Whether you're bootstrapping or raising $5,000 - $50,000,000

JIAN's Biz Plan Builder business plan software is our BEST BUY because it cuts through the complexity of developing a plan and helps you produce slick-looking results. Its exhaustive template walks you through the every step from cover letter to appendix, with plenty of samples...  Biz Plan Builder also offers a better collection of financial tables, ratios, and projections than any competitor.

This is the business plan software referred by thousands of bankers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and investors to organize, finance and grow your business

The Biz Plan Builder business plan software system will help you produce a professional business plan more quickly and with less effort than ever before. Now you can quickly express your business ideas in easy to understand terms that investors and lenders will appreciate. Even if you don't need outside capital right now, you can use Biz Plan Builder to reinvent your company to run more efficiently. Best of all, business advice and example text is provided at every step to ensure your success and get your business plan done fast.

Very easy to learn and use...
I've seen no other business plan package that comes close to what this one can do.
Overall Rating: A+
~ Joe Miller, Editor's Choice Magazine

Download the most advanced strategic business planning software to write your plan

Your business plan may be the most important document you'll ever write. It's both a business model blueprint for you as well as a financing proposal for investors. Many seasoned entrepreneurs often don't even know where to begin when they want to organize their ideas into words and numbers. Today developing a good business plan is much easier to write than it ever used to be. With Biz Plan Builder business plan software, most of the work has already been done for you

I researched business planning software very carefully... I needed a plan that really made me look good to investors and showed my business in the best light... I have a unique business and wanted a financial model that I could customize... I needed something practical to bridge the gap between myself and investors... some of these guys are old school! When I asked around, almost everyone recommended JIAN's Business Plan Builder.
- Brad Axelrad, Founder, Law of Attraction Center, Newport Beach, CA

Blueprint your business plan growth and efficiency – appeal to investors & lenders...

Your business model is everything — what you do, how you do it, and how you make money. Biz Plan Builder makes it easy for you to organize your ideas, calculate your costs, your profits, and express your business model with clarity. That's why Biz Plan Builder is so widely valued as the best business plan software by bankers, investors, consultants and so many successful entrepreneurs and business owners. Business plan software reviews & success cases in most industries...

"JIAN's focus on business planning is tighter and more concise than many of its competitors,
with a strong dose of sales and marketing insights that help the plan serve as a working document rather than just a financial tool."
- Dave McClure, Accounting Today

"The better job you do on your business plan, the better deal you'll get!"
The Biz Plan Builder business planning system makes it as easy as 1-2-3...

• Complete the sentences and fill in the blanks, using Microsoft® Word and Excel
• Perfect your presentation with Biz Plan Builder's proven PowerPoint® investor pitch template
• Compile your custom plan, print and present - it's that easy!

Biz Plan Builder® business plan software reviews

The business plan software praised by investors and lenders for financing  & growth

• Angel Investors & Venture Capitalists
• Technology & Business Media
• Business Consultants
• Women Business Owners
• Business School Professors & Students
• SBA / SBDCs / SBIRs
• Entrepreneurs & Business Owners
• Enterprise Managers & Executives
• Users compare Biz Plan Builder to other business plan software

The presentation I gave today resulted in my receiving a $32,000 check which was being delayed for lack of a business plan. The best $139 I ever spent. Thanks!
- Steve Kaufman, Executive Director, Access Roaring Fork

More than what you want just for investors and lenders...

Biz Plan Builder brings together an experienced group of entrepreneurs and investors and shares their knowledge on what it takes to build a viable company in our current climate...

