Spooz began as Spooz Publishing Group, Inc. in 2001 in Austin, Texas as a one-man brokerage firm located atop a bar at Sixth Street and Trinity. The company operated as a small brokerage until early 2002 when its original software products were developed. The company installed its first version of SpoozToolz on November 4, 2001 at several feedlots in the panhandle.
From January 2002 through December 2002 the company experienced rapid growth while engaging in an experiment to build the model IB for the modern era. With almost no revenues in January 2002, the company grew to about $190,000 a month in commissions by the end of August of that same year. Spooz Publishing Group generated almost $1 million in revenues for the 2002, 2003 calendar years.
At the end of September 2003, Spooz sold its commodities book to an employee who wished to remain in Austin while Spooz transitioned its offices to Chicago, and its business model from a brokerage firm to a software and technology solutions company.
In January 2004, that transition process began. The year 2004 did not bring much in the way of revenues to the company, instead, the emphasis was on the myriad of areas where transitions needed to occur. Below are some the milestones Spooz accomplished last year:
Move operations from Austin, Texas to Chicago Board of Trade Building
Establish Spooz, Inc. as a public company
Establish strategic partnership for data feed and historical data
Establish website for SpoozToolz with online sales, software download features, and auto-update for evolving software products
Launch first product (SpoozToolz) in the commodities market place
Evaluate and refine product offering
File broad provisional patents on developing technologies
Establish strategic partnership for FCM distribution of SpoozToolz
Establish strategic partnership for direct sales of SpoozToolz and TicketToolz
Establish partnership for global exchange connectivity
Establish strategic partnership for development of TicketToolz and future products
Establish reseller sales program
Most Current Info:
Aug 25,/05
Letter to the Share Holders
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Annual Report
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Latest News:
March 29,/05
Names Former Microsoft,IBM Executive COO
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March 5,/05
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Feb 24/05
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Feb.8/05
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"The name Spooz
comes from pit
trader slang
for the first
S&P futures contract.
Some of the company's first software was developed for trading
this contract."
DD INFO:
SYMBOL: SPZI
Exchange: PINK SHEETS
Starts Trading 6/02/04, 13:30;05
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Corporate Website: spooz.com
Share Structure:*
As Of 3/15/05
A/S 500,000,000
O/S 346,867,185
* Per TA
Approx. 229,891,223 have restrictions
June 02,05
O/S 351,167,185
June 20,05
O/S 361,167,185
July 22,05
O/S 361,167,185
Aug 30,05
O/S 361,167,185
Float:
117,300,000
Insider Holdings:*
The Insiders own none of the float, however they retain approx 55% control of the voting shares and a majority of the 144 shares.
*Per CEO of Company
Management Team:
Paul D. Strickland, Jr. ~ Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
In 1983, Mr. Strickland began his career as an analyst for a trading partnership where he designed and implemented complex computerized trading systems for traders on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Board Options Exchange. During his career, Mr. Strickland has held seats on three major commodity and securities exchanges as a floor trader, Commodity Trading Advisor, Registered Investment Advisor and exchange member Broker/Dealer.
Mr. Strickland has held trading, managerial and consultant positions with several institutional trading firms such as Bear Stearns, G-Bar Partners, First Options Group, LIT McDonald, Petco/Peters, and Transitions Group. Mr. Strickland is generally recognized as a trading, compliance and brokerage operations expert in the commodity futures area, and has over 20 years experience building complex trading models.
Errol Stone ~Vice-president, General Counsel
Prior to joining Spooz, Mr. Stone was a Vice President of JumpStart Revenue, Inc. with responsibility for operations, administration and professional sales. Mr. Stone has consulted to senior executives of high-tech companies from start-up through exit strategy, regarding organizational development, operations management, strategic planning, funding and compensation.
