ABD
Development Group
Business
Plan
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Brian
Dodd DTM
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Business
Description
“
A B D Development Group” is a new business based in
Victoria, British Columbia, specializing in assisting small and
medium sized businesses in partnering with investment capital sources
to advance their business' mission. And, in the case of existing
businesses how to identify and create value added features to their
existing model.
Primary services will include assisting new or existing
business in putting together a business plan to be presented to
potential angel or conventional investors. The method will be to use
the Wiki
format to develop their Plan, as a kind of closed circuit Internet
tool. This will allow all the stakeholder to contribute to the Plan.
Allowing for operational reviews, business re-engineering, market
feasibility studies, strategic planning, on and off line planning
sessions, and information workshops.
Vision and Mission Statement
“A B D Development Group” vision is to become a
leader in small and medium size businesses who are seeking investment
capital and expertise to utilize the Wiki World (W2) management
style. A Wiki is the technology that was used to develop the world
largest encyclopedia. It can both be use a public and private
business process.
Our mission is to:
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seek out such
businesses as need this dynamic form of planning;
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organize a planning
team to get the right people on the 'bus', then let the team choose
the 'driver';
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keep overhead costs
low, by follow the Scocialtext
Inc. example and create a virtual office
and use their services, Skype,
and FreeConference
to run our business. If a physical located is needed we use our
partners business location;
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use all the latest
techniques of the Internet to coordinate the various tasks of the
Planning Teams.
Once a plan is in place we will then help the business
find the right implementation and investment team to make it happen.
Our intention is to specialize in the three area's of
our expertise; namely Real Estate, High Technology, and Energy
Production using non traditional sources.
We plan to not only assist these businesses, but to take
an investment position in them.
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Ownership and Management
“
A B D Development Group” is a sole proprietorship,
owned by Brian Dodd. It
is not the intention of this business to do anything but to invest in
incorporated businesses. We will not become involved in any
partnerships, only to become involved by taking shares or options in
incorporated businesses. This is for both business protection and
income tax purposes.
Brian Dodd has extensive schooling and experience in
business consulting, accounting, and software architecture in the
computerized accounting and management areas.
He has over 40 years of service in the software design
and programming field. He has years of experience and training in
utilizing the Internet to communicate with his clients.
Brian Dodd is a former CGA,
and APA. He has taken various Computer Courses with CDI
College, Victoria in 2003; and eCommerce
and Management of Online Business with Vancouver
Career College in 2006.
He successfully completed a course in Professional
Project Management: Laying the Foundation given by Enterprise
Project Management Ltd in
September 2005; then in 2007 he took a an intensive two days seminar
with The
Trump Institute in Real Estate and
Business ownership.
Brian Dodd has been the CEO of “3001 by Zarcom System
Inc.” since 1969 years. The corporation specializes in offering
computerized business software solutions to small and medium sized
businesses.
As of July, 2008, Brian Dodd will have attained a
Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award. The highest level in the
Toastmasters
International, communication and
leadership programs. Since joining the Toastmasters organization on
May 1, 2005 he is District 21 (BC) Email Coordinator, Vice President
of Education with VI Entrepreneur Toastmasters, Vice President of
Public Relations of Night Hawks Club. He is also Past Area 3
Governor, Past Club President, and Past Club Treasurer. For his High
Performance Leadership program he produced “A Mini History of
Toastmasters in British Columbia” multi-media DVD, with videos,
pictures and written history from 1930.
He is also a member of Victoria
Real Estate Investment Club
(VREIC)
Key Initiatives and Objectives
“
A B D Development Group” will set up a model Wiki
for mass collaborative business planning and product and service
development. This model will be used to both show prospective
companies what we can do for their businesses. We fully intend to
invest in the businesses we assist.
We are currently establishing a working relationship
with some angel investors in the type of businesses we select to work
with, . We will find businesses to assist and to invest in. Using the
Networks developed by Brian Dodd from his current and past business
connections, his connections in Toastmasters International and the
Internet connection of Linkedin,
we will find both businesses that need our assistances and
entrepreneurs that can become part of their Planning and
Implementation teams.
Marketing Opportunities
Due to high overhead costs, many companies are reducing
the number of employee’s they have, outsourcing production, using
an increasing numbers of consultants. Not only are they reducing
their labour costs, they are reducing the high price of indirect
labour costs such as employing smart ways to reduce travel costs.
Many business in order to survive are have to seek suppliers and
partnerships with businesses in all parts of the world. It is “A B
D Development Group” plan to help these business to take full
advantage of this expanding world economy.
Covering the three area's we intend to specialize in,
our research point out the following opportunities.
- Real
Estate will continue to be a very profitable market, especially in
the “Buy and Hold” market. At the present the market is
beginning to slip in the price, and therefore some good buying
opportunities will be available. As the baby boom generation moves
into their retirement age, they will skew the type of real estate
that they need. They will be moving to the 'retirement' capitals of
the world, and putting more demand on the land and types of
development in those areas.
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todays high technology, business now operate in a Global Village,
and in order for business to take advantage of this they need to
move into the Wiki World (W2). This is where businesses have the
opportunity to have a worldwide presence and yet offer service to
their customers in whatever location they are in. To understand the
power of a WiKi, we just need to look at Wikipedia, the world’s
biggest encyclopedia. Started in 2001 by Jimmy Wales with a few
hundred pages
Alternate
Energy Sources are becoming more profitable as the traditional
sources are shrinking. One such source at the moments is to use
garbage as a source of fuel to be converted into electricity. There
are non polluting methods to burn this garbage close to the sources
of creation and thereby save in transportation cost, and being able
to feed it back into the electrical grid.
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Competitive Advantages
Brian Dodd’s extensive experience in multiple
disciplines gives “A B D Development Group” a distinct advantage
over the competition, along with the fact that he has been a team
member of the management of many businesses for over 45 years,
especially in accounting, the use of computer technology, and
communication networks.
By using the Wiki World (W2), “ABD Developments Group”
will have a definite cost advantage in communicating with and
assisting their partners.
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Marketing Strategy
Our target markets will be small to medium sized new or
existing businesses in the Global Village and who are wishing to use
the Wiki World. “A
B D Development Group” will do very little conventional
advertising, except using the Internet as a marketing tool. Within
the next year, “A B D Development Group” will develop an Wiki
site highlighting how a Wiki will help our potential partners. We
will use the site to write articles on business opportunities and
methods in order to attract businesses and investors. We will forward
these articles to magazines using both paper and Internet.
“A B D Development Group” will utilize Brian Dodd's
business networking connections, the Toastmasters International
organization. He is already working on various WiKi projects for
both Toastmasters and other education opportunities.
He will use his membership in Linkedin network, and his
former business contacts over his many years in business. Plus his
real estate connects through VREIC and The Trump Institute.
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Location and Facilities
“
ABD Development Group” will follow the Scocialtext
Inc. example and create a virtual office and use their services,
Skype, and FreeConference to run our business.
If a physical located is needed we will use our partners
business location; or use the facilities of universities or colleges.
In Greater Victoria we will use the facilities of
Vancouver
Island Technology Park, where they
have full conferencing, Internet, and presentation equipment. They
have a Board Room (16 seats) for smaller groups or the Conference
Room (90 people) for larger groups.
Financial Projections
Financial Information is available on request. Email
Brian Dodd with "ABD Development Group - Information Request" in the Subject line.
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