Microsoft Small Business Resource

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbiz/planbiz/ (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)

As a small business owner or manager, you face many challenges everyday--from enhancing your productivity to staying abreast of your industry trends in a changing marketplace. No matter what your size, knowing your options and choosing strategies everyday that will help your business run with the greatest profitability can make all the difference. Microsoft's software can help you reach your critical goals, including maximizing your investment in computers and helping you make your business more profitable and efficient.

Microsoft has software tools that can help you plan, manage and analyze your business efficiently and easily with minimum time commitment. Using Microsoft software can help you see where you stand today, help you prioritize goals for tomorrow, and leave you time to weigh the possibilities for your business future.

Making Informed Decisions. Find out how to access the right information at the right time so you can make sound financial decisions with the Accounting Analysis Pack for Microsoft® Excel for Windows® 95.
Planning For Your Business. The Microsoft Small Business Pack provides dozens of ready-to-use business templates, forms, and reports that work with Microsoft Office programs to help you plan, manage, and analyze your growing business.
Keys to Marketing. To plan your marketing efforts look at our Marketing Self-Analysis Questions. Find some new ideas on how to better market your business.
Where do you rank? Plan on a regular basis and continually evaluate. Use The Small Business Barometer to find out where your company's data compares against other businesses in your same industry.