Then he hired me as "Director of Operations" or in a startup with 5-6 people (@Brandon Turner , @Dave Visaya , @Jarrett Baugh , and @Edd Morgan ) that means "Take care of all the pain the butt issues that no one else wants to deal with."

I spent about $600 on startup costs: two sets of sheets, blankets, towels, a nice single cup coffee pot, some other decorative touches, and keying the walk out basement door.  

Sam is a good friend that specializes in leasing office space, specifically to startups.  

The stylist is happy because he/she has smaller start-up capital requirements and lower monthly overhead.

I've also read a number of books on marketing and small business startup. 

There was one startup company in NYC, the very first, that had leased out some floors several years ago and subleased the excess to other startups.

Account Closed I would think you wouldn't have as much start up expenses if you could find a job at an investor friendly title company.  

For the past 1.5 years I have been working with commercial real estate brokers to help me find a location for a start up daycare center in Denver , CO and we have come close but things have fallen through for one reason or another (zoning over cite, not enough outdoor sq footage, etc).

What start-up performs better, that recruiting from a 25mile radius of some building, or that restricted to planet Earth via remote functions? 

@Corey Davis This is very true, I am working on starting my own real estate business and using experienced people in several different industries to utilize start up ideals.