What tools have you used to help with your business planning process?

A great tool (mostly excel spreadsheets) to use for evaluating a business can be found at http://www.jaxworks.com/

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I have looked at http://www.bplans.com/but there products seem to be very expensive. Trying going to the small business administration they have a host of free tools as well as othe resources you should review

There are a lot of sites out there that provide you example of free business plans. Just search free sample plans on google. These plans can jump start your planning process

Try going to the small business administrations website they have a ton of information to help you build a business plan

Automate Your Business Plan is the best software we have seen. It is used in every SBA Business Information Center (BIC Center), Women's Business Development Center, and 1-Stop Capital Shop in the United States. The software is available here.

Thanks for the link Victory the software you reference looks pretty comprehensive - have you used it before?

Yes we have used it for a couple of years and have found it very helpful and simple to use