"Everybody's Grandfather And the 12 Steps of Life", is the first offering by the SPP Team.

The SpiritualPreneur™ Team (SPP) is an organization of business and creative people joined together to create profitable, responsible, products, businesses, and services that enrich and empower people’s lives in an extraordinary way.

The founders of the venture combine more than 30 years of experience in production, financing and distribution of innovative products. The management of SPP is targeting a total combined population of approximately 25 million Americans in recovery, as well as the mainstream personal growth market.

The owner and originator of the SpiritualPreneur™ Team  is James Budd, The award-winning Creative Director of Rosebudd Productions, a 20-year-old Native American owned Communications Company located in Chicago. Mr. Budd has filmed everyone from The President of the United States to Dr. Wayne Dyer. The first planned project to be launched By the SpiritualPreneur Team is the 56 minutes documentary about America’s 98 year old spiritual giant entitled “Everybody’s Grandfather and the 12 Steps of Life”. The overall popularity of the documentary genre is at the all time high. With the stunning recent box-office success of Fahrenheit 911, Supersize Me, and March of the Penguins and the built in 25 million 12 step members our documentary should be met with brisk active market demand.

“Everybody’s Grandfather” is set around the life of and is narrated by James Houck. James is one of America’s great champions of peace, and the last living link to Bill Wilson, one of the founders of the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.  It is estimated that 10% of America (25 million) belong to one 12-step group or another. In addition, it is estimated that there are approximately 218 distinct and different types of 12-step groups in 130 countries in the world. In fact, in a 1999 article by Time magazine Bill Wilson was called one of the 100 most important men that ever lived.

There is almost no up to date information available on film on the beginnings of the 12-step movement. This has created a huge demand for information from those whose lives have been transformed by the movement, and Jim Houck is the oldest living eyewitness to the period of time when the 12 steps was born.

He is the last living link to the founder of AA and he is the man with the most sobriety on earth.  Words of wisdom, experience, strength, and hope from Jim will be of great interest to 25 million 12-step members.

But the “10% of America” that belongs to the twelve steps organization aren’t the only audience who will be intrigued by this film. Besides the personal growth market and history buffs, there is also The Oxford group of which Jim is one of the oldest living members. In addition, the International Rotary Club has just presented the 99 year-old Mr. Houck with the Service-Above-Self award out of 1,200,000 worldwide members. All these organizations make up a very large potential market, as Mr. Houck was a key influence in these life-changing, international organizations as well.

To quote from “Everybody’s Grandfather”

“Listening to James Houck describe his life is like being a stowaway on a time machine. He was six years old when the Titanic sank. He helped the Edison Company install electricity for the first time throughout New England. During the next nine decades, he lived his life to the fullest in intimate contact with the movers and shakers of the past century: captains of industry like Edison, Ford and Firestone; spiritual leaders like Frank Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group; and Bill Wilson, founder of the twelve steps”. In the 40’s Mr. Houck helped with the restitution of Germany and France after the WWII. In the 60’s he was involved with the civil rights movement in America. In the 70’s he was part of a peace delegation between England and Ireland during the terrorist bombings. And in this documentary he is sharing the wisdom, humor and profundity of what he distilled over the last 10 decades of living on this planet, with all who view this extraordinary film.

But were after bigger game here:  telling a bigger story, in a better way, to a bigger market.  Although Jim Houck will act as the narrator and a bridge for the story of the historical inception of  the 12 steps to the present day, (ending with footage from the 70th anniversary in July of 2005), a larger storyline will be going on at the same time.

But instead of telling about the 12 steps - we are going to show you.

Dramatically interspersed between Jims commentary will be vivid present-day testimonials from real people on how the 12 steps has impacted their lives.  Raw, anonymous testimonials of real people from AA, OA, DA, CODA, etc. –from  all walks of life, male and female, homeless to billionaire.  These courageous, authentic leads will be heartbreaking, heartfelt, eye-opening, inspiring and possibly life changing to our viewers. They will be more dramatic and moving and inspiring than any reality show you have ever seen. .  And they will shatter forever the public belief that 12 steps is only for hopeless alcoholics or drug addicts.  This film will raise the bottom by presenting a fresh viewpoint- an invitation to see how the 12 steps is simply a way of life - A set of superb, hard fought, non-denominational Spiritual tools to personal fulfillment and awareness. It is the 12 steps of learning to love yourself.  The 12 steps of how to find daily serenity - even in these troubled times.  It is The 12 steps of Life.

