Your time is valuable. You spend all day crossing tasks off your "to
do" list, but there's one extremely important task that you keep moving to
the bottom of the list. So what do you do? Do you hire a generic plan
writer to create your plan by interviewing you for thousands of dollars? Do you
write it yourself using cookie-cutter templates that leave you staring at a
blank screen? Where do you start? Start and finish with Business Plan Pro.
It includes over 400 Sample Business Plans - don't worry about writer's block
with Business Plan Pro 2005. Just select one of our sample business plans to get
you started. The EasyPlan Wizard makes it a snap to get started. Simply
answer yes or no questions to create your business plan framework. Expert
Analysis - The Plan Review feature checks your financials for accuracy and your
plan for completeness.
As an added bonus you receive Free Books - Learn the fundamentals of business
planning with Hurdle: The Book on Business Planning by business planning expert,
Tim Berry, along with other free planning resources.
Four step-by-step parts to putting your new plan together:
Start out easy
Develop a strategy
Forecast expenses and sales
Publish your plan
Tim Berry is an expert business planner and author of Business Plan Pro. His
expertise guides you through every step of creating a complete business plan.
Tim's Background:
Author of books published by Harcourt Brace & Dow Jones-Irwin
Stanford MBA
Co-founder of Borland International
Planning consultant to Apple Computer, 1982-1994
Former correspondent for UPI, Business Week and McGraw-Hill
Teaches entrepreneurship at the University of Oregon
Built his own company to become the market leader!
Business Plan Pro CD
2 hardcopy business books by Tim Berry
Legal guide for small businesses from
Nolo Press
400+ Sample Business Plans
Market Research for virtually every
industry
Access to Hill Library's online business
center
"Ask the Experts" online help site
Also, included in this Canadian Edition:
Expanded GST/HST Management: Detailed GST/HST table with customizable
rates and extensive built-in help for calculating GST/HST
liabilities.
Canadian-Specific Industry Information: Benefit from Canadian-specific
industry profiles with valuable data to assist with planning for
your business.
Canadian Business Supplement: Included with Business Plan Pro
2005 is the Hurdle: Book On Business Planning and a supplement specific to
doing business in Canada.
Creates a Plan Quickly
Over 400 Sample Plans
Imports data from QuickBooks
Step-by-step EasyPlan Wizard
Expert instructions and examples
Does the Math for You
Detailed financial projections
Wizard-driven sales forecasting
Tracks cash flow, profits and payroll
Creates impressive charts and tables
Data on virtually every type of business
Double-checks all financials with Plan
Review Wizard
Guides you step-by-step through financials
Provides Professional Formatting
Preferred format of banks, lenders, VCs
and the SBA
Automatically merges text, tables and
charts
Customizes plan to your specific type of
business
Includes PowerPoint templates
Exports to Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Creates Adobe PDF files
Exports to password-protected Web site
Creates quick-read summaries
Helps Secure Funding
1,200+ profiles of VCs worldwide
Includes official SBA loan application
Publish to secure Web site
Over $300 in resources and discounts
Links to online business loans
Over 400 sample plans to get you started!
Automotive, Travel & Transportation
Bars & Restaurants
Children & Education
Clothing
Computers & Internet
Construction & Engineering
Consulting
Entertainment
Food
Home Based
Hotels & Hospitality
Manufacturing
Medical & Healthcare
Nonprofit
Personal Services
Pet & Animal Services
Professional Services
Real Estate
Retail
Services
Sports, Outdoors & Fitness
and many more!
Product images may differ from actual product appearance.
Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
Pentium processor or better
Free disk space: 100MB typical, plus 70MB
for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (required).
MSIE 6.0 is included on the CD-ROM.
RAM: Operating system minimum
requirements
Super VGA (800x600) with 256 colors
(1024x768 with 16-bit color recommended)
Works with any printer supported by
Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
Internet access is required for all
Internet features
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