Is it worth the money?
See how long an investment takes to pay for itself and the return it earns over time, for a piece of equipment, a buildout, or a whole acquisition.
The investment
- Total return (5 yr)
- $90,000
- Net profit
- $40,000
- ROI (total)
- 80.0%
- Average annual ROI
- 16.0%
A planning estimate using one steady annual return. It ignores taxes, financing, and the time value of money. Be conservative with the annual figure.
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Business Fit Finder
Answer a few questions about your budget, skills, time, and appetite for risk, and see which of the 150+ business models genuinely fit you - then dive straight into them.
Open fit finder →Owner Readiness Check
An honest read on whether you are cut out to own and run a business - your strengths, your gaps, and what to shore up before you leap.
Open readiness →Startup cost estimator
Build a realistic picture of what it costs to open, by business type, so you know how much capital you need before day one.
Open startup cost →Business valuation calculator
Estimate what a business is worth using the SDE multiples buyers and brokers actually use, and see what drives the number up or down.
Open valuation →SDE & add-back calculator
Normalize a seller's profit into Seller's Discretionary Earnings - the number buyers and brokers actually value a business on - by adding back owner pay, non-cash charges, and one-offs.
Open sde →Acquisition analyzer
Pressure-test a specific deal: cash needed at close, whether the earnings cover the loan, and your cash-on-cash return - the buyer's go/no-go in one place.
Open deal analyzer →SBA loan & financing calculator
Model an SBA 7(a) or conventional loan: monthly payment, total interest, and whether the cash flow can actually carry the debt.
Open sba loan →Entity & tax chooser
LLC, S-corp, or sole prop? Compare the structures and see the estimated tax difference in real dollars for your situation.
Open entity & tax →Domain name search
Check whether the .com, and the alternatives, are available for your business name without bouncing between registrars.
Open domain →Trademark search
A first-pass screen of the federal trademark register, so you can spot conflicts before you commit to a name.
Open trademark →Business name generator
Generate name ideas for your concept, then check the domain and trademark on the strongest ones in the same flow.
Open name ideas →Breakeven & margin calculator
Find the revenue you need to cover costs, your contribution margin, and how a change in price or cost moves the line.
Open breakeven →Pricing calculator
Set prices that hold their margin - markup versus margin, cost-plus, and target-margin, with the math worked out for you.
Open pricing →True cost of hiring
What an employee really costs - wages plus payroll taxes, benefits, workers comp, and overhead - as one fully loaded number.
Open hiring cost →Commercial lease analyzer
Turn a headline rent quote into the true all-in cost of a lease over its term - escalations, NNN, free rent, and build-out - and compare options on equal footing.
Open lease →Inventory reorder & EOQ
For product businesses: the stock level to reorder at so you never run out during lead time, and the order size that keeps ordering and holding costs in balance.
Open inventory →Cash flow forecaster
Project your cash in and out month by month, so you see a crunch coming with enough time to do something about it.
Open cash flow →Marketing ROI calculator
See what a marketing dollar returns - cost per lead, cost per customer, and the payback on a campaign before you scale it.
Open marketing roi →LTV & CAC calculator
Weigh what a customer is worth over their lifetime against what they cost to acquire - the ratio and payback period that tell you whether you can afford to grow faster.
Open ltv : cac →Benchmarking tool
Compare your cost structure, margin, and key metrics against sourced operating benchmarks for your business model - free to run, with a free account to save check-ins and track your numbers month over month.
Open benchmarking →Self-fundable growth calculator
Find the growth rate your own cash flow can fund, and how much outside cash a faster target would need before growth outruns your cash.
Open self-fundable growth →Sale proceeds estimator
Estimate what you actually walk away with after a sale, once debt, fees, and taxes come out of the headline price.
Open sale proceeds →Exit readiness check
Gauge how sellable your business is today, and the handful of things that raise its value most before you list it.
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