{"id":678,"date":"2009-12-14T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/?p=678"},"modified":"2009-12-14T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T10:00:56","slug":"podcast-25-vocabulary-starting-a-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/2009\/12\/14\/podcast-25-vocabulary-starting-a-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #25 &#8211; Vocabulary: Starting a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-678-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2009\/12\/negocios_2009_11_03.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2009\/12\/negocios_2009_11_03.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2009\/12\/negocios_2009_11_03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2009\/12\/negocios_2009_11_03.mp3\">Download audio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting a business is a very rewarding and frightening experience. Let\u2019s learn some useful words related to starting a business.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Start-up<\/strong>. Start-up (inicial) is an adjective and it means that something (a company, etc.) has recently been started recently. Examples:<\/p>\n<p><em>start-up companies<br \/>\nstart-up costs<br \/>\nstart-up capital<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Start-up can also be a noun, a small business that has been recently started by someone.<\/p>\n<p><em>a high-tech start-up<br \/>\nan Internet start-up<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Business plan<\/strong>. A business plan (plano de neg\u00f3cios) is a very detailed plan that shows how to set up or develop a business. The business plan is usually written to borrow money from banks or investors.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Venture capitalist<\/strong>. A venture capitalist is someone who makes money by investing in high risk operations. (venture capital = capital de risco)<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Overheads \/ running costs.<\/strong> Overheads or running costs (despesas gerais) are the essential expenses to run a business like salaries, rent, fixed bills (telephone, electricity, etc.). Here are some collocations with the words overheads and running costs.<\/p>\n<p><em>to cut \/ reduce overheads<br \/>\nto have high \/ low overheads<br \/>\nannual running costs<br \/>\nday-to-day running costs<\/em><\/p>\n<p>5. The <strong>cash flow<\/strong> (fluxo de caixa) of a company is the money that comes in and that goes out, that is, what you receive and what you pay. Collocations with cash flow:<\/p>\n<p><em>operating cash flow<br \/>\npositive cash flow<br \/>\nnegative cash flow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is it for today. 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