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12/22/2004 at 11:28 EST:
I thank you for your quick replies.
This certainly shows that you are active in your business and in the pursuit of
technology related endeavors.
I will continue to lay the plan out as we go – only giving enough information at
each level that we may effectively determine the right candidates. As I
aforementioned there is really only room in our model for about 20 – 24
additional individuals.
The idea is very solid.
We will establish a 5 – 20 – 45 hierarchy (5 top level members meet very
regularly. Everyone will have a say, but these individuals for lack of a better
terminology would be filling senior roles. They would each have approx. 4
individuals in their area of the shop (5*4=20) (this will become a vote out –
vote in process later). Then as part of the plan becomes everyone will try to
have a ‘lacky’. A squire. Someone who makes a fairly stiff wage just to be
able to hang out and learn from what we are doing. This role will however
evolve into a very important aspect of our overall goals. This role is what the
45 represents. Meaning that at our peak we may hold a combined resource of 45
bodies.
The hierarchical structure is only necessary to ensure that our team does not
become stale, that everyone’s progress can be accounted for and lastly but most
importantly that the organization can establish and amend an internal
constitution if you will for the future and promise of this entire corporation.
We are creating a version of the first employee owned corporation to exist
almost entirely in cyber space. We do have offices but nothing that could ever
hope to neither support nor entertain the types of top talent we are trying to
pull together.
The beauty of this comes down to the idea that possibly, just possibly when it
is all said and done we will have created enough ‘core’ products that each of us
is independently wealth from a constant stream of royalties, commissions, pay
outs and sponsorship funding.
By forming together we serve to create a cohesion that will gain recognition by
the community. Each of us stand to make a few extra bucks hourly because of the
foundation of team-mates that stand behind us. As the branding and marketing
spread literally over night to each of us. The right tools and best tools can
be learned from one another, we can break up into our respective areas of most
talent and work in cooperation with one another during the day to day of running
a business (that many of us endure). During the off-hours we will work together
(approx. 20-25hrs per week additional load to your life) on a constant stream of
software products, turnkey solutions, literary works, publications,
mini-companies, franchises and other ‘asset’ bearing productions. These will
continue to accumulate and build over time – with everyone working together we
will be able to achieve great goals. He!! I have a few inventions I may just
donate to the core to inspire others to do the same. If the group as a whole
agrees and the money is available – the necessary patents will be filed for and
the arrangements made that the core, meaning each and every one of us in some
percentage will be growing that much in our asset column. Assets if you didn’t
know are the things that pay you in the middle of the night. They create you
money when you aren’t looking. They give you the same money for coming into
work as they did for not. Your children’s, children stand to earn revenue from
the right kinds of ‘assets’
Once the team is established, everyone has upgraded their personal / business
sites and tools to the latest and greatest we will begin to establish a buzz
about our presence. We will work with whatever procurement talent we dig up to
seek after larger government contracts and freelanced work. Once we have
polished up we can take a few more high-profile jobs and fill in the gaps with
our every day stuff. This is of course only a small fraction of what will be
taking place, and with each project comes the need of entirely different people.

By creating a standardized form of billing (I think everyone will really like
what I am going to propose) – we will create a very comfortable open and
established commonality. This will make it very easy to work across the team
for support from others as well. The model I have in mind will also provide
that you may pull someone from the team or any available team ‘lacky’ to aide
you in every project. This will however be optional.
There will be a certain amount of monies built into our standardized pricing
that would also contribute to the core. I want to get out front with a couple
of ideas. #1 This effort will only be successful if we have the right team. #2
That team must all buy-in to the ‘idea’ that all of our future success is based
on the building of this core. #3 Once the core reaches a point that we are all
earning our yearly needs – we don’t quit. We must continue working on projects
that feed back into the core.

12/22/2004 at 11:31
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Please reply via. pm - with your skills (what do you want to do for
the group) and if you feel that you are great at!
Are you a great leader? A great Project Finisher? A great Motivator? Highly
Organized? More a brainstormer or problem solver? What sets you apart?
I also would like to know if you would be considered more of a lead / leader -
or a really good worker or a less expierenced but hopeful type.

12/30/2004 at 0:49 EST:
Thank you again for all of your interest. In fact there are over 20
individuals that are now interested in this opportunity. I have been speaking
with a large number of legal types of the past few days trying to really
understand some of the fine points to this plan. I keep trying to find someone
to talk me out of this. So far all I have found is encouragement. The
Corporate structure is setup to do exactly this. We are not the first to work
in this capacity either. There have been numerous companies that have done
exactly what I am suggesting. As the first members will essentially be the
corporate shareholders and largest part of the work force.
The current step is very important and has to be established fairly soon. As I
will be the acting Director for a while we are needing to establish whom will
fill the roles of President, V. President, Secretary and Treasurer. We will
also fill 3 other seats as MPM, Legal & Procurement very quickly.
I would like each of you to please issue an email directly to me
James@FreelancedTechnologies.com. In this email I would like you to describe in
better detail what specifically you bring to the table. I want to know if you
have taken a look at DotNetNuke since my first mention (or before) and your
first impressions, I want to know if you already have web sites / companies /
products ! I need to know if you have ANY interest in filling a Leadership
role, more importantly if you have any experience in and desire to hold one of
the board seats.
Please bring in ANY talent you have found yourselves impressed with in the past
to help fill in the edges. We have a very Technical Heavy response so far. 20
Hardcore Developers will only get us so far. We really could use to find some
of the legal and organizational structure folks as early as possible.
There is also talk of bringing the initial number of shareholders down from
20-ish to 15-ish. It is very important that I get something from each of you
that will help me find you and know you are the right candidate.
I am looking to setup a conference call for Wednesday January 12th around 9:00pm
CST (please let me know what this would translate to in your time zone - so I
might better plan meeting times around something universally accommodating). I
hope to meet with the high level candidates earlier.
Sincerely, -James Kies.
ps. This is a very serious business matter. Please do not get involved if
you already know you are not the right candidate. By that I only mean a
visionary. A talented, motivated, achiever. A #1 trait for this is going to be
someone that is a do'er and a dreamer, not a faint-hearted grump. Besides when
we are all wealthy, we don't need a sour-puss spoiling our fun. -James
pss. I take part of that back. We need 1 grump. So encourage Everyone you
know, grump or not - to show some interest in this. Even to just become
involved as a "lacky" not a shareholder will prove to be very
promising!
Keep tuned. More info to follow in the next few days. Keep the input and
questions coming.

01/08/2005 at 1:12 EST:
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