Which QuickBooks is Right for Me? Introduction

So you've decided to track your company's finances in a software program, and EVERYBODY is talking about QuickBooks.  You can't turn on a radio, a television, go into an office, or read a "Help wanted" section of the newspaper without seeing the name QuickBooks - so there must be something to it.
Maybe you've been using a simple paper reguster, or a series of Excel spreadsheets and Word Documents.  Maybe this is your first business and you want to do it right, form the start.  Or - maybe you've been using another program like Peachtree or Cougar Mountain or Timberline - and you just want something easier, more intuitive to work with.
Whatever the reason, it's time to think about which QuickBooks is right for you and your organization.  QuickBooks Simple Start?  QuickBooks Online?  QuickBooks Pro?  QuickBooks Premier?  QuickBooks Enterprise?  QuickBooks Point of Sale?  Or no QuickBooks at all?
In the next few blog entries, we'll describe each of these to help you select which might be right for you.  There is nothing worse than spending $500 on the wrong QuickBooks when the right one would have been $150 - or buying the $150 version and discovering that you really need the features in the $500 version!