Jian Biz Plan Builder 11 2009 Windows Full Download

NEW! Biz Plan Builder version 11 for 2009
BizPlanBuilder® is the business plan software recommended by thousands of angel investors, business bankers, business planning consultants, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists for organizing and financing your business.
Everything you need to quickly create a winning business plan:

Easily edit your business plan in MS Word®
Quickly modify the financial models in MS Excel®
Collaborate with partners and consultants (over a network or the internet)
Get Fast financial projections so you can work "what if scenarios"
Perfect your presentation -- with our proven PowerPoint® investor pitch template
Build your business with 60+ business planning documents & worksheets
Get help as you go with our included expert advice
Also includes: Handbook of Business Planning in PDF.

BizPlanBuilder is the first, proven business planning software and continues to be recommended by thousands of bankers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and investors for organizing and financing your business. It's now in its 10th revision!
Investors and lenders work with entrepreneurs every day. You're doing this once, maybe a few times altogether. A textbook business plan no longer works. You need all the help you can get with a planning system that can get you into business (or keep you going) with or without outside capital — then your deal becomes even more attractive. If this makes sense, please keep reading.

We wrote the first business planning software 20 years ago and have been refining and perfecting it ever since. Many things have changed and BizPlanBuilder has too. It's still the fastest and easiest way of turning your ideas into a winning plan and a successful business. That's why BizPlanBuilder is so widely accepted (and often referred) as the best business planning software by so many people who really understand business planning and business plans today.

As you research business planning software, remember to count and compare the number of real-world success cases reported by users. BizPlanBuilder seems to have more than all of the others combined! Reviews are nice, but we think you'll prefer cash and business success.

Whether you are raising $5,000 to $50 million, or organizing your strategy for going forward, BizPlanBuilder will help you produce an investment-grade business plan quickly and efficiently. It's real, up-to-date, and has the right combination of art and science with the structure and content to help you all the way from idea through financing to the ongoing management of your growing company.

With over 1,500,000 customers and more than two billion dollars raised through venture capitalists, investors, banks, the SBA and corporate management, BizPlanBuilder is the proven tool for developing your concept and presenting it to those who can back you. No other business planning software has the praise given to BizPlanBuilder for overall ease of use, quality and the sheer success of its users. 

The best of hundreds of plans built-in give you more ideas!
Over the years, we've taken the best of hundreds of business planning components and incorporated them into a useable number of great prototype documents you can build upon. You'll find that this method is far more robust than deconstructing and rebuilding a limited so-called industry-specific cookie-cutter plan template. (Read the Reviews.) We've already done the work for you, plus we have been working with entrepreneurs and investors for 20 years.

The business plan loved by more investors & lenders
Some say they want you to write your plan from scratch, but that's too much work, especially if you need a plan right now. Plus, investors are asking more questions than ever and they want to be absolutely sure that everything is addressed before they'll write you a check. You can't afford to take any chances here — since we've been developing business planning software longer than anyone, you can be sure that we help you anticipate and address all of the questions and concerns. With BizPlanBuilder you'll build a solid foundation for yourself and for your company. Communicate effectively to investors and lenders, and show them the logic and math that clearly illustrates a good investment opportunity.

Includes everything you need for financing
BizPlanBuilder also includes the all-important supporting documents to use for presenting your plan, plus $600+ worth of extras. For example:

Sample letters inviting potential members to join your Board of Directors
Prospective investor tracking worksheet
Private Offering Disclaimer

The business plan for many uses...
Start and plan your business from a raw idea
Reorganize your company for greater growth
Have your people pulling in the same direction
Raise Angel or Venture Capital investment
Apply for an SBA-backed loan
Analyze your prospects for a franchise
Gain support or a grant for a Not-for-Profit
File a plan to emerge from bankruptcy
Complete an MBA project or win the competition!
Think through an acquisition
Add value to the sale of your business
Easily make changes to go after new opportunities!
Menu-driven from start to finish
BizPlanbuilder's organized system gives you sample plans and built-in financial models that have been thoroughly proven. (These have also been torture-tested with several billion dollars worth of investors over the years as well!)

