Golly, this almost sounds like a small showing of respect for Mr. McNally! Nice to see from someone other than me (I have publicly referred to him only as Mr. McNally as far as I can recall, while amongst like-minded friends and when addressing him personally I typically use the more casual moniker "David").
My two greatest disappointments in this investment have been the oft-delayed timelines (postponing my potential retirement by a few years) and the heavy dilution - I once owned 0.15% of the stock but I'm around half of that now and unable to keep up with dilution.
On the other hand, I believe I maintained respect for the people in the organization who persevered in the face of ongoing financial difficulties (well, honestly, I was concerned the Rock might not have been performing optimally but I don't fully know the depths of the challenges he has faced), and I maintained faith that the tech would ultimately prove itself and at least turn this investment profitable if not downright lucrative.
To those of you who also maintained some level of belief in the company and its team, thank you for riding along in good faith. To the folks who didn't deal as well with the interim disappointments, I hope to see you all smiling with us at the finish line!
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"...As for McNally and his team - they built an entire new single port surgical robotic platform in 2 years. They have developed IP that is incredible where you have the largest medical device company in the world asking them to utilize it in their own system and also teach them how to build a surgical robotic platform."