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LivePlan LivePlan software simplifies business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking for small businesses and startups.

Easily write a business plan, secure funding, and get insights to help you reach your goals - all with LivePlan!

06/19/2026

See if your business idea is worth building before you spend a single dollar on it.

Answer a few quick questions about your business and get instant feedback on your idea's strengths, weaknesses, and overall potential. That means you find the gaps early, while pivoting still costs you nothing.

Test your idea with our Idea Canvas using the link in our bio.

06/18/2026

A lot of people pick a location they love and then open a business and hope clients show up.

Businesses that actually last do something different first. They study their local market, define their ideal customer, and learn what nearby salons charge before they sign a lease. That groundwork is what turns a nice idea into a business that holds up against fierce competition.

Get our free hair salon market research report using the link in our bio.

06/17/2026

The fastest way to learn if you have a real business idea is to ask people if they'd actually pay for it.

Before you take on legitimate risk, you need a plan A, a plan B, and a plan C, because things rarely go the way you expect. You also need an honest answer to how much you can afford to lose if everything goes wrong.

The biggest risk is building something people don't actually want. When you talk to your target market, you start to hear the difference between a real pain point and a nice-to-have. A business idea only works when someone is willing to pay to make the pain go away.

Test your idea with our Idea Canvas using the link in our bio.

06/16/2026

A former commercial banker thought about building his own financial forecasting model. Then he found LivePlan.

Mitch Cook spent more than two decades underwriting commercial loans, so he has reviewed more business plans than most people ever will. In his words, most of them were bad.

When his son-in-law, a recent Kellogg MBA graduate, recommended LivePlan, he gave it a try. After running through the demo, he went all in, calling LivePlan's financial forecasting model the best he had ever seen.

Try LivePlan using the link in our bio.

06/14/2026

Airbnb proved the market existed for their product before they ever asked for a dime.

Instead of guessing, they showed investors that CouchSurfing and Craigslist already had the exact behavior they were targeting, just without a real business built around it. But then their target market slide defined their first customer as anyone who travels on a budget. That's not a customer, that's the whole country.

The takeaway is that market validation isn't enough on its own. A strong pitch deck names one specific person with one specific reason to use the product today.

Try our new Pitch Deck tool using the link in our bio.

06/12/2026

“I love being a small business owner”

Every small business owner experiences a wide range of emotions... sometimes all before lunch 😅

Which version are you today? 👇

06/11/2026

Bakeries that fail usually don't fail because of the food. They fail because the owner picked a location, a menu, and set prices before ever looking at the market they were entering.

That's the issue with starting businesses based on passion instead of market research. The dream feels so complete that research feels optional. But the bakery space is crowded, with everyone from home bakers to national chains competing for the same customers. The decisions that determine whether you survive, like what you sell, what you charge, and where you set up shop, should be answers you pull from market data.

Get our free bakery market research report using the link in our bio.

06/10/2026

We make DIY business planning software, and we also have a team of humans who write plans for founders. Here's why both exist.

Most founders should write their own plan. You're the closest to the business, and the plan lives with you long after launch. But hiring a professional plan writer makes sense in a few situations. You're out of time and the plan is holding everything else up. The stakes are high and major funding is on the line, whether that's a lender meeting or an investor pitch. Or the business is regulated and needs very specific framing because of it.

For us, getting you the right answer matters more than the sale. If DIY is the right call for you, we'll tell you that.

Ready to talk it through? Book a free call at https://hubs.la/Q04kWx0z0.

06/09/2026

A lot of people start businesses based on a gut feeling or a thriving shop they found when they were on vacation.

That's great for motivation, but Zoey Charif, owner of Business Plans USA and a long-time business consultant, explains why it isn't proof that you actually have a strong business idea. Validation comes first.

You have to confirm whether the market actually wants your product and whether industry growth is trending up. Then she says to study the competitors, what they charge, what their expenses look like, and whether they're even profitable. Only after that does writing a business plan make sense.

Validate your business idea with our Idea Canvas tool using the link in our bio.

06/07/2026

You spent weeks building your business plan, refining your numbers, and preparing for the lender meeting. Now you're walking in with the confidence of someone who already got approved. 😂

Just remember, confidence helps, but lenders still want to see solid financials and a clear plan for growth.

If you need help creating a lender-ready business plan, try LivePlan using the link in our bio.

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