Intuitive document management system uses familiar Office applications
Easily edit the pre-written plans in Word — avoid. problematic file conversions.
Spreadsheets in Excel format provide the ultimate in flexibility and customization.
Expert advice throughout guides you every step of the way.
JIAN's Multi-user Interactive Document Assembly System (MIDAS) makes adding, editing and managing Office documents fast and easy
Share the project and your plans over a network, server or online with consultants, partners and colleagues

Multi-user system enables remote access & team collaboration
With this new version of BizPlanBuilder, we overhauled the entire system to make it a true multi-user program. Now you can easily share your business planning project with others — management team, consultants, investors — with complete access control and 128-bit security. Now you can collaborate over a network, server or the Internet. (Emailing, cutting and pasting files is no longer necessary!) For yourself, you can work on your business plan from your office, home, and laptop. It's easy.

Expert comments throughout explain everything
The next best thing to having us do the work for you is to have our collection of expert advice, comments and suggestions woven throughout every section explaining what to do and why. (Only you will see them—they don't print.) Also, the JIAN Handbook of Business Planning included with BizPlanBuilder provides a wealth of experience, ideas and information, plus a variety of additional tools to help you build your business and manage it more effectively — with or without outside financing.

Built for professionals as well as novices
For the first-time business planner, you'll appreciate how much has already been done for you. We've written most of the text and lead you through completing the sentences, we've provided expert comments throughout, plus we've included a complete set of financial models that will vividly demonstrate the effects of sales and expenses over time.

Our business plan financial models offer excel flexibility and easy customization. If you're a business planning pro, you will appreciate the flexibility of the BizPlanBuilder system as well as the quality of the content that you would expect — for you, this is a real working toolset.

Flexible financial models help you project your financial future
 Whether you're writing a formal business plan for investors or developing a meaningful forecast for your business, BizPlanBuilder's financial models will make the process faster, easier, and yes — even fun! It's never been easier to organize your ideas, see how sales and expense projections effect your bottom line, and quickly output professional-looking, beautifully formatted documents required by banks and investors — so you can get funded fast!

BizPlanBuilder prints a professional business plan presentation approved by investors, lenders and the SBA. All of the financial models are completely configured, so you don't have to be a spreadsheet or financial expert. Just enter your sales, expense, growth and other assumptions and variables and let the program run the calculations to produce investor-ready financial statements. See "what-if" when you change scenarios.

Automatic assembly & complete customization
Once you've completed the selected sections, BizPlanBuilder automatically assembles your plan... ready for review, final printing, or saving to a web site. A comprehensive business plan can help you get what you want for your business. BizPlanBuilder makes it easy.

Why choose BizPlanBuilder?
BizPlanBuilder was inspired by our work with entrepreneurs. These people think fast and move fast. The idea of a traditional business plan was out of the question. An innovative, fresh approach to business planning was required, and BizPlanBuilder was born.

From the very beginning, our goal has been to support new products and services entering our world. We want the best stuff to prevail. Entrepreneurs, inventors and others who offer something great and want to succeed in the face of extraordinary competition, overwhelming odds and tight budgets need all the help you can get

BizPlanBuilder includes short, pre-written Microsoft Word® templates, Microsoft Excel® financial workbooks and a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation template — All easily customizable to suit your unique business.

Expert comments on every page provide direction and insights to improve your plan as well as your business model. BizPlanBuilder provides everything you need to accomplish your goals, including important supporting documents, plus $600+ worth of extras.

The best of a thousand business plans in one...
We’ve discovered that it’s easier and better for you if we gathered the best ideas and proven concepts from every industry and incorporated them into just a few master templates. That way, you get more, better ideas and it’s only your task to edit the multiple choices, complete the sentences, and delete things you don’t need.

