To: TokyoMex who wrote (655 ) 1/18/1998 11:39:00 PM From: TokyoMex Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2897
One of our reader forwarded this questionaire for me to ask CEO when I meet him on Monday..... Thanx John for making my job much easier... You have put together a formidable list of questions,, I will then concentrate on his qualifications and past experiences along with your questions, "Joe, I'm sure many of these might be duplicate of what you would ask, but here goes and thanks in advance. 1. share count??? 2. What will the capital needs be on an ongoing basis and in the immediate future (as in for this aggreement with Hill publishing) 3. How will they seek to finance future capital needs. Debt or equity? 4. What is present management's insider interest in FNTN. How much does Shepard own personally? 5. What is the overhead cost to Sieman's for maintaining the intranet? Is this fixed or variable depending on the number of customers they would attract the business of. 6. Does the company have any debt currently. 7. When do they expect to have beta testing concluded on the intranet? 8. When do they expect the web site to be finished with all the bells and whistles. 9. Describe what FNTN can offer the average individual investor and does he expect this to be a significant source of revenues. 10. How does he expect revenues to be generated in the next year, two years. (by sources, i.e. world com agreement X million dollars, individual investor Y million dollars, institution usage of the intranet Z dollars. 11. What is the fixed overhead costs for the 20 employees of FNTN currently. 12. Are products being received by the financial community as expected or better/worse? 13. What is his vision for this co. and where does he expect them to be in 1 year from today? " My questions.. 1. What exactly FNTN provide ? 2. How does Hill make money and how does FNTN exactly benefit from Hill contract ? 3. Any more contracts like Hill on the horizon ? 4. Elaborate on WCOM alliance .. 5. Elaborate on S & P brokerage business, 6. CEOS qualifications, any past litigation for SEC violations, as an individual or his past firm ? 7. His business plan for acquisition of a NASD company.. Example of DD questions all CEOs of a public company should answer freely and willingly.... to their share holders. If any other readers have more questions kindly RSVP to TokyoMex@innocent.com Joe