Mike The Pike Productions Inc (fka MIKP)

[imiloa]

CTP, agreed re: doing one thing very well at the start for a real business. If MMA were the single focus of MIKP and they had sharp, innovative talent working on it 24/7, their odds of success in MMA would increase. UFC and Pride are entrenched, but with the rapid popularity growth of MMA, there could be room for a third player if they found a creative niche.

But having all your eggs in one basket is also risky, esp in recession, as has been discussed here this week. As a freelance software developer, I've been through two major industry recessions, the dotcom crash in spring 2000 and the current drought.

In 2000, I was primarily focused on web media. When the bottom fell out, I lost 14 of my 15 clients in 3 months. The remaining client staggered for a year before collapsing. This time around, I had my toes in several industries and remain overbooked with 80+ hr weeks now while some peers haven't worked in 3-6 months.

Nutshell, diversity is useful if you can bring true talent to each facet. imo, That's the key question here. Who does Mark have as lead on each of these ventures? If Mark is lead on everything, your point is spot-on valid. If Mark is leveraging innovative industry players, whether freelance or staff, there's potential to succeed on more than one front. eg: Kelsi Ve.


Stepping back from the"real biz" paradigm, in the pink trading realm, scatter-shooting feeds the notion that they have so many irons in the fire, something must hit soon. imo, I think this PR was designed to foster that notion.

Also, the PR shows the synergy of the various pieces:
-- MMA promotion aligns with their entertainment core.
-- Web dev acquisition (mentioned tangentially in PR) supports promotion campaign.
-- ServeNation adds parallel revenue stream to ticket sales for event.

It's not the Rockefeller or early-Microsoft model of dominating a single industry any way you can, but the seemingly diverse units do offer potential synergy with each entertainment venture. And the exposure of SN via the entertainment venues broadens the market recognition of SN, itself.

And in the pink market, the ability to hype potential is often more important than the ability to promise long-term stability.


re: Mark referring to uplisting again, we may want to laud and cheer that, but everyone should keep in mind that uplisting with 2b OS will likely be impossible. Meaning any move to uplist will likely involve a steep reverse split.

So goes the gamble in pink trading...