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23 06, 2017

Passion & Hustle

By |June 23rd, 2017|0 Comments

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How to know it is time to start your own business:

  • You are good at self-management.
  • You are willing to take risks.
  • You realized that the people you have worked for in the past, are not smarter or more hard-working than you.
  • You are really good at something.
  • You are very passionate about it, and willing to put in the time, the effort, the energy it takes to make it work.

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

14 03, 2017

I can create a business plan on my Mac?

By |March 14th, 2017|0 Comments

$39 business plan

 

I can create a business plan on my Mac?

 

Better than that! You can download a sophisticated business plan template and in a short amount of time, have a professional and polished business plan at your fingertips.

 

PRE-WRITTEN BUSINESS PLANS: just customize where needed to make it your own.

 

FULL BUSINESS FINANCIALS: just plug in your year-one, month-one numbers and watch the financials auto-populate (or manually enter if necessary)

 

BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATIONS: just put in your content, the highly styled presentations are waiting for you.

 

PLUS:
Business synopsis
Financial funding
Business contracts

 

If you have iWork Pages, Numbers and Keynote installed, you can have your business plan ready by tomorrow :-)

 

 
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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

15 01, 2017

What Are You Waiting For?

By |January 15th, 2017|0 Comments

 

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Business Planning Made Easy – Let’s Go!

 

Are you nervous about starting your business or at least starting your business planning?

 

ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning v6.0 was created for people needing a professional and sophisticated business plan, who use Apple devices and iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote).

 

Download our business planning kit and you will receive pre-written business plan templates, with all of the proper business verbiage, where you simply customize to your particular business model. We also have sample business plans, for real businesses, that you can use for inspiration, or customize and make it your own.

 

Full financial worksheets are waiting for your simple input. All worksheets have formulas and are integrated to one another. All of the financial reports required for business planning, forecasting, investors, bank loan applications, acquisitions, taxes – everything.

 

What else is included? Beautifully designed presentations for your pitch desk or company meetings; request for funding proposals; contracts and forms.

 

All of this is just $39. A one-time fee with no subscriptions, and free upgrades for life.

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

10 10, 2016

Solange and Creating a Masterpiece

By |October 10th, 2016|0 Comments

Solange Knowles took almost four years to create her latest album A Seat at the Table. Why? Because it just took her that long. And, as a result, she created a masterpiece of soulful, melodic, sultry storytelling, that is already being celebrated, just days after its release.

The Takeaway: Do not rush your masterpiece. Take the time that it requires to create it, and don’t stress about rushing it to market. It will be well received. If you need to make end’s meet while you are creating it, Do That.

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

Business Plan templates for Mac, iPad, MacBooks – download today

#aseatatthetable

8 09, 2016

Competitive Analysis

By |September 8th, 2016|0 Comments

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C
OMPETITIVE ANALYSIS    

Everyone has competition; even if (s)he thinks they do not.

List your competition freely – and – if you are the only one in the market that does what you do, or if you offer a unique product that no one as ever seen, explain what a “substitute” to that would/could be. Competition is what creates a marketplace! We should welcome it.

Market Share Analysis: From your market analysis data, you should have specific details on the market share. How is the marketplace divided.

Direct Competitors: List the actual companies that provide same or similar products and services that you provide.

Indirect Competitors: List the companies that offer a different product or service that meets the needs of your customer.

Competitive Advantages: What qualities allow you to outperform your competitors?

Barriers to Entry: What obstacles could hinder you from entering your desired market? Acknowledging that restrictions may exist does not mean that you will not overcome them. It simply reassures the reader that you understand the marketplace and your competition.

Get the competitive edge – use ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning.

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

Business Plan templates for Mac, iPad, MacBooks – download today

5 09, 2016

Pimp My Plan

By |September 5th, 2016|0 Comments

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8 Hot Tips to Pimp Your Business Plan

You Want:

  • You want them (investors, partners, bank loan officers, vendors) to read your business plan.
  • You want them to be genuinely interested, and read the entire plan.
  • You want them to get excited about what you have to offer.
  • You want them to get in touch immediately after reading, to find out what to do next.
You Need:
  • You need a business plan that is engaging, simplistic and elegant, regardless of your business model.
  • Yes, if you are offering dirty punk rock t-shirts, you need elegance in your business plan.
  • Yes, if you are offering stem cell research from a space capsule, you need simplicity in your business plan.