If you want to start a dog walking business, you can find that among the 500 sample plans offered by a competitor. If you work for the government and you have unlimited time, we can recommend another software system that drags you through 1,200 questions before generating a canned business plan for you.

However, if you have a unique concept, not something easily canned, perhaps even something that will make a contribution to our world, please bring it on! And keep reading...

Hundreds of sample plans are already integrated.
A competitor hired part-timers to produce 500 sample plans to make you think you're getting something special. (One of the people sent us his resume hoping that we would hire him to do the same no-brainer job! His qualifications should frighten you.)

Instead, we've taken everything we've learned over the past 20 years—from angel investors, bankers, consultants, successful customers, VCs—and synthesized it into a few fundamental plan prototypes. These can be customized beyond the 500 sample plans in a few minutes.

We didn't strip out otherwise good ideas to make your plan fit a specific industry—it's actually more work to undo those sample plans in order to get a good plan you can use! We actually give you more to work with in an easier to use system. Think of BizPlanBuilder as a carefully compiled collection of the best of business plans providing you the very examples of exactly what to say. Only we make sure it all makes sense and that you can rely on it.

With BizPlanBuilder, you also benefit from the cross-pollination from many industries, supporting your business's uniqueness, and implementing the best-practices sought after by investors, lenders and others who can help you.

More business plan and planning software development experience
We've been developing business planning software since 1988. While that may seem dated to some, to you it means that we didn't just build a web site and start downloading software. We've been through many business cycles — we've been making this software and content better for a long time, and we're excited to say that this latest version of BizPlanBuilder is the most effective and streamlined yet... We listened to the professional business consultants in our network. We listened and incorporated ideas we got from thousands of successful customers..

20 years studying what investors & lenders finance
Our customers report having raised over a billion and a half dollars through venture capitalists, investors, banks, the SBA and corporate management. While many investors will tell you they want just a 2-3 page plan (you'll use the Executive Summary), it will really take a lot more than that to extract any real investment. While BizPlanBuilder provides everything in one document, it also is designed like a quick-reference guide to quickly access and address all of their questions. Given our unique experience, we help you anticipate investors' and lenders' questions, such as:

Have you thought about...?
What about...?
How many...?
Who else...?
How much...?
Can you prove...?
Written from the investors' and lenders' point-of-view
We often remind people that, "The better job you do on your plan, the better deal you'll get!" And, that your language can either attract capital or repel it. For these reasons, we provide you a planning system written from the investors and lenders point of view—because they are the ones who will give you the capital you need. Need proof that this works? Just read the comments at left (or at the bottom of this page.)

3 Reasons BizPlanBuilder Out-Performs the Other Business Planning Software
Topping $1.5 billion in capital raised, BizPlanBuilder incorporates professionally-written, compelling text that provides the desired content and demonstrates the style proven with investors & lenders. The idea is that it's easier to edit than to write from scratch -- rather than answer a series of questions in a vacuum and let the program assemble a collection of canned paragraphs, BizPlanBuilder presents the text and numbers in familiar Word, Excel & PowerPoint templates where the user can see the context into which their answers will go — finish the sentences, overwrite the examples, and modify the formatting to make it perfect for your business. The financial models have evolved over 20 years and include characteristics gleaned from angels, VCs, bankers, and customers worldwide. For advisors working with business owners on their plans, BizPlanBuilder provides a valuable business education in itself.

BizPlanBuilder is the only "open" business planning system on the market.
Most business concepts are very unique today, rendering most industry-specific sample plans useless. Instead, BizPlanBuilder provides the best of hundreds of business concepts cross-pollinated from every industry enabling the user to quickly adopt proven ideas and include them in their plans. A pull-down menu even lets you include external documents. The financial planning models incorporate Excel workbooks designed to make it easy to enter all of your assumptions, play "what-if", and handle the presentation to investors and lenders. 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 plan for certain milestones. 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)

