I probably bid between 20 and 25 times. I got about 15 contracts. It was a lot of work for what I earned. But I wasn't working only for that specific contract. Abotech was also the shareholder of a company which developed computer software, and I wanted to sell this software to the government. Every time I knocked on a door, I was told that the company didn't have enough experience. I was able to sell the software to the Government of Quebec and to Quebec companies, but it wasn't so easy to market it to the federal government. So I thought to myself that if I got into the consultant placement business, the government would think that the company did have expertise and might therefore give it a small contract to develop software.
On May 7th, 2007. See this statement in context.