Business Plan Pro 4.0

by Palo Alto Software, Inc.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003IE59
• Item model number: BPW4
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 25, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,947 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #42 in Software > Business & Office > Business Plans
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Palo Alto Software's Business Plan Pro is the only business plan software with management and implementation built in--plan vs. actual analysis and concrete milestones tracking. This program gives you a business plan in your own words, with your own ideas and numbers, with complete flexibility to make it yours, not ours. Business Plan Pro automatically publishes your business plan to a password-protected site on the Internet.

Develop a plan with guidance and the reassurance that you're doing it right. Business Plan Pro automatically merges text, tables, and charts into a beautifully formatted final document. It takes all of the individual components you've created; collates them as well as blends your text with charts, tables, and other graphics; and prints a well-formatted, professional-looking business plan.

From the Manufacturer

Begin your plan with the help of a 17-step wizard. Then modify one of thirty sample plans or utilize the custom instructions and examples to write your plan quickly. Business Plan Pro compiles all the components of your plan (text, tables, and charts) while you type. An intelligent interface means you will always know where to go to modify your financial statements, text, or charts. Print your plan, publish an HTML version to your website, or upload and synchronize your plan with our secure Liveplan.com server (3 months free). No other planning software is as feature-driven or easy to use as Business Plan Pro 4.0!

New Features in version 4.0:

Publish to HTML
Export to Microsoft Word
New "Resources" tab adds additional help content and on-line reference material
More powerful integration with Marketing Plan Pro 3.0
New "ZOOM" feature allows you to reduce or enlarge the active display of the document without changing font sizes
New and improved look and feel
Print a large table using the "Fit-to-Page" command and it will automatically re-size itself to fit on a single page
New "Web Resources" menu helps users navigate the vast resources available on the Palo Alto Software Site Network
New "Notes" tab gives the user a place to store (printable) notes for each text topic and table
New "Table Undo" feature gives you the ability to undo unwanted changes to the financial tables
New "Forecaster" tool helps you make realistic projections with an intuitive graphical interface
More control over plan headers and footers
Select a "Basic" plan or the "Detailed" plan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing great..., July 18, 2007

By 

Dennis White "programmer" (Nevada United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Business Plan Pro 4.0 (CD-ROM)

Bought it, installed it, attempted to use it and now it gathers dust.

I can definitely see where the plan on developing this was there and it sounds like a great package. I just think the execution as to how they developed this was faulty. Also the books that come with this weren't very helpful in my opinion.

Ultimately if you are looking to start your own business then I would recommend you hire someone professional who does business planning and that can think of questions or answers that you haven't thought of.

If you don't have a solid business plan then your business will fail so honestly why not hire someone professional to help you out?? That or use some of the free services that your local SBA offers you.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars be carefull, May 14, 2009

By 

R. Wortmann (ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Business Plan Pro 4.0 (CD-ROM)

I have bought and installed business plan 4.0. the application is not what it seems. it's way too aprehensive. and i got into trouble when showing the financial and support institutes. when i got back to the office i tried to uninstall the application. now whenever i like to install something new i get an error message and i'm not able to install the new application. be carefull i would NOT buy this product!