Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

[alanthill]

In life we all tend to gravitate toward what we are good at. It's certainly clear that Mark and Vivak are good at science. The SGLB Board is very good at science as well. They all come from a scientific environment that is clearly world -class. What is also becoming increasingly clear is that none of them are very good business people. The drive to get a product to market and get a return seems to be non-existent. What seems to be missing is a business visionary (or a Board) who knows enough of the science to understand the market and has the business smarts to enforce development schedules, negotiate contracts and get a deliverable product that generates revenue into the market. At Apple, that individual was Steve Jobs, A first class SOB in anybodys' book that ever worked for him, but a take-no-prisoners manager who accepted no excuses for not turning out exceptional profitable products on time. The Steve Jobs of the world are hard to come by but I see the lack of business know-how in both the officers and Board of SGLB as a significant deterrent to capitalizing on the amazing potential of their products. Unfortunately, I don't think that either Mark or the Board recognize this shortcoming in themselves….it is simply out of their comfort zone. Until this situation changes I envision more floundering on the way to market and a long term inability to truly capitalize on what they have worked so hard to develop. Hopefully, they will recognize this need before it severely shortchanges the potential that they have all worked so hard to create.