Resources for professors

We are eager to assist business schools in teaching the fundamentals of proper business plans and marketing planning. For professors, we offer evaluation copies of our software, curriculum resources, site license options for computer labs, and more.

Use our software in your courses

Business Plan Pro is a tool for real business planning, used and respected at hundreds of colleges and universities. Its fully linked financials are mathematically correct and focused, as they should be, on real cash flow.

The principal author of Business Plan Pro (Tim Berry, president of Palo Alto Software) has a Stanford University MBA degree and teaches at the University of Oregon in the United States. He is also the author of books published by Harcourt Brace, McGraw-Hill, Dow Jones-Irwin, and others.

Request an evaluation copy

Evaluation copies of our products are available for professors and other instructors who are interested in using the software in their classes. Please use the contact form to send us your request.

Curriculum resources

We have curriculum resources available for you, for free. That includes a course outline and schedule, and a 110-slide PowerPoint file covering a 10-week course in entrepreneurship. Contact us for details. In addition, several textbooks incorporate Business Plan Pro and Marketing Plan Pro. Browse our list of books written to supplement teaching our software.

Site licenses for computer labs

Professors may also buy a site license for your computer lab and students can use the software within the lab. Contact us for details. A site license allows for installing the software on up to 30 school computers for one year. Professors may also buy a site license for your computer lab and students can use the software within the lab.

Academic pricing for students

Active students are eligible for special pricing on Business Plan Pro and Marketing Plan Pro. See the academic pricing page for details.