RE: ATS Conference18 May 2026 09:22
Look at you getting all lofty and intellectually superior, calling everyone else stupid 🤣.
There are big holes in your argument.
It's usually obvious who exactly companies are working with, we still don't know that after 2 years!
If meeting partners doesn't have to happen at the main conference then why go at all? Attending an expensive foreign conference to keep a 'partner' happy just causes unnecessary expense. It was argued that we were raising £1m funds to put us in a position of financial strength during negotiations. Why weaken it by squandering it on conferences we don't need to attend?
Literally basic finance lesson number 1.
Why let partners dictate where and when we meet all the time when we are trying to maintain a position of strength. If they are that interested and they have money why can't they book private hotel conference facilities to pursue things over here. Probably alot cheaper than us attending that conference. Why do we have to go to them all the time?
As you say, we have no offices, just a part time board and very, very limited funds to get us towards phase 1. Do you think anyone would really notice whether or not we miss an overseas conference or two while we focus on developing the 'advanced' partner talks we are already apparently working on? They will know who we are already, we've been talking to them for 2 years.
There is nothing stupid about any of those points...unless you feel you are losing the argument, of course.