 

How? Integrate these tips into your plan:

 

1. Make it brief. 

 

Brief does not mean abbreviated, or skimpy. Brief means concise and succinct. Choose your words carefully, and make every word count. Professionals looking to invest or be involved in new businesses do not have a lot of time to waste on long, boring business plans. If your original plan is over 50 pages, take it down to 25 pages. An amazing business plan is less than 20 pages.

 

2. Make it clear.

 

Being mysterious and cute is not a good idea. While similar to a first date, playing games and playing hard to get is not a smart move. Get to the point; be easy.

 

3. Be premeditated. 

 

While you want your reader to ask questions, try to think of the questions they may ask in advance, and answer them in your business plan. For those questions that do not necessarily fit into your plan’s dialogue, add a Q&A section at the end of the plan.

 

4. Add visuals.

 

…. with caution. Do not add photos or renderings just “because you can”. Add them when they offer detail that would be appreciated. In most cases, photos or images offer a great deal of beneficial information to a plan. Videos can be useful too, but only when they contribute greatly to your overall planning or vision. Please do not add a video because you think you are good at video production.

 

5. Make it attractive.

 

This is easy. Clear fonts, proper word and paragraph spacing, formatted images, nice cover page, correct spelling and grammar, page numbering – while these factors do not seem “attractive” they subconsciously are very attractive. Keep lines simple and clean. Even if you are selling baroque furniture, your business plan should be sleek and minimalistic, with no curly-q borders.

 

6. Give it your voice.

 

This is very important. The plan needs to come from you. It is your vision and your business. If you use a business plan template, customize it so that the conversation is coming from your perspective. The reader will recognize the difference.

 

7. Make it easy to receive.

 

PDF your business plan so that it can open on any device. Do not send a Pages/Word document or Numbers/Excel spreadsheet. You want the recipient to be able to easily receive it via email and open it immediately, without any fuss. If they have to subscribe, download an app, or provide any information or take additional steps, you are making things too hard. If you make this difficult, how hard will it be working with you day to day?

 

8. Make your contact details clear.

 

You would be surprised at how many new business owners inadvertently make it difficult to contact them. Your cover page should include your name, email address and phone number. The last page of your plan should repeat your contact details (add additional contact information if you can). You can even add your email and phone number in the footer of your plan. And always, include these details in the original email where you attached your plan – ALWAYS. Don’t try to be cool by only providing a Twitter or Facebook handle. Not all investors or loan officers get it.

 

While these tips seem very obvious, hardly anyone does them all. Try it. You will be glad you did.

 
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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

It’s Labor Day! Start your business plan today.

25 08, 2016

Why We Hate Cheap Things

By |August 25th, 2016|0 Comments

In assessing what material things are important and worth paying attention to, we’re oddly prejudiced against cheapness – and frustratingly drawn to the expensive, for reasons that don’t necessarily stand up to examination.

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

23 08, 2016

How Do I Use Advanced Business Planning for Mac?

By |August 23rd, 2016|0 Comments

$39 business plan

Buy

Go to the Buy Now page and order Advanced Business Planning. We take all major credit cards and PayPal. Pay a single fee of $39. This is NOT a subscription. You will not be billed again.

Download

You will be directed to instantly download a zipped folder. This folder contains all of your business planning files. You can save your files to multiple devices.

Open & Edit

When you open the folder, you will see all of your files. You will use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote to open and edit your templates and worksheets.

Plan & Execute

Start Planning! It is really that easy.

Inside Advanced Business Planning »

Have questions? Contact us >

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

5 08, 2016

You’ll Love the Financial Workshop

By |August 5th, 2016|0 Comments

FINANCIAL WORKBOOK

 

You’ll Love the Financial Workshop

If you need assistance with your financials, this is a workshop offering a step-by-step procedure, entering simple data to compile everything you need. The Workbook prompts you with fields for the data you need to enter, and all other sections of each worksheet are automatically calculated and formulated.

Use the Auto-Populate Tool to enter Year 1, Month 1 data, while the program auto-populates the 5 year plan.

14 integrated worksheets, with self populating charts and tables.

