Rutabaga Sweets is a dessert bar concept based in the Business Improvement District of Washington DC. It emphasizes handmade gourmet desserts in a casual atmosphere. Watching your dessert be prepared right in front of you is the unique selling point of our business.
2.1 Company Ownership
Rutabaga Sweets is a sole proprietorship seeking seed money. Incorporation will be decided at a later date as investors are secured.
2.2 Start-up Summary
Our start-up costs come to $300,000 which is mostly kitchen equipment, store furnishings and construction, and starting inventory expenses associated with opening our first store. The start-up costs are to be financed by outside investment. The assumptions are shown in Table 1 and Illustration 2.
| Start-up |
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| Legal |
$1,000 |
| Office Supplies |
$2,000 |
| Beginning Inventory |
$5,000 |
| Sommelier consulting |
$500 |
| Menus, etc |
$1,000 |
| Insurance |
$500 |
| Rent |
$5,000 |
| Design & Construction |
$125,000 |
| Research and Development |
$1,000 |
| Furnishings |
$10,000 |
| Expensed Equipment |
$125,000 |
| Dishes, silverware, glassware, etc |
$5,000 |
| Total Start-up Expenses |
$281,000 |
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|
| Cash Required |
$19,000 |
| Start-up Inventory |
$0 |
| Other Current Assets |
$0 |
| Long-term Assets |
$0 |
| Total Assets |
$19,000 |
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|
| Total Requirements |
$300,000 |
| Start-up Funding |
| Start-up Expenses to Fund |
$281,000 |
| Start-up Assets to Fund |
$19,000 |
| Total Funding Required |
$300,000 |
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|
| Non-cash Assets from Start-up |
$0 |
| Cash Requirements from Start-up |
$19,000 |
| Additional Cash Raised |
$0 |
| Cash Balance on Starting Date |
$19,000 |
| Total Assets |
$19,000 |
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|
|
| Liabilities |
|
| Current Borrowing |
$0 |
| Long-term Liabilities |
$0 |
| Accounts Payable (Outstanding Bills) |
$0 |
| Other Current Liabilities (interest-free) |
$0 |
| Total Liabilities |
$0 |
|
|
| Capital |
|
|
|
| Planned Investment |
|
| Investor 1 |
$300,000 |
| Other |
$0 |
| Additional Investment Requirement |
$0 |
| Total Planned Investment |
$300,000 |
|
|
| Loss at Start-up (Start-up Expenses) |
($281,000) |
| Total Capital |
$19,000 |
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|
|
|
| Total Capital and Liabilities |
$19,000 |
|
|
| Total Funding |
$300,000 |