It's a constant challenge. I imagine that's true across Canada, but here, with a lower population base.... At the moment, we're trying to find 10 more mobile developers to satisfy a $1 million contract ask that I really don't want to lose, and honestly we don't know how to find that talent.
We invest a lot in technology. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, we're getting to a point now where we're buying a lot of interesting new tech and building another new office space full of interesting technology, including Xbox One devices, virtual reality tools, a theatre room, and arcade consoles, and we have all of the new Apple gear for every new employee, simply so we can attract people to either move here from another region or to come here after school. It's a war for talent and for finding creative ways of doing that.
Usually with young twentysomethings, the things that drive them are money and the ability to play with new toys and use new technology. I get to let them build interesting technology for our clients because they're world leaders in entertainment media, but they want the best tools to do it, and I don't blame them.
On the capital side, yes, there's a huge dearth of capital available here. The lending institutions aren't terribly interested in services companies like mine. The venture capital companies certainly aren't. So it's been a risk. We've grown by bootstrapping, which makes it difficult for us to move everybody.