Write a Professional Business Plan That Gets You Funded

Business PlanMaker helps you develop a business plan and financial model that presents the most compelling business case to investors. You'll save hours of time and create a professional business plan in the format preferred by financial experts.

Everything you need to plan and launch your business
Easy, StepbyStep Interview Wizards
Powerful 5Year Financial Forecasting
Hundreds of Sample Plans Save You Time
Recommended for Bankers, Investors & SBA

Easy, StepbyStep Interviews
Get started quickly and easily. An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. A StepbyStep Guide is always available to help you to navigate to any section. Clearly communicate your ideas to investors. Friendly reminders and Smart Tips help you review your plan to ensure you'll never overlook important items.

Write a Professional Business Plan That Gets You Funded
Any business plan writing software can help you organize your thoughts into a business plan, but Business PlanMaker is the only brand that focuses on your finances first so you can create a plan that supports your financial model. You'll demonstrate not only how your ideas will be profitable, but when.

Easy, StepbyStep Interviews
Get started quickly and easily. An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. Simply answer a few, plainEnglish questions and quickly visualize the business of your dreams.

Samples & Recommended Phrases
Never start from scratch. Get started with professionally written sample plans for hundreds of businesses, each prewritten by professional consultants for most industries and indexed for easy searching.

Fast, Accurate Financial Forecasts
Build a comprehensive set of financial projections, complete with 65 effective graphs, charts, and reports. Powerful financial tools automatically project sales, expenses, and cash flow quickly and accurately. So you'll never deal with complicated formulas, reports, or graphs again.

Publish in Preferred Format
Your plan is prepared using the recommended format preferred by executives and investors. Enhance your plan with graphics, photos, and cover illustrations. Then print, email, create a PDF or export to Word and Excel.

Professionally Written Sample Plans for Hundreds of Businesses
With plans authored by professional business plan writers, you'll see the higher quality difference instantly. Each plan includes 2030 pages of essential information and uptodate financial figures for your business model. All plans are 100 customizable so you can get started more quickly.

Publish in the Preferred Format
Your plan is prepared using the recommended format preferred by executives and investors. Enhance your plan with graphics, photos, and cover illustrations. Then print, email, create a PDF Portable Document File, or publish to the web. Exports to Word and Excel.

Everything You Need to Launch Your Business
Never written a business plan before Business PlanMaker includes exclusive training and online resources that are essential for firsttime entrepreneurs

Check Your Plan for Errors
Review your business plan for financial accuracy and completeness. Catch missing sections or areas that are not ready for publication.

Professor Teaches Business Planning
An interactive tutorial offers concise, comprehensive training to help you plan and run your new business successfully.

Connect to Business Resources You Need
Get help launching your business with 750 resources, valuable government programs, a list of investors, publications, and business resources you'll need to get started. Save over 500 in discount offers on future business services.

Learn From Professionals
Draw on the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and learn beforehand how to avoid costly mistakes.
Book excerpt written by Jan Norman, AwardWinning Business Author

Organize Your Business
Take control of your schedule, todo list, and contacts. An intuitive design helps you get started quickly. Everything you need to stay organized is includedyou'll wonder how you ever survived without it

Visualize Your Organization Chart
Illustrate the organizational structure of your company to your management team and key decision makers. Build scenarios quickly and create great looking org charts.

Computer Training
With Professor Teaches Excel, you'll learn how to forecast sales and analyze data with the most complete training program for Excel.

Works with QuickBooks
Easily import existing financials from QuickBooks Financial Software to create business plans and financial projections.

Ten Ways Business PlanMaker Ensures Your Success
Define Your Business
Turn your dreams into reality. Chart a new course for your business.
Organize Your Thoughts
Assemble your ideas into a presentation that sells your proposal.
Identify Opportunities
Discover opportunities, analyze risk & identify unforeseen challenges.
Ensure Financial Success
Illustrate the financial benefits of implementing your plans.
Beat the Competition
Define products/services, identify customers, & capture the market.
Achieve Your Goals
Establish direction for your business, set objectives & monitor progress.
Provide Leadership
Convey key messages to employees, partners, & executives.
Share Your Vision
Sell your proposition to investors, bankers, family & friends.
Generate Excitement
Build the momentum your business needs to reach the next stage.
Receive Funding
Create a persuasive, compelling plan that gets the funding you need.

System Requirements
Intel Pentium or equivalent   Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000   250 MB Hard Drive space available   CDROM Drive   SVGA video or higher   Windows Printer

Write a Professional Business Plan That Gets You Funded

Business PlanMaker helps you develop a business plan and financial model that presents the most compelling business case to investors. You'll save hours of time and create a professional business plan in the format preferred by financial experts.

Everything you need to plan and launch your business
Easy, StepbyStep Interview Wizards
Powerful 5Year Financial Forecasting
Hundreds of Sample Plans Save You Time
Recommended for Bankers, Investors & SBA

Easy, StepbyStep Interviews
Get started quickly and easily. An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. A StepbyStep Guide is always available to help you to navigate to any section. Clearly communicate your ideas to investors. Friendly reminders and Smart Tips help you review your plan to ensure you'll never overlook important items.

Write a Professional Business Plan That Gets You Funded
Any business plan writing software can help you organize your thoughts into a business plan, but Business PlanMaker is the only brand that focuses on your finances first so you can create a plan that supports your financial model. You'll demonstrate not only how your ideas will be profitable, but when.

Easy, StepbyStep Interviews
Get started quickly and easily. An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. Simply answer a few, plainEnglish questions and quickly visualize the business of your dreams.

Samples & Recommended Phrases
Never start from scratch. Get started with professionally written sample plans for hundreds of businesses, each prewritten by professional consultants for most industries and indexed for easy searching.

Fast, Accurate Financial Forecasts
Build a comprehensive set of financial projections, complete with 65 effective graphs, charts, and reports. Powerful financial tools automatically project sales, expenses, and cash flow quickly and accurately. So you'll never deal with complicated formulas, reports, or graphs again.

Publish in Preferred Format
Your plan is prepared using the recommended format preferred by executives and investors. Enhance your plan with graphics, photos, and cover illustrations. Then print, email, create a PDF or export to Word and Excel.

Professionally Written Sample Plans for Hundreds of Businesses
With plans authored by professional business plan writers, you'll see the higher quality difference instantly. Each plan includes 2030 pages of essential information and uptodate financial figures for your business model. All plans are 100 customizable so you can get started more quickly.

Publish in the Preferred Format
Your plan is prepared using the recommended format preferred by executives and investors. Enhance your plan with graphics, photos, and cover illustrations. Then print, email, create a PDF Portable Document File, or publish to the web. Exports to Word and Excel.

Everything You Need to Launch Your Business
Never written a business plan before Business PlanMaker includes exclusive training and online resources that are essential for firsttime entrepreneurs

Check Your Plan for Errors
Review your business plan for financial accuracy and completeness. Catch missing sections or areas that are not ready for publication.

Professor Teaches Business Planning
An interactive tutorial offers concise, comprehensive training to help you plan and run your new business successfully.

Connect to Business Resources You Need
Get help launching your business with 750 resources, valuable government programs, a list of investors, publications, and business resources you'll need to get started. Save over 500 in discount offers on future business services.

Learn From Professionals
Draw on the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and learn beforehand how to avoid costly mistakes.
Book excerpt written by Jan Norman, AwardWinning Business Author

Organize Your Business
Take control of your schedule, todo list, and contacts. An intuitive design helps you get started quickly. Everything you need to stay organized is includedyou'll wonder how you ever survived without it

Visualize Your Organization Chart
Illustrate the organizational structure of your company to your management team and key decision makers. Build scenarios quickly and create great looking org charts.

