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Step-by-step guidance from first idea to a plan lenders take seriously.
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How it works · Start
Describe your business in plain English, and LivePlan builds the plan around it — one guided step at a time.
You always know what comes next, and when a section is done.
I want to start a local dog grooming business...
A shop, a service, a product, an app — any business, one sentence.
How it works · Guided process
Three small steps, repeated section by section — with an example of a strong answer at every one.
Plain-English questions, one section at a time, with guidance and examples next to every field.
Real industry data from 50+ verified sources, cited — so your market section survives the follow-up question.
Answer what you'll charge and what things cost. LivePlan builds the P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet for you.
"LivePlan has enabled me to not only build a cohesive plan, but also to think proactively about what should be included."
How it works · Forecast
Answer plain-English questions — what you'll charge, what things cost — and LivePlan builds the P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet for you.
Change your price, and every number updates to match.
"I use LivePlan for running 'what if' scenarios. What if the bank takes an extra 3 months to finance? What if sales are way too strong? LivePlan lets you run all these scenarios very quickly."
Already running the business? Connect QuickBooks or Xero and your actuals flow straight in — no re-entry.
How it works · Market research
A good idea and a good business aren't the same thing yet.
LivePlan checks your thinking against real market data — 50+ verified sources, cited — while the answers are still cheap to change.
How it works · Plan review
Before anyone else reads your plan, LivePlan does.
Funder Q&A reads your numbers and surfaces the questions a lender will ask — in the SBA-approved format lenders recognize.
Over $1 billion raised by entrepreneurs who plan with LivePlan.
LivePlan · Funder Q&A
Month 7. Collections lag payroll after your spring hiring ramp, so cash dips to about $18,400 before fall bookings recover it — LivePlan flags the month and the driver so you can line up a buffer before it bites.
LivePlan · Funder Q&A
Roughly 9 months. Against about $21K net monthly burn and the cash on hand in your forecast, you're funded into next spring — early enough to raise on your terms, not under pressure.
"…helped us secure funding multiple times."
How it works · Support
You're never planning alone — real humans answer real questions while you write.
Questions answered by LivePlan's customer support team — people, not bots.
Browse real sample business plans by industry and see what a strong one looks like.
Join a live walkthrough that takes you from a blank account to a working plan.
Book video time with a LivePlan expert when you want a second set of eyes on your plan.
Success
Everything above is a forecast. These numbers are actuals.
"We wrote a business plan we can take to any investor, and it's game on."
Step-by-step guidance, real financials, and a review that reads your plan the way a lender would — so the answer is yes.