{"product_id":"business-financial-planning-with-microsoft-excel-9781032008066","title":"Business Financial Planning with Microsoft Excel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBusiness Finance Planning with Microsoft(R) Excel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(R)\u003c\/strong\u003e shows how to visualize, plan, and put into motion an idea for creating a start-up company. Microsoft Excel is a tool that makes it easier to build a business financial planning process for a new business venture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an easy-to follow structure, the book flows as a six-step process: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresenting a case study of a business start-up\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreating goals and objectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetermining expenses from those goals and objectives, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstimating potential sales revenue based on what competitors charge their customers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePredicting marketing costs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFinalizing the financial analysis with a of financial statements. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten around an IT startup case study, the book presents a host of Excel worksheets describing the case study along with accompanying blank forms. Readers can use these forms in their own businesses, so they can build parts of their own business plans as they go. This is intended to be a practical guide that teaches and demonstrates by example, in the end presenting a usable financial model to build and tweak a financial plan with a set of customizable Excel worksheets. The book uses practical techniques to help with the planning processing. These include applying a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) matrix to evaluate a business idea and SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) objectives to link together goals. As the book concludes, readers will be able to develop their own income statement, balance sheet, and the cash-flow statement for a full analysis of their new business ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorksheets are available to download from: https: \/\/oracletroubleshooter.com\/business-finance-planning\/app\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGavin Powell\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professional database subject matter expert with 30 years' experience as an IT professional, working in fields such as database architecture, operational administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting teaching, data warehousing, leadership, and development. Gavin has also built and run a small software business creating accounting software.Gavin has authored the following books: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWorking with Oracle GoldenGate 12c\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eDatabase Modeling Step by Step\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eOracle SQL Jumpstart with Examples (with Carol McCullough-Dieter)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eOracle Performance Tuning for 109Rz\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eOracle Data Warehouse Tuning for 10gR2\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50867468927250,"sku":"9781032008066","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5bcec53-f674-427d-add1-6b7657234c8e.jpg?v=1737697417","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/business-financial-planning-with-microsoft-excel-9781032008066","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}