Computer Training
With Professor Teaches Excel, you'll learn how to forecast sales and analyze data with the most complete training program for Excel.

Works with QuickBooks
Easily import existing financials from QuickBooks Financial Software to create business plans and financial projections.

Ten Ways Business PlanMaker Ensures Your Success
Define Your Business
Turn your dreams into reality. Chart a new course for your business.
Organize Your Thoughts
Assemble your ideas into a presentation that sells your proposal.
Identify Opportunities
Discover opportunities, analyze risk & identify unforeseen challenges.
Ensure Financial Success
Illustrate the financial benefits of implementing your plans.
Beat the Competition
Define products/services, identify customers, & capture the market.
Achieve Your Goals
Establish direction for your business, set objectives & monitor progress.
Provide Leadership
Convey key messages to employees, partners, & executives.
Share Your Vision
Sell your proposition to investors, bankers, family & friends.
Generate Excitement
Build the momentum your business needs to reach the next stage.
Receive Funding
Create a persuasive, compelling plan that gets the funding you need.

System Requirements
Intel Pentium or equivalent   Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000   250 MB Hard Drive space available   CDROM Drive   SVGA video or higher   Windows Printer

Business PlanMaker Professional Deluxe helps you develop a business plan and financial model to present the most compelling business case to your management team, employees, and investors. You'll save hours of time and create a professional business plan in the format preferred by financial experts.

Write a Professional Business Plan That Ensures Your Success
Never written a business plan before Business PlanMaker Professional Deluxe includes exclusive training and resources for firsttime entrepreneurs and essential tips on how to sell your vision to stakeholders.

Easy, StepbyStep Interviews
Get started quickly and easily. An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. Simply answer a few plainEnglish questions and quickly visualize the business of your dreams. A StepbyStep Guide is always available to help you navigate to any section. Clearly communicate your ideas to investors. Friendly reminders and Smart Tips help you review your plan to ensure you'll never overlook important items.

Samples & Recommended Phrases
Never start from scratch. Get started with professionally written sample plans for hundreds of businesses, each prewritten by professional consultants for most industries and indexed for easy searching.

Fast, Accurate Financial Forecasts
Build a comprehensive set of financial projections, complete with 65 effective graphs, charts, and reports. Powerful financial tools automatically project sales, expenses, and cash flow quickly and accurately. So you'll never deal with complicated formulas, reports, or graphs again.

Publish in Preferred Format
Your plan is prepared using the recommended format preferred by executives and investors. Enhance your plan with graphics, photos, and cover illustrations. Then print, email, create a PDF or export to Word and Excel.

Professionally Written Sample Plans for Hundreds of Businesses
With plans authored by professional business plan writers, you'll see the higher quality difference instantly. Each plan includes 2030 pages of essential information and uptodate financial figures for your business model. All plans are 100 customizable so you can get started more quickly.

Everything You Need to Launch Your Business
Never written a business plan before Business PlanMaker includes exclusive training and online resources that are essential for firsttime entrepreneurs

Check Your Plan for Errors
Review your business plan for financial accuracy and completeness. Catch missing sections or areas that are not ready for publication.

Professor Teaches Business Planning
An interactive tutorial offers concise, comprehensive training to help you plan and run your new business successfully.

Connect to Business Resources You Need
Get help launching your business with 750 resources, valuable government programs, a list of investors, publications, and business resources you'll need to get started. Save over 500 in discount offers on future business services.

Learn From Professionals
Draw on the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and learn beforehand how to avoid costly mistakes.

Visualize Your Organization Chart
Illustrate the organizational structure of your company to your management team and key decision makers. Build scenarios quickly and create great looking org charts.

Works with QuickBooks
Easily import existing financials from QuickBooks Financial Software to create business plans and financial projections.

Ten Ways Business PlanMaker Ensures Your Success
Define Your Business
Turn your dreams into reality and chart a new course for your business.

Organize Your Thoughts
Assemble your ideas into an efficient presentation that sells your proposal.

Identify Opportunities
Discover opportunities, analyze risk, and identify unforeseen challenges early.

Ensure Financial Success
Illustrate the financial benefits of implementing your plans and strategies.

Beat The Competition
Define your products and services, identify customers, and win the market.

Achieve Your Goals
Establish direction for your business, set objectives and monitor progress.

Provide Leadership
Convey your key messages to employees, partners, and executives.

Share Your Vision
Sell your proposition to investors, financial institutions, family, and friends

Generate Excitement
Build the momentum your business needs to advance to the next stage.

Receive Funding
Create a persuasive, compelling plan that gets the funding you need.

System Requirements
Intel Pentium or equivalent Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000   250 MB Hard Drive space available CDROM Drive   SVGA video or higher Windows Printer

System Requirements
Intel Pentium or equivalent  Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000   250 MB Hard Drive space available  CDROM Drive   SVGA video or higher  Windows Printer

Description

SJR's 10Minute Business Profiler Wizard BPW, an addin for Microsoft Office Word, is the Entrepreneur's Resume Wizard. The Wizard

is designed to enable entrepreneurs and executives to write concise yet compelling presentationsto important customers and busy

decision makers, who often have only a few minutes to spare. The user chooses various categories and is prompted with help and example

features to write specific information about their business or idea. Upon completion of the Wizard process, a draft template is

produced in Word that can be used as a stand alone document or the text may be copy and pasted into other Microsoft Office documents

including, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations or Microsoft Front Page HTML WebPages.

10Minute Business Profile Wizard
  A Business Writing Tool
 
 
 
 About the Ten Minute Business Profiler Wizard
A Microsoft Office addin designed to enable entrepreneurs and executives to create encapsulated profiles of their company or

business idea to prospective investors, partners, customers, etc.

The Wizard is a set of forms that run on top of Word. The Ten Minute Business Profiler wizard is constructed very much like the Word

resume and fax wizards. The user chooses various categories and is prompted with help & example features to enter specific

information. This results in a drafttemplate that will allow users to complete their document with some additional help prompts.

The interactive desktop application is a sophisticated writer's wizard with help guides, tips and advice, a glossary and

BusinessProfiler.com articles.  It guides the user through the process of writing, rewriting and designing a whole host of company

profiles to fit myriad purposes and produced in multiple formats.

Also, use the Profiler Wizard to prepare for a verbal presentation of your company or division. The profiler is designed to be a handy

tool for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs who need to incorporate new strategies or current information into one's Executive Summary of

a business plan.

Please note After installation, to start using the BPW Open Microsoft Word then  File> New > General Templates > Other

Documents. Its that easy

If you need a great model for financial planning...

This is arguably the ultimate spreadsheetbased financial planning & forecasting model... For less than 50, it rivals other programs costing 10 times as much

Excel workbook has everything you need

It's an Excel workbook with everything linked together. Just click across the tabs at the bottom of your screen to go to any statement or assumptions page you want. Lines that don't apply may simply be hidden or renamed for your purposes. Simply fillin / update the assumptions pages and the everything else is automatic. Assumptions pages are designed to be part of your plan presentation. Macros enable you to print individually or the entire financial plan.

StraightForward Flexible Financial Tools

All BizPlanBuilder financial models are now developed in linked Excel workbooks enabling you complete flexibility to customize them to your requirements. You don't have to be a spreadsheet or financial expert. If you are, you can customize everything in Excel. Just enter your sales, expense, growth and other assumptions and variables and let the program run the calculations.

