If lack of financing is a major obstacle to starting your business, take heart.
Many small businesses start on a shoestring.
Then again, some entrepreneurs invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in a business venture and fail without knowing why. The amount of money with which you start your business is no guarantee of success, said Debra Esparza, director of USC's Business Expansion Network. Whether you have only a few dollars or a lot, you can drastically miscalculate the amount of capital needed to get the businesses started on solid ground. If they just do the part that gets the store open, then they don't have enough money to run it. Typical cost factors some fixed, some variable are listed below.