What preparations do you need to start your own animation studio? What needs to be done in the early stage?

Animation is a big business, and the cost is extremely high. The cost of animation production includes the investment of hardware facilities, software people, computers, graphic tablets, venues and good working atmosphere. These are just small investments. The real big investment is people. Including pre-script writers, role designers, background props designers, key frame animators, transition frame animators, retouchers, editors, background coloring producers, sound effect musicians, dubbing artists and so on. Their salary, living expenses, their welfare insurance and other expenses.