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  • 4.0 stars

    "Very detail oriented, but missing financial section"

    March 23, 2012  |   By Dogbreath077

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    Thorough explanation of every section that you need to fill in, gives good examples. Lets you edit which sections are printed according to your needs. This is a good program for the beginner and for the expert.

    Cons

    No financial section. The novice will need to look elsewhere for this feature, but that's easy with the internet. Exporting the business plan to a printable file is not readily explained. I'm a techie so I exported it and printed it out with ease, even in XP. The features of Win 7 and Vista will easily export and print it though. If you need help with the exporting and printing, the key here is the format that it is using, and your exact printer to which you send it. The MS XPS document writer will print it out for you, and that is an integral part of the Windows operating system.

    Summary

    I like it very much, it is in perfect line with, and then some more, with a business plan class I took in college. It could use a financial section for the novice user. I'm glad I used it, and I'll keep using it as well as recommend it to others.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Awful program crashes can't uninstall"

    August 16, 2011  |   By benadler

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    maybe good if it opens

    Cons

    crashes won't uninstall waste of time

    Summary

    terrible get rid of it

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  • 1.0 stars

    "does not save your work when you press save"

    April 10, 2011  |   By randomrandomrandom

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    good in terms of understanding what is needed in a business plan.

    Cons

    has a save button that does not work in the free feature, however the only way i found out it did not work was after working on it for three hours, saving the document then opening it the next day only to find everything blank.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "This is NOT free!"

    November 15, 2010  |   By ztl

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    NONE! Not free, not worth the bother.

    Cons

    Another company pretending to offer a free tool, but then asking for $99 to make it work!!! I wasted time on installing it and space on my PC

    Summary

    Obviously another one who don't know **** about business planning. Why bother? Is this the way to conduct business?

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Good workflow, but no Financials"

    October 3, 2010  |   By kenneticg

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    Good step-by-step workflow for completing non-financial parts of plan.

    Cons

    Does Not include financial worksheets, so must get from somewhere else (or buy the upgrade, $49).

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Works great with Vista"

    September 27, 2010  |   By Tmath44

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    This is a great help to a small business person like me. I wasn't really sure where to start with writing my business plan -but now I'm on my way!!

    Cons

    Couldn't find any

    Summary

    For the price you pay, you can't really ask for a better place to start when writing your business plan. Glad I've got it!

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Could not get it to download"

    June 10, 2010  |   By randyrpfs

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    None that I know of

    Cons

    Will not load

    Summary

    Would not load into my windows 7 compaq

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Does NOT work w/ WIN 7"

    March 3, 2010  |   By markm62-2009

    Version: Ultimate Business Plan Starter 5.0.72

    Pros

    Software looks very nice

    Cons

    It processes the information but when it goes to FORMAT THE DOCUMENT it freezes up and does not respond. I've tried many different ways to get it to show the final plan. NO GOOD

    Summary

    If you have WIN 7 look elsewhere until the fix the bugs

    Updated on Mar 3, 2010

    Part of the problem is that download.com says in the title that it's version 5.0 when in the fact download is version 4.0 which doesn't work with WIN 7

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