LOL .. that's called "School of Hard Knocks" from which I graduated summa cum laude. I can see you were once involved with SPNG .. just a guess.. hehe .. well I wouldn't worry about it .. I was too and had you had more experience, you would have profited from simply trading that stock, based on the charts and psychology rather than drinking the Kool-Aid..
No matter, all the same fundamental rules apply here as well, but as you said, when you call the CEO, you dont get an answering machine. I know, I have done it 2 times now. Its one of the major reasons as well as the others you mentioned, that I am still here.
GLTY