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Blackdragon offers a rich portfolio of strategic, operational and tactical values to our clients. We offer:
• Increased bidding bandwidth
• Improved PWin on critical proposals
• Enhanced market competitiveness
• Better focus on healthy growth opportunities
vice unhealthy ones
• Amplified branding plus enriched ROI and ROA
The Federal Industry Has Changed Forever
Our industry is currently at a major crossroads. No longer is business as usual an acceptable practice. For
some these are perilous times while for others, this is the moment to capitalize on the dynamic market shifts.
In the era of flatlined and shrinking federal budgets, too much supply is chasing too little demand and
companies are going bankrupt in the process. Today, the stakes are higher, competition is unforgivingly fierce
and there is no measurable victory for being the second best bidder. Simultaneously, the government aims to
award larger shares of contract dollars to small businesses and has made it clear that popular contract
vehicles are planned to play bigger roles. Albert Einstein is credited with once saying, “You have to learn the
rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” For the most part, Mr. Einstein’s sage
counsel is right. However, we at Blackdragon prefer another of his alleged quotes which states, “The measure
of intelligence is the ability to change.” Blackdragon does not seek to play the game well or even better than it
has been played; we seek to change the rules of the game into our favor entirely. We are the game changer.
Free Company Background
Mercenaries are soldiers who fight in exchange for a gain or material compensation. If we look back in the
history, such military forces have been used very successfully for thousands of years in Ancient Greece, Egypt,
and the Roman Empire. A ‘Free Company’ refers to a late medieval army of highly skilled mercenaries acting
in unison for a common purpose independently of any government, and thus "free."
During the later Middle Ages, Free Companies were formed, consisting of leaderless factions of prominently
accomplished mercenary troops. Nation-states lacked the funds needed to create or maintain adequate
standing forces, so they tended to hire free companies to augment their armies during wartime and in some
cases, they comprised the majority or all of the forces altogether. Such companies typically formed at the ends
of periods of conflict, when men-at-arms were no longer needed by their respective governments or when
political winds shifted and the armies found themselves abruptly without a sovereign leader.
Free Companies were very professional and often highly sophisticated relative to other military forces of
their age—they were the elite and ultimately, the most feared. They had established command structures
making them highly organized, well managed and even incorporated designated professional accountants
within the enterprise to allocate the loot across those who earned it. This made them not only dominant in
their respective fields of expertise, but also wealthy and powerful. Given their entrepreneurial approach
matched with high stakes in the practice of war, they were renowned for being cunning, inventive,
resourceful and uniquely motivated to succeed at all costs. Ultimately, these Free Companies had profound,
long lasting impacts upon the respective societies of their era.
Developing Trends for Soldiers of Fortune
If we fast-forward to present times, mercenaries have (again) become a distinguishable type of business that
is expanding in both scale and impact on world events. With defense budget cuts being made around the
globe, mercenary services are organizations drawing increasing levels of investors’ attention. Much like the
Free Companies of the past, business is booming for growing armies of private military contractors, who take
their advanced military training and offer it to the highest bidder. In fact, modern-day mercenaries are
stationed throughout the world fighting conflicts for governments that are reluctant to use their own troops.
More and more, these companies are becoming integral parts of government plans and operations.
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2. ModernDayFreeCompany
It is important to note that these soldiers of fortune only take contracts deemed to be financially
advantageous. Governments contract them to improve their respective country's military capabilities. Just as
the distinction between combat arms and non-combat arms is becoming blurred during operations, the
distinction between "advising" and "doing" for these contractors is similarly blurred. The reality is that most
of these companies’ operations are progressively becoming integral parts of their clients’ military capabilities.
If these enterprises ceased work during hostilities, the host government's military would not be able to
function near its perceived capability.
Blackdragon Is A Modern Day Free Company
Just like modern armies for hire have greatly emerged as formidable solutions for their government clients in
recent years, Blackdragon is a new breed of the Free Company serving the federal bidder community
dependent on winning new contracts for its survival. Gone are the days of big investments in advanced
training and maintaining expensive deep benches of overhead talent. It is now more cost effective to hire the
right expertise in bite-sized portions than to create and carry their operating costs. As cost-cutting continues,
scores of expert industry craftsmen shaped and seasoned over decades are losing their masters despite their
unique value. Blackdragon is a federated coalition of superbly trained, extraordinarily sophisticated, and
remarkably experienced business professionals all working together in a united spirit on behalf of our clients.
We Win Contracts On Behalf of Our Clients
Blackdragon is a first-of-its-kind consulting firm servicing all of the needs of our clients ranging from strategy,
to preparing winning proposals to recruiting and staff augmentation. However, to view us merely as
successful consultants would miss the entire essence of what separates from all of the rest. Our utmost goal is
to play a direct participatory role in winning as many contracts as possible. Similar to the way modern day
mercenaries have become integral parts of their government clients’ presence and future, Blackdragon boldly
capitalizes on market developments to robustly fill the widening void where companies challenged by
downscaled strengths and extensive uncertainties must aggressively compete to win new contracts.
By way of our six core synergistic service offerings, Blackdragon provides a variety of outstanding support
including: unconventional business analyses, critical market insights, strategic advice, marketing campaigns,
operational planning and execution, exclusive training, talent augmentation, administrative support and
when needed, we can and do engage in ‘combat operations.’ Blackdragon is a wholly designed group of
exceedingly capable opportunists ready to deploy our unrivaled competencies. In certain cases, we are willing
to work on a partial or potentially full contingency basis.
Blackdragon Is Different
Blackdragon is becoming recognized as one of the most innovative and disruptive approaches to winning
contracts that the federal industry has encountered in a long time. Our clients not only look to us for
unmatched knowledge and expertise, but also as their entrusted decision-making partners with real skin in
the game when it comes to success. Among our ranks is some of the highest grade talent to be found. We are
retired military, former industry executives, senior officials and proven leaders who see this new approach as
a continuation of our chosen professions. Collectively, we have successfully bid, won and managed billions of
dollars of federal contracts. We are designed from the ground up to be an employee-owned firm. And much
akin to our Free Company forefathers, Blackdragon is an elite family of self-selected members fueled by bold
aspirations of becoming the obvious choice for serious clients facing surmountable business challenges while
considering failure as an intolerable option. And unlike other consulting firms, we offer 100% guarantees
for strategically selected projects—if our teams do not win the bid on the client’s behalf…no charge.
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