Multi-user system enables time-saving collaboration over a network, server or web.
The BizPlanBuilder system is optimized to enable collaboration with an unlimited number of others over a network, server or the Internet. Entrepreneurial and/or consulting teams can easily divide projects and work together no matter where they are. No more emailing sections, cutting & pasting or overwriting each other's work. Most of JIAN's 10 business-building titles run on this same system — learn one, use them all. (You can even drag and drop a section of your business plan in to your employee policies manual!) Beyond the templates; however, business teams can even use the JIAN system itself for developing their own custom projects like technical manuals, sales books, or procedures guides. Likewise, individual users can enjoy anytime access to their plans from office, home, and laptop PCs.
The best content, resources & support — Re-use your effort in the future
Downloading BizPlanBuilder is a great start. What if you could also take your work on your business plan and reuse it with other important projects in the future? JIAN offers a complete suite of companion products to help you market, publicize, and build your business as it grows. We make it easy for you to cut and paste from your business plan to your employee handbook, expanded marketing plan, PR plan and press releases, etc. Our website is also rich with articles, affiliates and links which will be invaluable to you in addition to the software programs.

The many advantages of BizPlanBuilder
Some of the advantages of BizPlanBuilder are simply unique; no-one else does it. For many BizPlanBuilder just goes further, bigger and better.

Easy - Uses native Word & Excel / Office (required) so you can quickly edit and customize your business plan without software import/export hassles
Fast - Sample plans are already written & integrated
Comprehensive - Plan + Financials + Everything you'll need
Modular - Intuitive Office document assembly system
Multi-User - Access your plan from your office, laptop or home
Collaborative - Share the project with your team and consultants over a network, server, or the Internet
Flexible - Financial models are in familiar Excel workbooks
Proven - More real (and BIG) success stories than any other
Refined - This is version 10, refined longer than any other
Reliable - Input from practicing experts in every field
Teaching Video - "The Thinking Behind Your Business Plan"
Web links - Free web-based Resources
Better -

Achievable. Believable. Clear. Complete. Concise. Focused. Professional. Realistic...
And, "the best business plan I’ve ever read." These are the responses countless customers have told us they’ve heard from bankers, investors, prospective partners and senior managers when they presented their plans they created by using BizPlanBuilder. The unique JIAN process assures that you'll be prepared—ready to face even the toughest audiences and able to answer every question.

Everything you need to produce a winning business plan to raise the capital you want

Eventually, investors and lenders will ask a lot of questions before writing you a check. We know. In BizPlanBuilder address as many of them as possible for you. Scroll-down and you can see for yourself that BizPlanBuilder offers more expertise, tools and connections than any other planning software tool in the world. Use as much or as little as you need. You can build as you go, always able to come back for more if/when you need it.

We include everything you'll need to for your presentation to investors, banks, the SBA and others—following all of their prescribed formats and requirements. Plus, we've already done most of the writing for you

We’ve added new sections, made major enhancements, and incorporated a variety of new tools to help you succeed:

Pre-Planning Tools
(These are Word documents you can easily edit.)

Business Assessment Questions
Executive Team Bio
Personal Assessment Questions
Personal Mission Statement
Start-up Checklist
Vision Statement
Writing About Your Business
Email Introduction to Friends
Cover Letters to...

an Angel Investor
a Business Acquirer
an Investment Banker
a Lender (includes a Summary Letter for Loan/Line of Credit)
a Leasing Agent
a Venture Capitalist
Elevator Pitch Outline & Sample

20-Minute PowerPoint Presentation Template
In slide #8 (of 16) we position your solution relative to everything else... We go to the VC presentations, we've present there too, we also take in everything everyone says and add these ideas to BizPlanBuilder.

We show you a sample "pitch" presentation to investors. Here is an important slide depicting how you compare to "everyone else out there."

Complete Business Plans
Start with Your Choice of Five Complete Plan Prototypes. These are written from the investors and lenders point-of-view. All are complete with integrated samples.

