====== Get Started ======
{{keywords>Getting Started, Get Started, offtoa}}
echo "If You Are Not Yet a Subscriber to ".$conf['comp_name']."";
See echo "Sign Up";
echo "After You Have Signed Up as a User of ".$conf['comp_name']."";
If you want to set up a financial plan for a company as quickly as possible, use the QuickStart as follows:
* Go to echo "www.".$conf['comp_name'].".com/app";.
* Press Login. Enter your email address and password. Press the **Login** button at the bottom.
* In the upper left, press Create New Plan. Select QuickStart mode of data entry. Then answer the eight questions.
* Examine your income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet.
This gives you a way to build a financial plan for a company in less than 15 minutes, but don't rely on that plan to define the future of your company! Be sure to return here and do it right.
* Go to echo "www.".$conf['comp_name'].".com/app";.
* Press Login. Enter your email address and password. Press the **Login** button at the bottom.
* In the upper left, press Create New Plan. Select Standard mode of data entry. Then press **Continue** in the lower right corner.
* You will be asked to enter assumptions about your company in this order:
- General Assumptions
- Products
- Markets
- Pricing
- Sales Model - Predict Units Sold/Year1
- Raw Materials2
- Cost of Goods Sold3
- Personnel
- Commissions2
- Other Expenses
- Major Purchases2
- Loans4
- Investments3
- Customer Payments
- Supplier Payments
- Cash on Hand
* Use the **Back** and **Continue** buttons at the bottom of every screen to navigate between screens. To jump to any specific screen, just press the **Assumptions** link in the expanding menu bar on the left of the page.
* While you enter assumptions,
* Occasionally take a quick look at the echo "".$conf['comp_name']."Score"; to obtain a very quick idea of the financial health of your company - on a scale from 0 to 100.
* Occasionally press the gray echo $conf['comp_name']; Scoreboard link in the upper right (just below the echo $conf['comp_name'];Score) to obtain a slightly more detailed summary of the financial health of your company.
* At any time, press the **Reports**5 link in the expanding menu bar on the left to examine your financial statements. echo $conf['comp_name']; produces them for you automatically.
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echo '[1] For more accurate results, use top-down ("Predict Market Penetration") and bottom-up ("Marketing and Sales Dollars Spent to Drive New Customer Acquisition") models of sales projections and compare them.';
echo "[2] ".$conf['comp_name']." will give you the option to skip this step if it isn't applicable to your business.";
echo "[3] ".$conf['comp_name']." will give you the option to skip this step if it isn't applicable to your business.";
echo "[4] If you have specific plans for future loans or investments, you may also enter them now, or you can wait, and ".$conf['comp_name']." will tell you when you need to raise money and how much.";
echo "[5] This service is available to paid subscribers only. Free users can determine their financial problems by examining the ".$conf['comp_name']." Scoreboard";
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