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== Options #4 ==
== Option #4 - Sustainability Start-Up Sustainability ==
==== Description ====
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<li><u>Funding:</u> In order to initiate any phase of this endeavor, funding must be received to pay for the equipment and materials needed for the research. We have already recieved and a fund of $850.00 from the Windgate Charitable Foundation to begin our intial "Phase 1 (Proof of Science)" research. Other sources are currently being sought out for<br/>"Phase 2 (Proof of Concept)", such as the SIUC Green fund. The REACH Award is also being considered, and the Venturewell E-Team Grant has been applied for. If granted, this Venturewell grant will give us the funding we need to get this research off the ground, and begin developing a potential product.</li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.4px;"><u>Recruiting the Research Teams</u> : The main team will consist of sub-teams, each focusing on their particular specialties of research. The individuals in these teams will be based on the department in which they reside. </span><span style="font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.4;">Bio-Team (Microbiology & Biochemistry), E-Team (Electrical & Mechanical Engineering), ID-Team (Industrial Design), and M-Team (Business & Marketing).</span></li>
<li><u>Research (Mycology) [B-Team]</u> : This research will focus on which species and and substrates to use, and how to most effectively and efficiently create a growable product that conforms to the material property specifications. Also, to experiment with alternate combinations to develope various material quality options for use later. </li>
<li><u>Research (Engineering) [E-Team]</u> : This research will focus on creating create a controllable, mechanized 5-axis 3D printer that can extrude colonized compost slurries or agar at the temperatures required to preserve spore and mycelial production while maintaining sterile field. </li>
<li><u>System Testing and Prototyping [All Teams]</u> : Once a process for printing and growing our material is developed by the teams, it will be time to create and expose our tangible research results. This will help get our project even more traction. After this, we will begin refining our processes and finding more ways to make them marketable.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.16px;"><u>Market Segmentation, Customer Profiling, Lean Startup, Business Development [ID Team, M-Team]</u> : Throughout the research process, it is the job of these two teams to continue to develop the business from the inside. In essence, refining and expanding the entirety of our Business Landscape Canvas, which is too extensive to go into now.</span></li>
<li><u>Funding</u> : Once we know our mission from the inside out and have the technical and engineering capabilities to do so, we will need an additional source of funding. Kickstarter, additional grants, venture capitalists, etc.</li>
<li><u>Start-Up</u></li>
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