Concept Evaluation Plan (to test your ideas)
Angel/VC Plan Product / Development / Manufacturing Plan
Internet / e-Commerce Plan (dot.com—a profitable dot.com!)
Retail Store
Service Business
Each plan is a complete template unto itself. Choose the one most like your business, then you can select a section from any of the other plans and drag & drop it anywhere into the plan you are working with. The BizPlan Builder document management system lets you open any section you want, add/edit/save, work on another section... assemble your entire plan, complete with formatting and page numbering... print or email the finished plan.

Cover

Title Page

Executive Summary

Company Overview

Business Model
Objectives
Financing Requirements
Exit Strategy / ROI
Market Opportunity

Market Size
Customer Requirements
Purpose

Mission / Vision
Objectives / Goals
Values
Company Overview

Legal Business Structure
Government Regulations
Business Strategy

Revenue Model / Revenue Sources
Purchase Options
Sales Channels
Strategic Alliances
Everything is available to you, but you may not need it all... click sections on/off with a click in a check box. We've integrated the best of the best sample business plans enabling you to 'cross-pollinate' from many industries to give you the biggest advantage of many ideas for building your unique business.

Product/Service Strategy

Research & Development
Useful Features/Benefits
Proprietary Technology(?)
Product/Service Life Cycles
Product/Service Development/Selection Criteria
Planned Products / Services
Exhibits
Service & Delivery
Service Process
Costs
Competition

Competitor Comparison
Competitive Advantages
Market Analysis

Industry Analysis
Market Segments
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Trends
Customer Profile
Demographics
Psychographics
Customer List
Internet Strategy

Presence
E-Commerce
Privacy / Security
Risk

Competitive
Economic
Environmental
Government
Industry
Liability
Market
It's crucial that you think through as many possibilities for selling as possible. Leave no stone unturned, and we will help you do it efficiently — be ahead of investors, customers and competitors!

Marketing Plan

Branding / Positioning
Features / Benefits
Pricing / Margin Structure
Selling Strategy
Sales Channels
Executive to Executive
Direct
Manufacturer Representatives
Distributors
Retailers
OEMs
Direct Response Mail
Telemarketing
International
Strategic Alliances
OEM Relationships
Joint Marketing Agreements
Joint Development Efforts
Direct & Indirect Campaigns
Advertising & Promotions

Media Objectives
Media Strategy
Advertising Campaign
Preliminary Media Schedule
Promotion
Incentives
Direct Mail
List Management
Company Capabilities Brochure
Sales Support Collateral Materials
Advertising Budget
Media Schedule
Our Spending vs. Industry Average
Outside Advertising Suppliers
E-mail
Roll-out Program
Trade Incentives
Customer Service
Returns & Adjustments Policy
Publicity / Public Relations
Publicity Strategy

PR Campaign
Press Releases
Editorial Visitation
Internal/External Newsletter
Trade Shows
Sales Support
Management Team

Backgrounds
Stock Allocation
Responsibilities
Board of Advisors
Board of Directors
Outside Support / Consultants
Staffing Requirements
Operations

Facilities
Staff
Production / Manufacturing
Costs
Service Delivery
Product Fulfillment
Packaging & Transportation
Shipping Terms
Present Situation

Management
Products / Services
Market Environment
Profitability & Cashflow
Customers
Operations
Priorities

Comprehensive, Flexible Financial Models in Excel Workbooks
Choose from 3 All New GAAP-Compliant Financial Models

Basic Financial Statements
Integrated Financial Model
Advanced Model (outlined below)
If you are at all uncomfortable with finance — the language, concepts, meaning, anything — we have included comments within the cells to make sure you are clear about what is being asked. It won't insult your intelligence, but it will prepare you to think, plan, and speak financially.

Investors want to know who, and how many, are likely to become customers — BizPlanBuilder reduces your hip-shooting to believable and workable numbers — then manages all of the arithmetic for you.

