Then no, these costs are not deductible at all.
"The costs you had before making a decision to acquire or begin a specific business. These costs are personal and nondeductible. They include any costs incurred during a general search for, or preliminary investigation of, a business or investment possibility." https://www.irs.gov/publications/p535#en_US_2018_publink1000208613
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