Dragon's Den star's cloudy biz still losing MEEELLLLLIONS

So is this....

a) Don't trust those people off the telly type thing? (They got where they are from scamming people).

b) A schadenfreude type thing? i.e. those people on the telly have done something which isn't working, so lets gather around and point at them - because they were on the telly.

c) Some journo type thing? i.e. someone just wanting to earn some pennies for their mortgage?

What do you expect? Talk the talk is not walk the walk and like working for a living

Well .... what do you expect? Vapourware, just like its kissing cousins, Phormware and Phishware, is so very tricky to make real money with .... and if you haven't got the knack with it in the IT Services Sector, you haven't got anything worthwhile to sell and are collecting liabilities and burgeoning debts and sowing barren seeds. But hey .... it's the new failed fiat capitalist way, isn't it. Don't worry about it ....... unless you've invested in the mysterIOUs future and there is nothing to be returned and enjoyed, that is. Then there be problems for you to try and solve ...... or ignore and hope they go away for another day.

:-) Which is also the new failed fiat capitalist way too, isn't it, created and policed by quants and right dodgy algorithm traders.

Is there any detail about the £4million 'Administrative' costs. How many new expensive cars did they buy, or was it merely a ruse to keep the Taxman's hands off? Strange that they manage to curb their losses to exactly the same as last year!

Directionless

As a former employee and someone who still deals with the company formerly known as Genesis Communications, they lack any sense of direction.

The management commit to new products and services left and right, the newer and shinier the better, shedding previous products and projects before they even reach fruition.

At one point, following the C&W purchase of Thus, TCFKA Genesis was handed a large (£10m) portfolio of business mobile customers. Within a few months, many had jumped ship due to a lack of support and shortly thereafter the service was phased out.

Next was the drive for UC and VOIP. Again, investment was made into a truly great product and several customers were sold onto the platform. Once again, the direction changed, the support canned and the customers abandoned.

As Genesis Communications, the company had a reputation for poor support and a lack of direction. These financial results show that this is still the case.

With all this change, as expected, the only thing in common between the two eras is the management.

the truth

I worked for this company as well and remember well who was the real brains behind both the management buy out and the move to the cloud.

mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2008/03/10/a-fresh-start-for-genesis/

mobiletoday.co.uk/News/5036/Motorola_man_hired_by_Genesis.aspx

At that point the business had £60 million turnover and profit of £3-6 million per year. I'm not certain what the definition of an entrepreneur is, but i'm fair certain it involves making money!