It seems time to remember that we have been told by Blackbird management many times that the business models which are the most relevant are Canva and Figma. |
If we don’t have some kind of significant progress or traction in 12 months time we have a serious problem.
I’m looking forward to some positive updates on user numbers and tech releases well before that time. |
Nope, a lot, lot better. |
Equally good bisho4 😀 |
 @ChrisCallen.
Yes, I've seen, and been very impressed by, every video with Sumit Rai. I have been a shareholder since (checks account) 31st Jan 2020. I've followed BIRD closely.
I've watched every IMC and Proactive interview. I've bought up to 30p and down to 5p. I've watched every elevate.io promo video with Sumit. I follow SBS on twitter. I have used elevate to create a montage of videos of my cat.
I've been reading this message board since Jan 2020. I've followed every Trading Update and pivot from excitement over The Player to excitement over elevate.io
I've read countless charts from SSB where he's convinced the share price is about to shoot up, but never does.
But that doesn't mean BIRD is going to get bought out before launch (nickb's initial theory) or even shortly afterwards (nickb's Plan B for when elevate is launched and BIRD is still independent).
BIRD might deliver what they are promising with elevate.io, but they aren't promising a buyout, or even to make shareholders wealthy.
I'd love for BIRD to get bought out as a unicorn, because it would make me very wealthy. But we will still all be here, on this message board, in 12 months' time, talking about paid subscriber numbers, SSB's predictions of an imminent share price rise, and wondering if board members aren't buying shares because they might have options written into their contracts.
If the only parallel you can think of is Vodafone, then you ought to read up on Betamax. |
HCBF Chris Callen (I’m assuming you celebrate given the delusional optimism in your post?) |
Yes thank you chriscallen |
Brilliant perspective chriscallen. Thank you. |
Nice one Chriscallen |
bish04 Have you listened to the SR/MV video from 18ths - 2 years ago? They were pretty clear about what they intended to create and what they thought was necessary. SR has not deviated from that in the time since. The BIRD game plan changed when SR/MV came on board and now it is SRs rules. Rule No1 is that they deliver what they have promised and when they do it works first time consisently... hence no down time since elevate.io started. elevate.io will be disruptive and a game changer because that is what they wanted to create from the outeset.
It is I admit very frustrating especially for long term shareholders and there are those that have been around for 10 years or so more than me and paid a lot more for their shares. But the pay back is going to be spectacular. The only parallel I can think of is when Vodafone floated and created over 100 millionaires as a result... a majority of which were employees who acquired shares through the share scheme and who mostly lived within 5 miles of where they worked. There is another parallel in that Vodafone was a subsidiary of the main Racal business and became worth many times more than its parent company. We are lucky that elevate.io is core within BIRD. |
crazy valuations over there and little old bird ticks down |
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No panic here. |
I heard they eat family pets too.
And gooses. |
NEDs get paid for doing sweet fa. Handy number. |
Yes we certainly have an interesting board, with incredible and relevant experience, fantastic CV’s although I was shot down the other day for suggesting Blackbird has top talent!
I get the impression that the NED’s are putting in more work than usual they seem genuinely engaged and excited about the future.
Yet the stock market continues to be depressed 😂 |
Standing back from the fine detail, IMHO, a really very encouraging pointer is the fact that the three NEDs, who all have relevant successful CVs, decided to parachute into Blackbird, based on what must be their strongly positive view of what the elevate business will achieve.
Their reputation depends on their association and involvement in assisting companies to succeed in achieving commercial success. With their experience, I feel sure they all have a clear view of where elevate should, in due course, successfully end up. |
bisho4
Why not buy BIRD now and oversee this stage of development taking BIRD's team in-house and tailored to their own products and systems?
Because it’s not for sale for pence share price!
Why would big tech pay billions for something still in development?
And we are not going to sell when the plan is to build a Figma level valuation
Optimum purchase time is once the core tech of blackbird is developed for scale (rather than niche) the product is developed enough to role out and monetisation ready.
Big companies can do scaling much better and faster than we can they often have the customers in place.
Option 2 is they wait a couple of years and watch us build a business they can value as a business but that means big tech sit on the sidelines of the creator economy video revolution and I can’t see how that is going to happen.
So if an acquisition was ever to take place then it’s when the product is ready to go
All imho
In the meantime we carry on building our vision 😀 |
How do you know it hasn't?
That's nickb's line |
jj, according to Stockopedia SBS owns 62.8million shares. |
Ortega
Yes, I am aware of that but I just thought that if there was any small element of doubt about whether it was permitted to buy shares, the NED's, for the sake of their future careers would want to be whiter than white.
I recall the two directors' buys were very small and very very small compared to their existing shareholding.
I don't know how strictly the AIM rule is enforced in such a situation. At the time it seemed important that there was some director token support for the fundraising. |
Anne, Nick, and Youri were all in prior to Ian and Stephen Whites, buys on the 16th so they could have bought. However, they all have 100s of 1000s of options. |
Current Ownership is roughlyInstitutions 50%Joe Public 30%Insiders 20%Give or take. |
Ortega and bisho4
Maybe the appointment of the NEDs suggests,that at the time of their appointment, we were planning being on our own for the foreseeable future. However, if that was the case, as the detail of elevate's offering becomes clearer, it could conceivably change at any time.
On the other hand, I think it is the case that the NEDs haven't declared that they have bought any shares (I believe they were granted options), which seems unusual with the current share price being so low, and their enthusiasm for elevate being high. The reason for not buying could be that there are discussions taking place with one or more possible takeover candidates.
Only time will clarify all this! |
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