such officer’s employment
−Removed: letter agreement at will.
−Removed: addition, the term of, and compensation provided under, each of the employment letter agreements with the Company’s Chief Marketing
−Removed: Officer, Jackson Fairbanks, Executive Vice-Chairman, Kyle Fairbanks, Chief Operating Officer, and Arman Sarkhani, and the consulting
−Removed: agreement with the Company’s Executive Chairman, Michael Gaubert, commenced upon the closing of the IPO.
−Removed: Executive Compensation – Executive Employment and Consulting Agreements ” and “Item 11.
−Removed: Compensation – 2022 Equity Incentive Plan ” for important related disclosures.
−Removed: of Operations
−Removed: following table summarizes our results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
+Added: Risk Factors – Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
+Added: – The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a material adverse effect on our business ” above.
+Added: Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial
+Added: Our operating results are primarily affected
+Added: by the following factors:
+Added: ● our ability to acquire new customers
+Added: and users or retain existing customers and users;
+Added: ● our ability to offer competitive
+Added: ● our ability to broaden product or
+Added: service offerings;
+Added: ● industry demand and competition;
+Added: ● our ability to leverage technology
+Added: and use and develop efficient processes;
+Added: ● our ability to attract and retain
+Added: talented employees and contractors;
+Added: ● market conditions and our market
+Added: Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting
+Added: We qualify as an “emerging growth company”
+Added: under the JOBS Act.
+Added: As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.
+Added: long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:
+Added: ● have an auditor report on our internal
+Added: controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
+Added: ● present three years, instead of two years, of audited financial
+Added: statements, with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis
+Added: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure in this Annual Report;
+Added: ● comply with any requirement that
+Added: may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit
+Added: firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information
+Added: about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis);
+Added: ● comply with certain greenhouse gas
+Added: emissions disclosure and related third-party assurance requirements;
+Added: ● submit certain executive compensation
+Added: matters to stockholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency;”
+Added: ● disclose certain executive compensation
+Added: related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and
+Added: comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation.
+Added: In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also
+Added: provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
+Added: Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
+Added: In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain
+Added: accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies.
+Added: We have elected to take advantage of the benefits
+Added: of this extended transition period.
+Added: Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such
+Added: new or revised accounting standards.
+Added: We will remain an emerging growth company for
+Added: up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed
+Added: $1,235,000,000, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act,
+Added: which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business
+Added: day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible
+Added: debt during the preceding three year period.
+Added: To the extent that we continue to qualify as
+Added: a “smaller reporting company,” as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, after we cease to qualify as
+Added: an emerging growth company, certain of the exemptions available to us as an emerging growth company may continue to be available to us
+Added: as a smaller reporting company, including as to:
+Added: (i) the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
+Added: (ii) scaled executive compensation disclosures;
+Added: (iii) presenting two years of audited financial statements, instead of three years;
+Added: (iv) compliance with certain greenhouse gas emissions disclosure and related third-party assurance requirements.
+Added: Recent Developments
+Added: On March 27, 2024, the Company delivered a Closing
+Added: Notice to Triton (the “Second Closing Notice”) for the purchase of 621,590 shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Second
+Added: Triton Shares”), which was the amount of shares of Class B Common Stock remaining under the registration statement.
+Added: each of the Second Triton Shares is required to be set at 85% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of the Class B Common
+Added: Stock during the five business days prior to the closing of the purchase of the Second Triton Shares (the “Second Triton Closing”).
+Added: The Second Triton Closing is required to occur within five business days after the delivery of the Second Triton Shares to Triton.
+Added: connection with the Second Triton Closing, pursuant to the Boustead Engagement Letter and the Underwriting Agreement, the Company will
+Added: pay Boustead a fee equal to 7% of the aggregate purchase price and a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase
+Added: price for the Second Triton Shares.
+Added: In addition, the Company will issue a Tail Warrant to Boustead for the purchase of 43,511 shares
+Added: of Class B Common Stock, equal to 7% of the number of the Second Triton Shares, with an exercise price equal to the purchase price per
+Added: share of the Second Triton Shares.
+Added: Under a Third Amendment
+Added: to Amended and Restated Closing Agreement (the “Third Triton Amendment”), dated as of March 29, 2024, the Company and Triton
+Added: agreed to amend the Amended A&R Closing Agreement to provide that the Amended A&R Closing Agreement will expire on April 30, 2024,
+Added: instead of March 31, 2024.
+Added: The Third Triton Amendment did not amend any of the other provisions of the Amended A&R Closing Agreement.
+Added: A copy of the Third Triton Amendment is attached to the Annual Report as Exhibit 10.32, and the description above is qualified in its
+Added: entirety by reference to such exhibit.
+Added: Results of Operations
+Added: The following table summarizes our results of
+Added: operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Consolidated Operations Data
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Total operating expenses
−Removed: Income (loss) from operations
−Removed: Net income (loss)
+Added: Loss from operations
Our revenues decreased 19% to approximately $0.27 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 from approximately $0.34 million
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in subscription revenue as a result of a decrease
−Removed: in the number of paying subscribers to 622 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 from 8,694 for the fiscal year ended December
−Removed: There was no material difference in the Company’s subscription pricing structure between these periods.
