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How Much Does It Cost to Start a Supplement Brand? The Full Cash Budget

By Greg Huang, founder since 2009 in the dietary supplement and nutrition industry

A manufacturer quotes you a few dollars a bottle. That number is real, but it covers only part of what your first year costs: what the per-bottle quote covers, the run costs missing from it, the costs that live completely outside the quote, the one line that moves (import duties), and the one question that turns a quote into a budget you can plan around.

Chapters

  • 0:00The quote is not the cost
  • 0:44What the per-bottle quote covers
  • 1:35What it costs to actually run a batch
  • 2:17The costs nobody puts in a quote
  • 3:17The one line that moves: import duties
  • 3:44The one question that turns a quote into a budget

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