What challenges within your company/division were you looking to overcome by using Business Plan Pro?
We wanted a flexible and comprehensive software package to assist our students who might be at a very early stage in their business concept or years into their ongoing business. Business Plan Pro gave us that flexibility.

What had you done in the past to help solve this problem?
This was the only solution that we implemented when putting our program together.

How did you hear about Business Plan Pro?
We conducted a web search initially to narrow down our options.

Why were you interested in using business planning software?
Flexibility

Who had a hand in choosing the software for your program?
Our executive team

How did you use the software for your program?
It’s used by our students to submit their homework. We have 7 assignments, each focused on a different section of the plan.

What was the outcome of using the software?
It’s allowed us to successfully deliver our program with maximum value.

What would you do differently regarding your program?
The initial setup is still a bit complicated. Also I’m a fan of a comprehensive Executive Summary that incorporates some elements of the entire plan as opposed to just the objectives, key actions etc.

Did the cost of the software justify the results?
ABSOLUTELY!!!

Outside of software, what other tools made your program more effective/successful, or would have made it made it more successful?
We use two books that focus on several key elements of starting a business that supports our lectures, elevator pitch session, private consultative sessions and discussion boards that makeup our Entrepreneurship Mastery Program.

What feedback on Business Plan Pro have you received from your end-users?
We’ve had overwhelmingly positive reaction to the software. It allows our students to structure a terrific plan for their business regardless of what they are doing.

Additional Comments

We have been extraordinarily happy with the Business Plan Pro software and more importantly with Palo Alto relationship. In fact we think of it as a partnership in many ways and not simply as a vendor client arrangement. Palo Alto has gone out of their way not to just support THEIR software but rather to support OUR program and the use of their software within it. They are a creative, competent and customer oriented organization that anyone looking for entrepreneurship based solutions should consult. Thanks guys!!!

Larry Morris
Trump University
New York, NY 10005
http://www.TrumpUniversity.com