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04/05/16
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Originally posted by secold
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They announce the sale of a commercial Jetpack.
>People get excited, talk about it replacing cars as the mode of transport of the future. Share price rockets to $3.00+ on good feelings and thoughts.
>Most traders slowly take profit that bought in at 40c, price falls pretty sharply to $0.7~.
>Martin the founder of the company leaves. New management steps in.
>It's been almost 1.5 years since they went public, There's been a few shows and maybe 2-3 live demonstrations.
>They are trying to get orders but seem to be failing/having trouble getting anyone to show real interest in the product besides 'Oh that's interesting'.
>Videos of the thing actually flying seem to be getting fewer and fewer with most shows being made as static models.
>Talk of 'mass production' to start in mid-late 2016 now seems laughable. Mass production of a product with literally zero commercial orders despite a year and a half of trying to find a single buyer.
>They are leaking money quite fast.
Is my understanding of the situation correct here?
What can they do to remedy the situation?
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Your sentiment is so bleak. Why would you want to buy more?