to land juicy contracts
on the fringe of / on the margins of
it is still necessary that
to deal with the initial problems
to still have a long way to go
to prove oneself
to get something up and running
exactly one year ago
to have nothing to be ashamed (of)
to offer sustainable solutions
to aim to / to set as a goal
to keep one's side of the bargain
a wide range of / a broad range of
large-scale experiment