Budget 

The budget for a small startup company is arguably the one of most important aspect of planning. To that end, the STATag team will be submitting an SBIR Grant proposal for the Phases I and Phases II of product development. We will be submitting our application for SBIR to (insert government agency here) in order to establish our development on sound financial footing. Our SBIR application requests approximately $100,000 for Phase I development. Phase I will last approximately 4 months and our team will be primarily focused on the development of our prototype. We are additionally requesting $750,000 for Phase 2 of our project. During phase 2 our team will develop a real-world version of the STATag system and we plan to implement the Real Time Equipment Tracking in a test hospital.

Following phase 1 and 2 we anticipate receiving funding from Federal Small Business Administration backed loan and sales revenue from completed STATag systems. These funding sources will provide the funds for phase 3, our production ramp-up phase. We will require $200,000 start-up capital from a funding organization before the beginning of phase 3. During phase 3 our goal will be to repay the loan, build a customer base, and increase sales to approximately 20 hospitals a month. Following phase 3 we anticipate being a financially self-sufficient company turning an estimated profit of $75,000,000 at the end of that phase. At that time we expect to expand into additional inventory tracking markets.

We are anticipating, at this time, to proceed from SBIR Grant money to becoming a self-sufficient company. However, the possibility of being either acquired or invested in by a larger company is a distinct possibility our team is receptive to. Possible companies that would take a financial interest in the STATag and the Real Time Equipment Tracking technology include medical supply companies, medical equipment manufacturers, and current inventory tracking solution providers. The STATag is, in our opinion, a very viable product and a sound investment.

As our financial plan currently stands we anticipate being able to develop the STATag in the financial and time constraints previously stated. We believe that this will be a viable product that will revolutionize inventory tracking in not only the medical equipment market but in any market for which it is introduced.

The STATag© and Digital Inventory Systems are being developed under the Computer Productivity Initiative at Old Dominion University.