Planet Microcap Podcast | Microcap Investing Strategies

My guest on the show today is Joe Lucosky, Managing Partner at Lucosky Brookman. You might take one look at this title and might not think this is for you; as an investor you might wonder why should you care whether a company decides to uplist, cross-list or even delist? What do these terms even mean? Why is the company wasting their time even considering any of these corporate actions? If you've ever asked yourself this question, whether you're an investor or even an issuer, this is without a doubt the episode for you. Even if you've never thought about these topics, I think you'll find our conversation fascinating. In the world of Micro and Nano-caps, this conversation is happening in every boardroom: should we uplist to the NASDAQ from OTC Markets? What's this new U.S. Listings program at CBOE? Should we delist to the OTCQX, QB or the Pinks? Is it too soon for us to Uplist? Should we cross-list onto OTC or NASDAQ? Should we do a simultaneous raise with uplist or cross-list? How will our investors react to

My guest on the show today is Maj Soueidan, Founder and Editor, and Jan Svenda, Senior Equity Analyst, at GeoInvesting. We're trying something out here at Planet MicroCap, where on a weekly or bi-monthly basis, Maj and Jan will be hopping on the show to discuss recent performance of their Tier One Quality MicroCap Index, as well as the latest and greatest they have been covering on the MS MicroCaps Substack and the GeoInvesting Newsletters. We're also going to spotlight some names from their index inspired by their recent performance, for example, in today's inaugural episode, we covered SPAR Group, ticker is $SGRP, and FitLife Brands, ticker $FTLF. As part of conversation on Classic InfoArb (short for Information Arbitrage), Maj and Jan cover Taylor Devices, ticker TAYD, and Crawford United, ticker $CRAWA.   We discussed a number of stocks during our interview today, Maj and Jan also may or may not own companies that comprise their Tier One Quality MicroCap Index, please see MS MicroCaps and Geoinvesting for

My guest on the show today is Bryan Ganz, President and CEO of Byrna Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYRN). Byrna is a technology company specializing in the development, manufacture, and sale of innovative less-lethal personal security solutions. I had actually met Bryan and interviewed him when they were known as Security Devices International, and safe to say, the company has come a long way since. I invited Bryan on the show today to discuss the company's journey, plus: Byrna's business model and marketing strategy What their competitive landscape looks like, and Bryan's 3-5 year vision for the company. For more information about Byrna Technologies, please visit: https://byrna.com/ This podcast was recorded and is being made available by SNN, Inc. (together with its affiliates and its and their employees, “SNN”) solely for informational purposes. SNN is not providing or undertaking to provide any financial, economic, legal, accounting, tax, or other advice in or by virtue of this podcast. The information, st

My guest on the show today is Toffcap - he's a fund manager and Editor of the Toffcap Newsletter on Substack, and @ToffCap on Twitter/X. We discuss a whole host of topics derived from both his newsletter and his posts on social media, including: Toff's criteria, what his investable universe looks like, what's intriguing about cannabis, as well as his investing theses on both ADF Group and DNO. For more information about ToffCap, please visit: https://toffcap.substack.com/ You can Follow ToffCap on Twitter/X @ToffCap: https://twitter.com/ToffCap To attend and participate in the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024, please visit: https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/signup Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube! All archived episodes and each new episode will be posted on the Planet MicroCap YouTube channel. I’ve provided the link in the description if you’d like to subscribe. You’ll also get the chance to watch all our Video Interviews with management teams, educational panels from the conference, as well as expe

My guest on the show today is Griffin Marie, Vice President of Business Development at SumZero. We've teamed up with SumZero for a couple fun initiatives for the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024: the Allocators Roundtable Panel and the "Allocators Power Hour", where we'll have allocators on a panel discussing their mandates and what they are looking for amongst the pool of talented Small/Micro/NanoCap buy side investors. Following that panel from 2pm-6pm we'll have space to host 1x1 meetings for Allocators to meet our buy-side attendees in 30 minute, speed dating meetings. We're very excited about adding all of this to our program this year, and I invited Griffin on the pod to discuss the importance of institutional validation and the growing interest amongst allocators to engage with talented Small/Micro/Nano-cap strategies. If you are an Allocator or Buy-side manager and you'd like to participate and attend the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS, please visit our event website: PlanetMicroCapShowcase.com,

