Every business in the database sorted by the money it takes to begin. Pick the
figure you can lose without it changing your life — not the one you hope to raise — and see
what is genuinely open to you.
Above it, almost nothing new appears: 112 of our 115
businesses already start under €50,000. Past that point more money stops buying more
options and starts buying fixed costs — which is a different decision, and the guide covers
it properly.
Money is the constraint people ask about first, and it decides least
Budget alone rarely narrows the field as much as the hours you actually have free, or how
long you can go before the first euro arrives.
Run all five constraints and the list usually gets much shorter.