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B U S I N E S S P L A N M A S T E R
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Version 2.5a
If today's date is after July 4, 1993. you need the update!
BUSINESS PLAN MASTER will:
• Help you create a highly professional business plan.
• Save you many hours (even days!) of work.
• Let you compare your business with others in your
industry.
• Give you buckets of money, Shangri-La, a Rolls-Royce in
your driveway, the perfect spouse, wonderful children,
world peace and intergalactic harmony. (Just kidding!)
Requirements
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• Any Macintosh
• Microsoft Word 4.0 or better to use Word files.
• Microsoft Excel 3.0 or better to use Excel files.
• Microsoft Works 2.0 or better to use Works files.
• Any word processor to use TEXT files.
These files are designed for use by those with a basic (not
advanced) knowledge of word processing and spreadsheets.
Nice:
• Laser printer
• Spelling Checker
• Grammar checker
Purpose
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Every business needs to have a plan to track its
progress. There is no business too small, too large, too
complex or too simple to avoid having a business plan. I
found that many business plan programs assume that you are
going to raise money in the public markets. However, the
vast majority of businesses are started without large
outside investments or fund raising campaigns. This program
is designed for use by any business, large or small, whether
you are raising money or not.
I didn't write this program in an ivory tower some place, but
out of my own business experience. For seven years, I imported
cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest of Germany, so this is
definitely a "cuckoo" program! I am involved in many other
business ventures. I'd be lying if I said I made money with all
of them. But I can truthfully say that all were successful, mainly
because I followed a plan and stuck to it.
BUSINESS PLAN MASTER supplies you with complete template
files. I give you professional formats (footnotes, tables
of contents, some simple graphics), some excellent sample
text and several spreadsheet files for you to use. Alone
these could save you many hundreds of hours of work. Because
of the wide diversity of businesses and business ideas, I
have tried to make these files as universal as possible.
Over time, you will likely incorporate your own language
into the text and make modifications to the worksheets.
Please make copies of these files in case you trash one. It
happens to all of us!
----------- QUICK START -----------
If you want to get started right away, just read these few
lines:
FIRST, take a look at what is here.
Get into your word processing program.
Open the spreadsheets in your spreadsheet program. The
best file to look at first is BPM Proforma Financials,
either Excel 3.0 or MS Works 2.0 version. I highly recommend
that you do your spreadsheet work first. Make sure your
business idea is going to be profitable before trying to
write the textual portion.
Open the BUSINESS PLAN MASTER file. It is titled
"Business Plan Master" and has one of the following program
types in parentheses (Word), (Works) or (Text). This is the
main BUSINESS PLAN MASTER file which will contain the
verbiage you will use.
If you are now hopelessly lost, take a look at the
User's Guide. By registering at the *PROFESSIONAL* level, I
send you a printed User's Guide along with other valuable
items.
-------------- List of Files: --------------
The text files are in three formats, TEXT, Word 4.0 and
Works 2.0. The spreadsheet files are in Excel 3.0 and Works
2.0 formats. Most other spreadsheet programs can import
these files.
BPM Historical Statements
For companies that have been in business. A way to
compare your past performance to your planned future
performance.
BPM Proforma Financials
A large worksheet that will chart your cash flow,
generate income statements, balance sheets, ratio analysis,
asset use, chart EPS, and technical analysis.
BPM Breakeven Analysis
A simple worksheet to determine your breakeven point.
Contains macros.
Business Plan Master
This is the main template document. A ready-to-go form
that will help you have a business plan in print in just a few
hours. Identical in every format.
User's Guide
You may print this out to guide you in filling out file
"Business Plan Master" and the worksheet files. Or you can
register at the **PROFESSIONAL** LEVEL and I will send you a
printed User's Guide designed to fit nicely next to your
computer.
REGISTER ME
This is a shareware program and this is the form to use
to register.
INVOICE
If you need an invoice, just this print this out!
Vendor Info
I f you are a shareware vendor or BBS sysop, you need to
read this so you know what to do with this file.
----------- How to Obtain Technical Support:----------------
All users can obtain Technical Support either by U. S.
Mail, CompuServe Email (70400,153), GEnie (D.Works3), or
America OnLine (DavidW2959). We will try our best to fully
support unregistered users during their evaluation period,
but we will give priority to registered users, if necessary.
Registered users become eligible to receive free, unlimited
Technical Support by telephone.
------------------ What SHAREWARE is: ------------------
Shareware describes a method of distributing
copyrighted software in which a user is allowed to fully
evaluate the software before purchasing it. After an
evaluation period, the user is required to register the
product if s/he decides to keep using it.
Shareware distribution addresses all the legitimate
complaints that users have with commercial software
distribution.
• Shareware allows a user to fully evaluate a product, free of
charge, in his or her home, *before* deciding to buy it.
• Shareware programs can circulate freely on Bulletin
Boards, through Shareware disk distributors, or through user
groups.
• Because Shareware distribution reduces the need to advertise,
Shareware is less expensive than commercial software.
• Shareware authors can often be more responsive to users'
requests for help or bug fixes than large software companies.
• Shareware software, needless to say, is never copy-protected.
In short, Shareware is a user's dream come true. Users
show their appreciation to developers for this extremely
flexible distribution scheme by registering their software.
