dap-addict wrote:Viper, I had pretty advanced plans for a favorable place in Europe for Feb/Mar, but tech situation was fucked up, also with camera and lights ghosting. It's all not as easy as it seems! Meanwhile I am more on the side of getting some special girls into those stable set-up studios again because it's far less logistics. I didnt burry all options, though.
Generally we really need to be happy to have people like Andrew X. carrying on what GIO left behind and using this infrastructure built up in many years of hard work.
Maybe in the future there will be some co-funding options.
Thank you for the update and info, we appreciate your frankness and sharing. I think you can tell, since I officially joined...I have probably been one of the biggest supporters of GIO studios on the forum, and also with my pockets for purchasing scenes. I think most fans, and porn lovers are very grateful to have Andrew X/GIO studios around.
Whatever you decide to do, keep us posted. From a company/business perspective...starting up costs a fair bit, then maintaining it costs a lot more. Usually, in the first few years it is hard to be genuinely profitable. However, there is a saying...if you have not made a name for yourself in a business, and you are not getting incrementally more profitable, or your reputation is not stellar...then it really is time to shut up shop.
You have big name companies like V oda fone, which are actually billions in debt but as they are a big name in the telecommunications sector and have a strong reputation...they are still going strong. So my message to you is, keep going, think big, and hope you can actualise your dreams one day.