My guest on the show today is my friend and frequent guest, Fadi Diab, better known as @TheGladiatorHC on Twitter/X. It's been well over a year since he's been on the show, and we had a bunch of topics I wanted to get his take on, in particular, how the Australian MicroCap market has fared for the Gladiator in 2023 and their performance relative to North American microcaps. Fadi is the eternal speculator and while some of you may run away when you hear mining, cannabis or better yet, psychedelics, he's running as fast as he can towards it looking for hidden gems. We chat about all this and more! For more information about Phoenix Global, please visit: https://phoenixglobalinvestments.com.au/ You can Follow Fadi on Twitter/X @TheGladiatorHC: https://twitter.com/TheGladiatorHC Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube! All archived episodes and each new episode will be posted on the Planet MicroCap YouTube channel. I’ve provided the link in the description if you’d like to subscribe. You’ll also get the chance to w

My guest on the show today is Tamir Poleg, Chairman and CEO of The Real Brokerage Inc. (NASDAQ: REAX). Real (NASDAQ: REAX) is a real estate experience company working to make life’s most complex transaction simple. The fast-growing company combines essential real estate, mortgage and closing services with powerful technology to deliver a single seamless end-to-end consumer experience, guided by trusted agents. With a presence in all 50 states throughout the U.S. and Canada, Real supports more than 15,000 agents who use its digital brokerage platform and tight-knit professional community to power their own forward-thinking businesses. Full description according to the company's website and additional information can be found on its website at www.onereal.com. I invited Tamir on the show today to discuss: The Real's business model Real's competitive moat and differentiation; and Tamir's 3-5 year vision for the company For more information about The Real Brokerage, Inc., please visit: https://onereal.com/ This

My guest on the show today is Maj Soueidan, Founder and Editor, and Jan Svenda, Senior Equity Analyst, at GeoInvesting. I welcomed back my friends, Maj and Jan, to discuss their latest venture, MS MicroCap Cliffnotes and their Tier One Quality MicroCap Index. As some of you may know, we run an index as well called the Planet MicroCap Index that we use for educational purposes only to better understand how the general MicroCap market is performing with specific rules that allow for smaller, relatively illiquid names, growthy/pre-revenue/unprofitable names to be included. Maj and Jan launched an index, where, as it states on the MS Cliffnotes website, "the qualification of a stock to be added to the index is determined by quality, valuation, price momentum indicators, multi-bagger potential, qualitative analysis and market cap," and, "the rebalancing of the MSM index occurs on an active basis, not just quarterly or monthly." I think indices like this are necessary because you could take one look at our index at

My guest on the show today is Brian Bares, Founder, Portfolio Manager, and Research Analyst at Bares Capital Management. I had the opportunity to meet Brian at Ian Cassel's MicroCapClub Leadership Summit last year in Chicago, where he participated in a Q&A with Connor Haley and Ian. Brian has an incredible background and vast amount of experience, not just investing in Small/MicroCaps, but also building a small/microcap strategy from scratch. In our conversation today, we talk about what it takes to launch a small/microcap strategy, how that process has changed in the last 25 years and how to differentiate yourself in order to stand out in a now crowded field of talented investors. For more information about Bares Capital Management, please visit: https://barescapital.com/ Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube! All archived episodes and each new episode will be posted on the Planet MicroCap YouTube channel. I’ve provided the link in the description if you’d like to subscribe. You’ll also get the chance to

My guest on the show today is Sebastien Mailhot, CEO of D-BOX Technologies Inc. (TSX: DBO). D-BOX creates realistic, immersive entertainment experiences by moving the body and sparking the imagination through effects: motion, vibration and texture. D-BOX has collaborated with some of the best companies in the world to deliver new ways to enhance great stories. Whether it’s movies, video games, music, relaxation, virtual reality applications, metaverse experience, themed entertainment or professional simulation, D-BOX creates a feeling of presence that makes life resonate like never before, full description according to the company's website. I invited Sebastien on the show today to discuss: D-BOX's haptic technology solutions and creating a new market Moat around D-BOX's technology and solutions Competitive landscape and working with content creators; and Sebastien's 3-5 year vision for the company. For more information about D-BOX Technologies Inc., please visit: https://www.d-box.com/en This podcast was re