Without user registrations Shareware software would
gradually disappear. It is not sufficient to simply let the
"other guy" pay the registration. You are the other guy's
"other guy".
-------------- What SHAREWARE is not:----------------------
Shareware is NOT "free" software. Shareware is not
Public Domain software. The fee that you may have paid to
receive a Shareware program does not mean that the software
has been paid for. This money was paid to a Shareware disk
vendor, User Group, Bulletin Board Service or retailer to
cover their cost of getting the program to you. Shareware
software is paid for by registering your copy with the
author.
----------------- Business Plan Master History-----------------------
BUSINESS PLAN MASTER has been under development
for over four years. During that period it has been in constant use
by its author. BUSINESS PLAN MASTER was originally
developed for the IBM PC. It was rewritten to run on Apple
Macintosh computers. The development now is done
concurrently, wherever I feel like working on a particular
day.
Version 1 - released January 1992.
Version 1.1 - vaporware
Version 1.2 - Released March 1992 - Expanded emphasis on
service businesses, changes in User's Guide to make it
clearer, addition of ASP required text.
Version 2.0 - Released June 1992 - Added support for
MacWrite II. Many cosmetic changes and change of number
format to ease international use. More changes in User's
Guide to help understanding of financial terms and phrases.
Got rid of many extraneous files and added more humor.
Version 2.5 - Released December, 1992. I moved to God's
Country (NW Montana). Took out MacWrite II files, added
Microsoft Works (many requests for that!), added some
more goodies when you register, added a few things here and
there to the text and the spreadsheets. Took out SYLK files,
too. They didn't work as advertised in Microsoft's manual.
Version 2.5a - Released March, 1993. Lowered prices,
added another goody!
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------------------ The Future of BUSINESS PLAN MASTER: ----------------
BUSINESS PLAN MASTER is a dynamic program. BUSINESS
PLAN MASTER has changed considerably since its conception,
and it has been further enhanced since its Shareware
release. I originally wrote BUSINESS PLAN MASTER for an
import venture with Germany and that well-known German
perfectionism has rubbed off on me! I have already spent
thousands of hours developing this program.
By distributing BUSINESS PLAN MASTER as Shareware I am
expressing my confidence in the public to "Do the Right
Thing". I would like you to evaluate BUSINESS PLAN MASTER
for as long as 30 days before deciding whether you want to
keep it. If you do decide to keep it, you must register
your copy. Full details on registration can be found in the
REGISTER ME! file. I would be eager to hear your comments
about BUSINESS PLAN MASTER. Please feel free to contact me
with your suggestions for new features, etc.
Trial Use License: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Business Plan Master is NOT a public domain program. It is
Copyright © 1992 by David A. Works. All rights reserved.
This software and accompanying documentation are protected
by United States Copyright law and by International
Treaty provisions. Any use of this software in violation of
Copyright law or the terms of this limited license will be
prosecuted to the best of our ability. The conditions under
which you may copy this software and documentation are
clearly outlined below under "Distribution Restrictions".
David A. Works hereby grants you a limited license to use
this software for evaluation purposes for a period not to
exceed thirty (30) days. If you intend to continue using
this software (and/or it's documentation) after the thirty
(30) day evaluation period, you MUST make a registration
payment to David A. Works.
Using this software after the thirty (30) day evaluation
period, without registering the software is a violation of
the terms of this limited license.
Licensee shall not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify,
decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or
transfer the licensed program except as provided in this
agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in
immediate and automatic termination of this license.
All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to David
A. Works.
TRIAL USE (SHAREWARE EVALUATION VERSION) WARRANTY:
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The shareware evaluation (trial use) version is
provided as is. David A. Works makes no warranty
of any kind, expressed or implied, including
without limitation, any warranties of merchantability
and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
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If you have any suggestions for changes or improvements,
please feel free to contact me by way of any of the services listed
below.
If you like Business Plan Master, pass it along to friends and
business associates, BBSs's or user's groups.
Good luck and I wish you the best in your business endeavors.
CompuServe 70400,153
Delphi DAVIDWORKS
GEnie D.WORKS3
America OnLine DAVIDW2959
Phone: (406) 862-1280
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TESTIMONIALS
Dear Sir,
I would like to thank you for writing such a wonderful set
of templates included in BPM. I used your Word document and
the spreadsheets with some modifications.
After I finished, I sent the completed business plan to the
Governor's Office of Economic Development in XXXX(State).
The man in charge of that department called my boss to tell
him that in all his time as an employeed there, hehad never
received a business plan as thorough as that. He even went
on to say that he has received about 60 business plans from
some of the best accounting firms in the USA and this plan was better than all of them.
Thank you very much,
signed
P.S. Your plan is not just for small businesses. Our company
has sales of over 10 million in Canada and we are expecting
sales of 5 million in the USA by the end of 1994. BPM
worked well for us.
******
"A life saver!"
- B.C., Colorado Springs
"I really lik your 'Business Plan Master'. it really helped
me formulate my ideas and put them in order on paper.
I've looked at other business plan software, both
commercial and shareware types, and yours is the
best of the lot."
- M.K., Brookline, MA
"Let us know if you like gingerbread."
-J.R., North Hollywood, CA
"Your humor sold me!"
-Steven King, Sharon, CT