Jeff Bezos can put bread on his table NOW from his stock. We can't and that why there is no "direct" benefit.
Sure you can. You can issue yourself a stake and sell it for NXT, then you sell that NXT for BTC and that BTC into your fiat currency of choice.
We can't. Read the rules. Tokens are for current stakeholders ONLY.
So none of the core team are stakeholders? I did spend about an hour reading through forum posts on this subject, just FYI.
I also am curious if there is a release date in sight, or any such estimation. Thank you.
Best estimation can be found in NEM summary.
Also, just trying to help: you should put this information up on your website or else make it more easily available. I know you guys are busy but you would help allay potential investor concerns by doing this.