Corporate Forum Blog

XBRL for was announced with great promise.    These computer-readable tags, in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), would allow companies to label precisely thousands of numbers from their financial statements.   Then investors, analysts, journalists, SEC staff and others could easily search, access and analyze the data.

The Corporate Forum is delighted to introduce iBio (NYSE MKT: IBIO) to a retail investor audience in Boston.

Enerplus Corporation (NYSE: ERF ) is one of Canada's oldest and largest independent oil and gas producers with a portfolio of both early-stage resource plays and mature cash-generating properties.

The Corporate Forum is delighted to present Asantae (www.asantae.com) is a Phoenix-based producer and marketer of innovative nutritional products through a network of independent distributors. Asantae recently developed and launched its flagship product RealW8™, a revolutionary weight loss supplement that blunts sugar spikes, reduces carb cravings and helps people stay satiated and break the carb addiction cycle.

I am a new fan of The Voice. I love the premise that first a singer has to impress the judges with voice only.  Only when the judges have screened the singer by voice, do other criteria come into play for an overall assessment. What is the singer’s repertoire, style, future promise?  

We are delighted to introduce Red Eagle Mining Corporation to a retail investor audience.  Highlights of the company include:

What’s worse than an IR presentation that goes on forever with repetitive examples that repeat, again, again and again, continues to go on forever and never connects the dots?  A presentation void of examples that makes no effort to connect to the audience.  Whether you’re a consumer, technology, energy, biotech or other industry company, make sure to use plenty of examples that your audience can relate to.

It turns out you can be too green. Maybe not if you’re Kermit the Frog, but yes if you decide to give an IR presentation without any hand-outs.  The hand-out does not need to be a folder filled with glossy brochures, Annuals and/or SEC filings.  Rather, a single page Fact Sheet or copy of the slides will ensure the presentation has legs beyond the meeting itself.

In partnership with Arrowhead Business Investment and Decisions, the Corporate Forum is delighted to have MIKOH Corporation present to a retail investor audience in Washington, DC on Friday, February 24.

There are many differences between retail and institutional investors – different motivations, resources, pressures and parameters.  However, there is one similarity that is very, very important for companies engaging in outreach.  The clock.  Whether it is a group luncheon with retail investors or a one-on-one with a Fidelity portfolio manager, do not go over your allotted time.