Business Development

The week after Thanksgiving started rather slowly. Being gone for several days necessitates that I spend time catching up returning phone calls and scheduling sales calls.

I spent time with our QA Consultant going over results of the recent audit. I'm very pleased with the results - we passed with flying colors.

This morning, we spent with one of our large customers to continue to push toward a design and manufacturing agreement. The going is very slow on this project - the norm with this mega-sized company.

This afternoon, I drove to Kilgore to visit with the principals of a small company with whom we are actively considering forming a Limited Partnership to design, develop and produce some exciting new products. Development of this technology is the most exciting thing that I'm currently working on. Unfortunately, my business partners, deep in the developmental throes of the last project that we landed, are unable to feel that this project can become real in a hurry. and it has the potential to be our biggest undertaking yet.

And working with this small privately held company is a breath of fresh air, when compared to all the large bureaucratic organizations that we normally do business with. I'm filing two patent applications before Wed Dec 15th that could be real game changers in our business. I can't really put anything in the blog until the applications are filed. Suffice it to say these applications are the centerpiece of the new LP., and should open up a fantastic new and exclusive market for us.