Shows the math makes explaining easy

Show how believable numbers can add upunlike other financial models input> blackbox > output, here you will see the math, and be able to explain how you got there in a clear and logical manner. See whatif when you change scenarios. It automatically calculates totals, percentages and ratios to show at a glance how much money you'll need, when you'll need it, and how soon you'll make a profit. It's easy to updateIf you change a number, the spreadsheets automatically recalculate for you.

 Basic Financial Statements Standalone Income, Cashflow & Balance Sheet put together a quick look at your financial picture for businesses not necessarily seeking funding.

 Bank Loans Linked statements for product or service businesses great for presentation to lenders.

 Comprehensive Budget / Feasibilty Plan Bottomup/Topdown system helps you build a complete financial pictureparticularly valuable for startup or growing businesses. This model also includes our exclusive onepage Best/Worst case Sensitivity Analysis, as well as business valuation and investor deal analysis.

Updated Assumptions pages build entire model

Click across the tabs at the bottom of your screen to open any statement or assumption page that you want. Simply fillin / update the assumptions pages and BizPlanBuilder automatically generates all of your statements. We designed the Assumptions pages to be part of your plan presentationmaking it easy for investors and lenders to understand your business and the logic behind your numbers.

Be prepared with options
Year 1 by Months
Years 23 by Quarters
Years 15 by Year
All of the above

Updated Revenue model demonstrates growth potential

It's important to demonstrate clearly the magnitude of your opportunity. Input the entire universe of potential customers, then project your market share. Building upon that, estimate the of customers who will buy at a given price... See how believable numbers addupby using BizPlanBuilder you'll be able to easily explain and justify your projections.

Business valuation calculations value your deal

This is a big part of any financial model and we use several methods to triangulate a respectable valuation for your business as well as to provide a credible explanation that you can use.

 Harvard Model
 1st Chicago Method
 Discounted Future Cashflow 
Common VC Formula
Weighted Average all of the above

Return on Investment... Stock Giveup

Given a certain amount of investment, how many shares would your investors get What of the company would they own We included a calculation to help you see that you will still become wildly wealthy even when your investors get rich too What might rounds two and three look like If you went public, what might that look like You must understand your deal We also include a separate spreadsheet that helps you calculate your net return/profit if you were to sell your business.

BizPlanBuilder is the business plan software recommended by thousands of angel investors, bankers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists for organizing and financing your business.
Now in its 10th revision and made even better for 2008

Whether you're raising capital or organizing your strategy, BizPlanBuilder will help you produce an investmentgrade business plan that makes sense to those who control the capital. It's uptodate and has the right combination of structure and content to help you all the way from idea through financing to the ongoing management of your growing company.

The business plan loved by more investors & lenders
Many say they want you to write your plan from scratch, but that's too much work and just plain crazy, especially if you need a plan right away. Plus, investors are asking more questions than ever and they want to be absolutely sure that everything is properly aligned before they'll write you a check. You can't afford to take any chances here since we've been doing this longer than anyone, we can help you anticipate and address all the questions and concerns. By using BizPlanBuilder you'll complete a working business plan that will last a long time, serve multiple purposes and appeal to all who are interested in your business.

Developed & refined longer than any other
JIAN wrote the first business planning software 20 years ago and has been refining and perfecting it ever since. Many things have changed and BizPlanBuilder has too. It's still the fastest and easiest way of turning your ideas into a winning plan and a successful business. That's why BizPlanBuilder is so widely accepted and often referred as the best business planning software by so many people who really understand business planning and business plans today.

The best of hundreds of plans builtin give you more ideas
Over the years, we've taken the best of hundreds of business planning components and incorporated them into a useable number of great prototype documents you can build upon. You'll find that this method is far more robust than deconstructing and rebuilding a limited socalled industryspecific cookiecutter plan template. Read the Reviews. We've already done the work for you, plus we have been working with entrepreneurs and investors for 20 years.

Includes everything you need to get funded
BizPlanBuilder also includes the allimportant supporting documents to use for presenting your plan, plus 600 worth of extras.

Sample letters inviting potential members to join your Board of Directors
Prospective investor tracking worksheet
Private Offering Disclaimer

Take advantage of having a good business plan
Writing a business plan used to be a lot of work. Not anymore. Plus, you can use your complete plan for a number of good uses. With BizPlanBuilder, you will have everything you need to...

• Start and plan your business from a raw idea
• Reorganize your company for greater growth
• Have your people pulling in the same direction
• Raise Angel or Venture Capital investment
• Apply for an SBAbacked loan
• Analyze your prospects for a franchise
• Gain support or a grant for a NotforProfit
• File a plan to emerge from bankruptcy
• Complete an MBA project or win the competition
• Think through an acquisition
• Add value to the sale of your business
• Easily make changes to go after new opportunities
• Menudriven from start to finish
• BizPlanbuilder's organized system gives you sample plans and builtin financial models that have been thoroughly proven. These have also been torturetested with several billion dollars worth of investors over the years as well

Intuitive document management system works with familiar Microsoft Office applications
Easily edit the prewritten plans in Word avoid problematic file conversions
Spreadsheets in Excel format provide the ultimate in flexibility and customization
Expert advice throughout guides you every step of the way

JIAN's Multiuser Interactive Document Assembly System MIDAS makes adding, editing and managing documents fast and easy
Share your plans over a network, server or online with consultants, partners and colleagues

Multiuser system enables remote access & team collaboration
With this new version of BizPlanBuilder, we overhauled the entire system to make it a true multiuser program. Now you can easily share your business planning project with others management team, consultants, investors with complete access control and 128bit security. Now you can collaborate over a network, server or the Internet. Emailing, cutting and pasting files is no longer necessary For yourself, you can work on your business plan from your office, home, and laptop. It's easy.

 Expert comments throughout explain everything
The next best thing to having us do the work for you is to have our collection of expert advice, comments and suggestions woven throughout every section explaining what to do and why. Only you will see themthey don't print. Also, the JIAN Handbook of Business Planning included with BizPlanBuilder provides a wealth of experience, ideas and information, plus a variety of additional tools to help you build your business and manage it more effectively with or without outside financing.

Built for professionals as well as novices
For the firsttime business planner, you'll appreciate how much has already been done for you. We've written most of the text and lead you through completing the sentences, we've provided expert comments throughout, plus we've included a complete set of financial models that will vividly demonstrate the effects of sales and expenses over time.

Our business plan financial models offer excel flexibility and easy customization. If you're a business planning pro, you will appreciate the flexibility of the BizPlanBuilder system as well as the quality of the content that you would expect for you, this is a real working toolset.

Flexible financial models help you project your financial future
Whether you're writing a formal business plan for investors or developing a meaningful forecast for your business, BizPlanBuilder's financial models will make the process faster, easier, and yes even fun It's never been easier to organize your ideas, see how sales and expense projections effect your bottom line, and quickly output professionallooking, beautifully formatted documents required by banks and investors so you can get funded fast

BizPlanBuilder prints a professional business plan presentation approved by investors, lenders and the SBA. All of the financial models are completely configured, so you don't have to be a spreadsheet or financial expert. Just enter your sales, expense, growth and other assumptions and variables and let the program run the calculations to produce investorready financial statements. See whatif when you change scenarios.

Automatic assembly & complete customization
Once you've completed the selected sections, BizPlanBuilder automatically assembles your plan... ready for review, final printing, or saving to a web site. A comprehensive business plan can help you get what you want for your business. BizPlanBuilder makes it easy.

System Requirements

• Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP
• Office 2000 or newer
• IBMcompatible PCs with a Pentium processor or better, 166MHz or faster
• 32MB RAM, 64MB or more recommended
• 24MB hard disk space
• CDROM drive, 4x or faster
• Mouse or compatible pointing device
• 24bit/truecolor display
• Compatible with most popular printers

Business PlanMaker Professional Deluxe helps you develop a business plan and financial model to present the most compelling business case to your management team, employees, and investors. You'll save hours of time and create a professional business plan in the format preferred by financial experts.

