How Do I Regain My 'Virginity'?
Last summer I was outed as a SC monger via less than circumspect personal comments in a review posted here on tuscl which was available in its entirety on google. At that time I was retired and I didn't give a fiddler's damn.
I am now back in business and I am in the process of doing a deal with a much bigger publicly traded company. If I complete the deal I will probably be asked to join the board of directors of the large company. That would mean a pretty thorough vetting of my career and personal and financial life. Big dollars are at stake so being on the board would ensure that my interests are looked after.
If the stock of the large company traded only in Canada, I have no worries; but the stock trades on exchanges in two other countries as well and I don't know all the 'ins and outs' of regs in those countries. The only answers I can come up with are: #1. Don't do the deal; #2 Do the deal and decline board representation; and #3 Have my brother join the board to represent my interests.
Any advice from worldly and wise tusclers?
I am now back in business and I am in the process of doing a deal with a much bigger publicly traded company. If I complete the deal I will probably be asked to join the board of directors of the large company. That would mean a pretty thorough vetting of my career and personal and financial life. Big dollars are at stake so being on the board would ensure that my interests are looked after.
If the stock of the large company traded only in Canada, I have no worries; but the stock trades on exchanges in two other countries as well and I don't know all the 'ins and outs' of regs in those countries. The only answers I can come up with are: #1. Don't do the deal; #2 Do the deal and decline board representation; and #3 Have my brother join the board to represent my interests.
Any advice from worldly and wise tusclers?
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Just call me "happily retired".
i swear art, i was just thinking about the time that one of your cronies asked you if you were the guy posting on tuscl as farmerart and here you go and bring it up again.
ol troop must be psychic or something, or maybe just psycho ;)
you best make sure that the vetters don't find this one ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XjRUbXt…
as a last resort you can speak of your faith and show them this
http://farmerart.blogspot.com/
All my life I have had the attitude: 'Fuck you, world. I'll do it my way'. Why change now?
Apologies to Frank Sinatra and Paul Anka.
There isn't anyone that would stand up favorably to prying into their personal/private life because everybody's got something going on that would probably offend someone somewhere. If a big dollar deal fell apart because of something minor like you mentioned, well...that would be something. Its not like you hacked into dead people's voicemail trying to dig up dirt or anything!!
My worry was embarrassing the partner company. Reporting to shareholders the personal info of board members can lead who knows where? A diligent digger could soon unearth my farmerart persona and the talking shareholder of the partner company is a real tight ass and could queer the deal. This sort of uncertainty is nasty for business.
I have been a lone wolf my entire business career and I guess I should not change at this late date. A deal with a large company would surely put my new venture on the fast track with access to much a larger capital pool than I can generate on my own. The anonymity of a private corporation has some large benefits.
That said, ignore it. Do your job. Take your position and excel. If it comes up in some undeniable way (and it probably won't), look them right in the eye and ask how it is relevant? As long as this isn't a daycare company or church you are probably fine, maybe even by law.
The way things are going we're all going to know what everyone else does soon enough, and to be honest, this will change our ideas of what is OK. Propriety (the appearance of virtue) is going out the window and in a giant glass house world, being a guy who gets lap dances is...well...boring.