starting costs

Getting Investment, Key Factor: Initial Valuation

If you are going to get outside investment to start your business, you need to know your initial valuation. Valuation is essentially price. Say you want to bring in $150,000 from an angel investor. The immediate question from the investor will be something like: “at what valuation?” Sometimes that’s called “pre-money valuation,” because the instant [...]

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Bplans Starting Costs Calculator

If you’re thinking about starting your own business, any type of business, one fundamental will be expenses that you will need to cover before you open your doors, launch your website, or sell your first product or service. The timing of starting expenses is what distinguishes them from ongoing expenses that you track each month [...]

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