Free Sample Business Plan Template from JIAN Software

Jian Software has provided great business plan resources for starting and running a business for more than 20-years and is pleased to share with you this Free Business Plan Template. Unlke the other so called "Free Business Plan Templates" that you may have seen, this Jian template provides all of the great content that makes our business plan solution the best business plan software available.

Use our free sample as a starting point to write your own custom plan or access and edit the text directly with Jian Biz Plan Builder Online for Mac and PC

FREE BUSINESS PLAN SAMPLE FROM JIAN: Sample Business Plan Template (PDF)

NOTE: This Sample Business Plan can easily be used as a point of reference for the following business types (and many more):restaurant business plan, bakery business plan, deli business plan, coffee shop business plan, internet cafe business plan, real estate business plan, nightclub business plan, retail business plan, online business plan, online store business plan, beauty salon business plan, wedding business plan, hair salon business plan, consulting business plan, software company business plan

Business Planning Whitepapers

Want to understand more about business planning and raising capital? Check out these free and insightful white papers authored by Jian founder, Burke Franklin:

• Business Planning Guide
  This 30 page Guide to Business Planning, Investors, & Business Plan Software will help ensure your plan works for you.
• 65 Ways to Finance a Business
  This valuable guide offers you 65 powerful ideas on how to get that one ingredient you need to fuel your company’s growth – money (or more money)!

Business Planning Video

“The Thinking Behind Your Business Plan”
Need further inspiration to help you start or finish your business plan (we know it’s not easy)? In this information packed 100 minute video, “The Thinking Behind Your Business Plan”, Burke Franklin discusses every section of a business plan from the perspective of your audience - what and who you need to be thinking about as you approach every aspect of your business plan. Download or Watch Online as Burke speaks to a group of entrepreneurs at a recent CEO Space class (Burke is one of CEO Space's most popular senior instructors and he teaches business planning there frequently).

Watch the video: "The Thinking Behind Your Business Plan"

Download the video: Coming Soon!

~100 minutes, File size: 180MB
* Requires WinZip to decompress this file (free demo download from www.winzip.com)

Business Plan Resources From Around the Web:

A collection of links to other FREE Business plan tools and resources from around the web to help you get started with your plan.

• FREE DOWNLOAD: Business Plan for a Start-up Business - SCORE (PDF)
• FREE DOWNLOAD: Business Plan for an Established Business - SCORE (PDF)

Our business planning experts are always on the look-out for resources that can help you succeed, so check back often and feel free to send us your suggestions.

Other Helpful Small Business Resources

Free Non-Disclosure Agreement

Every entrepreneur needs a comprehensive NDA or Non-Disclosure Agreement to protect their business interests. Download this sample agreement template from our Agreement Builder business contract collection today. Easily customize using Microsoft Word to ensure it works for you and your company.

Free Download: Non-Disclosure Agreement (Just 1 of more than 165 available agreements found in Jian Agreement Builder) 

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