Write a Professional Business Plan That Ensures Your Success
Never written a business plan before Business PlanMaker Professional Deluxe includes exclusive training and resources for firsttime entrepreneurs and essential tips on how to sell your vision to stakeholders.

Easy, StepbyStep Interviews
Get started quickly and easily. An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. Simply answer a few plainEnglish questions and quickly visualize the business of your dreams. A StepbyStep Guide is always available to help you navigate to any section. Clearly communicate your ideas to investors. Friendly reminders and Smart Tips help you review your plan to ensure you'll never overlook important items.

Samples & Recommended Phrases
Never start from scratch. Get started with professionally written sample plans for hundreds of businesses, each prewritten by professional consultants for most industries and indexed for easy searching.

Fast, Accurate Financial Forecasts
Build a comprehensive set of financial projections, complete with 65 effective graphs, charts, and reports. Powerful financial tools automatically project sales, expenses, and cash flow quickly and accurately. So you'll never deal with complicated formulas, reports, or graphs again.

Publish in Preferred Format
Your plan is prepared using the recommended format preferred by executives and investors. Enhance your plan with graphics, photos, and cover illustrations. Then print, email, create a PDF or export to Word and Excel.

Professionally Written Sample Plans for Hundreds of Businesses
With plans authored by professional business plan writers, you'll see the higher quality difference instantly. Each plan includes 2030 pages of essential information and uptodate financial figures for your business model. All plans are 100 customizable so you can get started more quickly.

Everything You Need to Launch Your Business
Never written a business plan before Business PlanMaker includes exclusive training and online resources that are essential for firsttime entrepreneurs

Check Your Plan for Errors
Review your business plan for financial accuracy and completeness. Catch missing sections or areas that are not ready for publication.

Professor Teaches Business Planning
An interactive tutorial offers concise, comprehensive training to help you plan and run your new business successfully.

Connect to Business Resources You Need
Get help launching your business with 750 resources, valuable government programs, a list of investors, publications, and business resources you'll need to get started. Save over 500 in discount offers on future business services.

Learn From Professionals
Draw on the experiences of successful entrepreneurs and learn beforehand how to avoid costly mistakes.

Visualize Your Organization Chart
Illustrate the organizational structure of your company to your management team and key decision makers. Build scenarios quickly and create great looking org charts.

Works with QuickBooks
Easily import existing financials from QuickBooks Financial Software to create business plans and financial projections.

Ten Ways Business PlanMaker Ensures Your Success
Define Your Business
Turn your dreams into reality and chart a new course for your business.

Organize Your Thoughts
Assemble your ideas into an efficient presentation that sells your proposal.

Identify Opportunities
Discover opportunities, analyze risk, and identify unforeseen challenges early.

Ensure Financial Success
Illustrate the financial benefits of implementing your plans and strategies.

Beat The Competition
Define your products and services, identify customers, and win the market.

Achieve Your Goals
Establish direction for your business, set objectives and monitor progress.

Provide Leadership
Convey your key messages to employees, partners, and executives.

Share Your Vision
Sell your proposition to investors, financial institutions, family, and friends

Generate Excitement
Build the momentum your business needs to advance to the next stage.

Receive Funding
Create a persuasive, compelling plan that gets the funding you need.

System Requirements
Intel Pentium or equivalent Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000   250 MB Hard Drive space available CDROM Drive   SVGA video or higher Windows Printer

System Requirements
Intel Pentium or equivalent  Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000   250 MB Hard Drive space available  CDROM Drive   SVGA video or higher  Windows Printer

NEW Biz Plan Builder version 11 for 2009
BizPlanBuilder is the business plan software recommended by thousands of angel investors, business bankers, business planning consultants, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists for organizing and financing your business.
Everything you need to quickly create a winning business plan

Easily edit your business plan in MS Word
Quickly modify the financial models in MS Excel
Collaborate with partners and consultants over a network or the internet
Get Fast financial projections so you can work what if scenarios
Perfect your presentation with our proven PowerPoint investor pitch template
Build your business with 60 business planning documents & worksheets
Get help as you go with our included expert advice
Also includes Handbook of Business Planning in PDF.

BizPlanBuilder is the first, proven business planning software and continues to be recommended by thousands of bankers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and investors for organizing and financing your business. It's now in its 10th revision
Investors and lenders work with entrepreneurs every day. You're doing this once, maybe a few times altogether. A textbook business plan no longer works. You need all the help you can get with a planning system that can get you into business or keep you going with or without outside capital then your deal becomes even more attractive. If this makes sense, please keep reading.

We wrote the first business planning software 20 years ago and have been refining and perfecting it ever since. Many things have changed and BizPlanBuilder has too. It's still the fastest and easiest way of turning your ideas into a winning plan and a successful business. That's why BizPlanBuilder is so widely accepted and often referred as the best business planning software by so many people who really understand business planning and business plans today.

As you research business planning software, remember to count and compare the number of realworld success cases reported by users. BizPlanBuilder seems to have more than all of the others combined Reviews are nice, but we think you'll prefer cash and business success.

Whether you are raising 5,000 to 50 million, or organizing your strategy for going forward, BizPlanBuilder will help you produce an investmentgrade business plan quickly and efficiently. It's real, uptodate, and has the right combination of art and science with the structure and content to help you all the way from idea through financing to the ongoing management of your growing company.

With over 1,500,000 customers and more than two billion dollars raised through venture capitalists, investors, banks, the SBA and corporate management, BizPlanBuilder is the proven tool for developing your concept and presenting it to those who can back you. No other business planning software has the praise given to BizPlanBuilder for overall ease of use, quality and the sheer success of its users. 

The best of hundreds of plans builtin give you more ideas
Over the years, we've taken the best of hundreds of business planning components and incorporated them into a useable number of great prototype documents you can build upon. You'll find that this method is far more robust than deconstructing and rebuilding a limited socalled industryspecific cookiecutter plan template. Read the Reviews. We've already done the work for you, plus we have been working with entrepreneurs and investors for 20 years.

The business plan loved by more investors & lenders
Some say they want you to write your plan from scratch, but that's too much work, especially if you need a plan right now. Plus, investors are asking more questions than ever and they want to be absolutely sure that everything is addressed before they'll write you a check. You can't afford to take any chances here since we've been developing business planning software longer than anyone, you can be sure that we help you anticipate and address all of the questions and concerns. With BizPlanBuilder you'll build a solid foundation for yourself and for your company. Communicate effectively to investors and lenders, and show them the logic and math that clearly illustrates a good investment opportunity.

Includes everything you need for financing
BizPlanBuilder also includes the allimportant supporting documents to use for presenting your plan, plus 600 worth of extras. For example

Sample letters inviting potential members to join your Board of Directors
Prospective investor tracking worksheet
Private Offering Disclaimer

The business plan for many uses...
Start and plan your business from a raw idea
Reorganize your company for greater growth
Have your people pulling in the same direction
Raise Angel or Venture Capital investment
Apply for an SBAbacked loan
Analyze your prospects for a franchise
Gain support or a grant for a NotforProfit
File a plan to emerge from bankruptcy
Complete an MBA project or win the competition
Think through an acquisition
Add value to the sale of your business
Easily make changes to go after new opportunities
Menudriven from start to finish
BizPlanbuilder's organized system gives you sample plans and builtin financial models that have been thoroughly proven. These have also been torturetested with several billion dollars worth of investors over the years as well

Intuitive document management system uses familiar Office applications
Easily edit the prewritten plans in Word avoid. problematic file conversions.
Spreadsheets in Excel format provide the ultimate in flexibility and customization.
Expert advice throughout guides you every step of the way.
JIAN's Multiuser Interactive Document Assembly System MIDAS makes adding, editing and managing Office documents fast and easy
Share the project and your plans over a network, server or online with consultants, partners and colleagues

Multiuser system enables remote access & team collaboration
With this new version of BizPlanBuilder, we overhauled the entire system to make it a true multiuser program. Now you can easily share your business planning project with others management team, consultants, investors with complete access control and 128bit security. Now you can collaborate over a network, server or the Internet. Emailing, cutting and pasting files is no longer necessary For yourself, you can work on your business plan from your office, home, and laptop. It's easy.

