4STIXX
“You Guide – We Shield –We Glide”…
Partners: Souleymane Thiam and Walter J McCreary Jr
Logo and Slogan
“You Guide – We Shield –We Glide”…
Collaborative Consultants & Services…owns:
4-Stixx…
 A New and Cutting-Edge organization created for Beginners,
Amateurs, Intermediate, Advanced and Professional “SportBoarders”.
 The company will establish itself as the Five-Star company when it
comes to “safety features” and information for all 4-Stixx consumers.
 We will continue to demand of ourselves, “Innovation”, while having
the cutting edge on our industry.
Our Mission:
 To offer the next-best innovation for Skateboards, and Longboards,
Snowboards and Surfboards.
 To build and create a new awareness of “sport-boarding” with 4-Stixx
and their health benefits--the difficulties of the sport(s) and reasons
to plan before you ride.
 To expand our customer base by establishing a direct link for those
who ”sport-board” and our safety features, both present and future.
To dare to create is to dare to innovate.
Skateboarding:
Competitors Technology:
 Skateboards – New Hesho Disposable Lib Tech Skates.
 Environmentally friendly lamination with 7plys of ecologically harvested
“Hardrock Maple”.
 Exo-Skeletech Plasthide Semi Slicks.
 Exo-Skeletech Picked Maple Bottoms, Exo-Skeletech Disposable
Standards or HDS.
Long-Boarding:
Competitors Technology:
 Longboards - New Hesho Disposable Lib Tech Skates.
 Environmentally friendly lamination with 7plys of ecologically harvested Hardrock
Maple.
 Exo-Skeletech Plasthide Semi Slicks.
 Exo-Skeletech Picked Maple Bottoms, Exo-Skeletech Disposable Standards or HDS.
Snowboarding:
Competitors Technology:
 Snowboards – Camber Dominant Tomahawk Technology or T.T.
 Banana Tech and Magnet-Traction or BTX.
 TT – Camber/Flat: Rips everything for aggressive snowboarders with no
governor and no brakes.
 BTX – Revolutionary all terrain freestyle banana blend. Rocker between your
feet with flat to mild camber to contact.
Surf-boarding:
Competitors Technology:
 Surfboards – Lightweight Power-pop Air-spring Core.
 LVR43 High Rebound Matrix.
 2D2D Volcanic Organic Basalt Honeycomb.
 Lib Tech Leash Plug. Dang Difficult to Ding.
Opportunities:
 4-Stixx products has patent potential.
 Once awarded the patents, we will be the only company, with a
license to sell 4-Stixx products.
 The patent would give 4-Stixx exclusive rights for 15-20 years.
 4-Stixx could then make additional profits through granting limited
licenses to sell its products.
Regulatory:
 Around the world, increasing numbers of people are skating for
recreation and transportation.
 Evidence of the growth in skating is seen in skate sales figures,
estimates of the number of skaters, the infusion of skating into
popular culture, and in the growth of police skate patrols.
SWOT Analysis Summary:
Strengths

Weaknesses

Business Owner experience for 26 years
 New Design with New Technology
 Patent potential
 4 to 5 years to build consumer base
We are a Start-Up company
 No adequate capital
 We do not currently have any Patents
 Relatively unknown in the Industry
Opportunities
- Patent potential
- 4 to 6 years to build customer base
- First to market technology
- Exclusivity for 15 – 20 years
Threats

 Copycats from the E.U. market
Other products flood the market after 15-20 year
Exclusivity
 Management breach of confidentiality
 Employee breach of confidentiality
Financial Projections:
Anticipated Forecast of Short-Sales Promotions:
Products:
By September 2015
By September 2019
 Tee Shirts
$34,875.00
$145,500.00
 Sweat Shirts
$71,970.00
$1,129,600.00
 Hats
$60,000.00
$315,000.00
 Jackets
$104,750.00
$525,000.00
 Wind Blazers
$104,970.00
$419,880.00
Our value proposition:
 Our staff are cross-trained on Customer Service Quality & Quality
Assurance which ensures the very best service perceived by the
customer.
 4-Stixx will follow up with all contacts made by a consumer.
 4-Stixx will send a "New Customer Welcome Kit” automatically with
each sale of our product.
 4-Stixx cares by offering a Five-Star product and service.
 4-Stixx will offer a 50% Lifetime Warranty on each of its products.