Write a business plan that ensures financial success!

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Business PlanMaker Professional 2007 includes everything you need to plan and launch your business. Develop a business plan and financial model that presents the most compelling business case to bankers and investors. You'll save hours of time and create a professional business plan in the format preferred by financial experts. And with a focus on finances, you'll create a plan that supports your financial model, demonstrating not only how your ideas will be profitable, but when.

Create a plan to distribute to Others:

• Bankers
• Lending Institutions
• Venture Capital Firms
• Family and Friends
• Angel Investors
• Small Business Administration
• Partners
• Private Investors
• New Business Units
• Executives and Managers

Everything you need to plan and launch a small business!

• Organize Your Business - Take control of your schedule, to-do list, and contacts. An intuitive design helps you get started quickly. Everything you need to stay organized is included - you?ll wonder how you ever survived without it!

• Professor Teaches - Learn 45 Important Topics

  • Identifying Customers and Markets
  • Describing Products and Services
  • Describing Products and Services
  • Describing the Organization
  • Building a Management Team
  • Conducting Feasibility Analysis
  • Forecasting Sales
  • Understanding the Financials
  • Convincing Lenders/Investors
  • Locating Funding
• Professor Teaches Excel - Learn how to forecast sales and analyze data with the most complete training program for Excel.
• Visualize Your Organization Chart - Illustrate your organizational structure to your management team and key decision makers. Build scenarios quickly and create great looking org charts.
• Designed for QuickBooks - Easily import existing financials from QuickBooks Financial Software to create business plans and financial projections. (For use with U.S. and Canadian editions of QuickBooks Pro, Premier, and Enterprise Solutions 2003 or newer editions).

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. With one of the fastest, most powerful financial forecasting engines available, you'll present a more compelling business case.

1. Easy, Step-by-Step Interviews - Get started quickly and easily.  An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. Simply answer a few, plain-English questions and quickly visualize the business of your dreams. Demonstrate your knowledge of your product or service and how your business strategies will lead to success.|
   

2. Samples and Recommended Phrases - Never start from scratch. Get started with professionally written sample plans for hundreds of businesses, each pre-written by professional consultants for most industries and indexed by each section of your plan.
   

3. Fast, Accurate Financial Forecasts - Business PlanMaker helps you build a comprehensive set of financial projections, complete with 65 effective graphs, charts, and reports.  A powerful financial tool projects sales, expenses, and cash flow more quickly and accurately. Unlike spreadsheets, you?ll never deal with complicated calculations, create formulas, or build reports or graphs. Simply answer a few questions, enter data and quickly create financial projections for your business.

   • Profit & Loss Statements
   • Balance Sheets
   • Cash Plans
   • Sales Forecasts
   • Expense Budgets
   • Ratio Analysis
   • Break Even Analysis
   • Sales by Category
   • Expenses by Category
     

4. 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, e-mail, create a PDF (Portable Document File), or publish to the Web.

Professionally-Written Sample Plans for Hundreds of Businesses

These plans are authored by professional business plan writers, not gathered from other customers! You?ll see the higher quality difference instantly. Each plan includes 20 to 30 pages and includes essential information and up-to-date financial figures.

Supports all business types:  Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, S-Corporations, C-Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Start-up Businesses, Established Corporations, Web-Based Businesses, Product Companies, and Service Businesses.

• Accounting, Finance and Banking
• Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
• Arts, Entertainment and Media
• Automotive and Transportation
• Construction and Maintenance
• Customer Service
• Education and Training
• Government, Non-Profit and Social Services
• Healthcare and Medical
• Hotel, Restaurant and Travel
• Information and Research
• Internet and E-Commerce
• Law Enforcement and Security
• Management and Consulting
• Manufacturing, Operations and Facilities
• Personal and Professional Services
• Real Estate
• Sales and Retail
• Sports and Recreation
• Technology and Software
• Telecommunications
  

Easy, Step-by-Step Interviews
Get started quickly and easily. An interactive wizard guides you through each stage with advice, examples, and tips. A Step-by-Step 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.

Fast, Accurate Financial Forecasts
Financial data is critical to the success of your business. Business PlanMaker helps you build a comprehensive set of financial projections, complete with 65 effective graphs, charts, and reports. A powerful financial modeling tool projects sales, expenses, and cash flow quickly and accurately. And unlike spreadsheets, you won't have to deal with complicated calculations, create formulas, or design and build reports or graphs. In minutes you'll create:

• Ratio Analysis
• Break Even Analysis
• Sales by Category
• Expenses by Category
• Profit & Loss Statements
• Balance Sheets
• Cash Plans
• Sales Forecasts
• Expense Budgets

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, e-mail, create a PDF (Portable Document File), or publish to the Web. Exports to Word and Excel.

Over 750 Indexed Business Resources
Get special discounts on resources you'll need for your new business. An interactive tutorial offers concise, comprehensive training to help you plan and run your new business successfully. Professor Answers offers just-in-time answers to your questions.

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
• Pentium 200MHz processor or equivalent
• 64MB of available RAM
• 25MB of Hard Drive Space
• 2X CD-ROM Drive
• SVGA video or higher
• Windows Supported Printer
• Optional:  Sample business plans may require additional space