My point is that the smartest guy the board--ZF--who actually understood the science, unlike everyone else--ultimately left because he knew he could do a lot better investing elsewhere.
I think Kim should have sold the technology to some other company and let them do the dirty work on the ground (literally), having gotten both himself and the shareholders OUT with a decent amount of $$$.
I'm not saying it won't work, but everyone's risk could have been greatly reduced if he'd made it so everyone could take the $$$ and run instead of slogging along for years.