All USER FEATURES NOTICE

You get a 360+ page User Guide which includes info about business plans and financing them, and printed copies of 7 real grooming business plans that originally cost over $20,000. Names, locations and proprietary info has been significantly changed or deleted to protect owners.

ADVANCED FEATURES NOTICE

The CD-ROM requires a Windows® 98, ME, XP, 7 or 2000 computer with Microsoft Word® 2003 or later, and Microsoft Excel® 2003 or later. Mac OS computers capable of running MS Office are supported.  To print your business plan you will need a printer, and to listen to optional audio files you will need a sound card and speakers. Microsoft Word® and Microsoft Excel® are included in Microsoft Office®. None of these programs are included with the purchase of CD-ROM #1. We have found OpenOffice.org to be 99% or 100% compatible. It depends upon the version you use. We suggest you do not use OpenOffice. The calculations were 100% but occasionally it did not display a field or two of numerical results.

Future editions of other Grooming Business in a Box® titles will also require MS Office Word and/or Excel. Because Microsoft has released MS Office 2007 and the new 2010 versions, if you cannot afford or acquire the use of these programs, you may be able to locate a genuine, registrable copy of MS Office 2003 or 2007 online at sites like Ebay for a bargain price. Buy authentic copies that can be registered. You only need the lower cost Standard version of MS Office get Word and Excel.

NOTE: Our support services do not include instruction or support for Office®, Excel® and Word® or compatible programs you may use.

PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE

We have written business plans for groomers since 1989 and we continue to consult at times with bookkeepers and accountants on business plan projects. You should expect to do the same, but the amount varies by your skills. You can reduce the assistance you require. Our step-by-step instructions guide you to collect a lot of information on your own. Also, our step-by-step instructions guide you to make decisions like your grooming fees to charge, what your rent or mobile van payment will be, and costs of operating the business, the equipment you need. You shouldn't need to pay for that information if you do the research. Self-employed persons should be able to gather this information.

Then our step-by-step instructions guide you to project how many pets you will groom, how much to pay your staff, etc. Again, you should be able to do that research. You also have 7 business plan models in the User Guide to help you.

As a businessperson that grooms you compile all the required information on your own. Only then are you ready to use the Advanced Features. Perhaps you have a friend or family member with writing, word processing and financial skills. Anyone should be able to locate a consultant, bookkeeper or accountant to help you to with the fill-in Pet Grooming Business and Financial Plans using your notes. You know grooming; they know finance.

If you do all the preparatory work it usually takes 4 to 6 hours for your professional assistant to finalize your entries in the Financial Plan, and then you can write the text of the business plan. Some of our consultation clients have worked with professionals associated with the SBDC (SBA) and SCORE programs they helped our business plan clients complete the financials for very little, even nothing.

Consult with your professional assistants before purchasing this CD-ROM to better understand their fees to help you complete the Financial Plan and Grooming Business Plan as needed. Our selling price does not include the fees you may incur to complete your business plan. We are not responsible for any fees you may incur, this is a fill-in program meaning you complete the work or get the assistance to help you complete the project we start you with in CD-ROM #1.