Business Planning Software
Business planning is needed at every stage of a business's life. From raising that initial capital or loan to refinancing for growth to enticing new partners, planning is imperative. You should find just what you need among the following business plan software packages.
PaloAlto Business Plan Pro
More than 250 Business Plan templates, with a Wizard to help you through each. This package accesses more than 2,000 industry-specific financial profiles to keep your numbers realistic, and has a large database of venture capital sources. When ready, you can even save as PDF. There's even a Mac version, as well as plenty of other business titles in software and book form.
Plan Write for Business
Business Resource Software features various focused business packages. Plan Write, described by Newsweek as "Our top choice in business plan software," will walk you through all the steps of setting up the plan, then publish it in print, MS Word format, or even to the Internet. The "Expert" Edition has more analysis features in it.
Automate Your Business Plan
Used by the Small Business Administration nation-wide, Automate Your Business Plan steers away from the template approach and walks you step-by-step through designing a custom plan. Program links to Internet sources, and comes with companion book "Anatomy of a Business Plan."
Adarus Business Plan
Coordinating with MS Word and MS Excel for its output, "Adarus Business Plan" uses a simple approach with 4 Wizards to guide you through the Sales, Expense, Asset/Loan, and finally Business Plan superstructure of your project.
PlanMagic Business Development Package
A suite of four business planning programs: Business, Marketing, WebQuestPro, and Finance Pro (each sold separately and in 2-packs, as well). Available in several languages and currencies, this carries a business plan into the next stage of marketing and web development.
Persona Plan Branding Software
Based on the best-selling book "The Persona Principle," this program takes a different approach to business planning. Calling their approach "Image Marketing," the Persona Plan software claims to be the world's only automated marketing software, avoiding templates and tutorials in lieu of intuitive proprietary formulas and researched industry benchmarks.
Business Plan Maker
This software offers more than 250 templates, business references and examples, and spreadsheets already in MS Word and MS Excel formats. It also includes a long list of funding sources for small businesses, as well as a 300+ page "Business Owner's Manual."
Streetwise Business Plan
Designed for smaller businesses, this program walks you through seven focal points: goal & objectives, market analysis, competitive analysis, strategy, marketing, operations, and budgeting.
Selling Your Business
With all the attention paid to starting up businesses, maintaining them, and growing them, selling businesses should not be the forgotten son. In fact, this is the final goal for many entrepreneurs.