Got you back, WarChest (3002).
Okay, here's the deal. Hayes let the cat out of the bag - he takes some of this talk personally. Well, good for him. I can relate, been a serial entrepreneur all my life, currently president and co-owner of a small (for now) startup commercial and consumer products business (electro-optic special effects).
A good CEO understands that you can never stop listening, thinking, planning, executing... and that it's not so much the prestigious role that many non-CEO individuals think about. It's generally inglorious and thankless, a lot of hard work, and EVERYONE is your boss. It is two-sided, of course, you have to flip that scenario multiple times on a daily basis - be the boss, make decisions, delegate, act/execute, listen to all of your bosses, react. Directors, partners, shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, the tax man... family - they all have to be treated like your boss in many ways. If you're lucky, you might be able to tell your accountant or your attorney what you need them to do for you, without having to be quite as sensitive as to treat them like your boss; but god forbid if you don't do exactly what they tell you to do, exactly the way they tell you to do it, when they tell you...
If things go well, if your hard work and preparation meets with the right amount of luck (being there first with the intellectual property, for example), your business will outperform and you'll have the appreciation - after you've put your heart and soul into it (hopefully just investing, but not selling your soul) and made every sacrifice without letting the balls drop.
I'm putting this out here because EPGL and Hayes, Markus et al are unique in this OTC world, and shareholders should recognize when they truly have a gem of an opportunity like this. Hayes is showing the dedication and passion that I appreciate very much. And of course, I expect to benefit from their hard work.
In past businesses, I developed products and solutions for NASA, Lockheed, Raytheon, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Naval Undersea Warfare Center... Disney, Cirque de Soleil... Trimble involving microelectronics and optics and every kind of sensor you can think of (MEMS accelerometers and pressure sensors, strain gages, angular rate sensors, piezoelectric, thermocouples, etc.) and lasers and LEDs and lenses, but I do not know bioMEMS and I don't have the time, expertise and other resources to develop the disruptive technology that EPGL has. That's why I'm happy to have the opportunity to invest and share in the rewards of this venture with Hayes and company. Their recent demonstration of passion for the success and well-being of the business only reinforces my decision.
