Hi ChippyDude,I have seen this before and appreciate your...

Hi ChippyDude,

I have seen this before and appreciate your support for Kevin. And 'safe' as you admit is actually part of the problem i am identifying. I do ask that you understand the intent of my letter. It is certainly not to discredit Kevin - He is a reliable, safe and secure leader for 1414 and I'm glad he is there as there are too many cowboys in industry. He is NOT, however, a confident salesman. I would argue he is more conservative Chairman in style  than dynamic CEO and we have a dynamic technology. Because of this world/industry disrupting technology if anyone thinks we are secure in the market place (via IP protection or time in RnD) you have not lived long enough....Industry....like nature will always find away. As per the link at the top of this thread US research is already making in roads ....and once the tech is proven and because of market potential US backers will have unlimited resources aka cash to blast it into the market place.

Kevin does not come across in the vast majority of press as confident or dynamic. 1414 needs to look both confident and dynamic. He suffers from what I would call 'Plodding accuracy' - it is not his natural state to cut to the singular core of a question but rather he attempts to include all possibilities in his answers which  mostly makes for dull and often confusing results  - he is not snappy, lively, evocative or has the natural ability of painting the future potential of 1414 in a succinct and motivating way. All i'm saying is lets back 1414 all the way and get a front man/woman, reporting to Kevin, who sole job is to present 1414 in this way. Right now the incredibly great/dynamic branding assets  and promo videos that are being championed by Penelope Bettison in marketing are not being supported by Kevins persona and presentation style. It results in a weak point a disconnect rather than a F*&K YES for potential supporters...it did exactly this for me and others at the IPO stage...but i had the time and patience to dig deeper.... but most don't. Look ... we will probably succeed despite  this aspect of Kevin....but we will have definitely missed many an opportunity (it potentially happened with the undersubscribed IPO).... in this market place we need to have EVERY CYLINDER FIRING.

Also it is easy to tell in the video/interview  you referenced that the questions were prepared/rehearsed and then favourably edited (I have plenty of experience in the area and its easy to see) ... so both Kevin and Matt should have performed well...but to be honest they still come across as pretty unexciting and not smashing the message home (and its not expected from Mathew as his role is the engineer)

Many the for hearing me out and i encourage others to speak up if feeling called AB