−Removed: During the fiscal
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2021, COVID-19-related social and economic restrictions, the relative unavailability of vaccines and vaccine
−Removed: hesitancy, particularly for members of Generation Z, and the emergence of interest in meme stocks and other market developments resulted
−Removed: in more use of online services like Discord in general, and increased interest from members of Generation Z in services like ours in
−Removed: Conversely, during the nine months ended fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, the relaxation of COVID-19-related restrictions
−Removed: on social and work life and the wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines for most individuals reduced interest in online use of Discord
−Removed: and services like ours.
−Removed: As a result, we experienced a decrease in subscriptions and related revenues.
+Added: This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in revenues from Discord paying subscribers
+Added: for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, compared to such revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: There was no material
+Added: difference in the Company’s subscription pricing structure between these periods.
Operating Expenses .
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$1.0 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: This increase was primarily due to an increase in costs associated with the
−Removed: Income (Loss) From
−Removed: Our loss from operations of approximately $0.6 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was a change from
−Removed: income from operations of $14,871 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in subscription
−Removed: revenue and an increase in costs associated with the IPO.
−Removed: Net Income (Loss) .
−Removed: of approximately $0.6 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was a change from net income of $14,871 for the fiscal year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: This change was primarily due to a decrease in subscription revenue and an increase in costs associated with
+Added: This increase was primarily due to an increase in advertising, marketing, payroll
+Added: and other administrative expenses associated with the Company’s February 2023 initial public offering and administrative cost of
+Added: public filings of approximately $1.7 million and an increase in management compensation costs of approximately $2.5 million for the fiscal
+Added: year ended December 31, 2023 compared to such costs for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Loss From Operations .
+Added: Our loss from operations increased 664% to approximately $5.0 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 from approximately $0.6
+Added: million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: This increase was primarily due to an increase in advertising, marketing, payroll
+Added: and other administrative expenses associated with the Company’s February 2023 initial public offering and administrative cost of
+Added: public filings of approximately $1.7 million and an increase in management compensation costs of approximately $2.5 million for the fiscal
+Added: year ended December 31, 2023 compared to such costs for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Our net loss increased 664% to approximately $5.0 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 from approximately $0.6 million
+Added: for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: This change was primarily due to an increase in advertising, marketing, payroll and other
+Added: administrative expenses associated with the Company’s February 2023 initial public offering and administrative cost of public filings
+Added: of approximately $1.7 million and an increase in management compensation costs of approximately $2.5 million for the fiscal year ended
+Added: December 31, 2023 compared to such costs for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had cash consisting
−Removed: of $137,177 and $33,731, respectively.
−Removed: To date, we have financed our operations primarily through contributed capital and sales of our
−Removed: In June 2022 and October 2022 we raised a total of $750,000 in gross proceeds from private placements of shares of common stock,
−Removed: before fees and expenses, and in February 2023 we raised approximately $6.6 million in net proceeds from the IPO.
−Removed: We believe that our
−Removed: current levels of cash will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for our operations and cash payment obligations for both
−Removed: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and in the long-term beyond this period, including our anticipated costs associated with being
−Removed: a public reporting company.
+Added: We had an accumulated
+Added: deficit of $5,558,315 at December 31, 2023, $2,924,323 in cash at December 31, 2023, and a net loss of $4,931,197 during the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: To date, we have financed our operations primarily through contributed capital and sales of our services.
+Added: February 2023 we raised approximately $6.6 million in net proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering.
+Added: The Company initiated
+Added: a sale of 621,590 shares of common stock under its Amended and Restated Closing Agreement on March 27, 2024, and the Company intends to
+Added: file a “shelf” registration statement and arrange for one or more financings to commence pursuant to such shelf registration
+Added: statement shortly after it becomes effective.
+Added: Based on the Company’s existing cash resources and the cash expected to be received
+Added: from these financings, it is expected that the Company will have sufficient funds to carry out the Company’s planned operations
+Added: through December 31, 2024.
We may, however, in the future require additional cash resources due to changing business conditions, implementation
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on terms favorable to us, or at all, could limit our ability to expand our business operations and could harm our overall business prospects.
−Removed: The accompanying consolidated financial statements
−Removed: have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company had an accumulated deficit of $627,118 at
−Removed: December 31, 2022 and a net loss of $645,255 during the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: However, in February 2023, the Company completed
−Removed: an equity offering which generated net proceeds of $6.6 million.
−Removed: Consequently, the Company’s existing cash resources and the cash
−Removed: received from the equity offering are expected to provide sufficient funds to carry out the Company’s planned operations through
−Removed: the next 12 months.
−Removed: Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate profitable operations in the future
−Removed: and/or obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when
−Removed: they come due.
−Removed: Management has plans to seek additional capital through public offerings, private equity offerings, debt financings, and
−Removed: government or other third-party funding.
−Removed: These plans, if successful, will mitigate the factors which raise substantial doubt about the
−Removed: Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: the sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution to the Company’s stockholders.
