One helpful set of tools can be found at the Small Business Association (SBA) when starting a small, or home business. Their small business planner can assist you in many ways, and you should really give it a look.
Office depot offers a great (FREE ONLINE) Small Business Handbook and below you will see just a few of the great tutorials:
They also offer many downloadable sample forms and templates (FREE) here are just a few:
More business tools for any home business
Free and useful tools all (FREE) software and tutorials
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Open Office is a complete office suite for anyone that does not currently have one. It's a large download, so if you are on dialup you might want to consider getting the discs in the mail. When you are done downloading Open Office you will have a:
- word processor to Microsoft Word
- spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel
- presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint
- database management program similar to Microsoft Access
- vector graphics editor comparable in features to early versions of CorelDRAW
- a math tool similar to Microsoft Equation Editor
Download Open Office here and consider donating to this wonderful, free, ongoing development.
Visit here for Open Office Tutorials
FREE website building tools for your home business
Suggested by established website designers
ALL of the downloads below are from trusted sites and ALL have been tried by us here at RichBusinessIdeas.com and we have found them to be adware and spyware free. Snapfiles is a free download website and if you would prefer to go there and see what else you might find their website is here.
- HTML KIT This editor is better for someone with experience or willing to learn. an easier one for beginners is right below this called Namu6.
- Namu6 - Website Editor Very easy website builder.
- PhotoFiltre A great image editor that will come in very handy for logos and more.
- Keyword Extractor This will help you when it's time to enter your metatags so you can have a better chance of getting listed higher in search engines.
- TinySpell A great, easy to use, spell checker.
- FileZilla To upload any files to your webhost.
When your website is complete we recommend GoDaddy for a great webhost with the best in customer service!
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