Research and Development

ascertain-ment® accessses proprietary data and quantifies it with industry insight and management skills to provide break-through research and analysis to enable more efficient strategic planning, insightful mergers & acquisitions, faster growth, and creative financing for the entertainment and media industries.

Topics for venture capitalists, production companies and location-based entertainment venues

	Determined key drivers to establish competitive advantage in market entry
	Increased valuation of intellectual property and brand trademark licensing
	Maximized cash-flow from operations to minimize short-term borrowing

Topics for management consultants who specialize in turn-arounds

	Fixed-cost reduction analysis
	Dozens of business intelligence corporate profiles
	Strategic marketing plans for suburban cable TV broadcasters
	Comprehensive report for mortgage warehouse sources
	Original articles on topics including "Building a Great Business" and "Corporate Governance"

Published journal articles on topic

	How to Create and Communicate a Vision
	The Value of Management's Strategic Vision for Dot-Com IPOs
	Profit-Maximized Pricing Using Yield Management for Pay-Per-View and Live Event Purchases

Past client briefs and utilized services

ascertain-ment® prides itself on providing individual and dedicated service to each of its clients. The following is a list of clients and how we met their needs.

CMP Media | Light Reading / Heavy Reading
New York, New York
www.contentinople.com, www.internetevolution.com, www.byteandswtich.com
Digital entertainment content research publishing partner

Billboard Live LLC
Process consulting start-up of legendary venue on Sunset Strip

Dick Clark Productions, Inc.
Burbank, California
Business development for the expanded licensing of intellectual properties.

Discovery Channel's Great Chefs Television & Publishing, Inc.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Directed strategic marketing and licensing sales, creating a market-entry program for the TV brand to extend their IP to retail channels.

Great Yoga Teacher, Inc.
Marina del Rey, California
Content roll-up and launch of national TV series branded to enable scale in the yoga and wellness market, providing the company with an operating strategy for eight new divisions.

House of Blues
Sunset Strip, Ca
Provided start-up management to maximize short-term cash flows.

Kibel Green, Inc.
Santa Monica, California
Managed corporate development and provided business intelligence and industry market reports ranging from mortgage warehousing to operating cost reductions.

Laguna Beach Mandalas
Laguna Beach, California
Research and analysis provided to venture capitalists seeking to capture market share in art publishing and licensing.

RadioVision, Inc.
Hollywood, California
Contract negotiations of TV, DVD, and PPV rights for 50+ superstar recording artists appearing on Columbia Records Celebrants the Music of Bob Dylan – 30th Anniversary.

Troop Streuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey
Century City, California
Accounting due diligence provided prior to firm merger.

VIC/e Venice Interactive Community, Inc.
Santa Monica, California
The Venice Interactive Community distributed the largest online newsletter in the dot com world. We were tapped to exclusively provide the bi-monthly analysis of dot com IPO's.