−Removed: The incurrence of indebtedness
−Removed: would result in increased debt service obligations and could require the Company to agree to operating and financial covenants that would
−Removed: restrict the Company’s operations.
−Removed: Financing may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all.
−Removed: Any failure by the Company to raise additional funds on terms favorable to the Company, or at all, could limit the Company’s ability
−Removed: to expand the Company’s business operations and could harm the Company’s overall business prospects.
−Removed: following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for the periods presented:
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
+Added: Summary of Cash Flow
+Added: The following table provides detailed information
+Added: about our net cash flow for the periods presented:
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities
Net change in cash
−Removed: Cash at beginning of period
−Removed: Cash at end of period
−Removed: Net cash provided by operating activities was $23,370 for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2021, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $602,829 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: was primarily due to an increase in costs associated with the IPO.
−Removed: had no net cash provided by or used in investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities was $706,275 for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022, as compared to no net cash provided by or used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: The change was primarily due to the issuance of Class B Common Stock to unaffiliated investors.
−Removed: the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had no significant cash requirements for capital expenditures or other cash needs
−Removed: under any contractual or other obligations.
−Removed: Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition,
−Removed: changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
−Removed: Accounting Policies
−Removed: discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared
−Removed: in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”).
−Removed: The preparation of these financial
−Removed: statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure
−Removed: of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting
−Removed: Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances,
−Removed: the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent
−Removed: from other sources.
+Added: Cash at beginning of year
+Added: Cash at end of year
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities was approximately
+Added: $3.8 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of approximately $0.6 million
+Added: for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily due to an increase in advertising, marketing, payroll and other
+Added: administrative expenses associated with the Company’s February 2023 initial public offering and administrative cost of public filings
+Added: of approximately $1.7 million and an increase in management compensation costs of approximately $2.5 million for the fiscal year ended
+Added: December 31, 2023 compared to such costs for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities was approximately
+Added: $0.1 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $0 for the fiscal year
+Added: ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: The change was primarily due to the purchase of the Ternary and OptionsSwing software platforms as well as minor
+Added: capital expenditures of equipment and fixtures.
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $6.7 million
+Added: for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of approximately $0.7 million for
+Added: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: The change was primarily due to an increase in financing activities from the Company’s
+Added: February 2023 initial public offering compared to financing from private placements conducted during the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Initial Public
+Added: Offering and Underwriting Agreement
+Added: The closing of our initial public offering took
+Added: place on February 7, 2023 pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
+Added: At the closing, the Company sold the IPO Shares for total gross proceeds
+Added: of $7,500,000.
+Added: The Company also issued the Representative’s Warrant.
+Added: After deducting the underwriting discounts, commissions, non-accountable
+Added: expense allowance, and other expenses from the initial public offering, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $6.6 million.
+Added: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, as of
+Added: February 3, 2023, we were subject to a lock-up agreement that prevented us, subject to certain exceptions, from selling or transferring
+Added: any of our shares of capital stock of the Company for up to 12 months.
+Added: In addition, our officers, directors and beneficial owners of
+Added: approximately 78.0% of our common stock agreed to be locked up for a period of 12 months.
+Added: Holders of approximately 7.2% of our outstanding
+Added: common stock agreed to be locked up for a period of nine months, and a holder of approximately 2.3% of our outstanding Class B Common
+Added: Stock prior to the initial public offering agreed to be locked up for a period of six months with respect to approximately 0.9% of the
+Added: outstanding common stock held by such holder, subject to certain exceptions.
+Added: The remaining shares were not subject to lock-up provisions
+Added: or such lock-up provisions were waived.
+Added: This lock-up period expired on February 2, 2024.
+Added: Other terms of and agreements relating to the
+Added: Underwriting Agreement and the underwriter are described under Item 1.
+Added: “ Business – Corporate Structure and History –
+Added: Initial Public Offering and Underwriting Agreement ” and Item 7.
+Added: “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
+Added: Condition – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Engagement Letter with Boustead Securities, LLC ”.
+Added: A copy of each
+Added: of the Underwriting Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant is filed as Exhibit 10.24 and Exhibit 4.5 to this Annual Report,
+Added: respectively, and the description above is qualified in its entirety by reference to each such exhibit.
+Added: As stated in the IPO Public Offering Prospectus,
+Added: the Company intended to use the net proceeds from the initial public offering for investment in corporate infrastructure, marketing and
+Added: promotion of Discord communities, social campaigns, and the Company’s “AE.360.DDM” Discord design, development and
+Added: management service, expansion of “SiN”, the Company’s social influencer network, increasing staff and company personnel,
+Added: and general working capital, operating, and other corporate expenses.
+Added: The following is our
+Added: reasonable estimate of the uses of the proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering from the date of the closing of the
+Added: offering on November 16, 2023 until December 31, 2023:
+Added: ● None was used for construction
+Added: of plant, building and facilities;
+Added: ● None was used for the purchase
+Added: and installation of machinery and equipment;
+Added: ● None was used for purchases of
+Added: ● None was used for the acquisition
+Added: of other businesses;
+Added: ● None was used for the repayment of indebtedness;
+Added: ● $3.5 million was used for working
+Added: ● None was used for temporary investments.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023,
+Added: none of the proceeds from the initial public offering were used to make direct or indirect payments to any of our directors or officers,
+Added: any of their associates, any persons owning 10% or more of any class of our equity securities, or any of our affiliates, or direct or
+Added: indirect payments to any others other than for the direct costs of the offering.