Financing Plan

Assumptions
Start-up Costs
Uses of Proceeds Summary
Sales Projections
Market Size / Demand / Growth
Customer Acquisition
Seasonality
Product Mix
Sales Channel Mix
Staffing / Space Requirements
Cost of Goods Sold
Marketing & Advertising
R & D, Equipment, Facilities
General & Administrative
Financing, Interest, Taxes
Automatic Financial Statements

(Yr 1/Month, Yr 2-3/Quarter, Yr 1-5/Year)
Gross Profit Analysis
Income
Cashflow: Debt, Equity, Asset Sale / Combinations
Balance Sheet
Break-Even Analysis
(21) Ratio Analysis
Combination: Past/Present/Future P&L over Balance showing Ratio Trends
Select financial projections from the buttons across the bottom of your screen. Use just what you need. First year detail by month, second & third year detail by quarters, 1-5 year summaries by the year totals... Everything adds up. You can see the math. Expert comments appear to explain every variable.

Valuation / Exit / Investor Deal Analysis

Exclusive 1-Page Sensitivity (Best Case / Worst Case) What-If? Analysis
Valuation & Stock Give-Up
Capitalization Table
Investment Analysis / 1,2,3 Financing Rounds / IPO / Sale?
There is a lot here, but when you take it one page at a time it makes total sense -- the Assumptions you fill in based upon what you know about your business, industry, and reasonable expectations for the future... take the small, believable facts and prove-able assumptions and compound them into a what your business could really become. The financial statements fill in automatically. The exclusive one-page Sensitivity Analysis enables you to see the best and worst case scenarios by changing just a few numbers — no need to recalculate anything. How much capital will it take to build your business? When will it make a profit? What's the deal?

Conclusion & Summary

(Close the deal! Ask for the money…)

Supporting Documents
There is more to raising money and building a business than just a business plan. We wanted you to have everything you need to get the job done — whether you need to raise money or not.

Non-Disclosure Agreements for:

Banker
Leasing Agent
Investor
Business Plan Distribution

Deal Summary Template
Due Diligence Checklist
Service Business Start-Up Cash Requirements
New Resource Materials
Believable Projections
Business Topics of Interest w/Internet Links
Developing Your Management Team
Things to Think About
What Investors Look For
Supporting Documents

Articles of Incorporation
Core Values & Core Practices
Executive Résumé Template
Executive Team Responsibilities
General Partnership Agreement
Investor Tracking & Follow-up Log
Personal Financial Statement
Press Release—Announcement
Stock Options Tracking Worksheet
Tools to Manage Your Business

Application for Business Credit
Business Start-Up Checklist
Commercial Lease
Independent Contractor Agreement
Investor Game Plan
Investor Newsletter Template
Invitation to Board of Advisors
Invitation to Board of Directors
Lehman Formula Finder's Fee Calculator
Management Notebook
Private Offering Disclaimer
Proceeds of Sale of Business
Product Feedback Survey
Service Feedback Survey
Service Invoice Log
Services List
Space Requirements Planning Worksheet
Trademark Instructions
Trademark Overview
Built-in Advice & Support
PowerPrompt interactive guide
Built-in Sample Plans
Expert Explanations on Every Subject
Book: Handbook of Business Planning
65 Funding Methods
FREE Video: The Thinking Behind Your Plan
Online Advice & Support
BizPlan Updates
BizPlan FAQ's
Online Business Plan Workshop
Expert Referral Network
FREE Advice, Downloads, FAQs & Links
Sales & Marketing
Staffing
Facilities
Finance
Legal
Funding Sources
Market Analysis
Links to the most reliable business databases, libraries, and news services available.
Technical Support
Links to our growing worldwide database of expert mentors and consultants
Software Features
Usability-Tested interface design
Automated Document Management
Automated, Integrated Spreadsheets
Import/Export Data from Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and more

Answers to these Frequently Asked Questions help you choose the best business planning software
If you are comparing business plan software, really compare it. You are investing far more than just $150 in a software program — if you're looking to raise $5,000 to $50 million, it's crucial that you choose the right system to write your business plan. If it's your strategy you're building, then what better way to incorporate as many ideas as possible and prioritize opportunities. There is so much to learn. So many things can happen (many you'll want to avoid) and there are opportunities for success everywhere.

Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about BizPlanBuilder:

How does BizPlanBuilder compare to the competition?
When we first introduced BizPlanBuilder in 1988 it was a collection of text and spreadsheet documents. Some time later, competitors, realizing that this was a great idea, created 'application programs' that automated some of their own templates. The problem is they never really got the text or spreadsheets right (For them, it was about the razzle dazzle of the program.), but investors and lenders read and finance the finished plan! We stay on top of the leading competitors and have read many of the 'plans' produced by their software. If you research in more depth, you'll notice that few have ever produced many large financings. In their own words, read what people who have used other software, as well as BizPlanBuilder, have to say.

You seem to offer a lot of add-ons... What does the main program provide? Does the program produce a complete set of financial statements or do I have to buy some additional add-on products?
BizPlanBuilder provides the both text and the financials. It is a complete business plan where most of the writing has been done for you. It is template based, meaning that by adding the information specific to your endeavor, the plan becomes customized.

It appears you need Office for BizPlanBuilder v10 to work. Which versions of Office will work with BizPlanBuilder.
BizPlanBuilder v10 requires any version of Windows Vista, XP or 2000. You will need any version of Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007. There are several financial model options, giving the user flexibility to describe a very simple business or a very complex one. The entire BizPlanBuilder Table of Contents is listed here...

What are the BizPlanBuilder v10 Financial Models? Are they included?
Yes, a full set of financial models are incorporated in BizPlanBuilder. We also offer them separately. These are the same financial models included in BizPlanBuilder. If you have already written the narrative of your business plan and just require the financial portion, we have un-bundled them and offer them separately for half of the BizPlanBuilder price.

Are all financials linked so that "what if" analysis can be done? For example if I change a figure in the income statement will it update the balance sheet and then the retained earnings statement.
Yes, all financials are properly linked. We use ‘Assumptions’ pages to make it easy for you to enter, update and experiment with your data.
Formulas have been developed and independently tested by qualified and practicing business consultants who hold valid CPA certifications.

Can the financials be easily and fully exported to Excel so they can be customized?
All JIAN financial models are already built using Excel. There is no need to export, no translation problems, data losses or formula incompatibilities. Pull-down under ‘Tools’ to ‘Protection’ and you can immediately enable complete customization throughout each and every spreadsheet.

Can the finished Business Plan be exported to word for further editing or to a publishing program such as Quark before printing?
BizPlanBuilder is already written formatted in Word. You can easily export the text to a desktop publishing program for further refinement. You can also save it as a .pdf or HTML file.

Does the program have a backup function?
Yes, it does. You can pull-down under the 'Options' menu to 'Back Up' or you can click the icon. You will be asked where you would like to store your backup copy. When you click ‘Restore,’ it will automatically return your backup file to your active folder. Note: Restore will overwrite the current file in the active folder.

When you say"check the file out" to work on it and then return it. Does it keep track of the changes? How do you return the file?
File Check-Out enables a collaborator to grab one of the files for working on privately (preventing multiple people from making changes and over-writing each other's work.) Check-In automatically returns the file to the same place in the system. If you want to keep multiple version along the way, we recommend backing up. Restoring writes the backup over the original. You can, however, make a Copy of the plan at any time. Most likely, you will simply want to Copy a plan to another folder, perhaps more accessible to collaborators, or yourself when you want access from home or on the road.

I gather that using an online filing space (like the one you use) will enable us to collaborate on the document. Does this apply to the financials as well?
You can also copy the file to an online filing space — it must be 'mapped to your desktop' so you can easily browse for the folder from within BizPlanBuilder. The financials can be managed the same way.

System Requirements:

Windows® Vista/XP/2000 (Requires Microsoft® Office®)

Available Options:

1 Year Download (+$9.99) 1 Year Product Support (+$9.99) 90 Day Download (+$4.99) Backup FlashDrive Shipped (+$9.99)