I think, very simply, it's that it's administered on the ground in the communities. The people who work at IRAP are on the ground, across the country, and they invest the time building relationships and understanding the needs of the business and making those small-dollar investments with the small companies at critical stages. They focus on research projects, product commercialization—the critical piece that is going to allow that company to go to market or to increase its success in the market.
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