On average, prospective partners communicate for two to three weeks before planning to meet in person, if things progress that far.

Their rival in those arenas and prospective partner is losing money, too.

He plummeted 800 feet from a helicopter on the way to a meeting with a prospective new partner.

How far does this narrow your prospective partners down too?

The greater the size difference between prospective partners, the more likely the pairing was to fail.

This makes it difficult to be open and honest with prospective partners.

"We are in discussion with several prospective partners about development opportunities," he said.

Good, he thought, I don't want to scare off a prospective partner.

Then he'd need to file a claim to show the prospective partners.

Fear that being close to Vanyel would put prospective partners in danger.