Patricia B.

Business Pros and Plans Dedicated and Efficient Professionals Summary Dedicated professionalism, vast experience, and creative balance. Employment: Patricia C Basford Tax & Accounting Services Date Verified: May 15, 2009 1990-2002 - Owner Full Charge Accountant for Jackson County Development Council and 10 to 15 small Businesses, Tax Preparer with 24 hour RAL checks, Business Plan Preparation, Spreadsheet Programming, Grant Applications, Financial and Progress Reporting to Government Grantors (i.e. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture), Policy and Procedures Manuals. Jackson County Development Council, Inc. Date Verified: May 15, 2009 1994-2001 - Full Charge Bookeeper, Network Administrator Worked directly for JCDC for four years. Then as a client of my accounting business for a total of 8 years. Golden Seal Services, Inc. Date Verified: May 12, 2009 1995-1996 - Full Charge Bookkeeper Reconstructed and recovered all transactions in PeachTree Accounting required due to unbalanced General Ledger. Located and gathered proof of embezzlement of some $60,000 by former bookkeeper going back four years, who was subsequently prosecuted, resulting in a Judgment of Recovery. Harkins Signs, Inc. Date Verified: May 15, 2009 1990-1994 - Full Charge Bookkeeper, Office Manager Converted from manual to computer bookkeeping, and handled every aspect of accounting, generating financial statements. Mobil Land Development (FL) Corporation (Mobil Oil) Date Verified: May 15, 2009 1980-1987 - Administrative Assistant-Financial Planning Dept. Five year budget projection semi-annual reports (50-100 pages, narrative and financial), Information Systems Coordinator, typing speed at 92 wpm, and a great deal of proofreading and editing. U.S. Mission to the United Nations 1962-1965 - Secretary to the Director of News Services for Ambassador Adlai Stevenson Typing and proofreading of speeches made at the United Nations and press releases, and replying to incoming correspondence handled by the Public Relations Department. About Us When you absolutely need a business plan that delivers results. Looking for a good business plan? You probably already know that no matter how well written or attractive your business plan is, you need something that gets the job done. With nearly forty years of experience in this area, we know what it takes to create an effective business plan. Whether it be persuading investors, or creating a clearly defined path to support your vision of the future, we are here to make sure you get what you are after. Proofreading, Editing, and Formatting -- Let's face it, you are busy. You don't want to hire, train, or manage a staff, or you would not be outsourcing. You are looking for someone who will relieve you of the tedious tasks that eat away at your time. You want to be able to relax and feel assured that you don't have to go through your material with a fine tooth comb. You have a business to run. We'll make sure that you can focus on that with confidence. OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU: Business Plans with impact: You have a vision and are ready to take it and run with it. All you need now is the assurance that your Business Plan is clearly and effectively written. Someone should be able to look at it and know exactly what you intend on doing, and most of all, that you have a carefully articulated plan to carry it out. Whether it be for financial support, soliciting investors, or simply getting your company pointed in the right direction, you need a Business Plans that delivers. At Business Pros and Plans our number one objective is to create a product that does just that. Marketing Driven: With nearly four decades of results driven experience in Business Plan creation, we understand that the end result makes all the difference. Our Business Plan solutions are designed as powerful tools for: financial planning, marketing strategies, and direction projections that deliver the results you need. Communication that ensures expectations are accurately met: We understand that if expectations are not clarified up front, precious time and energy can be wasted trying to put out last minute fires. We know that in order to establish trust that competency is second only to honesty; If something is not clear, we'll ask before any commitments are made. We also submit all work before the deadline to be sure that your expectations are met. Then we produce the final copy. Deadline Sensitive: We understand that your time is even more precious than your money. To ensure timely delivery of a product that meets your expectations, we are devoted to delivering the project for your review and approval before the final deadline. Error Proof Editing Process, with an EAGLE EYE: Regardless of how great your message is, we know that some of your customers will not look past typos and punctuation errors. How many websites have you abandoned simply because of careless grammatical and punctuation errors? With 50 years of hands on experience in editing and proofreading, we'll make sure that your copy is credible and error free. Credentials Certifications Office Executives Association, Belding Award for Highest grades in State of New York in Secretarial Studies Awarded: 1962 Testimonials Eben Donkor - 2009 Private Non-Profit Organization -- Youth Sports, Secretary "Patricia is very, very professional and communicates very well. Her job was to prepare a Business Plan for a start-up in Africa. I highly recommend her to anyone that will need her services. If she says she can do it, believe her. She is the best!" Ahmed A. - 2009 "Really, for a long time I haven't worked with someone so devoted to work. Pat is working with heart! Highly recommended for anyone looking for quality work from someone who cares about the job as much as the buyer. She is a real gem! Definitely, I will work with her again. Any writing job I'll forward to her with complete confidence it will be done way better than I expect. Just hire her and you'll get awesome results." Becky Basford - 2009 Basford Tax & Accounting Services, Owner, CEO "Pat instilled in me the knowledge required to keep her twenty year old Tax and Accounting business thriving for more than ten years beyond her leaving the company. From always leaving a paper trail for bank reconciliations, financial statements, and most importantly for tax returns to how to prepare an effective Business Plan, Pat left nothing to chance in preparing me for success." William Stanton - 1996 Jackson County Development Council, Inc., Executive Director During four years of working very closely with Pat, she exuded dedicated professionalism, efficiency, expertise in everything she put her mind to, and was ever tireless. Chuck H. - 1997 Peoples First Bank, Loan Officer One of the best Business Plans I've ever reviewed. The loan should be a "slam dunk." Stephen Honig - 1981 Mobil Land Development (FL) Corp.,Div of Mobil Oil, VP of Financial Planning Pat is the best speller and proofreader I ever worked with. She has an eagle eye. Pat attained a performance evaluation rating of RE (Rarely Equalled on performance expectations), which is a rating that is almost never given at Mobil Oil. George Milne - 1986 Mobil Land Development (FL) Corp., Div. Mobil Oil, Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis Pat is well organized, highly knowledgeable in the computer field, resourceful with a good sense of priorities, and shows a high degree of motivation and dedication. Education Palm Beach Jr College and Chipola Jr College, Various courses related to Accounting, computers, psychology, and business writing. 1980 - 2001 Walton High School, Highest in NY State Office Executives Assoc Belding Award 1959 - 1962