Quote from: minerpart on January 11, 2014, 09:08:18 PM

Quote from: stenkross on January 11, 2014, 08:38:14 PM

Here's my theory:
What is making this fail is Ken's lack of communication skills.

Maybe eASIC / Stilwell baker are flawless companies, but the simply can't co-operate with the CEO of ActM, and therefore we "need to switch to other firms", causing delays, etc.

This makes even more sense when you think of what happened to the advisory board....

Not sure what could be done about it though, send Ken to a social skills course?

Now this is an interesting line of questioning. You could be right. But I've always thought the short comments on here are to do with time and a worry that Trolls will twist what he says - which is exactly what crumbs specialises in. Crumbs heavy presence on here might be keeping Ken away. Yes Ken's a grown man but I'm sure we all know how Trolls can wind you up and draw you into an argument and in the end there is no setting the record straigt as Trolls don't listen and are experts at twisting the truth.

All I would say is that if you read the IPO and you read the progress report you see a good standard of English and excellent communication skills. That's what a lot of people invested in - the strength of the IPO proposal as expressed by Ken.

+1

stenkross, I shunned the option to join the board because I know what I am like. Far too emotional. I had a really good feel for the internal sentiment although was never privy to the inner workings and that suited me fine. I invested a relatively small amount of cash at 0.0005 which gave me a large number of shares early doors. I had plenty of opportunity to bail and could have netted well over 900 btc if I'd played my cards. I regret not having done so, but ha-ho, thems the breaks. I actually continued to buy all the way up to 0.025 and that was my upper limit prior to the eAsic deal. If I loose the lot, it's only 3 months wages to me, but a lost opportunity that could have, potentially made me a very rich man indeed, like many multiples of millions of pounds.

Here is why I'm still in the race and never chose that exit strategy; my initial gamble was, for me, a fifty-fifty for it being a scam. Not scam: proven over seven months ago. Vbs who I know was not affiliated with AMC made the most beautiful spreadsheets. When he made mention of the facts, like sweet, sweet divs, I did my calculations and was blown away. The beauty was, vbs then said, 'These are the projected figures from the mining farm and I haven't even included the figures for hardware sales which are so unimaginable that I can not include them because there are too many unknowns at this stage.', or words to that effect. I well knew at the time that even Vbs's projections were reliant on so many factors that to assume you've hit the jackpot was pure fantasy. So I started to look at the main man Ken.

A lot has changed in the btc securities since then. Back then I also sold my AM shares for 4.5 having bought in at 1.5, so happy days. I also threw 50btc at Labcoin and lost the bloody lot (serves me right for being such a troll). I also made a small killing from ActM when the killer BF announcement broke because I reluctantly, and for the first time, sold ActM on the news and bought back in again, the same number of shares so spent my profit on NEO. During all of this I couldn't help but consider that I was being played by Ken S. I knew his address and family well before Canadian Guy got involved and interestingly enough, Ken was the only guy that I could see who was happy enough to expose himself. For that he got my respect.

So there is my story and you don't get a more Scottish man than that. I am no sock puppet. I am simply just another dude who can not abide injustice and will always react to it.

In terms of AMC/VMC, I still hear the words of a dude who was heavy in. None of you will ever know about that because it's gone. This guy said to me, "This is Ken's baby and having got to know him I do believe that he of all people is the kind of guy that will make it happen through his sheer bloodymindedness."

Those words are still ringing in my ear and every time I see a spark from Ken it reminds me why I'm still the biggest cheerleader. So have a fucking go at me, I do not give a flying shite. I will have my day in the sun and so will EVERYONE who shares my belief. Don't underestimate the power and will of a proud man to succeed.