For anyone opening, buying or running a small business in Cuyahoga County
Know your number before you sign the lease.
Every business has a crossing.
Below it, each month loses money. Above it, each sale adds to what you keep. The Break-Even Desk finds that point from your own numbers, says what it means per day, and shows which change moves it most.
- Break-even
- 801 sales a month
- About
- 31 a day, open 26 days
- Each sale leaves
- $4.86 for the bills
Made-up example: a coffee cart with $3,890 of monthly bills (owner's pay included), $6.50 average sale, $1.64 cost per sale. Worked through the same calculator you use. See the arithmetic.
Then keep it on a Desk.
A Desk is a private page for your plans: no account, no email, just a link only you hold. Free for one plan; the Desk Pass adds room for more.
| On the Desk | What it does | Free | Desk Pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| The plan | Every monthly bill, your price and per-sale costs (dollars or percent, like card fees), your best guess of sales. | 1 plan | 25 plans |
| The first year | Opening costs and cash on hand, a slow first month that builds up, then month-end cash: the lowest point, the first month in the black, and the month cash would run out. | 12 months | 24 months |
| Each month after | Log sales, money in and money out once a month. See it beside the plan and the break-even line. | 3 months | 36 months |
| What if | Copy a plan to try a lower rent or a higher price; put two or three side by side. | Copy | Copy + compare |
| On paper | A one-page printout for a partner, a landlord or a lender; a CSV for your spreadsheet. | Print + CSV |
Open a Desk Desk Pass: $1.95 a month or $19.50 a year
Free during preview: every Desk gets the Desk Pass limits now, and nothing is charged.
The calculatorFree
A Desk with one planFree
Desk Pass, monthly$1.95
Desk Pass, a year$19.50
Free during preview. Payments are not switched on yet, so nobody is charged and no card or PayPal details are asked for.