Corporation Update - Dividends Paid!

(all numbers pre-dividend)
Corp cash on hand: 2,349,085,904.61 isk
CEO wallet petty cash on hand: 10,000.00 isk
Shares on hand: 450,000

Market Liabilities: 0 isk (166,565,099.07 isk in escrow)

Assets (skills by NPC sell price, implants by highest bid in Jita at the time of writing, all others at acquisition cost):
Implants: 371,473,313.29
Skills: 4,451,857,042.97
Equipment: 1,581,008,734.53
Ships: 1,370,000,000.02
Fixed Assets (out of 2b budgeted): 1,780,000,000
Other Assets: 539,951,789.24 (minerals and other purchases not intended for 0.0 sale)

Assets total: 10,094,290,880.05 isk

Total company aggregate value: 13,059,951,883.73
(Dividends paid to date: 179,161,300.00)

Total company value if all current salable assets sold at full price, and all fixed assets were sold at cost: 18,317,145,550.51

--DIVIDENDS PAID--

Excess cash on hand: 1,059,951,883.73 (8.83%)
Salary: 52,997,594.19
Dividend Paid: 1,006,954,289.54 (8.4%)

NEW corp base value: 12,037,760,785.84

(Note that due to game mechanics, I cannot pay out fractional isk in dividends. As such, I paid myself an extra 0.54 isk. If you'd like your proportional cut of the 0.54 isk, contact me in-game. You'll need to transfer your shares to me so I can verify that you have them, and then I will need to hold onto them until the next dividend cycle to ensure you can't submit them multiple times. I understand OZ has offered to broker such transactions for a nominal 1b isk fee.)

ZERO. is looking to expand to new stations. Please contact me in-game if you can arrange docking rights for me in return for a well-stocked market in your neck of the woods. Please note that I may require collateral until I have ensured the standings are in fact set and that I can both arrive and depart without being shot, scrambled, podded, or covered in raspberry jam and made to call you "Suzy".

The training wheels are off; January should be a full month. We're running at full steam ahead! Hold onto your hats, kids, because if when can make us over well 8% return without a full inventory to back me up, this month's going to be crazy!

As always, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to let me know.

Happy New Year!,
MP

Mini-Audit

I was bored, so I decided to do a quick-and-dirty audit. This rapidly balooned into a long-and-drawn-out audit, so I think these numbers are pretty damn accurate.

As of Saturday, the 16th of December, ZERO. is worth approximately 12.559 billion isk. Considering that this month was not projected to be a full-scale month, this is great news, as it means we're nevertheless on track for a dividend approaching 10% for issue on the first of January.

Corporation Update

Corp cash on hand: 3,369,656,165.96 isk
CEO wallet petty cash on hand: 10,000.00 isk
Shares on hand: 450,000

Market Liabilities: 0 isk (145,350,085.93 isk in escrow)

Assets (skills by NPC sell price, implants by highest bid in Jita at the time of writing, all others at acquisition cost):
Implants: 47,487,900.22
Skills: 4,103,804,629.21
Equipment: 1,810,897,397.91
Ships: 210,000,000.02
Fixed Assets (out of 2b budgeted): 1,780,000,000

Assets total: 8,221,861,411.36 isk

Total company aggregate value: 12,186,877,663.25
(Dividends paid to date: 179,161,300.00)

Total company value if all current salable assets sold at full price, and all fixed assets were sold at cost: 16,449,570,186.62

So, I finally got standings and everything else I needed to plop the sales alt in the destination station, and started putting up sell orders.

I'm messing around, getting ready for the tournament this morning, and I happen to log in to the sales account by accident.

WOW.

I didn't have the time to add up the numbers then, but I do now. For the last 48 hours, [ZERO.] has well over half a billion isk in gross receipts! Take a look at the corp value numbers to get an idea how powerful this really is. Keep in mind, too, the we took a large hit from broker fees to get all that stuff on the market in the first place (around 30m), plus another hit for courier fees as I'm getting the next batch into position for delivery some time next week.

Zerodot is alive and kicking, boys and girls, and (if I may continue the baby metaphor way too far), she's pooping money. And, of course, growth is on the horizon:

• As more people discover all of the off-market skills ZERO. keeps in stock, direct sales will increase.
• As corporations become aware of the safe transport ZERO. shipment provides, movement of BPO's and other valuables in ZERO.'s secure carrier will become commonplace.
• As I learn market demands, I'll be able to taylor stock to ensure we don't run out of critical, strong sellers.
• As T2 producers become aware of a new buying power, ZERO. can lower its acquisition cost for all of our T2 needs through supply contracts, and pass the extra margins along either in the form of increased competitiveness or cold, hard isk.

The future is bright for ZERO., and I'm happy to have you all along for the ride.