+Added: There has not been,
+Added: and we do not expect, any material change in the planned use of proceeds from the initial public offering as described in the IPO Registration
+Added: Engagement Letter
+Added: with Boustead Securities, LLC
+Added: Under the Boustead Engagement Letter, during
+Added: the term that began on November 29, 2021 and ending 12 months following the termination or expiration of the Boustead Engagement letter,
+Added: which occurred on February 7, 2024 (see below), we must compensate Boustead with a cash fee equal to seven percent (7.0%) and non-accountable
+Added: expense allowance equal to one percent (1.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of securities in an investment
+Added: transaction, or up to ten percent (10.0%) of the gross proceeds from certain other merger, acquisition, or joint venture, strategic alliance,
+Added: license, research and development, or other similar transactions, with a party, including any investor in a private placement in which
+Added: Boustead served as placement agent or in the initial public offering, or who became aware of the Company or who became known to the Company
+Added: prior to the termination or expiration of the Boustead Engagement Letter, including any Company officers, directors, employees, consultants,
+Added: advisors, stockholders, members, or partners, for such transactions that occur during the 12-month period following the termination or
+Added: expiration of the Boustead Engagement Letter (the “Tail Rights”).
+Added: The Boustead Engagement Letter expired on February 7, 2024.
+Added: We also agreed to provide Boustead the right
+Added: of first refusal (the “Right of First Refusal”) for two years following the expiration of the Boustead Engagement Letter
+Added: to act as financial advisor, lead managing underwriter, book runner, placement agent, or to act as joint advisor, managing underwriter,
+Added: book runner, or placement agent on at least equal economic terms, on any public or private financing (debt or equity), merger, business
+Added: combination, recapitalization or sale of some or all of the equity or assets of the Company.
+Added: In the event that we engage Boustead
+Added: to provide such services, Boustead will be compensated consistent with the Boustead Engagement Letter, as described below, unless we
+Added: mutually agree otherwise.
+Added: Under the Boustead Engagement Letter, in connection
+Added: with a transaction as to which Boustead duly exercises the Right of First Refusal or is entitled to the Tail Rights, Boustead shall receive
+Added: compensation as follows:
+Added: than normal course of business activities, as to any sale, merger, acquisition, joint venture,
+Added: strategic alliance, license, research and development, or other similar agreements, Boustead
+Added: will accrue compensation under a percentage fee of the Aggregate Consideration (as defined
+Added: in the Boustead Engagement Letter) calculated as follows:
+Added: o 10.0% for Aggregate Consideration of less than US$10,000,000;
+Added: o 8.0% for Aggregate Consideration between $10,000,000 - $25,000,000;
+Added: o 6.0% for Aggregate Consideration between $25,000,001 - $50,000,000;
+Added: o 4.0% for Aggregate Consideration between $50,000,001 - $75,000,000;
+Added: o 2.0% for Aggregate Consideration between $75,000,001 - $100,000,000;
+Added: o 1.0% for Aggregate Consideration above $100,000,000;
+Added: ● for any investment transaction including
+Added: any common stock, preferred stock, ordinary shares, convertible stock, LLC or LP memberships,
+Added: debt, convertible debentures, convertible debt, debt with warrants, stock warrants, stock
+Added: options (excluding issuances to Company employees), stock purchase rights, or any other securities
+Added: convertible into common stock, any form of debt instrument involving any form of equity participation,
+Added: and including the conversion or exercise of any securities sold in any transaction, Boustead
+Added: shall receive upon each investment transaction closing a success fee, payable in (i) cash,
+Added: equal to 7% of the gross amount to be disbursed to the Company from each such investment
+Added: transaction closing, plus (ii) a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross
+Added: amount to be disbursed to the Company from each such investment transaction closing, plus
+Added: (iii) warrants equal to 7% of the gross amount to be disbursed to the Company from each such
+Added: investment transaction closing, including shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of
+Added: the securities sold in any transaction, and in the event that warrants or other rights are
+Added: issued in the investment transaction, 7% of the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants
+Added: or other rights, and in the event of a debt or convertible debt financing, warrants to purchase
+Added: an amount of Company stock equal to the 7% of the gross amount or facility received by the
+Added: Company in a debt financing divided by the warrant exercise share.
+Added: The warrant exercise price
+Added: will be the lower of:
+Added: 1.) the fair market value price per share of the Company’s common
+Added: stock as of each such financing closing date;
+Added: 2.) the price per share paid by investors in
+Added: each respective financing;
+Added: 3.) in the event that convertible securities are sold in the financing,
+Added: the conversion price of such securities;
+Added: or 4.) in the event that warrants or other rights
+Added: are issued in the financing, the exercise price of such warrants or other rights;
+Added: ● any such warrants will be transferable in accordance with FINRA
+Added: rules and SEC regulations, exercisable from the date of issuance and for a term of five years,
+Added: contain cashless exercise provisions, be non-callable and non-cancelable with immediate piggy-back
+Added: registration rights, have customary anti-dilution provisions and any future stock issuances,
+Added: etc., at a price(s) below the exercise price per share, at terms no less favorable than the
+Added: terms of any warrants issued to participants in the related transaction, and provide for
+Added: automatic exercise immediately prior to expiration;
+Added: ● reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
+Added: in connection with the performance of its services, regardless of whether a transaction occurs.
