View Sales Forecast of active Sales Opportunity in grid with helpful visual color indicators to manage opportunities and filter results (by salesrep, value, % probablity to close, expected close dates...) .
Create a project - 4 different ways: from Quote>Order>select Project Template; from Customer>Projects tab; from Project "copy" this project; from Project menu>Template List.
Create a company record. By default, the 'type' will be PROSPECT. With permissions, the record may be edited to be a CUSTOMER, VENDOR, CUSTVEND (both a customer and vendor).