Mike The Pike Productions Inc (CE) (MIKP) News

Bouncing around boards to read, I stumbled onto this conversation. I've been following Jim DiPrima for quite a few years. I've been intrigued by how many tickers with which he is involved, they end up in the dumpster (EM). There are multiple tickers. One of them is GSFI. They filed an 8K a couple months ago that Barton was appointed to that company. By the way, DiPrima IS the BOD at GSFI>>

https://www.otcmarkets.com/filing/html?id=17237827&guid=q7Q-knD4BCczB3h

"On February 2, 2024, the Company appointed Barton CPA (“Barton”) as its new registered independent public accountant. The Company’s Board of Directors approved the decision to appoint Barton."

That why Mark is vague. He would rather leave the information gaps to allow someone to deny or ignore the likely and uncomfortable reality.

It’s easier to stick one’s head in the sand than suffer the cognitive dissonance.

Mark has screwed stuff up for over a dozen years.

He isn’t going to stop now.

That nonsense tweet is simply the latest example.

I was just trying to cut through to what you were making up and what the facts are.

Am I happy we are back to double black diamonds? No. Should this have been done already? Yes.

But I'm not going to fault Mark for failing to file an 8-k over DiPrima leaving if I don't have any idea that DiPrima has left. And same with Barton. Why jump to the conclusion as some have that Barton left? People are citing the tweet as evidence, but they maybe didn't even read the tweet, because it suggests that Barton is still the auditor.

But folks can make up whatever they want to make up -- and I see that Mark sort of enables folks to make stuff up because of the information vacuum.

Epic exchange, kudos! Problem is- he'll never get it...
I get it. You are convinced Diprima hasn't left and Mark isn't just bullshitting you.

Why was he so vague then? Why not name the new "secured" CPA? Why not explain what the plan is with Diprima?

The answer to that is easy. There is no explanation because Mark is tossing BS to try and distract from no fins...leading to the stock on the Expert Market.

Those fins are so simple that there is no excuse for why they wouldn't be done by now...other than nobody has done anything. And that would likely be because he doesn't have the money to do so. I doubt his shareholders are going to make the mistake again of giving him money.

I would not be surprised if he tries uploading a 10K with no audit...to try an extend the ruse. Its not like he hasn't done that before. LOL.

I get it. You are convinced Diprima hasn't left and Mark isn't just bullshitting you.

Why was he so vague then? Why not name the new "secured" CPA? Why not explain what the plan is with Diprima?

The answer to that is easy. There is no explanation because Mark is tossing BS to try and distract from no fins...leading to the stock on the Expert Market.

Those fins are so simple that there is no excuse for why they wouldn't be done by now...other than nobody has done anything. And that would likely be because he doesn't have the money to do so. I doubt his shareholders are going to make the mistake again of giving him money.

I would not be surprised if he tries uploading a 10K with no audit...to try an extend the ruse. Its not like he hasn't done that before. LOL.

You would be incorrect in imagining DiPrima sitting in MIKP offices, staring off into space. My guess is he has had very little involvement with MIKP, that involvement was likely remote, and he is dialing even that down now. Yes, at some point here there should be an 8-k, when he officially leaves.

I can't buy shares. Only sell them

$MIKP - looks like I am the only bidder at $0.0001 LOL

Again…by your logic Diprima has been sitting on his hands for 3 months…is still there but they have secured someone else to do the “books”. Mark could barely afford to get the Form 10 filed without getting some gullible shareholders to loan him some money.

He can’t pay anyone.

There is a reason his tweet was that vague…to give his stockholder’s imaginations the room to conjure up some excuse as to why no 8K.

He has always been a bullshitter and he is bullshitting you now.

My guess is that DiPrima is on his way out. I don't think an 8-k is needed until he has officially left.

If he was doing the books, but now isn't, I for one would prefer Mark not take that on himself. So, you can scoff at bringing someone in to help on that, but I'm glad Mark is doing so.

