That being said, The Elder Gnomes Joint Venture is the next "management" arena that will need attention. The business plan for the Gnomes of New Hope addresses numerous aspect of management. For some time I have kept that plan close to my chest, not being willing to post it online, but since I am 67 years old, I could drop dead tomorrow, so there is no point in keeping it to myself. I feel like all I want to do is play with my cars, which of course, I can't do as long as The Gnomes of New Hope is still in it's gestation period. So - let's get the show on the road, as they say.
With that in mind, I expect that I will begin posting some of The Business Plan here.
I also have other business activities that require building a vested Board of Directors for each of them. So there are some real investment opportunities here. Now, I will say that in those circumstances, any success in those endeavors will depend wholey upon the credibility, experience and talent of the board members, not on me. The opportunity has only made itself known through me, it cannot depend upon me for success. I am nearing the end of my rope. I want to be straight up about that. My goal is to establish the management operations so that the endeavors I make mention of here can "have legs". Here's the truth of the matter; I have spent almost fifty years building Image of the Mind Studios, very slowly and very carefully, so as to survive while engaging in assorted creative art endeavors that, as you know, seldom provide enough resources to make it to the end. That has meant keeping it low key, enough so as to be able to direct resources as needed to be able to weather the storms of depravation. There has always been the potential for real growth, but I have remained in the development arena for very good reasons. Now there is no need for that to be the case, but in order for it to grow, practically speaking, there needs to be an organizational structure that is different than what it has been. That is the goal. And that structure is outlined somewhat in The Business Plan. So I will begin posting some of that here.
The clearly stated objective is to build a vested Board of Directors and begin transferring Image of the Mind Studios over to a corporate management structure, thus retiring myself from the operation.
I will discuss more of this in coming posts. AG
