Replies to post #22040 on Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

[DriftinWayOfLife]

Alan,

I fully agree that people tend to gravitate towards that which they are good at. Only a fool continues to struggle with things for which they have no talent. Mark and Vivek ARE SCIENTISTS, plain and simple. Without that, Sigma Labs would not exist. They may not be wonderful business managers who are able to negotiate consistently with success and skill. Does Sigma Labs absolutely need that business focus to take priority at the current time or is it more likely that the priority is in the development of a SCIENTIFIC methodology which can become the standard method of providing quality assurance? Is there not a middle ground of some movement towards a business focus, as demonstrated by hiring O'Mara, making a contract for big data, contract with Materialise, more specific statements about commercialization, hiring an IR person, etc etc.. all of which may help, which could be continued through having an additional one or two board members who understand the nuances of developing a START UP company with either unique or nearly unique technical capacity, in addition to the current members who are more likely to get the SCIENCE end of it all? These new members would be a GREAT addition at the current time. Who might these wonderstars be? How can they be convinced to participate?

This is a scientific geek company who has to deal with other scientific geeks. Who dedicates their life to understanding the subtle intricate details of welding? (No offense intended toward the more technically employed members of this board). Perhaps, this is the style that is needed now. Can you imagine Mark or Vivek impersonating Steve Jobs as they deal with GE or Honeywell? Can I stop the Monty Python skit in my mind as I write those words?

Other start up companies have gone through similar growth struggles. Here too, the self interest of Mark and Vivek along with the early investors will eventually lead to an acceptance of involvement of the MBA wizards...right now, it is the hairy legged engineers with the pocket protectors and thick glasses (do overemphasize a stereotype...lol ) Yes, there may be floundering and sideways movement, one step back, two steps forward with a wiggle and a twist until there is commercial succes, contracts, revenues, uplisting etc and the crowd of MBA types to guide the way.

All in due time.

[crook717]

Great post...points I've been trying to make last week before nukes came my way.

Are Sigmas leaders more passionate about their inventions, or making money? Don't have to answer, I already know it, and it's a big problem.

[peafunke]

Dude. You state they have developed ( past tense ) something. It is still in development. This technology is so new that they are still experimenting and getting it right. Have you ever developed any sort of technology before? From the ground up? I have. Several times and all too often the business people ( as u describe they need) sell something way to premature or under budget/ under schedule something just to make the fast buck. Believe me id rather have something months late and right than on time and is a pos that you are spending lots more money to support / catch up.

Partnering / beta sites etc is the way to go. Sh&t. They have Honeywell as a test site. If you know anything about tech, they are a big company on sensors and such. Especially optical sensors. So... Look at their news on 6-19. That correlates to what Honeywell makes. Put the pieces together.

I pasted the link to NASA earlier. Not sure if there is a foothold there. I don't like to speculate too much but it is interesting to see inspection there. Not many companies doing in process inspection.

So I hope they keep doing this. Because hat makes a great product is time to get it right. Steve jobs had 10s of years. He was broke and went to microcr@p for money. Only then did apple really take off. So bad analogy because it took apple quote a bit of time to get it right.

IMO