Consider the types of hardware and software your business will require. You should consider the following: computers, mobile devices, servers, hardware for reading credit cards, telephones, etc. You should consider software requirements for: bookkeeping, customer payments, mobile apps, employee payroll, etc. Will you use local servers or a Cloud computing structure? You need to be thinking about what will be required within the first six months of starting your business. What do you need to get your company up and running?