I agree, I think establishing the trust and credibility and getting everyone comfortable will be the key to this thing. Before that, even more important will be

I agree, I think establishing the trust and credibility and getting everyone comfortable will be the key to this thing. Before that, even more important will be to get the "right" group together. I think you're lucky that you happened to know 5 people. We'll have to do some upfront work to get the to level of comfort you already had from the onstart.