One commercial opportunity the GEC can capitalize on is the funding they’ve been getting for expansion. Currently, they help about 85 companies, enlisting the help of more than 400 on-site employees to help companies with funding so they can be successful. The opportunity they face is continuing to crunch the numbers make good investments into companies so they can get the greatest reward possible, especially with the expansion.

            One commercial challenge the GEC will face is the flipside to their opportunity for expansion. With more money and more players, comes more risk. It will be important for the GEC to continue to make confident, profitable, investments that allow them to stay on the same track they’ve been on. The risk management assessments the GEC have to evaluate now will be more important than ever.

            One question I have is how you assess who should be allowed to be taken under the GEC, and what process do they have to go through to be taken in.