This might cheer you up.  Maybe you missed another company sitting at this threshold just over 2 years ago.

"Background: Since 2005, Thales has become the fastest growing supplier of in-flight entertainment. Its advanced product, TopSeries, is now a popular IFE choice which is recognized for its advanced architecture and system capability. The business has grown ten-fold over a three year period requiring Thales to significantly invest in manpower and business operations in Irvine, California and Seattle, Washington. The company exports to all regions of the world with emphasis on China, India and Europe. In a short amount of time, Thales has moved from being a small operation to the number #2 supplier of IFE systems to world airlines."

Apparently their management didn't shy away from the opportunity or the challenge.