Yes, you are absolutely right, Abc123otc. If a company can, at any stage, get off the launch pad, and move into the AMEX or NYSE world, it will become known to a vastly increased (in some cases, more sophisticated) public, even gather institutional investors to its side – in other words, move into the top league. But that has to be thought of as the eventual outcome. I thought that practically everyone has grasped Chris Kop's guiding principle, that we need to move one step at a time. The initial step is to move away from all the shades of grey, and into a white space.
I did read this finally last night--but it seems to me (and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed as though he said 'eventually' and it looked to be referring directly to the AMEX thing)