Monday, March 5, 2007
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
Sekrits!?
Thanks for your patience! The additional dividend has now been paid.
Shortly after Revelations 1.3 came out, someone in Jita Local was trying to sell their data interface for 1.5b. Feeling it wasn't worth that much (and knowing I didn't HAVE that much!), I haggled him down to 1b. I pulled 400m from ZERO. and 600m from my wallet for this purchase.
With the help of a corpmate, we rapidly started Inventing, and made a fair bit of isk doing so. As he has now acquired another data interface and wishes to continue inventing, I won't go into details, but ZERO. made over 100m isk from this Inventing, and that amount will be rolled into next month's dividend.
Meanwhile, as ZERO. is not in the business of owning data interfaces, I was running an auction for the Interface in question. If the data interface didn't sell, or if it sold for less than 1b, the onus would have been on me to repay ZERO.'s 400m investment. However, I am pleased to report that it sold for 2b isk, and after paying ZERO. its share, I was able to issue a second dividend this month of 326,203,282.80 isk, brining the total dividend for this month up to 1,003,877,993.46 isk. Having paid out well over 8% in dividends, I was now able to take my salary for this month, slightly over 53m (I don't have numbers in front of me at the moment).
Two other developments:
MP
Shortly after Revelations 1.3 came out, someone in Jita Local was trying to sell their data interface for 1.5b. Feeling it wasn't worth that much (and knowing I didn't HAVE that much!), I haggled him down to 1b. I pulled 400m from ZERO. and 600m from my wallet for this purchase.
With the help of a corpmate, we rapidly started Inventing, and made a fair bit of isk doing so. As he has now acquired another data interface and wishes to continue inventing, I won't go into details, but ZERO. made over 100m isk from this Inventing, and that amount will be rolled into next month's dividend.
Meanwhile, as ZERO. is not in the business of owning data interfaces, I was running an auction for the Interface in question. If the data interface didn't sell, or if it sold for less than 1b, the onus would have been on me to repay ZERO.'s 400m investment. However, I am pleased to report that it sold for 2b isk, and after paying ZERO. its share, I was able to issue a second dividend this month of 326,203,282.80 isk, brining the total dividend for this month up to 1,003,877,993.46 isk. Having paid out well over 8% in dividends, I was now able to take my salary for this month, slightly over 53m (I don't have numbers in front of me at the moment).
Two other developments:
- Tinydot Reprocessing Investment Trust [TINY.], a sister company of Zerodot Schools, will be conducting its phase-two IPO on the 15th of this month. Watch the Market Discussions forum for details.
- Motivated Prophet is now a recognized broker on the Eve Galactic Stock Exchange.
MP
Friday, February 2, 2007
Corporation Update - Dividends Paid!
(all numbers pre-dividend)
Corp cash on hand: 1340815951.29 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: 444,596,459.31
Skills: 4,288,368,336.01
Equipment: 867,721,902.56
Ships: 1,370,000,000.02
Fixed Assets (out of 2b budgeted): 1,990,000,000
Other Assets: 1,819,665,405.67 (minerals and other purchases not intended for 0.0 sale)
Assets total: 10,780,352,103.57 isk
(957,071,225.37 isk on the market)
Total company aggregate value: 12,715,435,496.50
(Dividends paid to date: 1,186,115,589.54)
Total company value if all current salable assets sold at full price, and all fixed assets were sold at cost: 17,681,721,228.94
--(partial!) DIVIDENDS PAID--
Excess cash on hand: 677,674,710.66 (5.65%)
Salary: 0 isk
Dividend Paid: 677,674,710.66 (5.65%)
NEW corp base value: 12,037,760,785.84
--
You want to know why I said "partial", right? Right?
...
Well, unfortunately, I can't tell you :(. But there will be a second, supplemental dividend in 2-3 days. I'll post here when I can tell you the rest.
MP
Edit: BTW, I won't be taking a salary until after this second dividend.
Corp cash on hand: 1340815951.29 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: 444,596,459.31
Skills: 4,288,368,336.01
Equipment: 867,721,902.56
Ships: 1,370,000,000.02
Fixed Assets (out of 2b budgeted): 1,990,000,000
Other Assets: 1,819,665,405.67 (minerals and other purchases not intended for 0.0 sale)
Assets total: 10,780,352,103.57 isk
(957,071,225.37 isk on the market)
Total company aggregate value: 12,715,435,496.50
(Dividends paid to date: 1,186,115,589.54)
Total company value if all current salable assets sold at full price, and all fixed assets were sold at cost: 17,681,721,228.94
--(partial!) DIVIDENDS PAID--
Excess cash on hand: 677,674,710.66 (5.65%)
Salary: 0 isk
Dividend Paid: 677,674,710.66 (5.65%)
NEW corp base value: 12,037,760,785.84
--
You want to know why I said "partial", right? Right?
...
Well, unfortunately, I can't tell you :(. But there will be a second, supplemental dividend in 2-3 days. I'll post here when I can tell you the rest.
MP
Edit: BTW, I won't be taking a salary until after this second dividend.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
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
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
Sunday, December 17, 2006
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.
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.
Friday, December 8, 2006
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:
Yours,
Motivated Prophet
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.
Yours,
Motivated Prophet
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)