You made a new years resolution to start a business, but you don’t have alot of money. Below is a list of quality, free applications you can use to help run your business. Many of these apps are web based so you may want to read my post Cloud Computing: the good, the bad and the ugly before you dive in.

Free Office Suites

 (Word Processing, Spreadheet, Presentations, and more)

1. OpenOffice.org–Full function office suite similar to Microsoft office
2. Google Documents – Online office suite from google
3. Zoho – Online office applications and more

Free Productivity software

(Calendar, Address Book, Task Manager, Email)

1. Yahoo (Online)
2. Google (Online, tasks are experimental apps in email)

Free Accouting Software

(Full featured basic accounting sofware for the small business)

1. QuickBooks Simple Start
2. Microsoft Office Accounting Express

Free Web Hosting

1. Microsoft Office Live 
2. Google Sites

Free Email Client

1. Thunderbird

Free “Everthing-but-the-kitchen-sink”

1. Google Apps