Resource Allocation Plan
1. Engineering Team Structure & Growth
Phase 1: Foundation (Months 1-3)
Core Engineering Team - $120,000/month
- 1 Tech Lead/Architect ($180K/year)
- 2 Senior Full-Stack Engineers ($160K/year each)
- 1 DevOps Engineer ($150K/year)
- 1 Security Engineer ($160K/year)
Phase 2: Development (Months 4-6)
Extended Engineering Team - $200,000/month
- Previous team +
- 2 Additional Full-Stack Engineers ($140K/year each)
- 1 UI/UX Developer ($130K/year)
- 1 QA Engineer ($120K/year)
Phase 3: Scale (Months 7-12)
Full Engineering Team - $350,000/month
- Previous team +
- 2 AI/ML Engineers ($170K/year each)
- 1 Additional Security Engineer ($160K/year)
- 2 Additional Full-Stack Engineers ($140K/year each)
- 1 Additional QA Engineer ($120K/year)
2. Sales & Marketing Resources
Initial Phase (Months 1-6)
Budget: $50,000/month
- 1 Head of Marketing ($160K/year)
- 1 Content Marketing Manager ($110K/year)
- Digital Marketing Budget: $20K/month
- Sales Tools & CRM: $5K/month
Growth Phase (Months 7-12)
Budget: $150,000/month
- Previous team +
- 2 Enterprise Sales Representatives ($200K/year OTE each)
- 1 Sales Engineer ($150K/year)
- 1 Marketing Operations Manager ($120K/year)
- Increased Marketing Budget: $50K/month
3. Operations & Support
Setup Phase (Months 1-3)
Budget: $30,000/month
- 1 Operations Manager ($130K/year)
- 1 Customer Success Manager ($110K/year)
- Basic tooling and systems: $10K/month
Expansion Phase (Months 4-12)
Budget: $80,000/month
- Previous team +
- 2 Additional Customer Success Managers ($110K/year each)
- 1 Technical Support Engineer ($120K/year)
- 1 Product Operations Manager ($130K/year)
- Enhanced tooling and systems: $20K/month
4. Infrastructure & Tools
Development Infrastructure
Monthly Budget: $20,000
- Cloud Services (AWS/GCP): $10K/month
- Development Tools & Licenses: $5K/month
- Security & Monitoring Tools: $5K/month
Production Infrastructure (Starting Month 7)
Monthly Budget: $50,000
- Production Cloud Services: $30K/month
- Security & Compliance Tools: $10K/month
- Monitoring & Analytics: $10K/month
5. Professional Services & External Resources
Initial Phase (Months 1-6)
Budget: $40,000/month
- Legal & Compliance Consulting: $15K/month
- Security Auditing: $10K/month
- Design Services: $10K/month
- Technical Documentation: $5K/month
Growth Phase (Months 7-12)
Budget: $60,000/month
- Previous services +
- Implementation Partners: $15K/month
- Additional Security & Compliance: $5K/month
6. Training & Development
Continuous Investment
Budget: $10,000/month
- Technical Training Programs
- Sales & Product Training
- Leadership Development
- Industry Certifications
Monthly Budget Summary
Phase 1 (Months 1-3)
- Engineering: $120,000
- Sales & Marketing: $50,000
- Operations: $30,000
- Infrastructure: $20,000
- Professional Services: $40,000
- Training: $10,000 Total: $270,000/month
Phase 2 (Months 4-6)
- Engineering: $200,000
- Sales & Marketing: $50,000
- Operations: $80,000
- Infrastructure: $20,000
- Professional Services: $40,000
- Training: $10,000 Total: $400,000/month
Phase 3 (Months 7-12)
- Engineering: $350,000
- Sales & Marketing: $150,000
- Operations: $80,000
- Infrastructure: $50,000
- Professional Services: $60,000
- Training: $10,000 Total: $700,000/month
Key Milestones & Dependencies
- Engineering Milestones
- Core platform MVP: Month 6
- Security certification: Month 9
- Enterprise features complete: Month 12
- Sales & Marketing Milestones
- Initial marketing presence: Month 3
- First beta customers: Month 8
- Full sales team operational: Month 10
- Operational Milestones
- Support infrastructure ready: Month 4
- Customer success program launched: Month 7
- Full-scale operations: Month 12