  • Projected Sales Forecast
  • Cost of Goods Sold
  • Operating Expenses
  • Non-Operating Expenses and Non-Operating Income
  • Salaries, Payroll, Benefits, FICA
  • Depreciation Schedules
  • CAPEX Schedule
  • Amortization Schedules
  • Balance Sheets
  • (P&L) Income Statements
  • Cash Flow Statements

iWork Numbers required.

 

Projected Sales Forecast (Annual Sales, by month)
The price of your product and/or service is entered in this worksheet. From this monthly sales are forecasted.

Cost of Goods Sold
Using pre-entered data, this worksheet prompts you to enter a variable rate percentage and any fixed costs associated with your product or service.

Fixed Operating Expenses

This worksheet displays the fixed operating expenses tied to your business. Advertising, vehicle expense, contract labor, insurance, rent, supplies, communications. Depreciation and interest are formulated showing Total Fixed Operating Expenses.

Non-Operating Expenses and Non-Operating Income
Not all income and expenses are directly tied to operations. This tab allows you to include this information for a more accurate financial overview.

Salaries and Wages
This worksheet allows you to enter employee salaries, sales commissions, and bonuses. It also calculates payroll taxes, benefits, FICA earning and social security. The worksheet is broken down by month, because everyone knows that salaries change and employees come and go.

Depreciation Schedule
This worksheet allows you to depreciate your assets and integrate those figures into corresponding worksheets. You choose how many years to depreciate an asset.

CAPEX Schedule
Taking the accounting for depreciation up a notch, a CAPEX schedule is auto-calculated from the details you provide in your depreciation schedule.

Amortization Schedule
This worksheet allows you to calculate a loan schedule with principal loan amount, interest and loan balance. It displays the monthly loan payment required and integrates these figures into corresponding worksheets.

Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory
Accounts receivable collections, accounts payable disbursements and inventory can be determined by days of collection, days to disbursement, and as a percentage of overall income or expenses. There is a tab completely dedicated to these calculations.

Income Statement (Profit and Loss)
Auto-generated from previously entered data, this worksheet displays Income, Cost of Sales, Gross Margin, Salaries, Fixed Business Expenses, Other Expenses, and Net Income. There is a monthly Income Statement as well as an Annual Income Statement.

Balance Sheet
Auto-generated from previously entered data, the Balance Sheet displays Fixed Assets, Total Liabilities and Owner’s Equity. The Balance Sheet is the financial statement that reports the assets, liabilities and net worth of a company at a specific point in time. Assets represent the total resources of a company, which may decrease or increase depending on the results of operations.

Cash Flow Statement
This projection of cash flow calculates income from sales, accounts receivable and cash outflows, and shows an Operating Cash Balance. There is a monthly Cash Flow Statement  worksheet and an annual one as well.

 

What’s included in Advanced Business Planning?

Get started today. Learn more at: www.ionfreshstart.com

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com

12 07, 2016

Professional Business Plans with Financials and Charts

By |July 12th, 2016|0 Comments

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ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning was created for Mac users who need a sophisticated and professional business plan. A business plan for:

  • a clear road map, to have goals and milestones, and to understand everything necessary for a successful business.
  • investment opportunities that may present themselves.
  • bank loan requirements, with full financial projections.
  • potential business partners to understand your business model and your intentions.
  • and, for your peace of mind.

What’s included in Advanced Business Planning?

  • Introductory Document
  • Master Business Plan Template
  • Sample Business Plans
  • Three-page Business Synopsis
  • Request for Funding
  • Financial Workshop
  • Keynote Presentations
  • Professional Contracts

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ION FreshStart created Advanced Business Planning for Mac users who need a template version of a comprehensive and impressive business plan. It includes a master business plan template, pre-written sample business plans, complete and professional financials, request for funding workbooks, Keynote presentations, and many more professionally planned template style documents.The template files use iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) otherwise known as Apple Productivity Apps. To learn more about Advanced Business Planning, visit www.ionfreshstart.com.

* One time fee of $39 USD – No monthly subscriptions
* Free Upgrades
* 30-day Money Back Guarantee
* No Software to Download
* Use iWork’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote (Apple Productivity Apps)

Download Today and Get Started!

Learn more about ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning >>

Using Microsoft Office? (Mac or PC) visit www.perfectlittlebusinessplan.com