My guest on the show today is Francois Roberge, President and CEO of LSL Pharma Group (TSX-V: LSL). LSL Pharma Group is a Canadian integrated pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, manufacturing and distribution of high-quality natural health products and dietary supplements in solid dosage forms, as well as high quality sterile ophthalmic pharmaceutical products, according to the company's website. I invited on Francois to discuss: Developing their own pharmaceutical products in-house vs. partnering Why there is an opportunity to consolidate the fragmented CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) market for niche products LSL's natural health and Ophthalmic products; and, Francois' 3-5 year vision for the company For more information about LSL Pharma Group, please visit: https://www.groupelslpharma.com/ This podcast was recorded and is being made available by SNN, Inc. (together with its affiliates and its and their employees, “SNN”) solely for informational purposes. SNN

My guest on the show today is Erik Sloane, Global Head of Company Listings for Cboe Global Markets (CBOE on CBOE) and Chief Revenue Officer for Cboe Canada. On June 2, 2023, Cboe announced the launch of Cboe Global Listings, the first-of-its-kind, global listing network facilitating worldwide access to capital and secondary liquidity for companies and ETFs. Cboe recently acquired the NEO Exchange, and owns exchanges in the U.K., Netherlands and Australia. They are looking to revolutionize the intralistings to facilitate worldwide access to capital and secondary liquidity for companies and ETFs. I invited Erik on today to provide you all with the full and complete understanding about the Cboe Global Listings initiative, why now, the problem(s) it solves and why this initiative is of particular interest for Small and MicroCap issuers.   For more information about the Cboe, please visit: https://www.cboe.com/   Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube! All archived episodes and each new episode will be posted on t

My guest on the show today is Jim Rakievich, President & CEO of McCoy Global (TSX: MCB). McCoy Global Inc. is a product and service provider for the international oil and gas sector with new digital technology solutions. McCoy’s series of Smart products seeks to increase efficiency, wellbore integrity and safety by eliminating human error and guaranteeing consistency and repeatability of casing running operations worldwide, according to the company's website. I originally heard McCoy Global's presentation at the Small Cap Discoveries' event back in October 2023, and they. will also be presenting at our upcoming event, the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024. Despite operating in a cyclical industry, the company has been around for 100 years and has a global footprint with operations on every continent. I invited on Jim to better understand the following: How McCoy Global has evolved and provided a product and services suite for the current Oil & Gas environment Competitive landscape and customer base

My guest on the show today is Bill Chen, Managing Partner at Rhizome Partners. I met Bill at the MicroCapClub Leadership Summit back in October and was stoked to have him on the pod to chat real estate with him. I haven't covered publicly-traded real estate, or real estate in general, that much and thought it was time to change that up. Bill did the pod circuit last year, and he clearly has a handle on the latest and greatest in Real Estate; a few things we hit on today: delta between public and private valuations, what lower interest rates environment means for REITs, chat on a few pubcos, bear case, commercial and more! For more information about Rhizome Partners, please visit: https://www.rhizomepartners.com/ Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube! All archived episodes and each new episode will be posted on the Planet MicroCap YouTube channel. I’ve provided the link in the description if you’d like to subscribe. You’ll also get the chance to watch all our Video Interviews with management teams, educational

My guest on the show today is Josh Young, Founder and Portfolio Manager at Bison Interests. We last chatted on the podcast back in July 2023, so figured it was time for our semi-annual conversation on energy markets. It was a rough second half of 2023 for Oil & Gas, and Josh provides his post-mortem on what happened - plus, how 2024 is setting up when considering all the macro news on the horizon, geopolitical events currently happening, elections later this year, but all things considered, and why Josh thinks there is a decent chance that Oil could do well this year. For more information about Bison Interests, please visit: https://bisoninterests.com/ You can Follow Josh Young on Twitter/X @Josh_Young_1: https://twitter.com/Josh_Young_1 Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube! All archived episodes and each new episode will be posted on the Planet MicroCap YouTube channel. I’ve provided the link in the description if you’d like to subscribe. You’ll also get the chance to watch all our Video Interviews with