Expert comments throughout explain everything
The next best thing to having us do the work for you is to have our collection of expert advice, comments and suggestions woven throughout every section explaining what to do and why. Only you will see themthey don't print. Also, the JIAN Handbook of Business Planning included with BizPlanBuilder provides a wealth of experience, ideas and information, plus a variety of additional tools to help you build your business and manage it more effectively with or without outside financing.

Built for professionals as well as novices
For the firsttime business planner, you'll appreciate how much has already been done for you. We've written most of the text and lead you through completing the sentences, we've provided expert comments throughout, plus we've included a complete set of financial models that will vividly demonstrate the effects of sales and expenses over time.

Our business plan financial models offer excel flexibility and easy customization. If you're a business planning pro, you will appreciate the flexibility of the BizPlanBuilder system as well as the quality of the content that you would expect for you, this is a real working toolset.

Flexible financial models help you project your financial future
 Whether you're writing a formal business plan for investors or developing a meaningful forecast for your business, BizPlanBuilder's financial models will make the process faster, easier, and yes even fun It's never been easier to organize your ideas, see how sales and expense projections effect your bottom line, and quickly output professionallooking, beautifully formatted documents required by banks and investors so you can get funded fast

BizPlanBuilder prints a professional business plan presentation approved by investors, lenders and the SBA. All of the financial models are completely configured, so you don't have to be a spreadsheet or financial expert. Just enter your sales, expense, growth and other assumptions and variables and let the program run the calculations to produce investorready financial statements. See whatif when you change scenarios.

Automatic assembly & complete customization
Once you've completed the selected sections, BizPlanBuilder automatically assembles your plan... ready for review, final printing, or saving to a web site. A comprehensive business plan can help you get what you want for your business. BizPlanBuilder makes it easy.

Why choose BizPlanBuilder
BizPlanBuilder was inspired by our work with entrepreneurs. These people think fast and move fast. The idea of a traditional business plan was out of the question. An innovative, fresh approach to business planning was required, and BizPlanBuilder was born.

From the very beginning, our goal has been to support new products and services entering our world. We want the best stuff to prevail. Entrepreneurs, inventors and others who offer something great and want to succeed in the face of extraordinary competition, overwhelming odds and tight budgets need all the help you can get

BizPlanBuilder includes short, prewritten Microsoft Word templates, Microsoft Excel financial workbooks and a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation template All easily customizable to suit your unique business.

Expert comments on every page provide direction and insights to improve your plan as well as your business model. BizPlanBuilder provides everything you need to accomplish your goals, including important supporting documents, plus 600 worth of extras.

The best of a thousand business plans in one...
Weve discovered that its easier and better for you if we gathered the best ideas and proven concepts from every industry and incorporated them into just a few master templates. That way, you get more, better ideas and its only your task to edit the multiple choices, complete the sentences, and delete things you dont need.

If you want to start a dog walking business, you can find that among the 500 sample plans offered by a competitor. If you work for the government and you have unlimited time, we can recommend another software system that drags you through 1,200 questions before generating a canned business plan for you.

However, if you have a unique concept, not something easily canned, perhaps even something that will make a contribution to our world, please bring it on And keep reading...

Hundreds of sample plans are already integrated.
A competitor hired parttimers to produce 500 sample plans to make you think you're getting something special. One of the people sent us his resume hoping that we would hire him to do the same nobrainer job His qualifications should frighten you.

Instead, we've taken everything we've learned over the past 20 yearsfrom angel investors, bankers, consultants, successful customers, VCsand synthesized it into a few fundamental plan prototypes. These can be customized beyond the 500 sample plans in a few minutes.

We didn't strip out otherwise good ideas to make your plan fit a specific industryit's actually more work to undo those sample plans in order to get a good plan you can use We actually give you more to work with in an easier to use system. Think of BizPlanBuilder as a carefully compiled collection of the best of business plans providing you the very examples of exactly what to say. Only we make sure it all makes sense and that you can rely on it.

With BizPlanBuilder, you also benefit from the crosspollination from many industries, supporting your business's uniqueness, and implementing the bestpractices sought after by investors, lenders and others who can help you.

More business plan and planning software development experience
We've been developing business planning software since 1988. While that may seem dated to some, to you it means that we didn't just build a web site and start downloading software. We've been through many business cycles we've been making this software and content better for a long time, and we're excited to say that this latest version of BizPlanBuilder is the most effective and streamlined yet... We listened to the professional business consultants in our network. We listened and incorporated ideas we got from thousands of successful customers..

20 years studying what investors & lenders finance
Our customers report having raised over a billion and a half dollars through venture capitalists, investors, banks, the SBA and corporate management. While many investors will tell you they want just a 23 page plan you'll use the Executive Summary, it will really take a lot more than that to extract any real investment. While BizPlanBuilder provides everything in one document, it also is designed like a quickreference guide to quickly access and address all of their questions. Given our unique experience, we help you anticipate investors' and lenders' questions, such as

Have you thought about...
What about...
How many...
Who else...
How much...
Can you prove...
Written from the investors' and lenders' pointofview
We often remind people that, The better job you do on your plan, the better deal you'll get And, that your language can either attract capital or repel it. For these reasons, we provide you a planning system written from the investors and lenders point of viewbecause they are the ones who will give you the capital you need. Need proof that this works Just read the comments at left or at the bottom of this page.

3 Reasons BizPlanBuilder OutPerforms the Other Business Planning Software
Topping 1.5 billion in capital raised, BizPlanBuilder incorporates professionallywritten, compelling text that provides the desired content and demonstrates the style proven with investors & lenders. The idea is that it's easier to edit than to write from scratch rather than answer a series of questions in a vacuum and let the program assemble a collection of canned paragraphs, BizPlanBuilder presents the text and numbers in familiar Word, Excel & PowerPoint templates where the user can see the context into which their answers will go finish the sentences, overwrite the examples, and modify the formatting to make it perfect for your business. The financial models have evolved over 20 years and include characteristics gleaned from angels, VCs, bankers, and customers worldwide. For advisors working with business owners on their plans, BizPlanBuilder provides a valuable business education in itself.

