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BUSINESS PLAN SOFTWARE


Shirley Booth-Byerly and Bonnie Lee Gray of the Orange Beach Public
Library with Bob Higgins, incubator Director

Business Plan Pro Software is the top selling software package in the country. We have donated a copy for public use to several of the libraries in the county.

Libraries with Business Plan Pro

Baldwin Library Cooperative (Robertsdale)
Daphne Public Library
Fairhope Public Library
Gulf Shores Public Library
Orange Beach Public Library

Other Business Planning Software

Another good resource for developing a business plan is the U.S. Small Business Administration. Click here for a link to a page with a very understandable business plan outline. Click here to see a variety of sample business plans for different kinds of businesses.

The Canadian Business Service Centre has a business planning web site that lets you develop your business plan online.

Do business plans matter?

 Are entrepreneurs who do them any more successful than those who don't? The SBA recently commissioned a study on this. You may find the results surprising? Click here to read a copy of it.