Foundations to Structures: Building Higher

Over the past few weeks I have marvelled at how blessed this company is. I know that we have a great future, but about 2 weeks ago I asked God, "How are we supposed to get there?" Since that day I have seen the favour of God over our business. I wonder how people do business without God. I spent some time in prayer at church last week and while I was praying God showed me a design for our next business card. It's something that I've never seen before. That's what I expect will happen. I expect that God will give us cutting edge business strategies; strategies that have never been seen before.Business is growing very well. I'm realizing that like with a physical structure, the longest phase in the building process is the foundation. Foundation is everything. The heights to which you can reach are determined by your foundation. How deep have you dug? I first got the vision for an administrative solutions consulting company in February 2006. I didn't incorporate the company until February 2007. I spent a year in personal and corporate development. I honed my skills and developed as a leader. I saw a few clients during that time to develop our systems, policies, and forms. I spent a year laying the foundation of this company before incorporating, and even now I'm finding that there are still more aspects of the foundation to lay. By no means have we arrived. The companies that reach amazing heights are those whose managers spent time laying a strong foundation. What do we really believe in as a company? What are our core values? What is our target market? What can we do or provide that no one else can? How big do we want to become? The answers to these questions help to establish your foundation whether you're a church, ministry, business, or non-profit organization. Spend time developing your idea before you launch out. Spend time writing out your thoughts on your idea.On the road to starting this company one of my friends also started a company after me and was fully operational in the matter of months while I was still in a time of research and development. I learned a valuable lesson at that time. It will take someone who is building a 60 storey tower longer to plan than someone who is building a 20 storey building. Furthermore, if you are building a 60 storey tower you will need to take more time building your foundation than someone who is building a 20 storey building. This prinicple taught me not to compare how I'm going about building my company (both the foundation and actual structure) with how other people are doing it. Vice versa it taught me not to compare how others are building with how I'm building. How people found (or start) and build their company is based on what they see in the blueprints of their mind. When I envisioned JD Administrative Solutions I saw it as a corporate entity, not in 20 years but in the near future. I saw it as a company on the ranks of Microsoft and the other empires of the corporate world, so everything I did was geared towards that objective. I was willing to take extra time in planning and preparation because of the magnitude of what I saw. You can't blame people who don't start their company as maticulously as yourself; perhaps they don't want to build as large as you do. You aren't better than them for it!This is a principle that I refer to when partnering with small business owners in growing their business, especially those in the start-up phase. What they see, the blueprint in their mind, determines how they should build the foundation and structure of their company. When building a foundation and structure for a business you have to treat each one as a unique case. You have to build uniquely according to the expected outcome of the visionary/architect.Principle: The higher you want to build, the more time you will have to spend planning and building the foundation.

Kevin BourneCEO/President

JD Administrative Solutions, Inc.

jdas@canada.com

Written Tuesday April 24, 2007