+Added: The Boustead Engagement
+Added: Letter contains other customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification
+Added: obligations of the Company and Boustead, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, other obligations of the parties, and termination
+Added: The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Boustead Engagement Letter were made only for purposes of
+Added: such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations
+Added: agreed upon by the contracting parties.
+Added: Amended and Restated
+Added: Closing Agreement
+Added: On August 1, 2023, the Company entered into the Amended and Restated
+Added: Closing Agreement with Triton.
+Added: Subject to its terms, the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement provided that the Company may deliver
+Added: a Closing Notice and issue certain securities to Triton at any time on or before September 30, 2023, pursuant to which Triton agreed to
+Added: be required to purchase such securities with an aggregate gross purchase price of $1,000,000 in the following manner.
+Added: Upon delivery of
+Added: a Closing Notice and the issuance and delivery of securities as described below, Triton agreed to purchase Triton Shares in an amount
+Added: equal to up to 9.99% of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock following such purchase, Triton Pre-Funded Warrants that may be
+Added: exercised to purchase an amount of newly-issued Triton Warrant Shares, or both Triton Shares and Triton Pre-Funded Warrants, such that
+Added: the aggregate price of the Triton Shares and the Triton Pre-Funded Warrants together with the exercise price to be paid upon full exercise
+Added: of the Triton Pre-Funded Warrants was required to equal a total gross purchase price of $1,000,000.
+Added: Upon the Company’s election
+Added: to deliver a Closing Notice, the price of each of the Triton Shares was required to be set at 85% of the lowest daily volume-weighted
+Added: average price of the Class B Common Stock during the five business days after the date that the Triton Securities were received by Triton.
+Added: Any proceeds under the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement must be reduced by a $25,000 administrative fee.
+Added: The Amended and Restated
+Added: Closing Agreement also provided that it would expire either upon the date that Triton paid the required purchase price after receiving
+Added: a Closing Notice, or September 30, 2023.
+Added: The Amended and Restated
+Added: Closing Agreement provided that Triton’s obligation to purchase the Triton Securities was subject to certain conditions.
+Added: conditions included the filing and effectiveness of the required registration statement for the resale of the Triton Securities.
+Added: the Class B Common Stock was required to remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market tier of Nasdaq, and the issuance of the Triton Securities
+Added: was required to not violate any requirements of Nasdaq.
+Added: Triton’s purchase requirement was also subject to provisions that prevented
+Added: Triton from acquiring shares of Class B Common Stock at the time of any sale of the Triton Securities or exercise of the Triton Pre-Funded
+Added: Warrants that would result in the number of shares beneficially owned by Triton and its affiliates exceeding the Beneficial Ownership
+Added: The Amended and Restated Closing Agreement provided for the issuance of the Triton Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of issuance
+Added: of some or all the Triton Shares, with an exercise price of $0.01 per share and with no expiration date, if, in Triton’s sole discretion,
+Added: it would otherwise exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, or otherwise upon Triton’s election.
+Added: For each of the Triton Shares
+Added: that Triton instead elected to be issuable as Triton Warrant Shares, the number of Triton Shares that we were required to issue to Triton
+Added: at the time of any sale of the Triton Securities was required to be decreased on a one-for-one basis.
+Added: We were also required to provide
+Added: indemnification against liabilities relating to misrepresentations, breaches of obligations, and third-party claims relating to the Amended
+Added: and Restated Closing Agreement, with certain exceptions.
+Added: In connection with the
+Added: Amended and Restated Closing Agreement, pursuant to the Boustead Engagement Letter, upon a closing under the Amended and Restated Closing
+Added: Agreement, the Company must pay Boustead a cash fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds to be received from such closing and pay Boustead
+Added: a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross proceeds to be received from such closing.
+Added: The Company must also issue Boustead
+Added: a Tail Warrant with respect to any Triton Shares exercisable for a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to 7% of the number
+Added: of the Triton Shares at an exercise price equal to the price per share for the Triton Shares, and a warrant with respect to the issuance
+Added: of any Triton Pre-Funded Warrants exercisable for a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to 7% of the Triton Warrant Shares
+Added: at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share.
+Added: Each Tail Warrant must be exercisable for a period of five years and contain cashless
+Added: exercise provisions.
+Added: The Company also must reimburse Boustead for all reasonable invoiced out-of-pocket expenses in connection with its
+Added: performance of any services relating to the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement, regardless of whether a sale under the Amended and
+Added: Restated Closing Agreement occurred.
