What you fail to mention there big fella is that you need to...

What you fail to mention there big fella is that you need to have a well researched and client compliant product to get off-takes. No amount of connections will get you an off-take if the product isn't trust worthy. Just look at Samsung's G-Note 7 disaster. No end user company is going to risk their reputation on an untested product. MNS have at least got the expertise to create end user products with their excellent collaboration with Stanley Whittingham's labs in the US.