GSI Buyout

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#1

Sound business rules. The only time you should violate this should be:
1) to support friends and family (and this should be avoided)
2) for fun
3) if you are a fool

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From: TaborekEJ@AOL.com [mailto:TaborekEJ@AOL.com]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:06 AM
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Re: GSI Buyout

In a message dated 11/19/01 11:30:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
arnheim@globalnet.co.uk writes:

<< If this works, we could see a very good return on our investment. If
not then we get to see our hobby have a top class games engine and
hopefully recoup our expense over the next twenty years.
  >>
When I took my graduate classes in business administration, admittedly quite

long ago, I was told that a business should invest speculative capital only
if it can expect a 15-20% per year "return on investment". You can recoup
an
investment in twenty years with much less risk, e.g. buying high-grade
utility stocks or even a money-market mutual fund.
Ed

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#2

I think you may be missing my 'If not' in relation to the 20 years
return. If it is successful then it will fall within your 15-20%
business rules or even vastly exceed them (pretty unlikely but....),
if it is not successful then a possible consequence is the twenty
years. My point was that even on the downside all was not necessarily
gloom.

Speculative means risky. In other words it may or may not succeed and
indeed the original investment be lost (Or take 20 years to pay
back). If you have any assured 15-20% returns let me know so I can
give up working :slight_smile:

Ergo your rules endorse my business plan as it fulfills their
investment criteria.

If that fails to convince then there is always no2!

Cheers
Chris Courtiour

Any (rich) no3's out there?

--- In mepbmlist@y..., Martin Burlingame <Martin.Burlingame@c...>
wrote:

Sound business rules. The only time you should violate this should

be:

1) to support friends and family (and this should be avoided)
2) for fun
3) if you are a fool

From: TaborekEJ@A… [mailto:TaborekEJ@A…]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:06 AM
To: mepbmlist@y…
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Re: GSI Buyout

In a message dated 11/19/01 11:30:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
arnheim@g... writes:

<< If this works, we could see a very good return on our

investment. If

not then we get to see our hobby have a top class games engine and
hopefully recoup our expense over the next twenty years.
  >>
When I took my graduate classes in business administration,

admittedly quite

long ago, I was told that a business should invest speculative

capital only

if it can expect a 15-20% per year "return on investment". You can

recoup

an
investment in twenty years with much less risk, e.g. buying high-

grade

utility stocks or even a money-market mutual fund.
Ed

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#3

I have to be in agreement with the concept of buying into the hobby. I
have the bug. Lots of others out there have the bug and many more have it
but don't know it.

Can we fail if we try this? Absolutely. Its a risk. Either way it won't
sink my ship and I'll still own part of something I enjoy.

If you are doing this for instant returns I think it might be tough. Don't
get me wrong, I would expect to be successful, but at the same time it is
always difficult to expand a business successfully.

Chris

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