lumenge, as you know greedy bankers want the surest thing possible when they make loans to companies. As you said, " ... financing should come from Mika going to the banks with a fistful of orders saying, "if you loan us $$$, we have the orders in hand to produce $$$$ in 6 months", ... " 

That is a good point. Could you imagine if Mika goes to the bank and says, " I have orders from these global multi-nationals and we need a loan." I think their eyes would widen and their stern lips would fold upward into a slight smile and later at the bar the bankers would high-five one another. POET would probably get as much of a loan it needs. 

We are getting so close now that POET (Mika) has more options to work with than were not possible before.

Monolithic