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justify-center gap-7 md:flex-row md:gap-8"><div class="group relative text-center text-gray-13 bg-gray-2 hover:bg-gray-3 border-2 border-teal-5 hover:border-teal-7 max-w-[312px] lg:max-w-[30%] w-full p-6 lg:p-8 transition-colors"><a class="after:absolute after:bottom-0 after:left-0 after:right-0 after:top-0" href="https://www.liveplan.com"><div class="border-e-teal-5 group-hover:border-e-teal-7 absolute right-0 top-0 border-[34px] border-t-0 border-b-transparent border-s-transparent text-white transition-colors"><span></span></div><picture><img src="https://web-cdn.paloalto.com/global/logos/liveplan-logo-text-navy.svg" alt="LivePlan Logo" width="183" height="45" loading="lazy" class="mx-auto mb-2.5 max-h-9 w-auto xl:max-h-11"/></picture><p class="mx-auto max-w-56 leading-6 lg:leading-7 xl:text-lg xl:leading-8">The world&#x27;s most popular business plan software.</p></a></div></div><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 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xl:leading-10">Our products are used by over <span class="mb-2 block text-5xl font-bold not-italic">1,500,000</span> entrepreneurs and small businesses.</h3><p class="text-gray-13 mx-auto mb-3.5 font-light leading-6 tracking-wide sm:w-[288px] md:mx-0 md:w-[330px] md:text-xl lg:w-[396px]">No matter your industry, we build software that helps you grow your business better and faster. We&#x27;re also the choice of leading companies and universities.</p></div><div class="mx-auto flex shrink-0 grow basis-0 flex-col items-center gap-8 sm:max-w-[300px] md:max-w-full md:gap-3"><div class="flex items-center gap-4"><div class="relative flex justify-center items-center flex-shrink-0 self-center size-24 opacity-85"><p class="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 transform text-3xl font-bold tracking-widest text-white">1988</p><picture><img src="https://web-cdn.paloalto.com/paloalto/common/diamonds/diamond-shape-image.svg" alt="Diamond bg icon" width="94" height="94" loading="lazy" class="size-24"/></picture></div><p class="text-gray-11 tracking-wide md:text-lg lg:leading-8">Founded in 1988, we have over 30 years experience supporting small businesses.</p></div><div class="flex items-center gap-4"><div class="relative flex justify-center items-center flex-shrink-0 self-center size-24 opacity-85"><p class="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 transform text-3xl font-bold tracking-widest text-white">180</p><picture><img src="https://web-cdn.paloalto.com/paloalto/common/diamonds/diamond-shape-image.svg" alt="Diamond bg icon" width="94" height="94" loading="lazy" class="size-24"/></picture></div><p class="text-gray-11 tracking-wide md:text-lg lg:leading-8">You&#x27;ll find our customers in over 180 countries around the world.</p></div><div class="flex items-center gap-4"><div class="relative flex justify-center items-center flex-shrink-0 self-center size-24 opacity-85"><p class="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 transform text-3xl font-bold tracking-widest text-white">4.8</p><picture><img src="https://web-cdn.paloalto.com/paloalto/common/diamonds/diamond-shape-image.svg" alt="Diamond bg icon" width="94" height="94" loading="lazy" class="size-24"/></picture></div><p class="text-gray-11 tracking-wide md:text-lg lg:leading-8">Our customers have awarded us a 4.8 out of 5 satisfaction rating. Thank you!</p></div></div></div></div></section><section class="my-16 xl:my-24"><div class="container px-6"><h2 class="flex justify-center items-center text-center text-gray-9 md:text-2xl font-bold uppercase leading-4 tracking-widest w-full sm:max-w-[312px] md:max-w-[970px] mb-11 sm:mb-3.5 md:mb-4 mx-auto"><span class="border-t-2 border-gray-4 grow basis-5 sm:basis-14 me-5 "></span>Our Customers And Fans<span class="border-t-2 border-gray-4 grow basis-5 sm:basis-14 ms-5 "></span></h2><div class="bg-gray-2 h-full w-full relative overflow-hidden"><button aria-label="Go to previous slide" class="bottom-6 sm:top-1/2 sm:translate-y-[-50%] sm:bottom-auto absolute bg-white left-2 sm:left-4 p-3 rounded-full z-10"><span></span></button><div class="w-full h-[382px] md:h-[346px] lg:h-[304px] xl:h-[370px] relative"><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full transition-transform duration-500 translate-x-0"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">It&#x27;s a scary thing to try to come up with possibly a 50-page business plan—it sounds really daunting. But using LivePlan made it really easy.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Joanna Stanford, Trots Dogs</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/trots-dogs">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">LivePlan saved me a lot of time because the software does so much of the work for you.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Brian Sung, Tailored Coffee</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/tailored-coffee-roasters">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">[On LivePlan] I like that it can really tailor to any stage of a small business.