Startup requirements and budget planning
01 / YOUR WORKSPACE
One place to keep the plates moving.
Your internal workspace for helping independent designers get started — and for protecting your own time, resources and business operations.
Risks needing attention or follow-up
Supplier prices are not live-synchronised yet
Where would you like to go?
Start with the client's budget before recommending software or subscriptions.
The Safety Net
Maintain clear boundaries: guidance and checklists are reusable resources; bespoke investigations, supplier chasing and technical execution are paid delivery.
A note from your Extended Team
We're building this around your expertise, not replacing it. Every recommendation should show the client's budget, the decision behind it, and when it was last verified.
02 / CLIENTS
Client foundations.
Capture the founder's starting point, available budget, service package and current gaps. The budget planner can be opened for any client.
Startup profiles
03 / FOUNDER RESOURCES
Branding Studio.
Help a designer find their identity without immediately commissioning an expensive brand package. Prepare a brand brief, direction, website essentials and budget-conscious recommendations.
Brand foundations
Begin with the why.
A clear story, a consistent identity and the confidence to launch.
01Brand strategy
02Visual direction
03Digital presence
Brand discovery
Client working briefVisual direction
Guided, not done-for-youBRAND DIRECTION
YOUR STUDIO
A clear beginning for something of your own.
This is a concept board, not a finished bespoke logo or brand identity.
Launch readiness
Brand & website checklistRecommendations by budget
Practical next steps03 / YOUR KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY
Resources & software costs.
Build a realistic startup software budget from tools a client actually needs. Prices below are a dated reference snapshot, not live vendor feeds. Compare annual commitments carefully.
Client startup budget
Internal advisory toolSelected annual commitment£0
Annual equivalents, for comparison
Budget remaining£0
Against client's annual allowance
Budget statusReady
Choose software deliberately
| Use | Software / plan | Annual budget reference | Need | Source and status |
|---|
Annualised costs are examples of plan-specific published prices or editable placeholders. Check taxes, renewal terms, promotional discounts, local region and licence eligibility directly. Never tell clients an unverified quote is live.
Budget-driven advice
Price intelligence workflow
Live feed not connectedIn production, a scheduled server-side job should retrieve approved vendor pricing or official feeds, record source URL, region, tax treatment, billing term, retrieval date and previous price, and flag changes for your approval. No automatic public/client price update without review.
04 / YOUR NETWORK
Suppliers & specialists.
A private working directory. Use verified contacts and track what you've recommended, and to whom. Sample records below are categories, not vetted suppliers.
Supplier register
| Name / category | Capability | Location | Verification | Notes |
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05 / RISK MANAGEMENT
SOS & recovery.
Track what can go wrong during a founder's setup: unaffordable subscriptions, missing registrations, client onboarding gaps, payment terms and technical blockers.
Founder watchlist
06 / REUSABLE ASSETS
Templates & folders.
Build once, improve continuously. Keep client-ready templates separate from internal checklists and working notes.
Client-ready templates
- Business discovery questionnaire
- Startup budget and software decision sheet
- Supplier enquiry and comparison
- International shipping readiness checklist
- Client onboarding and approval templates
- 90-day startup roadmap
Internal founder folders
07 / YOUR BUSINESS
Service delivery.
Every client request should map to the service they've purchased and the delivery capacity you've allowed.
Establish£295
Foundations, templates, guided roadmap and defined feedback
Develop£695
Expanded guidance, one asset review and capped consultation time
ExtendQuoted
Hands-on delivery with a signed scope, milestones and external costs separated
Protect your time
Log time spent per client. Show scope limits, due dates, delivered assets, agreed revision allowance and changes requiring a new quotation.
08 / YOUR SYSTEMS
Access & setup.
A private checklist for running ALURAVA itself, rather than client accounts.
Security and integration plan
This HTML is a local concept with browser-only demo state. Before real client data, use authentication, organisation-scoped database permissions, secure file storage, encrypted provider connections, audit history and backed-up records. A price-refresh service requires a server, scheduled checks and vendor-compliant data sources.