To summarize, the tweet refers to 2 different people -- the CPA doing MIKP's books and the CPA who is MIKP's auditor (Barton). Probably this bookkeeping work is being farmed out to someone who is at most a part-time employee or perhaps a contractor or so. If DiPrima was doing this and now someone else is, no 8-k is needed over who is handling the books. But I agree that if and when DiPrima leaves MIKP's management team, then an 8-k is needed.

As for why Mark is late, I think it is safe to say that Mark's strength is coming up with amazing IP -- not with filing forms and navigating bureaucracy. I do think he is getting better at it, but the whole FINRA/reorg/split/SEC bureaucratic challenge is a lot. If I could be buying 0.0002s, I would.

Those fins could be done in 30 minutes.

So in your mind Diprima is still CFO (who is entirely capable of producing the incredibly simplistic financials) and yet they have “secured” another CPA to do them?

LOL.

That is pretty contorted logic to explain no 8K.

Do you not realize Mark is probably making it up to provide an excuse as to why no fins?…which is more likely the reason there is no 8K.

Whatever way one interprets the tweet, Mark needs to file an 8K.

Either he was referring to Barton leaving (in a messed up way) OR he was referring to Diprima leaving.

BOTH require an 8K.

There is none.

We don't know if DiPrima has officially left, do we? You are making that assumption and then inflating it into an SEC violation. I don't know why you do this stuff, but it is not based on facts.

What if DiPrima was doing the books and now someone else is doing the books -- would that require an 8-k?

I'm sure you know the answer...

Again, the relevant part of the tweet:

"We have secured CPA who is now working with auditor..."

Are you confused about this sentence referring to two different people?

And/or are you surprised that Barton (the "auditor" in the quotation) is a CPA?

My guess is that you are correct that DiPrima was doing the books. And, yes, they probably are not super complicated -- indeed probably downright simple.

Now they have someone else performing that function -- and it seem likely DiPrima is either stepping down from his role as bookkeeper or leaving entirely.

You immediately assumed they had lost Barton and failed to post an 8-k about it. But I think you were wrong.

Yeah, the financials don’t seem like they’d take long to complete. Why hasn’t the company indicated when this will be done. Will this impact the merger? It’s simple give shareholders an update, a clear timeline, and a serious plan.

Bid at $0.0001 now

If Mark is referring to Diprima as his CPA…and he left, that also REQUIRES an 8K within four days of his departure.

He hasn’t filed an 8K for anything.

Mark doesn’t have separate CPA and auditor. They are the same entity. That entity was Barton.

MIKP’s “books” are about as complicated as a 10 year old’s lemonade stand.

DiPrima probably keeps them on an excel spreadsheet.

Mark’s tweet just demonstrates he is making shit up as an excuse for no filing.

People who don’t understand how this works naturally fall for it.

LOL.

It seems bizarre to me that folks are looking at the tweet and failing to understand that MIKP has someone doing the books AS WELL AS an auditor (who is a CPA). The person they had doing the books (DiPrima?) left or is in the process of leaving, so they got someone else to do the books and to interface with the auditor. The tweet doesn't list names, but the meaning seems quite clear.

If DiPrima has left or is leaving, then I suspect we will see an 8-k when that is official. But if it is just someone working for MIKP who was preparing the books for the auditor, then I don't think that needs an 8-k.

Hopefully people are just misreading the tweet and not deliberately misconstruing it to try to hurt the company.

There is nothing in the statement you quoted that says Barton left or that MIKP needs to issue an 8-K about Barton leaving.

Is it just me? Or are folks making stuff up here?

The Canadians are buying!

If TENKAY the CPA is working with TENKAY the auditor? I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING!

The CPA they had WAS the auditor.

Look at Barton’s letter in the From 10 and count how many times “CPA” shows up in it.

Y’all need to pay closer attention.

you would be wrong.

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Certified Public Accountants and Advisors

A PCAOB Registered Firm

713-489-5635 bartoncpafirm.com Cypress, Texas



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

Mike The Pike Productions, Inc.

