Business Plan: Software, Samples, Online Tools & Consulting
Fast4Cast offers free business plan software, samples, online tools and provides
consulting. The business plan software includes an online word processor and
financial statements which can be edited online. The application integrates the
business plans text, forecasted financial statements, supporting schedules and
graphs into one document which can be save as a word file or viewed online.
Upon request, consulting is provided at reasonable rates.
With the online Fast4Cast application you can easily build a complete, well
formatted business plan without installing any software. Since there is nothing
to install, you can start immediately and our cost is much lower (so low we can
offer the service for free!).
Write the text portion of your business plan using our online word processor
which includes sample business plans
and business plan outlines.
At any time you can save your business plan as a word document. You even can
cut and paste text from/to your word document to/from the online text editor.
A complete business plan requires integrated forecasted financial statements
along with supporting graphs and schedules. You don't need to be an accountant
to build the forecasted financial statements. The financial statements
for 20 types of small businesses are already built. All you need to do is
select your industry and then make minor adjustments to fit your forecast.
The program also has built in graphing capabilities (see the sample graphs
page).
If you don't want to write a full business plan, but just need to make a few
calculations then you are welcome to use our free online tools/ calculators.
When you are done you to save the reports to your PC as excel documents.
A Break Even Analysis calculates
the sales volume (in units) required to just cover costs. A lower sales volume
would be unprofitable and a higher volume would be profitable. Break-even
analysis focuses on the relationship between fixed cost, variable cost (or cost
per unit), and selling price (or selling price per unit). The Breakeven
calculator generates a graph which can be saved to your PC as an image and a
table which can be saved as an excel file.
The Start Up Calculator builds two
important statements for new businesses:
- The Start Up Expenses Schedule - Essentially a list of
expenses for starting your business. And
- A Beginning Balance Sheet - A list of your Companies Assets
(i.e. Cash, Equipment, etc.), Liabilities (credit card debt, loans, etc) and
Owners Equity (money you have invested in the Company).
The start up calculator will help you determine how much cash you will need to
start a business. To build the statements you will need to know the following:
- Your expenses related to starting the company.
- The assets (cash, equipment, etc.) that you will invest in the company.
- The money that you will owe for the assets invested above.
When you are done entering the information you can save the statements to your
PC as excel documents or simply view them online.
The Loan Calculator can handle term
(i.e. 36, 48 months, etc.) or fixed payment loans (the same amount each month,
typical of credit cards). The calculator generates a Loan Amortization schedule
which breaks down the interest and principle portions of each payment. The
calculator can also handle additional principle payments. The loan amortization
schedule can be viewed online or download to an excel spreadsheet.
The Cash Requirements Calculator will help you
determine how much cash you will need to start a business and it will help you
build the necessary financial reports. Financial reports are already built for
the twenty most common small business types. You will be able to see your
Company's monthly projected cash balance for its first year of business. If the
cash balance is negative or below what you consider to be a safe amount, then
you can either enter equity investments and/ or a loan.
Business plan consulting is available at reasonable rates. Please contact us
for a quote.
Before building your business plan you must register. Registration is free. Your
data will stay online for 6 months. When you register you will be asked for a
username and password, this will insure that only you or people you authorize
can view your data.
The Fast4Cast program contains no advertising or hidden charges. None of the
data that you enter into the application will be disclosed to the public, used
by Fast4cast, Inc. or sold to third parties without your express written
consent. You can copy your tables, graphs and documents to your PC and/or keep
them online for free for 6 months.
To register and use the application for free, please go to the registration
page.
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