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| This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text |
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VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 12-Feb-1996
===== Product Information ==============================
Product: SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR The Expert Legal/Tax Advisor
Version: 96.1
Version Date: 1-Jan-1996
Product Type: Software
Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
Product Description: SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR v96.1 -- Expert, tax/
legal consultant-on-a-disk. Advises small
business on vast range of business, legal,
tax issues. Over 600 pages up-to-date info
(Fed & all 50 states), by a Harvard lawyer-
CPA. Menu-driven, 5 minutes to learn. Inter-
active consulting sessions on whether to in-
corporate, home office, etc.; custom startup
checklists; tax planning modules & much more.
Nothing else like it! $29.95
Reason for version: Updated quarterly for tax and other law
changes
Category: Business; Specific-field systems; Small
businesses
Keywords: SMALL BUSINESS, LEGAL, TAX PLANNING
Required Packages: SBA961
This Package: SBA961
Registration Fee: 29.95-49.95 (U.S. Dollars)
Required Configuration
Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 8086/8088)
Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.0
Standard RAM: 512K
Hard Drive Space: 1700K
Required:
Hard drive
Keyboard
Won't Work With:
Floppy only
Plotter
Other Require: WILL NOT WORK ON IBM PCjr.
Orders:
Address: Ronin Software
3020 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road
Suite 36
Issaquah, WA 98029
USA
[Toll-free line: ORDERS ONLY]
Toll-Free Phone: 800-242-4775
Phone: 206/391-4036
CompuServe: 102760,1745
Internet: 102760.1745@compuserve.com
Support:
Address: Ronin Software
3020 Issaquah-Pine Lake Road
Suite 36
Issaquah, WA 98029
Phone: 206/391-4036
CompuServe: 102760,1745
Internet: 102760.1745@compuserve.com
===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR is a unique, one-of-a-kind program. It is in
part an "expert system" designed to aid a small business business in
coping with and understanding many of the "ground rules" that will
apply, including taxes, business laws and regulations, financing sources,
whether or not you should incorporate, personnel policies, office-in-
the-home considerations, and much more. In interactive "consulting
sessions" on a number of difficult issues, the program asks you
questions, weighs your responses, and gives you recommendations or
answers, based on the 20+ years experience of its creator, a Harvard
lawyer/Big Six CPA and million-selling author of business books.
You can also quickly access easy-to-read information on several hundred
subjects of interest to small businesses, either by a key word search or
picking from an index. Each subject file is "customized" to display
information particular to YOUR state law and YOUR business, based on
information the program has requested from you about your business.
ADVISOR also contains built-in worksheet templates for helping you to
create a marketing study, a business plan, or personnel policies.
Finally, it contains quick-and-easy tax calculation modules for 1995 and
1996 individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, or federal estate
tax "what-if" calculations.
SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR is perfect for any small business, or anyone who
is considering starting a business who wants to know the "ground rules"
before taking the plunge. It is also ideal for business advisors, and
is widely used by SBA offices, SCORE chapters, SBDCs, and by professional
advisors such as attorneys, CPAs and business consultants. Such advisors
can instantly print out a customized "memo" on any of a wide range of
subjects on which their clients frequently seek advice, simply by
selecting the subject area and pressing "P" to print....It's as simple
as that.
Because the critical tax/legal and other information in this program
needs to constantly be updated, Ronin Software issues a new release
every calendar quarter. A "Professional Version" ($49.95) of the program
is also available, for users who want to be able to have access to
tax/legal information for all 50 states, unlike the regular single-state
version (shareware or $29.95 registered version).
SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR is published in conjunction with Oasis Press's
"Starting and Operating a Business in ...." series of books (approx.
300 pages each -- $29.95 in binder, $24.95 paperback). This is a series
of 51 books, one for each state and D.C., entitled "Starting and
Operating a Business in California," etc., authored my Michael D.
Jenkins, J.D., CPA, and co-authored in most states by Ernst & Young.
Each book in the series is updated annually. This series was chosen by
INC. MAGAZINE in a 1994 cover article on small business books as one of
the "Best of the Best" (1 of only 6 books so honored by INC. out of the
hundreds they reviewed, in an article entitled "In Search of the Small
Business Bible). Copies of the Starting & Operating books can be
ordered directly from Oasis Press/PSI Research at 1-800-228-2275.
===== Packing List =====================================
As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
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===== Installation =====================================
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR:
1. For the .ZIP file version (this version), simply copy the
compressed file SBA*.ZIP into a directory on your hard
disk (preferably with the directory name \SBE) and use
PKUNZIP 2.04 or higher to "unzip" the files. Once they
have been unzipped, simply type "RUN" or "SBZ" to start
the program. It will create its own configuration files
the first time you run it.
