Не давно набрёл на вот такой вот пост интересный
www.softwareceo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1270
Посколько после того, как я постил товарищ Парабеллум быстренько подчищал свои профайлы (ссылка на facebook) уже не работает, то я решил от ныне тут же всё и постить.
Для тех кто не знает английского, то переведу:
In the last 12 months we were working on a biometric middleware project that will link different biometric hardware with different 3rd party software (access control, time & attendance, etc.) right out of the box. We have a working pilot, some of our clients are very interested in it and we will have a full version of the software for sale in about 2 months.
Здесь Парабеллум объясняет, каким именно программным обеспечением он разрабатывает. О этом чуде проэкте я погорю попоже, поскольку я очень долго пытался понять, что же это такой.
These 2 companies found out about our products and (since biometric market is very hot) want to take my company public using «pink sheets» and «shell company».
Здесь он говорит, что какие-то 2 компании хотят сделать из его компании публичную компанию или сделать так называемое Первое Публичное Предложение или просто говоря IPO. Один этот факт уже смешон. IPO — это по сути процесс продажи своих акций на бирже акций. Это очень сложней процесс и занимает в среднем от 6 до 18 месяцев для довольно крупной компании.
And without a sales team we are going to continue to crawl to the market with inadequate speed.
Здесь Парабеллум говорит, что у него нет команды продавцов. БРЕД!!! В северной америки без продавцов тут даже не компания, а пустышка.
We just released a beta version of our product and already have one of the big players in biometrics interested in it.
Хммм… Тут говорится, что существует какой-то бета прототип и что какая-то мифическая и разбирающаяся в этом деле компания уже заитересовалось в нём. Почему же Парабеллум не пишет название этой компании. А я знаю — потому что эта компания существовала только в это воображении.
12-30-2004, 10:02 PM
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Need help with potential IPO or buyout
Hello everyone!
I really appreciate reading your inputs and now I really need your help. I am totally I have been approached by 2 companies with an offer to take our biometric company public. We have been working on biometric Time & Attendance software since 1998 — we have a small niche market (mostly manufacturing) and slowly expanding into it — in bootstrap mode. In the last 12 months we were working on a biometric middleware project that will link different biometric hardware with different 3rd party software (access control, time & attendance, etc.) right out of the box. We have a working pilot, some of our clients are very interested in it and we will have a full version of the software for sale in about 2 months. These 2 companies found out about our products and (since biometric market is very hot) want to take my company public using «pink sheets» and «shell company» (I am still new in M&A and IPO scene and I do not truly understand the lingvo I visited one of them (I think it was an affiliate that does stock promotion) and what I saw reminded me of «Boiler room» movie — similar tactics, telemarketing room, hype,… Another one sounds too shady as well — he was talking about taking _his_ new «shell» public and starting trading and he is trying to talk me into signing a «technology licensing» contract with him and a «private label» version of our product in return to some shares. Both of these companies do not have a lot of experience with software industry (some experience with high-tech, but not a lot). I can sense that something is not «kosher» in either one of these scenarios and do not want to loose an ownership of my technology and my company over a lot of promises of tons of money. On the other hand, we have a lot of technical experiense and our clients love our products, but we do not have resourses to build a solid sales team. And without a sales team we are going to continue to crawl to the market with inadequate speed. I am really not planning to sell out our company or cash out and disappear, just trying to raise some money to make it better What questions you would ask them? I really appreciate your help!!! Thank you and Happy Holidays! Best regards, Andrei Kossyrine
Thank you very much for your advice!
We decided to go forward with our products in bootstrapping mode untill we find a right investor. We just released a beta version of our product and already have one of the big players in biometrics interested in it. Thanks again and Happy New Year! Andrei Kossyrine |