My guest on the show today is Nathan Mazurek, Chairman and CEO of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPSI). Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. is a leader in the design, manufacture, integration, refurbishment, service and distribution of electric power systems, distributed energy resources, power generation equipment and mobile EV charging solutions for applications in the utility, industrial and commercial markets, according the company's website. I first met Nathan prior to our conference, the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2023, and since their presentation at the event, the company has announced numerous orders for the E-Boost and E-Bloc products. I invited Nathan on today to discuss the company's progress, as well as: Better understand the distributed generation and EV charging markets E-Boost and E-Block product differentiation as compared to their peers; and, Nathan's 3-5 year vision for the company For more information about Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc., please visit: https://www.pioneerpowersoluti

My guest on the show today is James (Jeb) Besser, CEO of Modular Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: MODD). Modular Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:MODD) is a development-stage medical device company that is working towards launching the next generation of insulin delivery technology. Using its patented technologies, the company seeks to eliminate the tradeoff between complexity and efficacy, thereby making top quality insulin delivery both affordable and simple to learn.   As Jeb discusses in the interview, despite many tech companies trying to find "next generation" solutions for an insulin pump, it's only been recently that there's been some momentum in the delivery technology itself vs. a smart phone-related monitoring solution. That is why I invited Jeb on today to discuss the following: The history of insulin pump innovation Why patients the standard of care pump is so complicated Modular Medical's delivery technology and what makes it unique; and, Next steps for commercialization For more information about Modular Medical,

My guest on the show today is Sam Namiri, Partner and Portfolio Manager at Ridgewood Investments. Today's conversation is Sam and I catching up on the year that was in 2023, and the year ahead in 2024. He's a frequent guest on the show, and was one of my first friends when I started in this business all the way back in 2011. I always enjoy hearing his perspective on the MicroCap markets as he's one the hardest working investors I know: Sam turns over every rock, will take as many meetings as possible, and works tirelessly to find that next great MicroCap stock. For more information about Ridgewood Investments, please visit: https://ridgewoodinvestments.com/ You can Follow Sam Namiri on Twitter/X @snamiri: https://twitter.com/snamiri Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube! All archived episodes and each new episode will be posted on the Planet MicroCap YouTube channel. I’ve provided the link in the description if you’d like to subscribe. You’ll also get the chance to watch all our Video Interviews with manageme

My guest on the show today is Caitlin Cook, better known as @DeadCaitBounce on Twitter/X, Head of Marketing and Communications at Hxro Network. This is a special edition pod because we had some breaking news - on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, the SEC approved the listing and trading of a number of spot bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) shares. Caitlin is my go-to person for all things crypto, whose sole focus is educating the masses about crypto. From when we worked on her podcast, The Deadcaitbounce Experience, almost every guest made the same point that one way to bridge the gap between early crypto adopters and traditional finance, or "TradeFi", would be when Bitcoin ETFs were approved by the SEC. Well, the day has come, despite the very appropriate crypto-nian (with a "c") social media blunder on January 9th, we now have Bitcoin ETFs, and Caitlin and I break it all down. You can Follow Caitlin Cook on Twitter/X @Deadcaitbounce: https://twitter.com/DeadCaitBounce  Planet MicroCap Podcast is on YouTube!

My guest on the show today is Shanoop Kothari, Co-CEO and CFO of LuxUrban Hotels, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUXH). LuxUrban Hotels Inc. utilizes a long-term lease, asset-light business model to acquire and manage a growing portfolio of short-term rental properties in major metropolitan cities. The Company’s future growth focuses primarily on seeking to create “win-win” opportunities for owners of dislocated hotels, including those impacted by COVID-19 travel restrictions, while providing favorable operating margins. The LuxUrban business model is a little different than your traditional hotel operator. The nuance, as Shanoop describes, is that they enter master leases with hotel owners, where they have control of the asset, just don't own the asset. We dive deeper into what this means, as well as: Why the company decided to focus solely on the hotel business Nature of LuxUrban's relationship with Wyndham; why they chose them over, say a booking.com for just the reseller aspect of the business Whether its getting harder o