The Layout-Part I

The current plan is to immediately create a minimum of four (4) companies. Each company will have a particular focus and purpose, all of which are  controlled by one umbrella operation. That umbrella company will be to support the other companies, research and carry out other business opportunities that may, or may not directly relate to the other companies. Think of the Solar System for a moment. The planets are surrounding the Sun. Some are closer than others, but all the planets do depend on the Sun for their existence.

The corporate functions are by the parent organization, known as kybudman.com. If you do a search on the internet, you will see a plethora of activities around this name. There are many websites, many of which are dormant at this time to protect and keep the name. It’s proprietary, you see.

On paper, it makes really good sense. Combining the “back office” functions of each company does give centralized support and service, but not control per se. I suppose that’s not true, because each company is a child of the parent; the parent is always the parent. It is as true in business as it is in personal life.

Such things as Public Relations, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Accounting, Personnel, etc. are functions of any good company. The corporate culture of kybudman.com is unique to us. Boiler-plating success is not a bad thing, but we also highly want people who are forward-thinking, visionary, entrepreneurial, and possessed with the success of kybudman.com. That must translate effectively to each subsidiary company, within their own unique dynamics.

Collecting those persons is  tough. My standards are really high. I’ve done enough of this to know what my best skills are. One of them has been rightly described as “putting square pegs into square holes”. I’d like to believe that will be as true for this effort as it has been historically. Many will want a part of this enterprise, but few find it. From the top to the bottom, the selections come from a template of the highest possible quality, success, and dedication to the corporate vision of kybudman.com.

Information Technologies are (or will be) created from scratch because of the needs of the corporation. One reason for this is that the entire operation will be internet-driven. Each company will give its goods and services entirely from the websites. The companies are so varied that finding commonality or shared functionality between them will be difficult at best. There may have to be some “bending” of ideals to make it all fit. Customization is a premium option that we will use as often as is reasonably and financially possible.

I once worked for LexMark–the printer company. Every printer manufacturer in the world had released a new version of their printer. LexMark, however, set out to release an entire family of printers simultaneously, world-wide. I and my team worked very hard to make that dream a reality. We did it, too. That is how I see this enterprise. Yes, everyone has an internet business. But, an entire enterprise, completely operated on-line? Never, and certainly not with the innovations that are, or will be developed for the operations that will use them.

I’ve spent the past four years in pure scientific research, marketing, sales, advertising, education, software, and website building investigation to find what I believe will work for this enterprise. As people come on board, I will need their advice. Something might work well, but will it work best? If not, what will? Can we make it better? Of course, the best question will be “Can we make it proprietary?“

In my next post, I will focus on kybudman.com, the parent organization. It will be mostly dry, technical, corporate kinds of stuff. But, if you pay attention, you may see something quite surprising in it: yourself.

I’d like to believe so. I’ll look forward to your responses. If I can help, or answer any questions, just let me know.

Budroe

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