What the rest of the market "thinks", that is frequently wrong, is the largest source of opportunity in the market. That fact defines the entire point and purpose of doing your DD... and doing it better than others.
If "they" really "won't touch us while we are a pink"... all that says is that they think "the listing exchange" actually does the DD for them... which is wrong. So... I don't care... given I'm buying now... not trying to sell shares to those with a lack of ability in self limits.
See my prior post about what to do when the market is wrong...
Fine. I'm not in a hurry to have them know about us.
The company is doing the right things, the right way, at the right time, to address their opportunities. If the market is a mechanism for transfer of value from the impatient to the patient... I guess that is a pretty good reason to be patient.