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Biz Plan Builder Version 10 / 2007
JIAN, Inc.
104 Estates Drive
Chico, CA 95928
(800) 346-5426, (530) 267-6293
Fax: (530) 267-6293
http://www.jian.com
Pricing: $99.77
BizPlanBuilder is a template-based planning system built on Microsoft Excel workbooks for the financials, Word template documents for the text portion of the plan and a PowerPoint template for presentation. The result is a well-designed, customizable planning system that outpaces most of its competitors.
BizPlanBuilder is built around a set of universal business plans – all written from investors’ and lenders’ point of view. Each of the plan types is divided into relevant sections for that type of business. It’s as if you were to take hundreds of successful business plans and blend the best of each into a usable prototype. This approach – using fewer, more flexible plans rather than hundreds of sample plans which users say takes more work to “undo” – reduces confusion and makes it easier to create a custom plan for a unique business.
“It’s easier to edit than to write from scratch and we’ve done most of the work for you,” says JIAN CEO Burke Franklin. “We’ve also incorporated concepts from many industries to give you more ideas. BizPlanBuilder is written from the viewpoint of investors to help you maximize the value of everything you do. Also, it’s easy enough to use so that it’s actually interesting and exciting to put your plan together!” Franklin adds.
Three things put BizPlanBuilder above other business planning software:
1) The new multi-user system enables an unlimited number of users to collaborate over a network, server or the Internet with complete access control and 128-bit security. Even a single user can access their files from their office, laptop and home PCs. This simplifies working with clients because you can share the same spreadsheets and text files without emailing, cutting and pasting.
2) BizPlanBuilder’s financial models have also evolved over 18 years. The key to their flexibility is the use of Excel workbooks enabling ready customization. A recent improvement is their ability to easily manage multiple sources of financing at varying intervals.
The Intermediate financial model provides linked financial statements favored by banks and has proven successful with SBA loans. The Comprehensive model presents bottom-up or top-down scenario building suitable for evaluating a new product or service or developing a detailed budget for planning or investors. Both models offer quick-fill assumptions sections to quickly set up financial statements and run “what-if” scenarios.
A revised Ratio Analysis shows success indicators and trends. The Valuation model includes formulas using the Harvard Method, First Chicago, a common VC formula, Discounted Future Cashflow, and the Weighted Average of all four. The “Investor Deal Development & Analysis” sheet enables planning for several rounds of financing plus an IPO. There is a unique “investor scratch pad” and a “one-page sensitivity analysis” enabling potential investors to play their own “what-if” scenarios with the financial data. Finally, the “Equity/Ownership Give-Up” previews the deal and shows the owner’s value with investment.
3) Another real difference you'll notice when you start working with BizPlanBuilder is the professional quality of its pre-written text to support users with compelling content and style. Expert commentary also runs throughout. It’s more than just sample filler copy to get one past “writers’ block” and most of the compliments BizPlanBuilder receives are for the guidance and usability of its documents for appealing to its highly educated audiences of investors, lenders, and senior management.
Over the 18+ years of its evolution and over a billion dollars raised, Biz Plan Builder has garnered an enormous number of success cases and remains a very popular planning tool that serves a diverse range of industries with a simple and effective system for plan preparation, collaboration and presentation. Downloadable from www.jian.com for $99.77
Last update: 05:10 PM Thursday, July 16, 2009
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