Business Plan Pro 2005 Canadian Edition

Price $29.95

Everything you need to create a winning plan!

Product Information

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

About the Author

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!

Includes

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.

Product Features

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

Categories

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!

System Requirements

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 CD-ROM Drive