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Mona Patel, Mona Does Concrete</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/mona-does-concrete">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">[LivePlan&#x27;s dashboard] is fantastic because it&#x27;s integrated and easy to drill down into...it&#x27;s much friendlier and easy to understand for non-accountants.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Bruce Carr, Web Ninja</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/web-ninja">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">Tracking key metrics works so well with LivePlan because you don&#x27;t have to do it yourself at all. It does it for you.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Marc-Andre Seguin, JazzGuitarLessons.net</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/jazz-guitar-lessons">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">We can see the growth that we&#x27;ve had and analyze what&#x27;s working and what&#x27;s not working as we go.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Kevin Cavanagh, Bearscat Bakehouse</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/bearscat-bakehouse">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">A business plan is not a road map, it&#x27;s a compass. It&#x27;s a living and breathing tool.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Ann Rea, www.AnnRea.com</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/ann-rea">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">LivePlan is a great tool to figure out what your capital needs are, whether you&#x27;re self-funding or if you&#x27;re going shop around to find an investor or a bank.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Brian Wyrick, Robot Paper</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/customers/henchmen-comics">See Full Story</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">Students really take to the hands-on application of LivePlan. Because LivePlan and the “Start, Run &amp; Grow Your Business” curriculum are straightforward and easily grasped by students of all skill levels, students can focus on researching their own business concepts and fully develop their own business plans.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Amy Schulz, VP of Education, Feather River College</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/educators">Learn More</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">The students very much appreciate the guidance that [LivePlan] offers. I love the ability to act as a contributor to their plans. The help resources are phenomenal and easy to navigate.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">John Shaw, Assistant Professor of Management, Jacksonville University</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/educators">Learn More</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">LivePlan is wonderful. The best part is how easy it is to make adjustments and quickly see how it impacts cash flow.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Bronwen Madden, Coordinator SBTDC, Missouri State University</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/educators">Learn More</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">LivePlan can really help small business get to the next level, [it] is all about helping them realize that goal.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Charles Rowe, President and CEO, America&#x27;s SBDC</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/consultants">Learn More</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">LivePlan is the proud winner of the Accountex User Favorite Award for Business Intelligence. Presented in partnership with AccountingWEB, the Accountex User Favorite Awards are the most sought-after awards in the field of accounting technology today. Winners were selected from a competitive landscape by the people who use these solutions daily.</q><p class="text-gray-11 mx-auto mb-5 mt-auto text-center font-bold sm:px-10 sm:text-lg lg:text-xl">Accountex USA</p><a class="text-white bg-teal-5 hover:bg-teal-6 shrink-0 px-8 text-sm font-normal tracking-widest md:text-base transition-colors duration-200 ease-out flex max-w-80 mx-auto h-10 rounded-3xl uppercase font-bold text-base tracking-wider justify-center items-center" href="https://www.liveplan.com/strategic-advisors">Learn More</a></div></div><div class="p-6 absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full  translate-x-full"><div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center"><q class="text-gray-11 mx-auto text-center font-light italic sm:px-10 sm:text-lg md:text-2xl">I set up the Dashboard and I think it&#x27;s the best tool I&#x27;ve seen for delivering KPI metrics. Outstanding interface—just beautiful. Plus, having the direct feed with Xero is an additional home run. 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