Granicus Group is a holding company with interests in the fields of consulting, publishing and investing. The company is founded by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, web entrepreneur and executive, analyst and author.

:|: Consulting & Advisory

Granicus Group's consulting wing helps entrepreneurs and businesses across all functions in both strategic and operational capacities. The practice's core competency lies in the media and technology industries. In addition to managing Mojo Supreme, Ashkan has consulted media companies large and small.

Highlights include:

- 2000-2005: Generated $10M in advertising sales despite toughest ad climate since Great Depression as VP of Ad Sales.

- 2001: Successfully recruited CEO for Miami-based financial services startup.

- 2004-2005: Helped sell Top 1000 Alexa media property to Top 200 property.

- 2006: Successfully orchestrated the legal defense against a major global media company.

- 2006: Consulted two media companies on search engine and e-commerce strategies.

- 2006-present: Bootstrapped video content startup to become one of the largest in segment with 1/50th of the funding of peers.

- 2007: Consulted media rights organization on roll-out strategy.

- 2008: Brokered the acquisition of an Alexa 200 media property.

For more on consulting services, please contact ash@mojosupreme.com.

:|: Publishing

Granicus Group's publishing division publishes books in the areas of education, business, sports, entertainment and history. Granicus Publishing is a wholly owned subsidiary of Granicus Group. If you would like to submit a manuscript, please email us with a brief description of the author and manuscript. Please do not submit the manuscript itself. Granicus Books include:

> Course To Success: Everything You Need to Succeed Beyond School
> The Confessions of Alexander the Great: 33 Lessons in Greatness

The author has been published on AOL, MSN, Yahoo! and quoted in Forbes, CNET, WSJ, Business Week and many other well-read and respected business publications.

:|: Investing

Granicus Group invests both in publicly and privately-held firms in the areas of technology and new media.

The company's core private holding includes Mojo Supreme, which includes WatchMojo.com, BloggerMojo.com, MetaMojo.com, StreetMojo.com and TenMojo.com. WatchMojo.com is a leader in the burgeoning online video space. For more, visit our Press section.

The company's past publicly-traded holdings included aQuantive, Yahoo! and other media blue-chip stocks.

If you would like to learn more about either one of these segments or about Granicus Group in general, please email us.