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Professional Diversity Network, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
CHICAGO, March 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN), (“IPDN” or the “Company”), a global developer and operator of
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[{"type":"text","content":"CHICAGO, March 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN), (“IPDN” or the “Company”), a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse and specialized individuals, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. “2023 was a challenging year for PDN, considering the optimism we had as we closed out fiscal 2022. The early 2023 downturn in the economy and reduced hiring in industries that are personnel heavy caused us to look to restructure ourselves internally and alter our marketing strategies,” said Adam He, CEO of Professional Diversity Network. “We acquired Expo Experts at the beginning of fiscal 2023 and increased our interest in RemoteMore to approximately 73%. We also created an internal marketing department to focus on strategic outreach giving us the revenue generation potential that we need to be successful, as well as reducing costs from external sources used in this manner. We believe that these changes will allow us to focus our efforts more quickly and efficiently. We are looking to penetrate these strategic areas as the need for diversification in the workforce is still in demand. Overall, we were seeing hiring practices increasing in certain industries in second half of 2023 and into early 2024, as evidenced by our recently successful career fair events, specifically our partnership with the National Urban League in February 2024 and the Women's History and National (Security) Cleared events held in March 2024. We remain focused on building up core operations, capitalizing on strategic opportunities, and maximizing shareholder value.” Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights: Total consolidated revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2023 increased $12 thousand, or 0.6 percent, as compared to the same period in the prior year. On December 31, 2023, cash balances were approximately $628,000 as compared to $1,237,000 on December 31, 2022. Working capital deficit from continuing operations on December 31, 2023, was approximately $1,107,000 as compared to a working capital deficit from continuing operations of $187,000 on December 31, 2022.In December 2023, we sold a combined 273,341 shares of our common stock t...