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Palo alto software was honored at a small business administration award ceremony thursday in portland. Palo alto software is a proud partner with the academic community. My wife and i built palo alto software from zero to 40 employees and 70% market share, and multimilliondollar sales, without outside. Founder and chairman of palo alto software, founder of, cofounder of borland international. People ask why palo alto software is based in eugene, oregon. He has a stanford mba degree and degrees with honors from the university of oregon and the university of notre dame.
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Tim berry is the bestknown business plan expert in the world. In the early 1990s, palo alto software moved north to eugene, oregon, and. Tim berry is the founder of palo alto software, a cofounder of borland international, and an expert in business planning. Join facebook to connect with tim berry and others you may know. After a successful career writing business plans for high tech giants like apple and borland international, tim berry founded palo alto software to make business planning accessible to all entrepreneurs. His other books on business planning with spreadsheets were published in the 1980s by dowjonesirwin, microtextmcgrawhill, and hayden books. He is author of books and software including conceptual coauthor of. Tim berry born 1948 is an american entrepreneur and published business author. Tim berry founded palo alto software to make business planning accessible to.
Jul 01, 2006 tim berry wrote the cpas guide to business planning, published in 1998 by harcourt brace professional publishing. He has an mba from stanford and degrees with honors from the university of oregon and the university of notre dame. We want you to read about some of our thoughts, ideas, and stories. Palo alto learning services educational software for schools. During the 1980s, the company focused mainly on consulting and. Prior to this role she cofounded a software company with her husband in 2001, a company that was purchased. Despite the companys name, palo alto software is now headquartered in eugene, oregon, with. Tim berry wrote the cpas guide to business planning, published in 1998 by harcourt brace professional publishing. May 22, 2014 founder tim berry helps spread his knowledge about business planning through sba. View tim berry s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Business plan expert tim berry, founder of palo alto software, business plan. Liveplan is ideal for doing your lean business plan. Planning, startups, stories tim berrys blog up and running on. Sba names palo alto software best familyowned business in. Tim berry is the bestknown and mostrespected expert on business planning in the world. Planning, startups, stories tim berry s blog up and running on. Tim berry, founder and president of palo alto software, speaks about business planning for ongoing companies in this webcast for peachtree. My wife and i built palo alto software from zero to 40 employees and 70% market share, and multimilliondollar sales, without outside investment. I also taught entrepreneurship one course per year at the university of oregon for 11 years and i am a frequent speaker on topics of business planning and entrepreneurship. Visit our blogs to read more about small business, entrepreneurship, and business planning. So palo alto software moved to eugene, oregon, in 1992. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Business writers have called him the business plan guru and the obiwan kenobi of business planning, in print, in major media. He is author of books and software including conceptual coauthor of liveplan and author of business plan pro, published by palo alto software.
He has a stanford mba and degrees with honors from the university of oregon and the university of notre dame. Industries internet, saas, software headquarters regions west coast, western us founded date apr, 1988 founders tim berry operating status active number of. I think business stories are a good way to communicate different elements of business, so ive decided. He writes at planning, startups, stories, one of the most popular small business blogs.
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