Product Description

Planning on starting your own business or know someone who is? This program teaches you how to build a solid foundation for any business, new or old with an intuitive, well-thought-out plan that incorporates the 10 secrets of building a successful business!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4988 in Software
• Brand: JIAN
• Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• WINDOWS & MACINTOSH

Manufacturer Description
BizPlan Builder V8 is the quick, easy way to bring your business vision to life, leading you step-by-step through the process of building a comprehensive business plan. Now, in just a weekend or a few evenings, you can create your initial business plan and get a clear view of where you're headed. Fine-tune your plan and you're ready to make an impressive presentation to your banker and potential investors.

BizPlan Builder includes master plans for product, service, retail, and e-commerce ventures. Work with the exact documents relevant to your situation, and get helpful suggestions for other aspects of your busines you may not have considered.

Whether you're asking relatives for a loan or going after venture capital, BizPlan Builder gives you everything you need to impress even the most skeptical of audiences.

From the Developer
BizPlan Builder 8 has many great new features, such as:

Cover Letters - Angel Investor, Venture Capitalist,Loan request, Email Introduction to Friends
Elevator Pitch
Plan Types - Retail Store, Service, Product, Internet
Finance Plans - Individual Statements, Intermediate Model, Advanced Model
Personal Mission Statement
Start-up Checklist
Essential Business Questions
Personal Assesment Questions

BizPlan Builder 8 also includes:
Executive Summary
Market Opportunity - Market Size, Customer Requirements
Company Overview - Legal/Structure, Vision/Mission, Objectives/Goals/Values
Business Strategy - Revenue Model/Sources, Sales Channels, Strategic Alliances
Publicity/Public Relations - PR Campaign/Press Releases, Trade Shows/Sales Support
and many other features to help you build a comprehensive business plan!

Customer Reviews

Somebody's Stuffing The Ballet Box
The last reviewer was correct in saying there's something fishy about the other reviews, especially those written by Burke Franklin. He gives all the products from JIAN 5 stars. Could it be because they published his book? (See "Business Blackbelt," by, you guessed it, Burke Franklin) As far as BizPlan 8 is concerned, it's okay if you happen to have a business that resembles their sample plans, but if you have a unique product or service, it's only marginally beneficial.

Novice - user from Phoenix
I am suspicious of most of the 8 users who wrote the reviews. I bought this product and it is not user friendly. It seems to be WORD, with categories for a business plan and types of business plans and a book on writing business plans. I am planning on returning it ASAP. When I looked at the written recommendations that were part of my decision to purchase this item, they are all written on one date and seem to be from one person! All of them with similar titles, ie, "software user from "city" and thecomments are all great. I think this might have been a promotion- GASP! Only one author of a review sounds like a real person and he rated it low. I too feel burned and will return this software and try another approach.

Ordered 50 units for Corporate Planning Managers - Internati
As Manager of Corporate Market Research for Hughes Aircraft, I've found that BizPlanBuilder is an invaluable resource, taking prodigious volumes of input from globally dispersed field marketers and crafting workable business plans in astonishingly short periods of time. BizPlanBuilder is a must for anyone working to coalesce the thinking of multinational business teams!