Yours,
Motivated Prophet

Corporation Update

Corp cash on hand: 3,076,218,250.36 isk
CEO wallet petty cash on hand: 10,000.00 isk
Shares on hand: 2,350,000
Shares reserved: 2,350,000

Market Liabilities: 0 isk (149,325,751.30 isk in escrow)

Assets (skills by NPC sell price, implants by highest bid in Jita at the time of writing, all others at acquisition cost):
Implants: 49,995,000.24
Skills: 2,732,475,100
Equipment: 2,178,020,029.67
Ships: 210,000,000.02
Fixed Assets (out of 2b budgeted): 1,400,000,000

Assets total: 6,570,450,291.95 isk

Total company aggregate value: 12,146,004,293.61

Total company value if all current salable assets sold at full price, and all fixed assets were sold at cost: 15,123,343,221.11

Skills have been purchased and moved into 0.0. There's about another billion in skills that needs to be purchased and moved down, stuff that can only be purchased in specific areas (racial weapon specs, drone specs, and Industrial and Dreadnought skills), so I'll be bopping around Empire on Yet Another Alt (tm) and issuing some courier missions to move all of that stuff into the port of call soon.

Kali brings three great things to [ZERO.]:

1. 800k SP starting characters—I no longer have to stop training on one of my characters for a month to get low-end skills on the market!
2. Freighters can carry plastic wrap, which means I can now EASILY move ships around via courier missions.
3. Invention and Drugs! Nothing like moving around Datacores from peoples' Empire agents to their mobile labs in 0.0, and then schlepping drugs up to Empire from the drug labs. Invention will also help to stabilize t2 prices.
   

So, right now we're lying low, doing some direct sales here and there, as you can see from the balance sheet. Come Kali, I'll be making a new toon and podding him into the destination system to start full-scale sales.

If you have any questions, send me an EVEMail or drop by the ZERODOT in-game channel.

Thanks for your attention,
Motivated Prophet

IPO Status Update

IPO Status update:
Corp cash on hand: 5,037,933,123.72 isk
CEO wallet petty cash on hand: 10,000.00 isk
Shares on hand: 3,141,000
Shares reserved: 3,141,000
Shares available (not reserved): -nil-

Total capitalization at par value: 8,178,943,123.72

Market Liabilities: 0 isk (293,751,858.45 isk in escrow)

Assets (skills by NPC sell price, implants by highest bid in Jita at the time of writing, all others at acquisition cost):
Implants: 21,871,000.25
Skills: 51,902,100
Equipment: 2,125,208,026.55
Carrier'n'Stuff: 1,400,000,000

Assets total: 4,888,266,128.47 isk

Total company aggregate value: 12,071,676,108.97

EMFI Invested, and cries were heard across the land as I became that which is other than the largest single investor. I guess I'll have to catch up on the secondary market now, lol. We are SOLD OUT! Many thanks to all the investors who made it happen.

The maiden trip down to 0.0 went off a little earlier than planned, but was nonetheless able to move down all the modules and skillbooks that had been building up in Jita. I'll do another trip in the next day or two to grab skills and ships.

It's time to get into the swing of things, and I've got a bullseye painted on my target station. Low prices, great service, and instant availability--they're never going to know what hit 'em! Welcome to the 0.0 wonderland, brought to you by Zerodot Schools.

Yours,
Motivated Prophet

IPO Status update:
Corp cash on hand: 6,707,134,759.31 isk
CEO wallet petty cash on hand: 10,000.00 isk
Shares on hand: 3,526,523
Shares reserved: 625,000
Shares available (not reserved): 2,901,523

Total capitalization at par value: 9,619,542,291.65

If anyone has a suggestion for a better way to format these updates, don't hesitate to let me know.

Market Liabilities: 0 isk (423,055,085.76 isk in escrow)

Assets (skills by NPC sell price, implants by highest bid in Jita at the time of writing, all others at acquisition cost):
Implants: 14,871,000.15
Skills: 43,482,600
Equipment: 1,979,901,010.73

Assets total: 2,038,254,610.88 isk

Total company aggregate value: 12,080,851,988.29

Not much to report today. Available shares took another big hit, and over 75% of the IPO is now sold or reserved. I am now the largest single shareholder in Zerodot. :)

Didn't get a chance to talk to my carrier manufacturer today, but I do believe it's ready to go. I'll be setting up courier missions tomorrow to move all the tech2 stuff down to the base station in lowsec.

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact me through the Zerodot in-game chat channel, EVEMail, phone (for major investors with access to corp mail), carrier pigeon, etc.

Yours,
Motivated Prophet

Welcome to Zerodot Schools!

I'll be updating everyone on the status of the IPO and the business here. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here, in the Zerodot in-game channel, or via EVEMail, convo, or just about any other way you can imagine! I'm the shareholders' employee, and I take my responsiblities seriously.

The business plan is available here.