RCD Business — Software to Generate Wealth
RCD Business is software explicitly designed to generate wealth. It operationalizes the RCD formula — Reach, Connect, Deliver — as a systematic, software‑driven wealth generation plan.
Built on the same engine as RCD Notes & Hyperscope for GNU Emacs, The Dynamic Knowledge Repository, RCD Business applies Engelbartian principles to commercial enterprise: typed, relational, versioned, person‑centric, graph‑native knowledge work, now focused on wealth creation.
The RCD Formula: Reach, Connect, Deliver
| Phase | Meaning | Software Implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | Attract prospects and opportunities | CRM lead tracking, marketing campaigns, website forms, prospecting methods |
| Connect | Build relationships and close deals | Sales flow stages, peoplerelations graph, communication center (calls, SMS, email, XMPP), follow‑up management |
| Deliver | Fulfill, invoice, and grow | ERP (invoicing, accounting, inventory), transaction tracking, receipts, wealth generation plans |
The formula is not a metaphor — it is executable logic encoded in the system’s types, workflows, and relations.
Three Integrated Parts
RCD Business combines three software systems into a single, unified wealth generation machine:
1. Multiple Website Revision System (WRS)
- Generates static websites with dynamic inclusions (HTML templates, variables, web forms)
- Supports multiple domains and web server targets
- Serves as the Reach channel: landing pages, lead capture, marketing content
- WRS Categories, Areas, Menus, Priorities, Page Layouts
- OG Images, main page flags, menu visibility
2. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Management of people, addresses, contacts, and relationships
- Sales flow management — move a person from one sales stage to another (Connect)
- Multiple address books with vCard export
- Communication Center with calls, SMS, e-mail, XMPP, and more
- Mailing list and communication follow‑up management
- Interaction statistics
- People Ring — hover over visited people entries
- Tags for people
- Upcoming birthday tracking
- Do not contact flags and per‑relationship communication opt‑outs
3. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Invoices and multi‑business accounting
- Account balances
- Administrative Scale — business and life planning
- Inventory management
- Statistics and reporting
- Unit conversions
- Payments, receipts, and bank instructions
- Financial subjects and wealth generation plans
- Budgets and projected budgets
- Transaction tracking with Reconciled flag
- Currency and exchange rate management
Designed for Internet & Online Companies
RCD Business has been devised for Internet‑based and online companies — typically registered offshore and free from oppressive governmental regulations.
The software assumes:
- Borderless operations — multi‑currency, multi‑language, multi‑jurisdiction
- Regulatory minimalism — no forced compliance overhead
- Privacy by default — encrypted elementary objects, GnuPG/PGP signatures, sharing controls
- Self‑ownership — you control your data, your relationships, your wealth generation process
Alignment with Engelbart’s DKR & Free Software Principles
RCD Business inherits the full alignment of RCD Notes & Hyperscope with:
- Dynamic Knowledge Repository (DKR) — as envisioned by Doug Engelbart (About DKR)
- Free Software — licensed under GNU AGPL 3.0+ (Free Software Definition)
- GNU Emacs — the extensible interface (GNU Emacs)
| Engelbart Principle | How RCD Business Implements It |
|---|---|
| Living, evolving repository | Real‑time object creation, modification, versioning |
| Capture everything (drafts, commentary, rationale) | Parent ID chains, Properties table, Internal information |
| Work lists, tasks, follow‑ups | Task subtype, TODO fields, Follow‑up subtype, Action status |
| Contact info, email, meeting notes | People table, Message‑ID type, Meeting subtype, Chat Log |
| Software project specifics (code, bugs, fixes) | File type, Dev‑T subtype, Programming Language field |
| CoDIAK (Concurrent Development, Integration, Application) | Executable Emacs Lisp types, Hyperdocument relations, Action LL types |
| Group brain, memory, connecting dots | Universal relations, full‑text search, Hyperscope Ring |
| Right hand knows what left hand is doing | Assigned to, Related people list, Report to, Curator, Sharing types |
| Roles: facilitators, knowledge specialists | Programmable in Emacs Lisp; Templates, Presentation templates encode best practices |
| Portals into the repository | WRS (HTML), Hyperscope Agenda, Org/LaTeX/HTML export |
| Litmus test: instant access to old designs with rationale | Version control + Parent ID + Properties + Relatedhyperdocuments |
| No digging through emails | Email ingested as objects (Message‑ID, Mbox) |
One Sentence Summary for the Entrepreneur
RCD Business is a typed, versioned, person‑centric, graph‑native wealth generation machine — integrating website publishing, CRM, and ERP — where the RCD formula (Reach, Connect, Deliver) is executable software, designed for offshore, regulation‑free online companies, running on GNU Emacs and PostgreSQL.
Further Reading
- RCD Notes & Hyperscope for GNU Emacs, The Dynamic Knowledge Repository
- About Dynamic Knowledge Repositories (DKR) by Doug Engelbart
- Free Software Definition
- GNU Emacs