Mr. Stone was a founder, director and Vice President of Operations and Finance of Equidaq Corporation, the first and only Internet-enabled marketplace for trading equities not listed on public exchanges. Mr. Stone was a senior attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission; practiced securities, corporate and real estate law; and was a Senior Counsel of Bank of America. Mr. Stone received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University and his Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law.
Darryl Dennis ~ Chief Marketing Officer
Darryl Dennis has over 20 years of successful executive level B2B marketing and business management with five international companies. In 1997 Mr. Dennis~ development of B2B online market platform, thevirtualmarket.com, received recognition by Microsoft as one of the top three e-commerce sites for 1997. As Vice President of Marketing for publicly traded Centrack International, a B2B heavy equipment portal, the company grew to a $900,000,000 online e-marketplace in less than 18 months, plus achieved the most successful online equipment auction in its industry for 1999.
As VP of Marketing for CommerNet, Mr. Dennis developed the highest revenue generating web portal infrastructures available in the trade publication and trade association markets. As VP of Marketing for Enhanced Petroleum resources, Mr. Dennis introduced new technologies for oil well enhancement into a traditional industry. Mr. Dennis was also COO/CMO of DeLight Industries for over 10 years and grew the regional consumer products company to international stature with 1600 dealers in seven countries.
James Gunning Jr., CPA - Chief Financial Officer (Spooz, Inc.)
Mr. Gunning has been Chief Financial Officer with public and private companies in various industries for 20 years. His experiences have covered significant capital acquisition, mergers, and acquisition transactions. As a member of a ~Big Four~ firm for 11 years, Mr. Gunning served in the Financial Consulting, Tax and Compliance practice groups. As a corporate financial consultant working with early stage companies, Mr. Gunning was fundamental in the development and execution of growth strategies, business plans and operational plans.
David Wang-Lead SpoozToolz Developer
Mr. Wang has been a key part of SpoozToolz~ development for over two years. His work with Microsoft Excel and Dynamic Data Exchange have led to the development of SpoozToolz~ as a proprietary Excel add-in application enabling live streaming data, multiple cell reference functions and a new dimension of versatility. Prior to joining Spooz, Mr. Wang developed electronic ticketing programs for Continental Airlines and earned a B.S. in Computer Science form the University of Houston.
Tony Hines-Chief Operating Officer
A veteran of the software industry and former executive of Microsoft Corporation, Hines will direct Spooz's business and financial planning initiatives and strategic alliance programs, and support the company's continued growth in the financial services market.
Prior to joining Spooz, Hines worked with some of the world's leading software and services companies offering his extensive financial and operational expertise as well as hands-on experience managing distributor relationships, securing licensing agreements, and successfully bringing products to market. Most recently, Hines was President of Cybertek Capital Management, Inc., a professional services firm providing operations consulting along with strategic and financial planning. Previously, he worked at Microsoft Corporation as Director of Canadian Operations, where he had operations responsibility for the exceptional growth achieved by Microsoft Canada in the 1992 - 1997 timeframe. Hines' diverse career over a twenty-five year period also includes IBM, Pepsi, KPMG, and more.
Launches SpoozToolz
Sept.08/04
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SpoozToolz:
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Build Your Own Trading Screens In Microsoft® Excel With Robust Features
PRODUCT: Priced: Starting at $89.00 per mo
SpoozToolz™ is a Microsoft® Excel add-in software product. Excel is resident on an estimated 90% of personal and office computers in over 26 languages. Excel is by far the most commonly used spreadsheet program for business and personal use worldwide. Most financial software for business and/or personal use, integrate with Excel. Professional traders and market analyst rely on Excel to perform complex mathematical calculations and studies that the high-end analysis products can not emulate.
