"Or perhaps one ought to have invested in the company when they were in the R&D only phase and had NO significant products in the market."
And how would a guy who is a human resources manager at an auto glass company in Alberta or a tech support guy at a Toronto printing shop be (1) aware of this "opportunity" to get shares at $0.001 in a San Jose company, and (2) be an ACCREDITED investor while working a mid-to-low level job?
Oh, of course it could just be a NOMINEE account for a Canadian pennystock broker or scammer from Vancouver, Edmonton, or Toronto - like setting up a ScamCo to run a promoted stock campaign.