BizPlanBuilder is the only open business planning system on the market.
Most business concepts are very unique today, rendering most industryspecific sample plans useless. Instead, BizPlanBuilder provides the best of hundreds of business concepts crosspollinated from every industry enabling the user to quickly adopt proven ideas and include them in their plans. A pulldown menu even lets you include external documents. The financial planning models incorporate Excel workbooks designed to make it easy to enter all of your assumptions, play whatif, and handle the presentation to investors and lenders. An interesting addition is the inclusion of a table in the Use of Proceeds Summary page suggesting levels of investment required over 9/12/18/24 month periods compelling the user to plan for certain milestones. The financial models are completely flexible enabling perfect customization to any business model, plus they allow an unlimited number of links to and from external spreadsheets. not so with Business Plan Pro

Multiuser system enables timesaving collaboration over a network, server or web.
The BizPlanBuilder system is optimized to enable collaboration with an unlimited number of others over a network, server or the Internet. Entrepreneurial and/or consulting teams can easily divide projects and work together no matter where they are. No more emailing sections, cutting & pasting or overwriting each other's work. Most of JIAN's 10 businessbuilding titles run on this same system learn one, use them all. You can even drag and drop a section of your business plan in to your employee policies manual Beyond the templates; however, business teams can even use the JIAN system itself for developing their own custom projects like technical manuals, sales books, or procedures guides. Likewise, individual users can enjoy anytime access to their plans from office, home, and laptop PCs.
The best content, resources & support Reuse your effort in the future
Downloading BizPlanBuilder is a great start. What if you could also take your work on your business plan and reuse it with other important projects in the future JIAN offers a complete suite of companion products to help you market, publicize, and build your business as it grows. We make it easy for you to cut and paste from your business plan to your employee handbook, expanded marketing plan, PR plan and press releases, etc. Our website is also rich with articles, affiliates and links which will be invaluable to you in addition to the software programs.

The many advantages of BizPlanBuilder
Some of the advantages of BizPlanBuilder are simply unique; noone else does it. For many BizPlanBuilder just goes further, bigger and better.

Easy Uses native Word & Excel / Office required so you can quickly edit and customize your business plan without software import/export hassles
Fast Sample plans are already written & integrated
Comprehensive Plan Financials Everything you'll need
Modular Intuitive Office document assembly system
MultiUser Access your plan from your office, laptop or home
Collaborative Share the project with your team and consultants over a network, server, or the Internet
Flexible Financial models are in familiar Excel workbooks
Proven More real and BIG success stories than any other
Refined This is version 10, refined longer than any other
Reliable Input from practicing experts in every field
Teaching Video The Thinking Behind Your Business Plan
Web links Free webbased Resources
Better

Achievable. Believable. Clear. Complete. Concise. Focused. Professional. Realistic...
And, the best business plan Ive ever read. These are the responses countless customers have told us theyve heard from bankers, investors, prospective partners and senior managers when they presented their plans they created by using BizPlanBuilder. The unique JIAN process assures that you'll be preparedready to face even the toughest audiences and able to answer every question.

Everything you need to produce a winning business plan to raise the capital you want

Eventually, investors and lenders will ask a lot of questions before writing you a check. We know. In BizPlanBuilder address as many of them as possible for you. Scrolldown and you can see for yourself that BizPlanBuilder offers more expertise, tools and connections than any other planning software tool in the world. Use as much or as little as you need. You can build as you go, always able to come back for more if/when you need it.

We include everything you'll need to for your presentation to investors, banks, the SBA and othersfollowing all of their prescribed formats and requirements. Plus, we've already done most of the writing for you

Weve added new sections, made major enhancements, and incorporated a variety of new tools to help you succeed

PrePlanning Tools
These are Word documents you can easily edit.

Business Assessment Questions
Executive Team Bio
Personal Assessment Questions
Personal Mission Statement
Startup Checklist
Vision Statement
Writing About Your Business
Email Introduction to Friends
Cover Letters to...

an Angel Investor
a Business Acquirer
an Investment Banker
a Lender includes a Summary Letter for Loan/Line of Credit
a Leasing Agent
a Venture Capitalist
Elevator Pitch Outline & Sample

20Minute PowerPoint Presentation Template
In slide 8 of 16 we position your solution relative to everything else... We go to the VC presentations, we've present there too, we also take in everything everyone says and add these ideas to BizPlanBuilder.

We show you a sample pitch presentation to investors. Here is an important slide depicting how you compare to everyone else out there.

Complete Business Plans
Start with Your Choice of Five Complete Plan Prototypes. These are written from the investors and lenders pointofview. All are complete with integrated samples.

Concept Evaluation Plan to test your ideas
Angel/VC Plan Product / Development / Manufacturing Plan
Internet / eCommerce Plan dot.coma profitable dot.com
Retail Store
Service Business
Each plan is a complete template unto itself. Choose the one most like your business, then you can select a section from any of the other plans and drag & drop it anywhere into the plan you are working with. The BizPlan Builder document management system lets you open any section you want, add/edit/save, work on another section... assemble your entire plan, complete with formatting and page numbering... print or email the finished plan.

Cover

Title Page

Executive Summary

Company Overview

Business Model
Objectives
Financing Requirements
Exit Strategy / ROI
Market Opportunity

Market Size
Customer Requirements
Purpose

Mission / Vision
Objectives / Goals
Values
Company Overview

Legal Business Structure
Government Regulations
Business Strategy

Revenue Model / Revenue Sources
Purchase Options
Sales Channels
Strategic Alliances
Everything is available to you, but you may not need it all... click sections on/off with a click in a check box. We've integrated the best of the best sample business plans enabling you to 'crosspollinate' from many industries to give you the biggest advantage of many ideas for building your unique business.

Product/Service Strategy

Research & Development
Useful Features/Benefits
Proprietary Technology
Product/Service Life Cycles
Product/Service Development/Selection Criteria
Planned Products / Services
Exhibits
Service & Delivery
Service Process
Costs
Competition

Competitor Comparison
Competitive Advantages
Market Analysis

Industry Analysis
Market Segments
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Trends
Customer Profile
Demographics
Psychographics
Customer List
Internet Strategy

Presence
ECommerce
Privacy / Security
Risk

Competitive
Economic
Environmental
Government
Industry
Liability
Market
It's crucial that you think through as many possibilities for selling as possible. Leave no stone unturned, and we will help you do it efficiently be ahead of investors, customers and competitors

Marketing Plan

Branding / Positioning
Features / Benefits
Pricing / Margin Structure
Selling Strategy
Sales Channels
Executive to Executive
Direct
Manufacturer Representatives
Distributors
Retailers
OEMs
Direct Response Mail
Telemarketing
International
Strategic Alliances
OEM Relationships
Joint Marketing Agreements
Joint Development Efforts
Direct & Indirect Campaigns
Advertising & Promotions

Media Objectives
Media Strategy
Advertising Campaign
Preliminary Media Schedule
Promotion
Incentives
Direct Mail
List Management
Company Capabilities Brochure
Sales Support Collateral Materials
Advertising Budget
Media Schedule
Our Spending vs. Industry Average
Outside Advertising Suppliers
Email
Rollout Program
Trade Incentives
Customer Service
Returns & Adjustments Policy
Publicity / Public Relations
Publicity Strategy

PR Campaign
Press Releases
Editorial Visitation
Internal/External Newsletter
Trade Shows
Sales Support
Management Team

Backgrounds
Stock Allocation
Responsibilities
Board of Advisors
Board of Directors
Outside Support / Consultants
Staffing Requirements
Operations

Facilities
Staff
Production / Manufacturing
Costs
Service Delivery
Product Fulfillment
Packaging & Transportation
Shipping Terms
Present Situation

Management
Products / Services
Market Environment
Profitability & Cashflow
Customers
Operations
Priorities

Comprehensive, Flexible Financial Models in Excel Workbooks
Choose from 3 All New GAAPCompliant Financial Models

Basic Financial Statements
Integrated Financial Model
Advanced Model outlined below
If you are at all uncomfortable with finance the language, concepts, meaning, anything we have included comments within the cells to make sure you are clear about what is being asked. It won't insult your intelligence, but it will prepare you to think, plan, and speak financially.

Investors want to know who, and how many, are likely to become customers BizPlanBuilder reduces your hipshooting to believable and workable numbers then manages all of the arithmetic for you.