• Build a "Capital Efficient" business that's good for you
• Collaborate over a network, server or online with consultants, partners and colleagues
• Where do you find the people & resources for next to nothing?
• Ideas help you generate revenue straight out of the gate
• If you can generate revenue and have minimal expense, you may not need Venture Capital
• What investors are looking for in a business plan (Avoid what makes them cringe.)
• Learn the rules of investor etiquette
• Clearly identify benefits, core philosophies, and business goals
• Avoid the common blunders that guarantee failure
• Include data lenders & investors demand to back up your plan's assumptions
• Incorporates the best practices in defining marketing and sales strategies and projecting costs
• Presentation template that will capture your prospect's attention and keep your plan on top of the stack

"I bought 2 other software programs.
After reading all three, I went with yours!"
~ Chuck Stasny, Missouri City, TX

Meet some of our business plan software customers

Integrates the best of thousands of real, successful business plan elements

We've studied thousands of business plans, investors, lenders, deals and other business planning software over the past 20 years and combined the best content into the Biz Plan Builder business planning system. A competitor claims "500 sample plans...," You'll find that the Biz Plan Builder business plan software system offers far more robust than deconstructing and rebuilding a limited so-called industry-specific cookie-cutter business plan template. If your business is unique, you will benefit from our industry cross-pollination approach that gives you more to work with. (The equivalent of those 500 plans can be created by changing the database elements within Biz Plan Builder - the rest is easily customizable using Biz Plan Builder to give you exactly what you want.) More about business plan content...

I’m sending you this email to let you know that I think you have an excellent product. I’ve used Business Plan Pro and it doesn’t come close to being as robust as Biz Plan Builder. It used to be frustrating to get my plans looking the way I needed them to look. Thanks again for offering such a thorough and complete. Feel free to quote me on this!
- David Vallejo, President/CEO, LatinsOnline, Monterey Park, CA,

I have used both Business Plan Pro and Biz Plan Builder in my past management positions. With all the so-called sample plans in Business Plan Pro, it's easy to think you have the final product. You really don't, it's not really that user friendly, especially if you are not comfortable writing the narrative. Instead, with JIAN's Biz Plan Builder, it's much easier for me to help a client develop a professional business plan that I don't have to entirely rewrite.
- Sajata Strong, Area Director, Clark Atlanta University SBDC, School of Business Administration, Atlanta, GA

20 years studying what investors & lenders actually finance

Our customers report having raised over $2 billion through venture capitalists, investors, banks, the SBA and corporate management. While many investors will tell you they want just a 2-3 page plan (use the Executive Summary), it will actually take a lot more than that to attract a real investment. Given our unique experience, we help you anticipate investors' and lenders' questions.

The Biz Plan Builder was a life saver in dealing with SBA loans and investors.
You have to be so perfect & the Biz Plan Builder allowed me to do so. Thanks.
- Shirley Duncan, Duncan Enterprises, Wheeling, IL

Comprehensive, integrated financial forecasting models included — Do the math for you 

A full set of financial models are already built using Excel workbooks designed to make it easy to enter all of your assumptions, play "what-if", and handle the presentation to investors and lenders. All of the financial models are completely configured, so you don't have to be a spreadsheet or financial expert. We use ‘Assumptions’ pages to make it easy for you to enter, update and experiment with your data. Just enter your sales, expense, growth and other assumptions and variables and let the program run the calculations to produce investor-ready financial statements. There is no need to export, no translation problems, data losses or formula incompatibilities.

The sections of your plan that a lender will focus on include those addressing historical performance, projected future performance, and management experience. (If you need help putting together an appropriate business plan, try using JIAN's Biz Plan Builder software tool. It is easy to use and recognizable to most lenders.)"
- Doug Hood, Venture Capitalist, Atlanta, GA

All formulas have been developed and independently tested by qualified and practicing business consultants who hold valid CPA certifications. Biz Plan Builder for Macintosh prints a professional business plan presentation financed by angel investors, venture capitalists, lenders and the SBA.

Customize with Excel

Another distinct advantage of Biz Plan Builder...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...) For example, if you change a figure in the income statement it will update the balance sheet and then the retained earnings statement.You don't have to be a spreadsheet or financial expert. (If you are, you can customize everything in Excel.) See "what-if" when you change scenarios.

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 prioritize their cash requirements to reach certain milestones.

