With the SLMU and Sunlogics Power Fund Management Inc merger now complete, the focus can now be on the execution of a business plan in a vast sea of opportunity.
Kudos to Mike and the team that led the merger processes. While I can’t say more about the internals of this particular reverse merger, you find yourself having to deal with both the history of the acquiring shell and the future of the entity which is being merged into it. No easy task to navigate under the best of circumstances…
Life is a step by step process, and so goes a prudent path forward for a corporate entity. Many will look back on the first quarter of 2011 as the beginning of a true opportunity for SLMU shareholders. While John Salamon certainly did his best, and appreciation must be sent his way for having participated in his own way, Mike now has the helm of a group of companies, which now comprise true professionals at many levels (as you can see by the most recent changes on the sunlogics website). Corporate leadership is a special kind, where the amalgamation of different styles of team members, locations, agendas and opportunities are brought together to create a greater whole than any could on their own.
I hope that I have been a positive contributor for the shareholders whose hands I was mandated to hold through this initial process. Many of you took me to task for speaking “in tongue” at times whether here, in private messages, or on investor boards, when I was simply not allowed (either legally or corporately) to divulge more. I realize that this was sometimes like dangling candy just beyond the reach of a child, yet I hope all recognize that I did the best I could to elevate the discussion to levels of ethics, integrity and transparency that were governed by one simple principle…what would I say if my child was sitting on my shoulder?
No matter what the future brings, this period has been a great educational ride, and for that I am grateful to all. I have had the pleasure to interact with a number of people within and outside of the group, who have been professional at every turn.
The opportunity to work with such esteemed companies as GM and Energizer on solar canopies, rooftop systems or other power-related initiatives requires of us an elevation of a bar which matches theirs, yet obviously without the resources that they have access to. It is going to be about partnering in an ethical and fruitful manner for all entities to be able to deliver on their respective agendas.
I leave you today with the one statement that governs all leadership, no matter whether we do so in our personal or professional lives…”leaders turn people on, bosses turn people off”. I hope that those within the group and its accompanying stakeholders will be “turned on” in a manner which benefits all.
Sass