Validate Your Business Idea With Confidence

How LivePlan helps you validate your business idea

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Quickly document your vision & vet your assumptions

Quickly document your vision & vet your assumptions

This first step is crucial. By outlining the core problems that your business is solving, you'll get a deeper understanding of who your potential customer is and what they want. The LivePlan Pitch Builder simplifies this process with step–by–step instructions and stunning visuals.

Forecast your revenue to see if your idea will work financially

Don’t worry: you won’t have to touch a single spreadsheet. LivePlan guides you on how to prepare a financial forecast even if you don't have any historical data to base your projections on. That way, you'll get an idea of what it will take for your business to turn a profit.

Forecast your revenue to see if your idea will work financially
Compare your idea to competitors for the ultimate reality check

Compare your idea to competitors for the ultimate reality check

Time for the moment of truth. By using the LivePlan Benchmarks tool, you can dig up data on your competitors' profit margins or how much they spend on rent, marketing and other metrics. This makes it easier for you to determine how likely your idea is to succeed.