On Mar 20, 11:13 am, Scott Jensen <RecreationalPo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "shr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <shr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Where to get him/her?
> > How to bring him/her aboard?
>
> Realistically, you cannot. Sorry, but you cannot. Not at this
> stage. You're just a pipe dream to such a person.
>
I've seen IPOs of companies whose business plans consisted of a large
blurb of techno-babble coupled with a a few first-time VP's from
companies that grew so fast their socks didn't fit. Some went to jail,
some didn't. Whether I'm a pipe dream or not is dependent on my CEO's
ability to _sell_ that dream.
<SNIP>
>
> Your stock is worthless at the moment. How much is a million shares
> of a pipe dream worth? Zip. Nothing.
It is worth what it can be sold for.
>
> > What personality traits should I look for?
>
> I would more recommend you first change your attitude towards CEOs
> before anything else.
Absolutely. I should never consider someone who couldn't take a joke.
>
> And if you ever get such a CEO, realize that you're then out of the
> driver's seat. He runs the show and must run the show. No backseat
> driving by you. He will answer to the Board of Directors but your
> voice on that will be so small it will rarely be heard. The ones that
> will be heard are the representatives of the financiers and investors
> sitting on the board and those that have a HUGE amount of experience
> steering such a company to greater heights.
>
I have no real beef with experience. Experience good. But there is no
job in the modern tech company that is monolithic. Perhaps "expert
advisor" is a better turn-of-phrase than "Technician". I will read
the book BTW. Referring to my kung-fu as "technician" is very bad
ettiquette. Jo-Boo would not be pleased.
<SNIP>
>
> One of them liked his business plan and knew he was
> someone that could make it a reality.
>
Sounds great. best of luck to you.
>
> But he isn't getting the money because of his business plan. He's
> really getting the money because of who he is.
>
Or who he _was_ when the op****tunity rolled around the first time. Did
he build this thing or was he installed by a board?
>
> Are you such a person? If you are, you might be able to do
> as he did. If you're not, you must grow your mighty tree from a tiny
> nut.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Scott Jensen
I could be. But frankly, if I can buy a placebo I'm quite fine with
that. I built this thing because I'm confident people will want it. I
spent years working up to this point. I can do the engineering, I
understand the math as it applies to the business, I understand a bit
of the psychology as it applies to the application of power and the
manipulation of markets.
But frankly, most people bore the **** out of me. I can stroke ego's
for only so many hours in a day, after which I need clean air, a
dangerous hobby, and the kind of terse conversation that one only
finds in the presence of men of action. Besides, coding requires long
stretches of uninterrupted work. I didn't get here by being a
socialite, and am from time-to-time abrasive as hell. So what works
for the goose, ends up as thanksgiving dinner in this case.
-Matt
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