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Estimating Start-up Costs
Getting Started:
- Small Business Administration: Startup CostsProvides an overview of the process of estimating your costs.
- SCORE Startup TemplateProvides an Excel template to help organize your startup costs.
Ideas for identifying costs:
- ReferenceUSA (Poudre River Library District database)Find local wholesalers and distributors for input materials and other supplies. You can access this with a Poudre River Public library card
- AmazonEstimate equipment costs
- Salary.comEstimate the salary ranges for job positions you need to hire
Funding Assistance
- Small Business Administration: FundingAn overview of commonly used funding sources, including descriptions of SBA loans.
- Larimer Small Business Development CenterProvides free consulting to small business owners at the start-up, expansion, and exit stages.
Resources for Venture Capital
- Rocky Mountain Venture Capital AssociationA list of venture capital firms that operate in Colorado.
- CrunchBaseDatabase of tech companies and investors. Works like a wiki and anyone can edit.
- DealBook - Venture CapitalNews on venture capital from the New York Times
- Venture Capital DispatchNews on venture capital from the Wall Street Journal.
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