I think that is reasonable question Kouka. No reasonable answer here. My best uneducated guess (especially since I know nothing about what's involved with IPO's, RTO's, etc...) is that he got bad advice from the start. How else to explain Downshire and the contaminated shell? As an aside, my guess (and it's only a guess) is that MCCY and downshire has resolved their conflict with a settlement which included downshire returning 1.8 million shares back to mccy. That would explain many of those pump and dump squad leaving this blog alone now. All my speculations only.
These are legitimate questions. My personal feeling was expressed previously and I have copied and pasted below.
My wife and I started a business 8 years ago. Our first venture into this business. Looking back at all our idiotic decisions we made at the beginning it is a wonder that we survived that first year. From a shady accountant to incompetent manager to scamming contractors, every step involved learning lessons that we have not quickly forgotten. Remember we were in our mid to late 30's and both with impressive graduate degrees. We are inclined to give Raphael Huppe huge benefit of doubt for the mistake of getting involved with Downshire at the beginning. If that were us, we easily see ourselves getting involved in a similar mess. He is only 29 y/o. Let go of the early mistakes for goodness sake. It is over and done with. Every decision he has made the last month or more has been right on and reassuring. He has recruited world class managers and business people. He is creating a world class company. And he is getting wiser by the minute. Watch out!