The SPP has a highly focused multi-dimensional sales and marketing plan to build its sales quickly.

Successful execution of The Group's plan will produce sales revenues of $1.1 million in year one, $4.8 million in year two, and $6.4 million in year three. Net profit will reach $2.4 million in year three. Margins are in excess of 38% after tax.

The highlights of the business plan are illustrated in the full business plan chart. Sales, margins, and net profit increase each year. The lowest margins (below 32%) occur in year one, reflecting the marketing costs of building the customer base.

1.1  Objectives

The initial objectives of The SPP are as follows:

1. To raise seed capital of $168,000 to ensure production of "Everybody's Grandfather" by Dec 06 and to establish cash reserve to market books and tapes.

$23,500 of which has to be raised by  5/1/06

2. To have 1,000 customers by the end of year one through direct sales marketing.

3. To have an additional 1,000 subscribers by the end of year one through organizational sales   and direct Web advertisement.

4. To have 2,000 more year two customers.

5. To produce two additional documentaries over the next 36 months. 

6. Increase our Sales in excess of $1Mil year over year.

7. Turn profitable within 16 months.

8. To sell an average of 50 products a day through our Web Site and direct mail.

1.2  Mission

Our mission is to join together business and creative people to create original products, services, and businesses that are responsible, powerful, profitable and joyful. Products that enrich and empower people’s lives in an extraordinary way.

1.3  Keys to Success

The keys to success are:

• Attaining targeted sales levels.
• Controlling costs while spending the maximum on marketing in year one.
• Carefully monitoring response rates of all media executions.
• Follow-up marketing of two additional documentaries after the first year.
• Attaining targeted sales revenues.
• Having the highest quality content in each of our products.
• Making all production and distribution dates in a timely fashion.

2.0  Company Summary

SPP is a brainchild of James Budd. It is a culmination of his lifetime dream and his experiences in personal development programs including 12-step programs. Mr. Budd is an experienced executive coach and producer and director with a long list of Fortune 100 clients and 20 years of experience. SPP will have exclusive rights to all print media, electronic media (Internet, DVD, multimedia, video tapes, as well as ancillary and foreign markets.), catalogue business, and possible seminars and workshops devoted to recovery and spirituality.

2.1  Company Ownership

James Budd is the founder of The SPP a newly formed Limited Liability Company. He currently owns all its stock. Equity investment in the company is now being made available to outside investors for the first time. The purpose of this investment is to raise the needed "seed" capital to launch the Project. An initial Private Placement offering to raise $168,000 to $1.0Mil is in presently in progress. The minimum amount of the offering would be sufficient to edit and sell our first documentary in 2006 Money raised in excess of the minimum will enable full-scale development and marketing of additional products. It is possible that no further investment may be needed. However, it cannot be assured that additional capital will not be required in the future.

2.2  Company Locations and Facilities

The SPP has current offices at 429 W. Ohio, Chicago, IL. 60610. The phone # is 312-222-1230. The office is fully equipped and functional. It is not anticipated that expanded facilities will be needed for the first few years of the plan. All business, management and editorial functions will be performed there. All printing, mailing, warehousing, and fulfillment is outsourced.

3.0  Products and Services

The SPP Publishing Group will produce and sell recovery and personal growth-oriented documentaries, tapes and multimedia products. Quality content is the constant goal. Our products will be original, entertaining, informative, practical and thought provoking. It will appeal to a broad customer population within the recovery community as well as general public. No products like it are available today.

NOTE: A full Prospectus including a complete business plan, treatment, marketing plan, and sample clips

are avialable to quatlified investors via this investor link    Investor Info Link. 

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