Task Dashboard

Guardian Angel provisional patent

Filed March 2026

Rattle Cane provisional patent

Filed March 2026

Vantedge Home provisional patent

Filed March 2026

Guardian Angel non-provisional patent

Due within 12 months of provisional

Rattle Cane non-provisional patent

Due within 12 months of provisional

Vantedge Home non-provisional patent

Due within 12 months of provisional

Product liability legal review — Rattle Cane

Required before launch

NC foreign LLC Certificate of Authority

After angel round closes

Operating agreement update post-investment

Angel round structure finalized

$1M / 5 investors / 4% each

Investor dashboard live

everyday-steve.com/investors

Investor 1 committed

$200K / 4%

Investor 2 committed

$200K / 4%

Investor 3 committed

$200K / 4%

Investor 4 committed

$200K / 4%

Investor 5 committed

$200K / 4%

SBA 504 application

After factory is operational

NC JDIG grant application

New Hanover County incentive

One NC Fund application

City confirmed — Wilmington NC

New Hanover County

Site search initiated

8,000–12,000 sq ft industrial target

Site selected

Lease signed

Build-out permits

ESD flooring, electrical, compressed air

Rattle Cane line tooling ordered

$5,450 total tooling

Rattle Cane line operational

Guardian Angel ESD workstations installed

6 stations required

Guardian Angel line operational

After FCC approval

NCMEP consulting engaged

NC manufacturing extension program

Cape Fear CC workforce pipeline initiated

Prototype validated

Sound confirmed. Momentum transfer confirmed.

Hardware design document v1.0

Provisional patent filed

3 independent claims

Product liability legal review

Required before any marketing or sales

CNC plug supplier locked

6061 aluminum end plugs

Tungsten sinker supplier locked

95%W alloy fishing sinkers

Derby handle supplier locked

Zinc core / TPR overmold

Anodize vendor selected

Type II matte black

Tooling ordered

Pilot run — 50 units

First production batch

QC protocol validated

5-point rattle test

Website pre-order page live

Full production launch

Hardware design document v1.0

Software design document v3.0

9-tab app architecture locked

Provisional patent filed

5 independent claims

PCB schematic — KiCad power tree

nRF52840 + nRF9161

PCB layout complete

First prototype assembled

Wake word validated — "Vanessa"

TFLite Micro / Edge Impulse

LTE-M connection validated

Twilio Super SIM

Bone conduction audio validated

SOS triple-press validated

FCC pre-certification testing

FCC filing

FCC approval

Beta program — 10 units

App Store + Play Store submission

React Native Expo / EAS

Production launch

Hardware design document v1.0

Provisional patent filed

5 independent claims

Dock Tablet reference design selected

10.1" IPS / ARM Cortex-A55

Voice Speaker enclosure design locked

Dayton Audio ND140-8 drivers

Pulse Watch PCB layout complete

nRF52840 / MAX30102 / MPU-6050

Vanessa cloud platform alpha

Supabase + Vercel + ElevenLabs

Family app alpha — iOS + Android

React Native Expo

Grandmas Postcard feature validated

Under 10 seconds end-to-end

Integrated prototype — all 3 devices

FCC certification — Dock + Voice Speaker

Closed beta — 10 homes

Public launch

everyday-steve.com rewrite

Next.js 14 / Tailwind / Vercel

Homepage live

Products page live

All 3 products with galleries

Investors dashboard live

Factory page live

Tasks page live

Contact page live

Supabase form submissions

Admin panel — milestone updates

Update statuses without code

Investor login — gated documents

Stripe checkout — Guardian Angel

After FCC approval

Stripe checkout — Rattle Cane

After pilot run