I should probably avoid comment in this tread as the discussion includes more physics science than I even come close to understand. However, I have some experience from funding new businesses. I think I can provide somewhat of another viewpoint because of that. It goes for everything in life it has to be sold. If you want to kiss a beautiful girl you have to sell your ability. Best if your good looks makes her come investigating 'the goods' so you can get to show your ability and just close the deal. This is true about any product or service. I have limited experience of university grants but I think you guys have covered that part rather well. My conclusion is that you are saying that politics will be in the way regardless of the good reasons put forward and the LENR community has no bait of political nature. (Big organization = bad dittos). Now to the controversial part. Why is it so hard to get capital from VC's crowd funding etc. etc.? First of all the good looks are not there. I think it is because anyone with the resources looking in to this arena will find more question marks and rivalry than a clear pathway to success. I understand that some players in the market behaved less than good in the past. To concentrate on their downside when they have received funding is to make any new investor confused. It is like telling the girl that her previous lover was a lousy lover and that the one who approached her yesterday was even worse. True or untrue, how do you know? How did you get that knowledge? The other ones have said the same about you so maybe she ought to visit another neighborhood? Maybe this is a bad area? I hope Ed Storms book will help sort out where we are. I personally have no investment capacity but I know investors need help to see, which possibilities are there and a pathway to reach success. Any hope to raise money will require : 1. A clear definition of the goal. (Nothing fluffy like a new era or revolutionary - precise expectations with a realistic time table.) 2. A list of possible obstacles. 3. Possible solutions to overcome the obstacles. 4. A team able to handle the obstacles. 5. An organization able to control the team and communicate with the investor. My experience is that most people will agree to three of the well known conditions and then say that the other two are not important. What was your first thought ? Honestly" Two more things: First, it certainly will not be an advantage to criticize the competition rather the opposite. Second, no VC will come looking for the opportunity. Finally I know I am sticking out my head in a field where I have no capacity to debate the technology or its particular problems. They are unique at the same time as they are soooo common. I understand that there is a big difference if one wants to get the Noble price or successfully replace the grid, I.E.. My suggestions will probably be of little help to get the Nobel price.
Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com [email protected] +1 916 436 1899 6140 Horseshoe Bar Road Suite G, Loomis CA 95650 "Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort." PJM On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark-- > > I will. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* MarkI-ZeroPoint <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 11:13 PM > *Subject:* RE: Replications. Formerly [Vo]:LENR a gateway into the theory > of everything. > > Bob, you need to watch The Matrix! > > -mark > > > > *From:* Bob Cook [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 11:09 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Replications. Formerly [Vo]:LENR a gateway into the theory > of everything. > > > > Harry > > > > So be it. > > > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* H Veeder <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 10:53 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Replications. Formerly [Vo]:LENR a gateway into the theory > of everything. > > > > Bob, > Morpheus says to Neo in the movie The Matrix (1999): > "This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take > the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe > whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in > Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes." > > > > Since you like red pills that means you are in wonderland. ;-) > Harry > > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > Harry-- > > > > I do not know about the blue pill or the red pill--I'm showing my age. > However, given the choice between blue and red pills , I always choose the > red ones, since they are easier to see when I drop them on the floor from > my pill box. I typically don't eat blue things. > > > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* H Veeder <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 10:04 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Replications. Formerly [Vo]:LENR a gateway into the theory > of everything. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 10:53 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bob stated: > > "... we are again meeting in Alice's rabbit hole." > > > > Wrong movie Bob, think Matrices! > > The Blue pill or the Red pill? > > ;-) > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > > One could argue it is the same movie, since The Matrix makes some > references to the White Rabbit and the rabbit hole ;-) > > > > Neo's apartment: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IDT3MpSCKI > > > > The red/blue pill scene: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9vGMMPM5Lg > > > > Harry > > > > > > > >
