You only lose standings if you cancel a few missions in a row, right?
Anyways, I've got an idea.
Blaman's old corp is near Keproh, we could become allies (not form an alliance though, too much money for us and we don't even know them) and get some trading going on. Trading is really most profitable when you're in different regions, so we could base out of Abudban and negotiate trades with blaman's old corp. Abudban has good mining in the area, access to some of the best (if not THE best) lowsec PvP in all of EVE, and is not far from good NPC 0.0 (I have assets in the Curse region). Curse has good ratting, pirate missions if you like, and we could transport goods out there from Abudban area to make good ISK if we choose the right items. Abudban is one jump out of Rens, which is one of the best trade hubs in EVE.
Opinions?