+Added: For further discussion of the Underwriting Agreement and the Boustead Engagement Letter, see “— Liquidity
+Added: and Capital Resources – Initial Public Offering and Underwriting Agreement ” and “— Liquidity and Capital
+Added: Resources – Engagement Letter with Boustead Securities, LLC ”.
+Added: On August 18, 2023,
+Added: the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
+Added: 333-274079) to register the offer and sale of the Triton Securities
+Added: in an amount of up to 885,000 shares of Class B Common Stock consisting of Triton Shares and Triton Warrant Shares.
+Added: The registration
+Added: statement also registered the offer and sale of up to 61,950 shares of Class B Common Stock under Tail Warrants.
+Added: The registration statement
+Added: was declared effective on September 6, 2023.
+Added: Under the First Triton
+Added: Amendment, the Company and Triton agreed to amend the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement to provide that the Amended A&R Closing
+Added: Agreement will expire on December 30, 2023 instead of September 30, 2023;
+Added: to provide that up to an aggregate value of $1,000,000 of the
+Added: Class B Common Stock, based on the purchase price formula described above, may be sold and purchased pursuant to a Closing Notice;
+Added: to amend the form of Closing Notice to provide for a specific number of shares that may be sold to Triton under the Amended A&R Closing
+Added: The First Triton Amendment did not amend any of the other provisions of the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement.
+Added: As an incentive to Triton
+Added: to enter into the First Triton Amendment and agree to the extension of the term of the $1,000,000 equity line under the Amended A&R
+Added: Closing Agreement to December 30, 2023, the Company indicated to Triton that it would deliver a Closing Notice under the Amended A&R
+Added: Closing Agreement to sell a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to approximately 4.9% of the outstanding shares of Class B
+Added: Common Stock prior to the sale.
+Added: Therefore, on September 29, 2023, under the Amended A&R Closing Agreement, the Company delivered
+Added: the First Closing Notice for the purchase of the 263,410 First Triton Shares, which was the amount of shares of Class B Common Stock
+Added: equal to approximately 4.9% of the 5,375,724 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding on that date.
+Added: Pursuant to the Amended A&R
+Added: Closing Agreement, the Closing Date was required to take place within five business days after the Triton Shares were received by Triton.
+Added: On the Closing Date, Triton was required to pay the Company a purchase price per share equal to 85% of the lowest daily volume-weighted
+Added: average price of the Class B Common Stock during the period between the date that the shares were delivered to Triton and the Closing
+Added: Date, the proceeds of which would be reduced by the $25,000 administrative fee, in accordance with the terms of the Amended A&R Closing
+Added: On October 4, 2023,
+Added: the First Triton Shares were received by Triton.
+Added: Pursuant to the Amended A&R Closing Agreement, on the fifth business day following
+Added: the day that the First Triton Shares were received, Triton was required to pay the Company $46,083.53, based on a price per share of
+Added: $0.26894, equal to 85% of $0.3164, the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of the Class B Common Stock during the five-business-day
+Added: period ending October 11, 2023, less the $25,000 administrative fee.
+Added: The Company received payment of this amount on October 13, 2023.
+Added: In connection with the
+Added: closing pursuant to the First Closing Notice under the Amended A&R Closing Agreement described above, pursuant to the Boustead Engagement
+Added: Letter and the Underwriting Agreement, the Company paid Boustead a fee of $4,975.85, equal to 7% of the aggregate purchase price, and
+Added: non-accountable expense allowance of $710.84, equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price for the First Triton Shares.
+Added: In addition, the
+Added: Company issued a Tail Warrant to Boustead for the purchase of 18,439 shares of Class B Common Stock, equal to 7% of the number of the
+Added: First Triton Shares, with an exercise price of $0.26894 per share, equal to the purchase price per share of the First Triton Shares.
+Added: Under the Second Triton
+Added: Amendment, the Company and Triton agreed to amend the Amended A&R Closing Agreement to provide that the Amended A&R Closing Agreement
+Added: will expire on March 31, 2024, instead of December 30, 2023.
+Added: The Second Triton Amendment did not amend any of the other provisions of
+Added: the Amended A&R Closing Agreement.
+Added: Copies of the Closing
+Added: Agreement, the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement, the First Triton Amendment, the Second Triton Amendment, the form of the Triton
+Added: Pre-Funded Warrants, and the form of the warrants issuable to Boustead in connection with the Amended and Restated Closing Agreement,
+Added: as amended, are each attached to the Annual Report as Exhibit 10.25, Exhibit 10.26, Exhibit 10.27, Exhibit 10.30, and Exhibit 4.6, respectively,
+Added: and the description above is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
+Added: Contractual Obligations
+Added: During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023
+Added: and 2022, we had no significant cash requirements for capital expenditures or other cash needs under any contractual or other obligations.
+Added: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
+Added: We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that
+Added: have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues
+Added: or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
+Added: Critical Accounting Policies
+Added: This discussion and analysis of our financial
+Added: condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
+Added: accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”).
+Added: The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates
+Added: and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
+Added: the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods.
+Added: Our estimates are based
+Added: on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which
+Added: form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
−Removed: While our significant accounting
−Removed: policies are described in more detail in the notes to our financial statements included with this report, we believe that the following
−Removed: accounting policies are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant
−Removed: areas involving management’s judgments and estimates.
