My guest on the show today is Dylan Marrello, better known as @ragingbullcap on Twitter/X. I've been following Dylan for a while now and wanted to invite him on to learn more about investing strategy, philosophy, and most interestingly, what investing themes he's looking at right now. As a natural contrarian, we jammed on a bunch of these ideas, in…

My guest on the show today is Paul Cerro, CIO of Cedar Grove Capital Management. Paul was recently on Andrew Walker's Yet Another Value Podcast having a conversation about Red Cat Holdings $RCAT - a company we actually interviewed, now way back in the day, in 2019 when they were still on the Pink Sheets. He did an awesome job on the show, and invit…

Data Debt is both a measure and a message. It helps businesses grasp how important data can be, because when all else has failed, many organizations have examined Data Debt and discovered a significant aspect of data resource management. To help explain Data Debt we welcome Barbara Forth. Chapters 00:00 – Open & Introduction03:48 – Monologue07:04 –…

My guest on the show today is Nick Blitterswyk, CEO of UGE International. On May 29, 2024, UGE announced an arrangement agreement for going private transaction with NOVA Infrastructure Fund for an all-cash consideration of C$2.00 per common share, a 270% premium to the closing price of the common shares on May 28, 2024. The company officially close…

My guests on the show today is Eddie Ryan, Co-Founder & CEO of kneat.com, inc. (TSX: KSI) (OTCQX: KSIOF). Kneat Solutions provides companies in highly regulated industries with validation and compliance through its digital validation platform Kneat Gx. Kneat Gx is a digital validation platform that enables highly regulated companies to manage any v…

For so many of us, Data Quality is like a healthy diet and daily exercise. You want the benefits, but you don’t want to do what it takes to get them. Interrogating the data is the easy part. Sustaining a Data Quality program requires discipline and culture. It’s what we’ve beensaying all along. It’s people. And one of those people is Tom Redman, wh…

So many times we get our words reversed when naming subject areas. Instead of Data Ethics, for example, we should be talking about ethics as applied to data. This ties our interest to the broader discipline. Our guest, Daragh O Brien, is an expert in the field and gives us a lot of food for thought both about how we use data and how we allow our da…

My guest on the show today is Jason Buck, CIO of Mutiny Funds. I met Jason at Ian Cassel's MicroCapClub Leadership Summit in Idaho in a classic random, sitting in the back of the presentation conversation, happened to be sitting next to each other, reason why we go to these events-type interaction that ultimately leads to a podcast invite. We cover…

My guest on the show today is Paul Andreola, Founder & Editor of Small Cap Discoveries. Yes, we are shamelessly marketing our upcoming event in Vancouver. Not afraid to admit it. But, we kept it short and sweet. We're serving up about 20 minutes of why Canadian markets may have opportunities galore, recent acquisitions and quick previews on a few c…

The most common fears about artificial intelligence are from movies, and while there are reasons for concern, Skynet becoming sentient and terminating humanity aren’t among them. A lot of great progress is being made in several fields using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our guest, Wendy Lawhead, shares her experience as a data scien…

My guest on the show today is Maj Soueidan, Founder and Editor at GeoInvesting. We close out what feels like the shortest summer ever to wrap on a few topics, including: MicroCap performance for July and August, $TSSI performance, aerospace, fintwit, growth capital for quality companies and more! We discussed a number of stocks during our interview…

My guest on the show today is Sam McColgan, Analyst at Breakout Investors. While Sam is relatively new to his investing journey, he has dived right in, getting his reps in, and doing what some of the best investors in our community do: share their ideas to get as much feedback as possible. That's how you grow, that's how you become a better investo…

Data is as much about people as it is about technology, if not more. It’s anthropology. We need a transformational approach to data that focuses on culture and discipline. For example, companies are jumping onto AI from shaky data foundations, then have the nerve to be surprised when it doesn’t work out as well as they expected. We need to do somet…

My guests on the show today is Craig Mull (CEO), Bryan Jacobs (President) of Cipher Pharmaceuticals (TSX: CPH) (OTCQX: CPHRF). Cipher Pharmaceuticals (TSX: CPH) (OTCQX: CPHRF) is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a robust and diversified portfolio of commercial and early to late-stage products, mainly in dermatology. Cipher acquires products …

My guest on the show today is James Emanuel, Author of “Fabric of Success” and Managing Partner at Rock & Turner Investment Company. Quick synopsis of James' book: most businesses are mediocre at best, but a small percentage stand out as exceptional. One thing that distinguishes one type from the other - the management. "Fabric of Success" unravels…

John Ladley and Mark Cooper welcome you to Rock Bottom. We recognize that the last thing the world needs is another podcast, but we aim to make this one different. We are going to take apart the data industry and have fun doing it. It seems that many companies aren’t taking data and analytics very seriously either, so maybe we’ll fit right in. We’r…