Financing Plan

Assumptions
Startup Costs
Uses of Proceeds Summary
Sales Projections
Market Size / Demand / Growth
Customer Acquisition
Seasonality
Product Mix
Sales Channel Mix
Staffing / Space Requirements
Cost of Goods Sold
Marketing & Advertising
R & D, Equipment, Facilities
General & Administrative
Financing, Interest, Taxes
Automatic Financial Statements

Yr 1/Month, Yr 23/Quarter, Yr 15/Year
Gross Profit Analysis
Income
Cashflow Debt, Equity, Asset Sale / Combinations
Balance Sheet
BreakEven Analysis
21 Ratio Analysis
Combination Past/Present/Future P&L over Balance showing Ratio Trends
Select financial projections from the buttons across the bottom of your screen. Use just what you need. First year detail by month, second & third year detail by quarters, 15 year summaries by the year totals... Everything adds up. You can see the math. Expert comments appear to explain every variable.

Valuation / Exit / Investor Deal Analysis

Exclusive 1Page Sensitivity Best Case / Worst Case WhatIf Analysis
Valuation & Stock GiveUp
Capitalization Table
Investment Analysis / 1,2,3 Financing Rounds / IPO / Sale
There is a lot here, but when you take it one page at a time it makes total sense the Assumptions you fill in based upon what you know about your business, industry, and reasonable expectations for the future... take the small, believable facts and proveable assumptions and compound them into a what your business could really become. The financial statements fill in automatically. The exclusive onepage Sensitivity Analysis enables you to see the best and worst case scenarios by changing just a few numbers no need to recalculate anything. How much capital will it take to build your business When will it make a profit What's the deal

Conclusion & Summary

Close the deal Ask for the money

Supporting Documents
There is more to raising money and building a business than just a business plan. We wanted you to have everything you need to get the job done whether you need to raise money or not.

NonDisclosure Agreements for

Banker
Leasing Agent
Investor
Business Plan Distribution

Deal Summary Template
Due Diligence Checklist
Service Business StartUp Cash Requirements
New Resource Materials
Believable Projections
Business Topics of Interest w/Internet Links
Developing Your Management Team
Things to Think About
What Investors Look For
Supporting Documents

Articles of Incorporation
Core Values & Core Practices
Executive Rsum Template
Executive Team Responsibilities
General Partnership Agreement
Investor Tracking & Followup Log
Personal Financial Statement
Press ReleaseAnnouncement
Stock Options Tracking Worksheet
Tools to Manage Your Business

Application for Business Credit
Business StartUp Checklist
Commercial Lease
Independent Contractor Agreement
Investor Game Plan
Investor Newsletter Template
Invitation to Board of Advisors
Invitation to Board of Directors
Lehman Formula Finder's Fee Calculator
Management Notebook
Private Offering Disclaimer
Proceeds of Sale of Business
Product Feedback Survey
Service Feedback Survey
Service Invoice Log
Services List
Space Requirements Planning Worksheet
Trademark Instructions
Trademark Overview
Builtin Advice & Support
PowerPrompt interactive guide
Builtin Sample Plans
Expert Explanations on Every Subject
Book Handbook of Business Planning
65 Funding Methods
FREE Video The Thinking Behind Your Plan
Online Advice & Support
BizPlan Updates
BizPlan FAQ's
Online Business Plan Workshop
Expert Referral Network
FREE Advice, Downloads, FAQs & Links
Sales & Marketing
Staffing
Facilities
Finance
Legal
Funding Sources
Market Analysis
Links to the most reliable business databases, libraries, and news services available.
Technical Support
Links to our growing worldwide database of expert mentors and consultants
Software Features
UsabilityTested interface design
Automated Document Management
Automated, Integrated Spreadsheets
Import/Export Data from Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and more

Answers to these Frequently Asked Questions help you choose the best business planning software
If you are comparing business plan software, really compare it. You are investing far more than just 150 in a software program if you're looking to raise 5,000 to 50 million, it's crucial that you choose the right system to write your business plan. If it's your strategy you're building, then what better way to incorporate as many ideas as possible and prioritize opportunities. There is so much to learn. So many things can happen many you'll want to avoid and there are opportunities for success everywhere.

Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about BizPlanBuilder

How does BizPlanBuilder compare to the competition
When we first introduced BizPlanBuilder in 1988 it was a collection of text and spreadsheet documents. Some time later, competitors, realizing that this was a great idea, created 'application programs' that automated some of their own templates. The problem is they never really got the text or spreadsheets right For them, it was about the razzle dazzle of the program., but investors and lenders read and finance the finished plan We stay on top of the leading competitors and have read many of the 'plans' produced by their software. If you research in more depth, you'll notice that few have ever produced many large financings. In their own words, read what people who have used other software, as well as BizPlanBuilder, have to say.

You seem to offer a lot of addons... What does the main program provide Does the program produce a complete set of financial statements or do I have to buy some additional addon products
BizPlanBuilder provides the both text and the financials. It is a complete business plan where most of the writing has been done for you. It is template based, meaning that by adding the information specific to your endeavor, the plan becomes customized.

It appears you need Office for BizPlanBuilder v10 to work. Which versions of Office will work with BizPlanBuilder.
BizPlanBuilder v10 requires any version of Windows Vista, XP or 2000. You will need any version of Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007. There are several financial model options, giving the user flexibility to describe a very simple business or a very complex one. The entire BizPlanBuilder Table of Contents is listed here...

What are the BizPlanBuilder v10 Financial Models Are they included
Yes, a full set of financial models are incorporated in BizPlanBuilder. We also offer them separately. These are the same financial models included in BizPlanBuilder. If you have already written the narrative of your business plan and just require the financial portion, we have unbundled them and offer them separately for half of the BizPlanBuilder price.

Are all financials linked so that what if analysis can be done For example if I change a figure in the income statement will it update the balance sheet and then the retained earnings statement.
Yes, all financials are properly linked. We use Assumptions pages to make it easy for you to enter, update and experiment with your data.
Formulas have been developed and independently tested by qualified and practicing business consultants who hold valid CPA certifications.

Can the financials be easily and fully exported to Excel so they can be customized
All JIAN financial models are already built using Excel. There is no need to export, no translation problems, data losses or formula incompatibilities. Pulldown under Tools to Protection and you can immediately enable complete customization throughout each and every spreadsheet.

Can the finished Business Plan be exported to word for further editing or to a publishing program such as Quark before printing
BizPlanBuilder is already written formatted in Word. You can easily export the text to a desktop publishing program for further refinement. You can also save it as a .pdf or HTML file.

Does the program have a backup function
Yes, it does. You can pulldown under the 'Options' menu to 'Back Up' or you can click the icon. You will be asked where you would like to store your backup copy. When you click Restore, it will automatically return your backup file to your active folder. Note Restore will overwrite the current file in the active folder.

When you saycheck the file out to work on it and then return it. Does it keep track of the changes How do you return the file
File CheckOut enables a collaborator to grab one of the files for working on privately preventing multiple people from making changes and overwriting each other's work. CheckIn automatically returns the file to the same place in the system. If you want to keep multiple version along the way, we recommend backing up. Restoring writes the backup over the original. You can, however, make a Copy of the plan at any time. Most likely, you will simply want to Copy a plan to another folder, perhaps more accessible to collaborators, or yourself when you want access from home or on the road.

I gather that using an online filing space like the one you use will enable us to collaborate on the document. Does this apply to the financials as well
You can also copy the file to an online filing space it must be 'mapped to your desktop' so you can easily browse for the folder from within BizPlanBuilder. The financials can be managed the same way.