−Removed: We believe our most critical accounting policies and estimates relate to
−Removed: the following:
−Removed: Company recognizes revenue utilizing the following steps:
+Added: While our significant accounting policies are
+Added: described in more detail in the notes to our financial statements included with this Annual Report, we believe that the following accounting
+Added: policies are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas
+Added: involving management’s judgments and estimates.
+Added: We believe our most critical accounting policies and estimates relate to the following:
+Added: Intangible Assets
+Added: Intangible assets acquired are recorded at fair
+Added: We test our finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
+Added: value of the assets may not be recoverable.
+Added: We test our indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually or whenever events
+Added: or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable.
+Added: If the carrying value exceeds the
+Added: fair value, we recognize an impairment in an amount equal to the excess, not to exceed the carrying value.
+Added: Management uses considerable
+Added: judgment to determine key assumptions, including projected revenue, royalty rates and appropriate discount rates.
+Added: There were no intangible
+Added: asset impairment charges in 2023 or 2022.
+Added: Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized
+Added: using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which ranges from 5 to 15 years.
+Added: Our finite-lived intangible assets
+Added: include acquired franchise agreements, acquired customer relationships, acquired customer lists, and internally developed software.
+Added: indefinite-lived intangible assets include acquired domain names, trade names, and purchased software.
+Added: Intangible assets internally developed are measured
+Added: We capitalize costs to develop or purchase computer software for internal use which are incurred during the application development
+Added: These costs include fees paid to third parties for development services and payroll costs for employees’ time spent developing
+Added: the software.
+Added: We expense costs incurred during the preliminary project stage and the post-implementation stage.
+Added: Capitalized development
+Added: costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software.
+Added: The capitalization and ongoing assessment
+Added: of recoverability of development costs requires considerable judgment by management with respect to certain external factors, including,
+Added: but not limited to, technological and economic feasibility, and estimated economic life.
+Added: Impairment of Long-lived Assets Other Than
+Added: Long-lived assets with finite lives, primarily
+Added: property and equipment, intangible assets, and operating lease right-of-use assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes
+Added: in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
+Added: If the estimated cash flows from the use of the
+Added: asset and its eventual disposition are below the asset’s carrying value, then the asset is deemed to be impaired and written down
+Added: to its fair value.
+Added: Stock Based Compensation
+Added: Service-Based Awards
+Added: The Company records stock-based compensation
+Added: for awards granted to employees, non-employees, and to members of the board for their services on the board based on the grant date fair
+Added: value of awards issued, and the expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally one
+Added: to three years.
+Added: For restricted stock awards (“RSAs”)
+Added: issued under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans, the fair value of each grant is calculated based on the Company’s
+Added: stock price on the date of grant.
+Added: Share Repurchase
+Added: Share repurchases are open market purchases.
+Added: Share repurchases are generally recorded on the settlement date, as treasury stock.
+Added: When shares are cancelled, the value of repurchased
+Added: shares is deducted from stockholders’ equity through common stock with the excess over par value recorded to accumulated deficit.
+Added: Revenue Recognition
+Added: The Company recognizes revenue utilizing the
+Added: following steps:
(i) Identify the contract, or contracts, with a customer;
−Removed: (ii) Identify the
−Removed: performance obligations in the contract;
+Added: (ii) Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
(iii) Determine the transaction price;
−Removed: (iv) Allocate the transaction price to the performance
−Removed: obligations in the contract;
−Removed: (v) Recognize revenue when the Company satisfies a performance obligation.
+Added: (iv) Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract;
+Added: (v) Recognize
+Added: revenue when the Company satisfies a performance obligation.
Subscriptions
−Removed: revenue is related to a single performance obligation that is recognized over time when earned.
−Removed: Subscriptions are paid in advance and
−Removed: can be purchased on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis.
−Removed: Any quarterly or annual subscription revenue is recognized as a contract liability
−Removed: expensed over the contracted service period.
−Removed: related to marketing campaign contracts with customers are normally of a short duration, typically less than two (2) weeks.
−Removed: related to AE.360.DDM contracts with customers are normally of a short duration, typically less than one (1) week.
−Removed: described in more detail in “Item 1.
−Removed: Business – Corporate Structure and History – Formation and Merger into Asset
−Removed: Entities Inc.
−Removed: ”, the business now conducted by the Company was operated as a partnership from August 1, 2020 until October 19,
−Removed: 2020, when it was reorganized as a limited liability company, or LLC, and that LLC was merged into the Company on March 28, 2022.
−Removed: to that date, the partnership and the subsequent LLC were not subject to federal income tax and all income, deductions, gains and losses
−Removed: were attributed to the partners or members.
−Removed: Consequently, no provision was made for federal income taxes payable in respect of the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Company adopted FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes, at its inception.
−Removed: Under FASB ASC 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized
−Removed: for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities
+Added: Subscription revenue is related to a single performance
+Added: obligation that is recognized over time when earned.
+Added: Subscriptions are paid in advance and can be purchased on a monthly, quarterly, or
+Added: annual basis.
