My business partner and I applied back in the spring of 2005 and were passed over. It wasn't all that surprising to me, based on the number of applicants that

My business partner and I applied back in the spring of 2005 and were passed over. It wasn't all that surprising to me, based on the number of applicants that the SFP had received. In retrospect I'm a little relieved. At the time, our company was not really in the state to make a run for a M&A or IPO exit, nor did it need to. It was only after doing more research that I realized that our company mostly needed customers, not investors. We've spent the last two years setting up the necessary infrastructure for us to support our customers. It looks like 2007 may be our year. It's been two years and we are still proceeding.