20860 N. Tatum Blvd, Suite 300

Phoenix AZ 85050



Opinion on the Financial Statement

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Mike The Pike Productions, Inc., (the “Company”). as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Mike The Pike Productions, Inc. as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.



Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the entity’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to Mike The Pike Productions, Inc. in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.



We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Mike The Pike Productions, Inc. is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.



Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.



Critical Audit Matters

The are no critical audit matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.



We have served as Mike The Pike Productions, Inc.’s auditor since 2023.



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BARTON CPA

Cypress, Texas

April 27, 2023

https://www.otcmarkets.com/filing/html?id=16885182&guid=97Q-kKuJUT9mB3h#MIKP20230823_1012GA_HTM_i15

Are you saying you know that Barton left? The tweet clearly says that the new CPA is working with the auditor. I don't get how you know from this that they are the same people. If you were CPA and auditor at a company would you say Tenkay the CPA is working with Tenkay the auditor?

I think they are different people. The CPA left and has been replaced with a new CPA, who is now working with Barton the auditor.

You gotta admit that my explanation is less of a leap than yours...

In the case of MIKP it is the same thing. Barton was their CPA/auditor.

You are making a distinction without a difference.

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OK, Hopefully it's filed this week,

Thanks. I'm asking Tenkay why he is assuming something different from what was tweeted. The tweet clearly states that the new CPA is working with the auditor. Does hiring a new CPA require an 8-K?

I believe Mark hired a CPA. Backstabbed post his tweet. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=174229723

I cannot offer advice but I would think after anyone has read anything about Mark NEWBauer, one would want to run as fast as possible away from the decades scammer in the opposite direction. Add DiPrima to this mix and you have yourself serial scammers that aren’t very bright, brighter however, than those that “invest” in their scams.

VGTL anyone ?

MIKP = NEWBauered AGAIN AND AGAIN

NEWBauered FOR LIFE

I'm confused. What evidence do you have that Barton is their CPA, rather than their auditor? He was their auditor back when they file 10-12g.

I was just happy to support as the only actual Dynamite comic book fan, even though I am positive most of the money was going towards printing books that nobody wants. I guess I'll have to refocus on IDW

Of course you did. NEWBauered OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOREVER

Posting NEWB 12 posts over 6-7 weeks.

If one doesn’t know what the EM means, then one shouldn’t be playing in this cesspool


MIKP = Mark NEWBauer SCAM

Thanks! I guess that means its too late for me to get back in? I sold all my holdings last week.

Expert Market
Delinquent SEC Reporting

https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/MIKP/overview

What does EM mean?

I believe all US brokers won't allow buying when a stonk is on the EM. We'll have to wait til Mark files to be able to buy again.

Interesting that Etrade wont let me trade buy MIKP today, cause of no data?

Oldie but a goodie...

are you suggesting that the paid promoters aren't doing a proper job? shocking. lol

lol. seriously? you act like this is a real company.

Yes, is Cornerstone supposed to be keeping things up to date with shareholders. These are major developments. How can shareholders trust a company that won’t give detail in updates?

Maybe you should ask Cornerstone. I believe he is still involve with MIKP.

It’s important to Update shareholders with specifics. The company is on the Expert Market again. What is the plan? What is the holdup?

From July's CC, I'm still waiting for the 3 quarterly CCs Mark owes shareholders. Mark's favorite game is dangling the carrot. https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/donkey-carrot-10227536.jpg

Where do we stand? Last update said things were in the home stretch w FINRA, but now we are sent to the Expert Market. The company should update shareholders with a clear idea of what is going on and timelines moving forward.

tattle tale

I am not surprised.

Even if the only thing that has happened is Barton is no longer their CPA (either by them leaving or Mark firing them)….how hard is it to file an 8K about that? They don’t need to wait until they have found a new one.

In fact it may help him in the future provide some formal/filed explanation of the delay.

More likely though is that no change has actually occurred and Mark simply has not funded them to do the 10K…and he will simply drag the excuses out.

This certainly isn’t going to help with FINRA.

I guess we will see at some point.