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If I had a dollar for every time someone was wrong on here I could buy another 100,000 shares. Investors' overly optimistic expectations and "forecasts" have been a windfall for the mismanagement of the stock price. Someone is always saying how good things are about to get. It's unfashionable to express dissatisfaction, especially at the Shareholder Meetings.
We all can agree we shouldn't be at .70. How about 2020 be a year for realizing the share price does matter? Expecting accountability over increasing shareholder value. And keeping the fantasy forecasts to a minimum.
What I've said is we have no real financial leadership. CTOs aren't finance people.
My advice is to ignore advice from almost every person on earth
And you as well, amigo.
That is a valid point. Most companies go to LPC because they can not do better. Lightwave could have done better but, as Steve C explained to me candidly towards the end of his time with Lightwave, Tom and Jim weren't able to get smart money involved. We lived with the best deal they were capable of obtaining. Then Lebby shows up and doesn't want to deal with finance / funding, so we live with it longer, to the point where it doesn't seem worth using a stepping stone. BUT. I still don't know if this was the right approach. It would be great to have an advocate on the finance side.
LPC is slick all around. If Lightwave needs help pushing the price up surrounding some type of deal, LPC will make it happen. No one will say that, but I believe it is true.
Chit chat off ihub is that these are two very PR worthy patents.
I think Lightwave is raising more money through LPC right now and beating up the share price.
For some reason, I thought we were already fully permitted.
Up 40% after it dropped 25% from September -December 2018.
Heard the same.
Interesting.
They're installing the ramp so they can still make it into the office when the gout flairs up. Need to cut back on the Red Lobster, but LPC keeps sending those gift cards!
It will help offset the extra dilution from our LPC arraignment. Not sure how Jim convinced the BOD to extend his expiring options.
I'm really feeling the excitement.
Should hire her to do our marketing.
I don't believe so. But, it was not studied this way for FDA.
True. I'm not sure where all the page views are coming from here. Would be great if MZ can get a similar but updated interview like this with a larger audience.
These guys have big positions and speak for probably 1/4 of the outstanding shares held by retail.
I don't think it would be arrogant to say you asked great questions and just didn't get great answers. It can be awkward to be the only one at a table who keeps digging for information.
No problem. Just frustration spilling over. Hoping to get answers and we're talking about the soup.
We have it from a good source MZ was selected for their global reach.
Karen says they asked contacts at smaller high-tech companies for recommendations. Obviously these companies worked with MZ, recommended them, and still exist (haven't been bought out).
I'm hoping Lightwave took advantage and raised some more money into the run.
I can't imagine having dinner with Lebby and learning nothing useful or interesting, or at least not making any valuable points on behalf of your fellow investors... I saw your; "MZ has global reach" this is literally the title on the MZ homepage link. If you found that vague answer acceptable, we are far apart on what we find satisfactory. Karen gave a much better answer via email.
Do you feel Lebby strategically places himself in a position to not have to answer questions? Or even that he leans on investors' ignorance of SEC rules to avoid answering questions? SEC regulations don't prevent him from saying more than has been placed in a PR. Material information is well defined, it is not every piece of information, insight, or look into a thought process, plan, or expectation.
MZ will be wasting their time sending Lebby on a roadshow if this is how he treats smart money.
"Lebby releases video of smile and wink after seeing it overwhelm European investors."
The company should do a conference call this year instead of just the typical letter. Even Jim used to do those. They have a tiny flame of excitement right now, gather some tinder and fan the flames.
Did you ask about MZ? What was Lebby there for if he didn't have anything to say?
We can vote Jim out, Lebby can replace him, and the BOD can as well. The BOD would keep Jim there even if he was on life-support, they are too slow to replace people.
Ned, the best way to add value to LWLG is by replacing Jim Marcelli and Lincoln Park Capital. So many shareholders are tired of their presence. And many prior investors (some with deep pockets) aware of all the skeletons in the closet that surrounded Jim's term as CEO have not returned to the stock. Many new investors see Lincoln Park's involvement and instinctually avoid the stock because the reputation of their vulture approach is well known. Look back to how the market reacted just to Tom Zelibor leaving. Investors want beneficial change.
From what I have gathered from emailing the company, MZ came the most recommended by fellow tech companies. Karen will remain our IR. Lebby states in the PR there is a great deal of interest. Obviously, the stock doesn't reflect that and they want to rectify this.
This suggests that the data coming in must be pretty good. Lebby wouldn't do this if there were problems. Lightwave knows that cutting any deal with the stock trading poorly puts that in the worst bargaining position possible. They have to fix that. MZ should help push Lightwave beyond their often overly conservative boundaries.
Booyaa?
They're thinking about shareholder value. The times they are a changing.
Have you found any overlap between the two companies?
Walter is correct, those of us who have consistently voiced concerns/complaints are now validated. Only two more major complaints to address for ML!
And no doubt MZ is telling ML; WTF are you doing with LPC?
Advisory Board is there to help with the background progress we never will hear about. Company to company progress.
MZ Group in da haus... Welcome to our board. Agree though, this is a net positive for us as long as they don't let that dope Marcelli handle MZ.
There are no accredited investors to speak of in this stock. But, Marcelli doesn't have support, we just don't have collective opposition.
Hope and Change was a great slogan years ago. The Lightwave version is Hope with No Change.
We saw so much improvement in technical progress with a BIG change, Lebby. But we didn't learn an important lesson. Now we suffer from the continued financing ineptitude of Marcelli. I'd like to see more beneficial change. Get rid of Jim. It's a lot easier to find a competent money guy than a polymer/photonics/patent expert.
Many of us wouldn't be here any longer if not for all their progress. We recognize it. The problem is management and BOD show no ability or interest in translating technical progress to gains for investors or even capitalizing on it by finding more suitable financing, better retail investors, strategic financial partners. Nothing.
Jim Marcelli deserves the largest portion of the blame for being such a strong advocate of Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park is not the best we can do.
LPC is the best Jim can do. He should be replaced.
You've been a shareholder since 04/05?
Negative posts and the stock went up today.
Correlation = Causation here sometimes. I'm sure a few minds were blown.
Little retail investors shouldn't have to pedal so hard to keep a stock from going under .60.
This is a combination of a transparency issue. Jim Marcelli supporting LPC more than LWLG. Lebby embracing CTO responsibilities but not others. Shareholders not demanding better and being complacent because they think a deal is just around the corner...
I doubt there is a problem with the devices. JMO after seeing this same scenario repeat over and over when LPC has to give them money