SHAREHOLDERS ARE NOT OWNERS
SHAREHOLDERS ARE NOT OWNERS AND COMPANIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY A DIVIDEND. IM A SHAREHOLDER OF AMAZON, AMAZON HAS NEVER PAID A DIVIDEND. WHEN THE SEC FILINGS ARE MADE, THE MARKET WILL BE FOR THE COMPANY HE WISHED TO PURSUE OVER A DECADE AGO AND IT WILL NOT REFLECT ANY SETTLEMNT OR CASH ON HAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY WILL 100% BE LICENSED OUT AND PAID ROYALTIES TO THE OWNER OF THE PATENTS. LAST I RECALL, THOSE PATENTS BELONG TO THE CEO OF THE COMPANY, NOT THE SHAREHOLDERS. A COMPANY MUST GROW INTO THE VALUATION OF THE COMPANY WITH PROFITS, SALES, AMD DEMAND OF THEIR PRODUCT.
IF I OWNED THE PATENTS AND THIS HAPPENED TO ME OR IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU...DO YOU HONESTLY THINK I OR YOU WOULD JUST DISTRIBUTE THE SETTLED AMOUNT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS AND THEN START THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A COMPANY AND GENERATING INCOME ON THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT I WANTED TO DESIGN, THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DESIGNED. GROWING A COMPANY TAKES TIME.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: HEY, I HAVE A GREAT IDEA TO START AN ECOMMERCE BUSINESS AND SELL GOODS TO CONSUMERS ONLINE. LETS JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE MARKET IS TRADING AT IN ECOMMERCE AND FILE AN IPO.. THAT WILL GIVE US A HUGE MARKET CAP BECAUSE, WELL, LOOK AT THE MARKET FOR ECOMMERCE.
THE FACT THAT HIS TECHNOLOGY WAS STOLEN AND HE RECEIVED A SETTLEMENT IS AWESOME NEWS! AND POSSIBLY A BLESSING IN DESGUISE GIVEN THAT HE WILL REAP THE REWARDS OF OTHER COMPANIES USING HIS TECHNOLOGY. BUT DO NOT GET IT TWISTED THAT HE OR THE COMPANY WILL JUST START HANDING MONEY OUT TO SHAREHOLDERS BECAUSE HE AND THE COMPANY RECEIVED A POTENTIAL HUGE SETTLEMENT. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN...AT ALL. THE COMPANY WILL START TO BUILD THEIR PRODUCTS AND WORK WITH THE INDUATRIES THAT WANT TO AQUIRE THE PRODUCTS FOR THEIR SAFETY FEATURES.
