Operations will consist of the official organizational Partnership and a contracted separate entity--Administration. (Note: The Partnership will handle all Administrative duties until enough capital is accumulated to contract the services an Administrative staff.)

   The Partnership will dictate the general course of the FI project as well as decide which products and services are worthy to be produced or provided by the organization. They will examine all submissions sent in from outside sources as well as from FI-affiliated entities. (Special consideration will be given to "green" products—ecologically compatible, socially responsible products.) The Partnership will also determine the destinations of all organizational funds regarding FI matters and its socioeconomic contributions/philanthropic donations.

The partners would not have to relocate.
All operations could be conducted via electronic communications.
The administrative staff could also operate in this manner.

   The Administration will be a separate legal entity set up to handle all needed FI routine duties, consisting of personnel contracted by FI who will be in charge of conducting market research, contracting engineering firms for product development, helping creators obtain intellectual protection, contracting out manufacturing and service jobs, acquiring contracted shippers and marketers, handling routine business and legal affairs, and managing consumer relations. The Administration would probably be "owned" by an FI partner and would also offer its services to other entities besides FI.

   Basic Submissions Procedure: Inventors or creators submit product ideas to the Partnership.  The FI partners select one they wants to produce and/or market and, if necessary, begin intellectual-protection procedures. They then send the project to the Administration for market research. If the research is positive, any selected product needing it will be adequately developed by engineering firms so that accurate pricing guidelines can be established regarding production costs and final profit. A marketing campaign is then launched, wherein orders are taken ahead of time before production begins so that the Partnership can make an approximate determination of the initial quantity to produce. (FREEDOM will start out with the simpler products at first and then progress to the more complicated—and risky—ones when its foundation is firmly established.)

   Among other promotional methods, the campaign will incorporate the usage of retail marketers who will distribute FI-provided literature to potential customers. The marketers take customer orders (but no money) for the product and notify the Administration of the results. When enough marketers collectively respond with positive data that warrants the manufacturing or stocking of the product, the marketers are then instructed to send payment. The manufacturers or suppliers are paid, and the products are produced or acquired and shipped to the marketers, who then sell them at retail price to the customers who ordered them.

   The Partnership then pays Administrative fees, royalty fees (10% for products FI produces and markets, and a negotiable fee just for marketing) to the inventors/creators, and invests the profits in the manner and ratio described below. The process then repeats itself with new product and/or service offerings.

Investment of Profits:

   10% Partnership (Personal income)
   5% Administrative Bonuses (Personal extra-income for executives & their employees.)
   50% Black Industrial Development (Mainly, no-interest loans to Black businesses for expansion.)
   20% Black Socioeconomic Advancement (Mainly, contributions to social programs.)
   5% Interracial Development (Mainly, investments that help our interracial allies progress as we progress.)
   10% FI Treasury (Savings for Administrative expansion, product/service investments, as well as for rainy days and/or emergencies.)

Expansion:

   Administrative expansion will be initiated by a direct investment of FI profits whenever such expansion is warranted. Expansion of production capabilities will be accommodated mainly via FREEDOM's *no-interest lending of capital to participating industrialists in order to increase their capabilities to provide better products/services to the organization’s customer base. (*Interest would not be charged; however, inflation would be charged, if applicable.) During expansion, our eventual goal will be to arrive at a point where 50% of all of FREEDOM's manufacturing jobs will be reserved for the Black community, and the remaining 50% will go to the rest of the population according to demographics and according to their alliance with our cause. (We want to be progressive—not racist.) However, at all times, the vase majority of FREEDOM's social and philanthropic awards will be dedicated to the socioeconomic advancement of the Black community.

   If possible, FREEDOM will purchase land and mineral rights as well as raw resources so that a savings may be relayed to manufacturers and customers. Also, all needed resource-processing facilities will be acquired so that workable metals and other materials can also be supplied at lower cost.

   Besides inorganic products, FREEDOM will also branch out into agricultural and water markets so that our people may better control what they eat and drink. Later comes energy and whatever else we can get our hands on.

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