Gourmet Provisions Intl Corp (GMPR)

[mikeer69]

I would agree... Hey, if the product is perceived as better than the competition when this thing reaches more of a critical mass, there is a ton of upside. Remember my comments on folks habit of eating out. If a slowdown economically comes, they aren't going to likely break that habit, but you'll see shops like UPZS get more of the business due to dollars and sense.

These are indeed growing pains. They are allowed these, so long as they don't run out of $$$ prior to figuring all of this out. I would be very dissapointed to hear of another private placement, to be honest. I think their reception would be less than they think.

Every start-up has these issues, and has nervous investors... I think investors can point out their concerns and if the company is smart they'll take it seriously, but in the end they need to run the business as they see fit, and we've all invested based on that premise.

Remember that Jim V is a classic entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs need to surrond themselves with good CFO's, COO's, CTO's, etc... That's how great businesses are built... I think to a large extent UPZS has assembled a rock star mgmt team, but like a sports team, you need good #'s in the Win category to get on espn.

If anyone was looking to get in, it really can't get too much cheaper, and my thoughts are this is as good an entry point as any. Folks would have killed for $.08-$.10 9 months ago. If things work themselves out and a bunch of things click at once (highly possible), you could see another nice run. All IMO.