That's about what I'm thinking as far as with time this stuff getting more ironed out on the trying to 'sell'/package the company more to investors.
However, if you are to be hired I want Gene to lowball you;) Maybe free would be a good price:) He's pretty good at that IMO.
I still crack a smile when I see what he managed to pay the auditors for last year (the auditors screwed up so he must've raised some hell to get the audit price he got LOL, it is the lowest rate I've seen for a public company complying with Sarbanes-Oxley).
Good to see him fight for all dollars. He doesn't even scrimp on himself (with his salary level being self-imposed frozen for several years now even as sales pick up substantially), so why throw money on something like a PR firm?