Compare the Money You Currently Have With the Estimated Startup Requirement

ProfitableVenture Business Decision Toolkit

Can I Afford This Business?

See whether your available capital, financing, cash reserve, and projected business profit are enough to support the business you want to start.

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Start with the amount needed to launch and the cash you have available.

Business name or type optional Currency Total startup funding needed

Use the Startup Calculator total if you already calculated it.

Separate money you can actually invest from cash you want to keep untouched.

Cash available now

Cash you want to keep untouched

This prevents the tool from treating every dollar of your savings as investable. Investor / grant / partner funding optional

Usable cash—

Non-debt funding—

Financing needed—

If your available funds do not cover the startup requirement, estimate what the remaining amount would cost to finance.

Annual interest rate

Loan term

years

Other monthly business debt payments optional

Estimated payment on required financing—Enter your startup cost and available funds to estimate the payment.

Use your Profit & Break-Even figures if you have them. Otherwise, enter a reasonable monthly forecast.

Expected monthly revenue

Monthly variable costs

Monthly fixed operating costs

Desired business cash reserve

months of fixed costs

Used as an additional safety check; it is not added to startup cost unless you choose to fund it.

Projected operating profit before debt—Revenue − variable costs − fixed operating costs

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