Not saying anything pro/con NP...but even you have to know that $.50 to $3 in 6 months with no revenues by itself is not a measure of success if a more seasoned, better connected CEO could have had it go from $.50 to $15 with partnerships with BP or approvals from the FDA thanks to those connections.
Yes, yes...NP is clearly doing the best he can, but just throwing numbers out without context is a shining example of how statistics can be made to look any number of ways.