How much money do you need? How much money will you make? And by when?
Whether you're writing a formal business plan for investors or developing a meaningful forecast for your business, the Biz Plan Builder financial models are straight-forward and flexible Excel® integrated workbooks, tastefully formatted — easy for both novices & experts to use and especially for investors and lenders to read.

What if I'm freaked-out about financial models?
Not surprisingly, it seems that many people are. Especially if you are right-brain dominant, an artist, idea person, a big picture thinker who enjoys quality over quantity and feels uncomfortable doing the math... And by "business." That was Burke's problem way back when, and he developed the original financials so they made sense to him. Being a marketing guy, he also wanted them to act like a 'brochure' — demonstrating, explaining, and selling to the financial types what was going on financially in the business and convincing them (as well as himself) that the business made sense.  More about business plan financial models...

“We've been using your financial model for many years for financial analysis, partnering, M&A, and VC analysis here in Silicon Valley and in Europe. I have used a few other programs that cost $1500+ and yours are better, more accurate and more detailed. I can trust the integrity of the BizPlanBuilder financial models.”
- Geir Ilstad, Principal, Prudent Management, Los Altos, CA

Expert comments throughout provide step-by-step direction all the way

The next best thing to having us do the work for you is to have an expert sitting next to you as you develop your business plan. Throughout every section, you will find expert advice, comments and suggestions explaining what to do and why. It's a little irreverent, but you need to understand it like it is. (Only you will see them—they don't print.)

People come to us all the time seeking funding and we use Biz Plan Builder to show them the business plan content and format we'd like to see. We refer to it on a regular basis... it makes life a lot easier for all of us.
- David Wilt, E.D. Wilt Investments, Inc., Washington, D.C.

The only multi-user business planning / modeling software that enables collaboration

Biz Plan Builder - business plan software enables you to collaborate with colleagues over a network or the Internet to get your plan done faster. (No, not just emailing and cutting & pasting! OMG, that will drive you crazy!) Run the app on your PC, and share the datafile on a server. 

Unlike other business plan products you NEVER need to export your plan to Word or Excel in order to edit or format because Biz Plan Builder uses MS Office from start to finish to guarantee professional hassle-free results fast. Each partner needs their own copy of Biz Plan Builder: half-price on additional licenses.  More about business plan collaboration... 

I teach a class for SCORE on how to prepare a business plan. You will be pleased to know that most of our counselors recommend Biz Plan Builder to our clients. Thank you!
- Terry Little

Includes critical documents you need for business financing

While a great business plan is necessary, only . For example:

• Sample letters inviting potential members to join your Board of Directors
• Prospective investor tracking worksheet
• Private Offering Disclaimer
• Click here to see the entire list of business plan financing templates

I'm a general contractor. I invented a new construction tool and I needed some money to build a prototype and launch a new business. I pretty much knew what I needed to do and I had a potential investor lined up, but he wanted to see a business plan before he invested a dime. I bought Biz Plan Builder on Monday, wrote it on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and on Saturday he gave me $45,000.
~ Mark Martinez, Oceanside, CA

Used in 153 schools to teach business planning

MBA school business professors and instructors worldwide use Biz Plan Builder to teach business modeling, business structure, business finance and, of course, business planning.

I used BizPlanBuilder to help with my final project to earn my MA in Organizational Management. I got an 'A' in the course! To develop a security company against terrorist attacks...
- Vincent Shanks, George Mason University

Excutives from 400+ of the Fortune 500 use Biz Plan Builder to produce credible proposals

I needed to put together a company wide strategy... Biz Plan Builder really worked like a charm. I thought this is a goldmine – it has a nice structure and lots of great content & ideas. I expected a political nightmare as I introduced it across the company, but it actually got people to focus and work together. We pulled a team together and interviewed about 30 people. I could have called McKinsey and spent a gazillion $ and sure it would have had some more spit & polish, but it wouldn't have been a better performer than your template. Our VP Corp Mfg presented our resulting document all over the world! I definitely think Biz Plan Builder helped me and it really drove the HP's focus and strategies for many years.
~ Greg Jacobus, Manager of Mfg Education & Strategy, Hewlett Packard

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