Until the advent of SpoozToolz, Excel’s use for live market data analysis had been vastly limited by its Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) feature for receiving live data. SpoozToolz proprietary software replaces DDE and further enables Excel to receive live streaming market data and perform the multiple cell referencing necessary for market data analysis. Other SpoozToolz features include live charting, over 60 technical indicators, analysis drawing tools and options models. With SpoozToolz a trader can create spreadsheet templates that emulate any popular trading or analysis platform. These templates can then be exchanged and used by any investor or trader with SpoozToolz and Excel, regardless of trading platform. SpoozToolz spreadsheet templates assist in making valuable time critical business decisions for almost any trader/hedger in any market, from commodities to equities to fixed income instrument.
SpoozToolz has the ability to build Excel templates specific to the functions, needs, and nuances of any specific trading and business situation. SpoozToolz interface with Excel also allows customers to quickly and easily develop their own templates, indicators, trading systems and analysis tools. The end result of this enabling technology provides the user with powerful and robust spreadsheet templates that assist in making time-critical business decisions for almost any trader in any market, from commodities to equities to fixed income instruments.
TicketToolz:
One of Spooz Features
Feb./24/05
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TicketToolz’s point-and-click trading adds trade execution functionality to Excel (and/or other commercially available spreadsheet applications) previously unavailable to the futures, options, debt instruments and securities trading community. TicketToolz provides unique approach to trade execution because it allows users to design their own trading tickets and order lifecycle management screens.
TicketToolz dialog boxes provide users with the ability to select fields for trading futures, options, debt instruments and/or securities, and will add functionality for submitting, tracking and managing buy or sell orders. TicketToolz also offers users the same flexible design methodology to create custom screens for reporting executed trades and incorporating functionality for interaction with live orders.
TicketToolz is independent of any particular execution provider and enables users the ability to connect to their own preferred electronic execution platform. TicketToolz may utilize raw data feeds incorporated into these individual electronic execution platforms or may utilize one standard data feed to provide pricing, volume, bid/ask, open interest, and other timely information to users.
TicketToolz will be available in the next few weeks for all Patsystem users witch will allow users to execute futures and options trades on 41 domestic and international exchanges seamlessly through their choice of dozens of different clearing firms. In the next months TicketToolz expects integration with more than 80% of the futures and options distribution market, providing millions of Excel users around the globe with direct access to the worlds largest financial exchanges.
PR
"Empower Your Excel Spreadsheets With Streaming Market Data, Live Charts and Point-And-Click Electronic Trading"
Integration with PFG and Patsystems Platforms
Dec.12/04
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DETAILED INFO:Including Features inside Link
How To
Template Library
Forum
Exchange News
Links
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Incorporates 3 Valuation Models: Black-Scholes, Bjerksund Approximation and Binomial valuation Models/ with data base back to 1961
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Odd News:
Mentioned in Micrsoft Office News-Page 2
topix.net 29th link dwn goes here
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Overcomes Limitations of Microsofts DDE
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Patents
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Patent work Handled by Welsh & Kat, LTD, founded 1983, they are important incase TTs trys to pull some BS ck Areas of Practice, if your injured on the job look else where lol
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Home Site
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PARTNERS:
Patsystems:
Patsystems (London stick Exchange: PTS) is one of the leading providers of trading and exchange software of system for futures and option broker and exchanges around the world. The company's trading system include tools for nearly and secure global trading, pre trade risk management, customer support, and order routing. Its exchange of system enable matching and settlement for derivative and commodity exchanges. Main Patsystems products include j-Trader and trademark. Ford ago information is available RK patsystems.com.
Speaks of how TicketToolz will be available soon for all Patsystem users.
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More bout Patsystem
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shows partnered with "Excel-Base solutions
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Dated 1/19/05 mentions updated version include Excel
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Software Options:
Software Options founded in 1991
PR
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Home site
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About O/S
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Why they were picked 1st paragraph says it all
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ddfplus:
PR
Aug.10/04
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Home site barchart.com
PUBLIC RELATIONS:
Investors Relations:
The Investor Relations Company Since 1982 a 22 yr company
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Home site tirc.com
Ck out IR client stable and their PPs
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PR Firm: PR company is a new kid on the block started in 2003
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Home site publicipartners.com
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