startup costs


A variety of different costs that a new business owner must incur in order to get the business established. Typically these are one-time costs, and often they are allowed to be amortized over time beginning with the month that the new business begins.

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You need to try and figure out what your startup costs will be and do your best to get a hold of that cash/


The young entrepreneurs really didn't want to have to take a loan out from the bank, but they couldn't open their own business without one since they didn't have enough capital for the startup costs.


The new company's startup costs included the physical space to house their operations, furniture, telephony, computers, office equipment and other miscellaneous items.


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