System Requirements

Windows Vista/XP/2000 Requires Microsoft Office

Smart Business Plan makes it easy to create and customize business and marketing plans. The program's Smart Wizard guides you through the process. The Financial Advisor feature can help you find the funding you need, with automated charts and graphs to create a professional presentation for prospective investors. Other features include 15 sample business and marketing plans, covering every type of business service, retail, wholesale, manufacturing, or any combination thereof. Financial Advisor provides extensive information on seeking funding, loan types, various methods for securing a loan, and tips on starting a new business. The Smart Wizard guides you through questions and analyzes your answers to automatically create financial and marketing tables. You can also easily create 3D graphs for presenting your business and marketing plans.

System Requirements

Windows 95/98/Me/XP

BizPlanBuilder is the business plan software recommended by thousands of angel investors, bankers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists for organizing and financing your business.
Now in its 10th revision and made even better for 2008

Whether you're raising capital or organizing your strategy, BizPlanBuilder will help you produce an investmentgrade business plan that makes sense to those who control the capital. It's uptodate and has the right combination of structure and content to help you all the way from idea through financing to the ongoing management of your growing company.

The business plan loved by more investors & lenders
Many say they want you to write your plan from scratch, but that's too much work and just plain crazy, especially if you need a plan right away. Plus, investors are asking more questions than ever and they want to be absolutely sure that everything is properly aligned before they'll write you a check. You can't afford to take any chances here since we've been doing this longer than anyone, we can help you anticipate and address all the questions and concerns. By using BizPlanBuilder you'll complete a working business plan that will last a long time, serve multiple purposes and appeal to all who are interested in your business.

Developed & refined longer than any other
JIAN wrote the first business planning software 20 years ago and has been refining and perfecting it ever since. Many things have changed and BizPlanBuilder has too. It's still the fastest and easiest way of turning your ideas into a winning plan and a successful business. That's why BizPlanBuilder is so widely accepted and often referred as the best business planning software by so many people who really understand business planning and business plans today.

The best of hundreds of plans builtin give you more ideas
Over the years, we've taken the best of hundreds of business planning components and incorporated them into a useable number of great prototype documents you can build upon. You'll find that this method is far more robust than deconstructing and rebuilding a limited socalled industryspecific cookiecutter plan template. Read the Reviews. We've already done the work for you, plus we have been working with entrepreneurs and investors for 20 years.

Includes everything you need to get funded
BizPlanBuilder also includes the allimportant supporting documents to use for presenting your plan, plus 600 worth of extras.

Sample letters inviting potential members to join your Board of Directors
Prospective investor tracking worksheet
Private Offering Disclaimer

Take advantage of having a good business plan
Writing a business plan used to be a lot of work. Not anymore. Plus, you can use your complete plan for a number of good uses. With BizPlanBuilder, you will have everything you need to...

• Start and plan your business from a raw idea
• Reorganize your company for greater growth
• Have your people pulling in the same direction
• Raise Angel or Venture Capital investment
• Apply for an SBAbacked loan
• Analyze your prospects for a franchise
• Gain support or a grant for a NotforProfit
• File a plan to emerge from bankruptcy
• Complete an MBA project or win the competition
• Think through an acquisition
• Add value to the sale of your business
• Easily make changes to go after new opportunities
• Menudriven from start to finish
• BizPlanbuilder's organized system gives you sample plans and builtin financial models that have been thoroughly proven. These have also been torturetested with several billion dollars worth of investors over the years as well

Intuitive document management system works with familiar Microsoft Office applications
Easily edit the prewritten plans in Word avoid problematic file conversions
Spreadsheets in Excel format provide the ultimate in flexibility and customization
Expert advice throughout guides you every step of the way

JIAN's Multiuser Interactive Document Assembly System MIDAS makes adding, editing and managing documents fast and easy
Share your plans over a network, server or online with consultants, partners and colleagues

Multiuser system enables remote access & team collaboration
With this new version of BizPlanBuilder, we overhauled the entire system to make it a true multiuser program. Now you can easily share your business planning project with others management team, consultants, investors with complete access control and 128bit security. Now you can collaborate over a network, server or the Internet. Emailing, cutting and pasting files is no longer necessary For yourself, you can work on your business plan from your office, home, and laptop. It's easy.

 Expert comments throughout explain everything
The next best thing to having us do the work for you is to have our collection of expert advice, comments and suggestions woven throughout every section explaining what to do and why. Only you will see themthey don't print. Also, the JIAN Handbook of Business Planning included with BizPlanBuilder provides a wealth of experience, ideas and information, plus a variety of additional tools to help you build your business and manage it more effectively with or without outside financing.

Built for professionals as well as novices
For the firsttime business planner, you'll appreciate how much has already been done for you. We've written most of the text and lead you through completing the sentences, we've provided expert comments throughout, plus we've included a complete set of financial models that will vividly demonstrate the effects of sales and expenses over time.

Our business plan financial models offer excel flexibility and easy customization. If you're a business planning pro, you will appreciate the flexibility of the BizPlanBuilder system as well as the quality of the content that you would expect for you, this is a real working toolset.

Flexible financial models help you project your financial future
Whether you're writing a formal business plan for investors or developing a meaningful forecast for your business, BizPlanBuilder's financial models will make the process faster, easier, and yes even fun It's never been easier to organize your ideas, see how sales and expense projections effect your bottom line, and quickly output professionallooking, beautifully formatted documents required by banks and investors so you can get funded fast

BizPlanBuilder prints a professional business plan presentation approved by investors, lenders and the SBA. All of the financial models are completely configured, so you don't have to be a spreadsheet or financial expert. Just enter your sales, expense, growth and other assumptions and variables and let the program run the calculations to produce investorready financial statements. See whatif when you change scenarios.

Automatic assembly & complete customization
Once you've completed the selected sections, BizPlanBuilder automatically assembles your plan... ready for review, final printing, or saving to a web site. A comprehensive business plan can help you get what you want for your business. BizPlanBuilder makes it easy.

System Requirements

• Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP
• Office 2000 or newer
• IBMcompatible PCs with a Pentium processor or better, 166MHz or faster
• 32MB RAM, 64MB or more recommended
• 24MB hard disk space
• CDROM drive, 4x or faster
• Mouse or compatible pointing device
• 24bit/truecolor display
• Compatible with most popular printers

• Build a comprehensive business plan
• Several plan types including retail store, service, and product
• Multiple finance plans
• Essential business and personal assessment questions
• Design a complete business strategy


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BizPlan Builder V8 is the quick, easy way to bring your business vision to life, leading you stepbystep through the process of building a comprehensive business plan. Now, in just a weekend or a few evenings, you can create your initial business plan and get a clear view of where you're headed. Finetune your plan and you're ready to make an impressive presentation to your banker and potential investors.

BizPlan Builder includes master plans for product, service, retail, and ecommerce ventures. Work with the exact documents relevant to your situation, and get helpful suggestions for other aspects of your busines you may not have considered.

Whether you're asking relatives for a loan or going after venture capital, BizPlan Builder gives you everything you need to impress even the most skeptical of audiences.



From the Developer
BizPlan Builder 8 has many great new features, such as

Cover Letters Angel Investor, Venture Capitalist,Loan request, Email Introduction to Friends
Elevator Pitch
Plan Types Retail Store, Service, Product, Internet
Finance Plans Individual Statements, Intermediate Model, Advanced Model
Personal Mission Statement
Startup Checklist
Essential Business Questions
Personal Assesment Questions

BizPlan Builder 8 also includes
Executive Summary
Market Opportunity Market Size, Customer...

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