2. For shareware distributors who wish to obtain a self-extracting
version of the program with automated INSTALL.EXE program,
for diskette distributrion of Small Business Advisor, contact
Ronin Software to request a copy of the (LHA-compressed) self-
extracting version and our INSTALL.EXE and READ.ME files for
users.
----- PRODUCT REVIEWS OF SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR ------------------
SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR has received uniformly excellent reviews from
the press. Here's what some leading computer publications have had to
say about this unique "expert system" software program for small
businesses:
THE COMPUTER SHOPPER (3/95 Issue):
"What every home-based business needs--but few can afford--is a
trusted business adviser, someone who's been there before and
can show the uninitiated the ropes. Unfortunately, finding a
resource like that can be impossible, and if you do manage to
find one, you can expect to pay an arm and a leg for it.
"As an alternative, try The Small Business Advisor. This SUPERB
all-in-one information source gives you advice on everything from
finding money for your startup to developing a business plan,
marketing your goods and services, hiring pesonnel, franchising,
and paying taxes, as well as every conceivable law that could
apply to your business.... Best of all, the program goes beyond
simply giving advice to provide reference material such as sources
for funding. It includes addresses and phone numbers of other
places to go for data, such as the Small Business Administration,
and also provides fill-in-the-blank worksheets to help you get
off on the right foot in tasks such as creating a business plan...."
PC WORLD (2/94 Issue; Cover article on "The Best of Business Shareware"):
"Need answers, but don't want to start your attorney's clock ticking?
For about the price you'd pay for a billable hour, this program
answers basic questions about taxes, employee relations, marketing,
and other business-related subjects. The Small Business Advisor is
conversant with many federal regulations, and is updated quarterly
to include topical information...."
PC WORLD (9/93 Issue; Cover article on "Instant Payback Software"):
"If you own a small business, you need to comply with zillions of
state and federal regulations to avoid paying tax penalties. The
Small Business Advisor acts as an interactive expert, supplying
comprehensive legal, regulatory, and tax advice for small businesses
in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The first time you avoid a
hefty penalty, you'll recoup the registration fee. It offers ad-
vice on a variety of issues, including home office deductions,
incorporation, OSHA regulations, the Americans With Disabilities
Act, environmental laws, and others...."
SHAREWARE MAGAZINE (8/92 Issue):
"The Small Business Advisor is an absolute must for small business
people.... The program is so easy to use (and the price so reas-
onable) that anyone that is contemplating a new business has no
excuse for not seeking its help. Just using one of its checklists
or outlines could save you many times the registration price...."
PRINTERS SHAREWARE NEWS (1992):
"THIS is the kind of program we bought our computers for...."
===== Warranty =========================================
SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR (tm) LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY:
Ronin Software specifically disclaims all warranties, express or
implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to
the programs and data files that make up the Small Business Advisor
software product. Ronin Software shall have no liability with respect
to any loss or damage directly or indirectly arising out of the use of
the program or any portion thereof. Without limiting the foregoing,
Ronin Software shall not be liable for any loss of profit, interruption
of business, damage to equipment or data, interruption of operations or
any other commercial damage, including but not limited to direct,
indirect, special, incidental, consequential or other damages.
===== License for Use and Distribution =================
LICENSE FOR USE (END USER): Small Business Advisor is a copyrighted
software program. This shareware version may be used by an end user on
a single computer system for 30 days. Any continued use after 30 days
without registering the program is a violation of this limited license
and constitutes an infringement of the publisher's copyright under the
Federal copyright laws.
DISTRIBUTION LICENSE (DISTRIBUTORS): Ronin Software wishes to grant
distributors of the shareware version of Small Business Advisor
considerable flexibility in distributing this software program.
The attached VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference.
Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed
in that data record is hereby authorized.
Copyright (C) 1996 Ronin Software and Michael D. Jenkins,
All Rights Reserved
===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
Each VENDINFO.DIZ file contains extensive information about a product.
This "human-readable" section is followed by a compressed data record
useable by automated tools. The data record allows BBSes and other
distributors to automate package handling, and provides users with a
wealth of product information. VENDINFO tools (free viewer for users,
free or inexpensive processors for distributors, editors for authors)
are available from many sources, including the originators of VENDINFO:
Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324
7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333
Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA FAX: 303-841-6269 RIME: 1235
===== Compressed Data Record Follows ===================
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