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Can you give me a breakdown of your revenue goals for the next 5 years? That would give me an idea of the kind of growth you are visualizing for he company.","answer":"Hi Leonardo, Thank you for your question. As you can imagine, our revenue model is speculative given the current stage of our development. At a high-level, we intend to charge influencers a fee based on the transaction value of each video call. There are many variables to what our future revenue would look like, including but not limited to: the number of influencers that use our marketplace, how interested fans are to connect with the influencer, how frequent the influencers sets time aside ..."},{"question":"Not really a question, more a suggestion - get Kato Kaelin for this - he is the perfect type of B or C list celebrity/influencer who would probably like a way to make extra money but not be so expensive so as to be beyond most consumer's price point. I'd for example happily pu...","answer":"Francis, you understand the business model 100%. We view the influencer-fan segment as a large spectrum based on follower count and engagement, with different levels of engagement. And thanks for your suggestion—we’ll see if we can reach him!"},{"question":"Hi Ted, there's a lot to like in this presentation and the idea seems quite timely and intriguing. There are just a few things holding me back. First, you say you plan to go public next year. That makes it sound a bit easier (and faster) than it usually is. Where do you feel y...","answer":"Hi Alan, thank you for your questions. 1. We’ve engaged Joel Arberman at Meraki Partners, LLC (www.PublicFinancial.com) to take us public via direct listing. They’ve completed the process a number of times. The high level steps including accounting, audit, legal, SEC review, regulatory review and trading approval. With our anticipated level of funding, we’re confident we can be quoted by the end of 2021. We’re actually planning to start the first steps of the process shortly and will update e..."},{"question":"What's the share price???","answer":"Hi Leonard, the offering price is $2 per share but investors who commit the first $500,000 receive a 50% discount, or $1 per share."},{"question":"I understand it's all speculation at this stage and nothing can be guaranteed but it would help me decide whether to invest if I know what numbers you are aiming to reach. I need to know what kind of potential the company has. Thanks.","answer":"Our goal is to onboard at least 1,000 influencers by the end of 2021 with revenue capacity of $2.5 million. Longer-term, we believe tens of thousands of influencers and professionals would be interested in monetizing their fan and customer base using a marketplace like ours. 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