My guest on the show today is Yale Bock, Owner of Y H & C Investments. As a Las Vegas local, Yale is all about assessing his odds in any potential investment, and in our conversation we discuss how he tilts the odds in his favor. I've known Yale for a long time and consider him a great friend. He does a ton of management meetings, loves turning ove…

My guest on the show today is Jacob Rowe, Founder and CIO of Rogue Funds. We met for the first time at my conference in Vegas, and invited Jacob on the show to share with you all his investing philosophy and strategy. Our focus today is special situations: I like to joke sometimes that most MicroCap investing theses are likely special situations, w…

My guests on the show today is Maj Soueidan, Founder and Editor, and Jan Svenda, Senior Equity Analyst, at GeoInvesting. Even though it's been a week to remember in Politics, its also potentially a week to remember in Small/MicroCap land. Both the IWC (iShares Micro-Cap ETF) and Russell 2000 ETF are up about 10-11% in July, causing Small and MicroC…

My guest on the show today is John Givens, CEO of VirTra (NASDAQ: VTSI). VirTra is a global provider of judgmental use of force training simulators and firearms training simulators for the law enforcement, military, educational and commercial markets. The company’s patented technologies, software, and scenarios provide intense training for de-escal…

My guest on the show today is Maj Soueidan, Founder and Editor, and Jan Svenda, Senior Equity Analyst, at GeoInvesting. We're half way through 2024, and it's time to take stock of the year that has been. Quick teaser - in MicroCaps, it's mostly the same as how things ended last year. Having said that, we had a bunch to talk about: energy drinks, a …

My guest on the show today is Ira Goldfarb, Founder and Executive Chairman of Sow Good (NASDAQ: SOWG). Sow Good Inc. is a U.S.-based freeze dried candy and snack manufacturer dedicated to providing consumers with freeze dried treats. Sow Good has harnessed the power of our proprietary freeze-drying technology and product-specialized manufacturing f…

John Ladley and Mark Cooper are excited to announce the premiere of the Rock Bottom Data Feed, coming this summer to your favorite podcasting platform.Von John Ladley and Mark Cooper

My guest on the show today is Paul Andreola, Founder and Editor of Small Cap Discoveries. I invited Paul on the show today for two reasons: 1. I always enjoy hearing Paul's perspective on what's happening north of the border in MicroCaps, which we cover, and 2. I'm excited to announce that the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VANCOUVER in association with…

My guest on the show today is Artem Fokin, Portfolio Manager at Caro-Kann Capital. Even though I just had Artem on the pod for the live podcast panel we did at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS, his answer to one of the questions about what his most controversial microcap investing opinion is right now inspired today's invitation back on. Tune in…

My guest on the show today is Maj Soueidan, Founder and Editor, and Jan Svenda, Senior Equity Analyst, at GeoInvesting. In today's episode, we discuss $TSSI and its YTD performance of more than 600% (as of today's recording) and why. We then break down their Tier One Quality MicroCap Index overall performance and why the GARP/Value bull market is j…

My guest on the show today is Sebastian Krog, Founder and Editor of Treasure Hunting Newsletter on Substack. We actually had met a few years ago at our conference in Vegas, the Planet MicroCap Showcase, where he made the long trip from Europe to join us. I invited him on the podcast because he's recently started his Substack, the Treasure Hunting N…

PANEL: “Planet MicroCap Podcast: LIVE” at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS | April 30-May 2, 2024 Moderator: Robert Kraft, Planet MicroCap Twitter: https://twitter.com/BobbyKKraft Participants: Artem Fokin, Caro-Kann Capital Website: https://caro-kann-capital.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artem-fokin-1a5479/ Sam Namiri, Ridgewood In…

There was so much that happened at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024, that I thought it would be fun to do a post-event debrief. Joining me were arguably the two busiest people at the event besides our staff, Maj Soueidan from GeoInvesting and Mathieu Martin from the Rivemont MicroCap Fund, who between them did 14 fireside chats with managem…

My guest on the show today is Chris Abbott, CIO of 1035 Capital Management. As it states on the 1035 Capital Management website, "our passion is to uncover these opportunities [companies undergoing fundamental business improvements that should drive future stock returns] before the ramifications of a positive catalyst become evident to the majority…

My guest on the show today is Maj Soueidan, Founder and Editor, and Jan Svenda, Senior Equity Analyst, at GeoInvesting. In today's episode, we start off with the weekly breakdown of top gainers and decliners from the Tier One Quality MicroCap Index, and a quick look at TSS Inc., ticker $TSSI. Then, Maj, Jan and I spend some time breaking down all t…

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 cons…

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 g…

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 s…

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 h…

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 lo…

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…

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 sea…

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 …

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, …

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 gr…

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 op…

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 …

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 guara…

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 th…

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 w…

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 solution…

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 co…

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 …

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. C…