+Added: Any quarterly or annual subscription revenue is recognized as a contract liability recorded over the contracted service
+Added: Revenue related to marketing campaign contracts
+Added: with customers are normally of a short duration, typically less than two (2) weeks.
+Added: AE.360.DDM Contracts
+Added: Revenue related to AE.360.DDM contracts with
+Added: customers are normally of a short duration, typically less than one (1) week.
+Added: Earnings per Share
+Added: of Common Stock
+Added: The Company has adopted Financial Accounting Standards
+Added: Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 260, “ Earnings per Share ” which
+Added: requires presentation of basic earnings per share on the face of the statements of operations for all entities with complex capital structures
+Added: and requires a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic earnings per share computation.
+Added: In the accompanying consolidated
+Added: financial statements, basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding
+Added: during the year.
+Added: Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
+Added: and potentially dilutive outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from
+Added: common stock issuable through contingent share arrangements, stock options and warrants unless the result would be antidilutive.
+Added: would account for the potential dilution from convertible securities using the as-if converted method.
+Added: The Company accounts for warrants
+Added: and options using the treasury stock method.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, dilutive potential shares of common stock include outstanding warrants.
+Added: As described in more detail above (see Item 1.
+Added: “ Business – Corporate Structure and History – Formation and Merger into Asset Entities Inc.
+Added: ”), the business
+Added: now conducted by the Company was operated as a partnership from August 1, 2020 until October 19, 2020, when it was reorganized as a limited
+Added: liability company, or LLC, and that LLC was merged into the Company on March 28, 2022.
+Added: Prior to that date, the partnership and the subsequent
+Added: LLC were not subject to federal income tax and all income, deductions, gains and losses were attributed to the partners or members.
+Added: The Company adopted FASB Topic ASC 740, “Income
+Added: Taxes” (“FASB ASC 740”), at its inception.
+Added: Under FASB ASC 740, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for
+Added: the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities
and their respective tax bases.
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or December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, ASC Subtopic “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820):
−Removed: Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities
−Removed: Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions”.
−Removed: These amendments clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security
−Removed: is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value.
−Removed: The amendments
−Removed: in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning
−Removed: after December 15, 2023.
+Added: Recent Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: In June 2022, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
+Added: 2022-03, ASC Subtopic “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820):
+Added: Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale
+Added: Restrictions”.
+Added: These amendments clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part
+Added: of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value.
+Added: The amendments in this update
+Added: are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December
Early adoption is permitted.
−Removed: The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of this standard
−Removed: on its consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.
−Removed: The amendments
−Removed: in this Update affect loans, debt securities, trade receivables, and any other financial assets that have the contractual right to receive
−Removed: The ASU requires an entity to recognize expected credit losses rather than incurred losses for financial assets.
−Removed: For public entities,
−Removed: the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: For the Company which is a smaller reporting company, ASU No.
−Removed: 2019-10 extends the effective dates for two years.
−Removed: The Company will adopt
−Removed: this standard beginning January 1, 2023.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the effect of the adoption of this standard on the consolidated
−Removed: financial statements and related disclosures.
−Removed: Company has considered all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and does not believe the adoption of such pronouncements will
−Removed: have a material impact on its financial statements.
+Added: The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of this standard on its consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: The Company has considered
+Added: all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and does not believe the adoption of such pronouncements will have a material impact
+Added: on its financial statements.
+Added: Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
+Added: In June 2016, the FASB
+Added: issued ASU No.
+Added: 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326) — Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
+Added: Instruments , which has been subsequently amended by ASU No.
+Added: 2018-19, ASU No.
+Added: 2019-04, ASU No.
+Added: 2019-05, ASU No.
+Added: 2019-10, ASU No.
+Added: 2020-03 (“ASU 2016-13”).
+Added: The provisions of ASU 2016-13 modify the impairment model to utilize an expected loss
+Added: methodology in place of the currently used incurred loss methodology and require a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and
+Added: supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.
+Added: The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective
+Added: The Company’s consolidated financial statements for prior-year periods have not been revised and are reflective of the
+Added: credit loss requirements which were in effect for that period.
+Added: The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have a material impact on the Company’s
+Added: consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
+Added: In January 2017, the
+Added: FASB issued ASU No.
+Added: 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350):
+Added: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies
+Added: the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test.
+Added: Instead of determining a hypothetical
+Added: purchase price allocation to measure goodwill impairment, the Company will compare the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying
+Added: The update also includes a new requirement to disclose the amount of goodwill allocated to reporting units with zero or negative
+Added: carrying amounts.
+Added: The Company adopted ASU 2017-04 on January 1, 2023.
+Added: The adoption of ASU 2017-04 did not have a material impact on the
+Added: Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
+Added: The Company has considered all other recently
+Added: issued accounting pronouncements and does not believe the adoption of such pronouncements will have a material impact on its financial
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
+Added: Not applicable.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
−Removed: full text of our audited consolidated financial statements begins on page F-1 of this Annual Report.
+Added: The full text of our audited consolidated financial
+Added: statements begins on page F-1 of this Annual Report.
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