Comments on: The Empowerment Of Online Investors – It’s Here For Good http://blog.agoracom.com/2007/09/05/the-empowerment-of-online-investors-its-here-for-good/ The Good Side of The Small-Cap, Micro-Cap Stock Market Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:14:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Agoracom: Small Cap Investment http://blog.agoracom.com/2007/09/05/the-empowerment-of-online-investors-its-here-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4627 Agoracom: Small Cap Investment Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:11:12 +0000 http://www.agoracom.com/blog/2007/09/05/the-empowerment-of-online-investors-its-here-for-good/#comment-4627 [...] September 7th 2007, I posted a story on this blog titled “The Empowerment Of Online Investors - It’s Here For Good”. In that story, I stated the [...] [...] September 7th 2007, I posted a story on this blog titled “The Empowerment Of Online Investors – It’s Here For Good”. In that story, I stated the [...]

]]> By: AGORACOM http://blog.agoracom.com/2007/09/05/the-empowerment-of-online-investors-its-here-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-514 AGORACOM Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:52:53 +0000 http://www.agoracom.com/blog/2007/09/05/the-empowerment-of-online-investors-its-here-for-good/#comment-514 Neville, great point. The revolt is probably easier to conduct than the search for a competent replacement. Nonetheless, a group of savvy small-cap investors are going to come along and flex their web 2.0 muscle sooner or later. It's inevitable and will make for some great theater. Best, George Neville, great point. The revolt is probably easier to conduct than the search for a competent replacement. Nonetheless, a group of savvy small-cap investors are going to come along and flex their web 2.0 muscle sooner or later.

It’s inevitable and will make for some great theater.

Best,
George

]]> By: Neville http://blog.agoracom.com/2007/09/05/the-empowerment-of-online-investors-its-here-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Neville Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:12:19 +0000 http://www.agoracom.com/blog/2007/09/05/the-empowerment-of-online-investors-its-here-for-good/#comment-511 While I haven’t used my blog, to try voice my opinion about ousting a CEO, I have used my blog to praise management who have done outstanding jobs(even if their share price doesn’t reflect that). Some of these CEO’s at large companies think they are invincible from the small investor because there are so many layers of management between them and the investor. How many times has a small investor talked to or gotten an email back from one of these CEO’s? I’m sure the CEO’s administrative assistant reads it and then throws it in the recycle bin. So the only way for the small time investor to revolt is to use the internet. My only issue with Eric Jackson’s revolt is that if he is going to mount a campaign to oust the CEO, have people in mind that you want to run the company and promote them just as hard as he wanted the CEO to be gone. Otherwise a year or so later, Mr. Jackson will have to go thru the whole process again. (or maybe Mr. Jackson doesn’t do that because if his recommended CEO fails, that might hurt his credibility) While I haven’t used my blog, to try voice my opinion about ousting a CEO, I have used my blog to praise management who have done outstanding jobs(even if their share price doesn’t reflect that).

Some of these CEO’s at large companies think they are invincible from the small investor because there are so many layers of management between them and the investor. How many times has a small investor talked to or gotten an email back from one of these CEO’s? I’m sure the CEO’s administrative assistant reads it and then throws it in the recycle bin. So the only way for the small time investor to revolt is to use the internet.

My only issue with Eric Jackson’s revolt is that if he is going to mount a campaign to oust the CEO, have people in mind that you want to run the company and promote them just as hard as he wanted the CEO to be gone. Otherwise a year or so later, Mr. Jackson will have to go thru the whole process again. (or maybe Mr. Jackson doesn’t do that because if his recommended CEO fails, that might hurt his credibility)

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