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Business Planning Software for Students

Palo Alto Software is proud to partner with the academic community. As part of our commitment to helping people succeed in business, we are eager to support educational activities in business planning, marketing planning, and entrepreneurship in general.

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LivePlan is the best thing that ever happened to business planning. With LivePlan, anyone can create a professionally formatted, investor-ready business plan in half the time.

  • Modern, standardized format. Focus on the business strategy, not the formatting.
  • Powerful financial forecasting. Walks you through building detailed forecasts with multiple revenue models. You develop the numbers, not the formulas.
  • Easy collaboration. Work with teammates at the same time, or drop in at any time to check progress and add comments.
  • Instructions and examples at every step. Our Customer Advocacy team and extensive Help Center library offer the support you need.
  • Competition-ready. LivePlan business plans are impressive, complete, and accurate. Join hundreds of students who’ve won business plan competitions with LivePlan.
  • Access anywhere. All you need is your browser and an internet connection.