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Business Plan Pro Social Enterprise Edition - Tour
Business Plan Pro - Social Enterprise Edition
Take a tour of Business Plan Pro – Social Enterprise Edition®

Step 1 – EasyPlan Wizard®
Step 2 – Sample Plan Browser®
Step 3 – Text Mode
Step 4 – Table Mode
Step 5 – Chart Mode
Step 6 – Publish Your Plan

 

Step 1: The EasyPlan Wizard - What's Your Business?

The EasyPlan Wizard is designed to lead you through the entire process of writing your plan. It helps to set up your plan file in the beginning, and doesn't stop there. Throughout the process, from writing your text to entering numbers into the tables, the EasyPlan Wizard screens provide a step-by-step process to follow, plus instructions and examples.

 

Step 2: The Sample Plan Browser – Make It Easy

Does writing a business plan sound overwhelming? Start your plan by reviewing any of the 470+ sample plans. The Sample Plan Browser displays each sample in Portable Document Format (PDF) so you can review a variety of different plans, search for ideas, and see examples of how others have written a business plan for their businesses. Once you find the plan that fits your business, use it to create a plan.

 

Step 3: Text Mode - The Basics.

With Business Plan Pro you'll never have writer's block! The program guides you through every step of the process, with built-in examples and instructions, whether you are writing text or working your numbers.



 

Step 4: Table Mode - The Financials

Many people find financials the most challenging part of their business plan, but Business Plan Pro makes it easy. The spreadsheet format includes special formulas which automatically calculate totals as you enter your plan numbers.


 

Step 5: Charts Mode - Create Visual Interest

Your plan will look great with automatically created charts to illustrate your numbers. Formatting options give you complete control over the look of each of your charts. Use your charts to visually analyze your numbers and better communicate your plan to others.


 

Step 6: Publish your Plan - Ready To Impress

You finished your plan; Now what? Click “Print” and Business Plan Pro formats your information into a professional looking plan, complete with tables and charts. You can also publish it to your own secure website provided by Business Plan Pro and share it with colleagues, lenders, advisors and potential donors.

 

 

What users are saying
"BusinessPlan Pro® was a fantastic way to turn our earned income idea into a full business plan. Its step-by-step approach helped us avoid problems we might not have discovered until it was too late. The level of detail in our plan so impressed a foundation that they provided a six-figure grant to capitalize our social enterprise."
- Carrie Herman, United Disability Services, Akron, OH

"The software is a good tool for doing initial screens as well as full blown business plans."
- Peter Kilde, West CAP, Glenwood City, Wisconsin

"No business plan software can match Business Plan Pro for its navigational ease, customizability and superb integration."
- PC Magazine

"This is fantastic -- a wonderful tool that truly takes us step-by-step. We have been in business for five years, so we already have all of the information, we just didn't know how to organize it. The wizard was wonderful. We plugged in as much information as we could and then printed a draft. It was easier to see on paper the layout, so we knew where we had been too repetitive or not clear enough."
- Meredith Crane, The DEAF Initiative, Columbus, OH