Berry is chairman and founder of palo alto software 70% share of the business plan software market, founder of bplans, cofounder of borland international, cofounder of eugene social, and author of six books, including. Its 17 years ago now since we moved palo alto software, inc. View the profiles of professionals named tim berry on linkedin. 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. Palo alto software was founded in 1983 and is the leader in business planning software. Tim berry is founder and chairman of palo alto software, founder of, and a cofounder of borland international. Success tips from business planning giant, tim berry.
In 1983, berry founded his company, then called infoplan. By the time we moved to eugene we had already existed for five years, we had products in the market, advertising, and branding established. Palo alto software was honored at a small business administration award ceremony thursday in portland. He is author of books and software including conceptual coauthor of. Tim berry founder and chairman palo alto software founder tim berry pioneered business plan software, is a recognized expert in business planning, and quite literally wrote the book on lean planning. Palo alto softwares headquarters is located in eugene, oregon, usa 97401. This interview is sponsored by scott edward walker of walker corporate law. Paul left in 2001 and became cto of huffington post in 2007 and founded rebelmouse in 2012. Prior to this role she cofounded a software company with her husband in 2001, a company that was purchased. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover tim s connections. The company was founded in 1983 by tim berry, a business planning expert, stanford mba, and cofounder of borland international with a long history of technology sector leadership in the silicon valley. You are much more likely to reach me by typing here, or email me at tim at timberry dot com. It was the early 1990s, palo alto software was still in its infancy, and we lived in palo alto, calif. Industries internet, saas, software headquarters regions west coast, western us founded date apr, 1988 founders tim berry operating status active number of employees 101250 legal name palo alto software, inc.
Palo alto software, which produces businessplanning software. Tim berry is the founder and chairman of palo alto software and. At the time, tim was doing business plan consulting for companies such as apple, chevron, gateway, hp, mcdonalds, and other large corporations. He has an mba from stanford and degrees with honors from the university of oregon and the university of notre dame. We make liveplan, leading business planning and management software, and outpost, a collaborative inbox tool for teams. Fertile land for ideas to grow business the register. Tim berry founder and chairman of palo alto software, founder of, cofounder of borland international, stanford mba, author of books and software on business planning. Parsons says she was recently participating in a business meeting and during casual conversation, one of the men said, thank goodness my kids are not. Now she is ceo of the company and has been since 2007. The company was founded by tim berry in 1988 and today were led by our ceo, sabrina parsons. Palo alto software was founded by tim berry in 1988. Theres widespread agreement that the pace of innovation has picked up in lane county in recent years.
A year later tim berry, president and founder of palo alto, launched business plan pro, now the bestselling businessplanning software. The company moved a year ago to an 8,700 squarefoot space on the fifth floor of the broadway commerce center in downtown eugene, and recently took over an. The palo alto software story begins in the 1980s in silicon valley. Im chairman and founder of palo alto software and this site. More information about this seller contact this seller 1. Tim berry sounds off on silly entrepreneur mistakes. Tim berry is the founder of palo alto software, which creates business planning software. Tim berry, our resident business planning expert and founder of palo alto software, weighs in on starting and planning a business and having a life in the meantime. Palo alto software is a privatelyowned corporation based in eugene, oregon.
My friend tim berry rightfully pointed that business plans still serve an important role in the rest of the world. Of course we didnt change the name, despite the name tiein to palo alto the city. The company started out selling business plan templates, supplemented by berrys consulting, mostly focused on doing business in latin america. My son paul berry joined me in 1998 and developed the web business with downloadable software. View tim berry s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Palo alto learning services educational software for. People think the forecast is good or bad depending on how accurate it is, says tim berry, president of palo alto software, which creates businessplanning software and isdespite its name. Thats what happened to sabrina parsons, ceo of palo alto software in eugene, ore. This combined product line offers knowhow solutions that have made palo alto software the market leader in its category. Berry is chairman and founder of palo alto software 70% share of the business plan software market, founder of bplans, cofounder of borland international, cofounder of eugene social, and author of six books, including the. Absolutely, without a question, said tim berry, founder of palo alto software, which. Hes the founder of palo alto software and author of lean business planning. How a former hippie bootstrapped a software company to. Hes right, and he should know because hes the president of palo alto software, the principal creator of business plan pro, and the author of a blog called planning, startups, stories.
Tim berry is the founder and chairman of palo alto software, and he is also the originator of planasyougo business planning. Palo alto software competitors, revenue and employees. That many years later, were so completely integrated into eugene that it hurts to have that other citys name for the company. Tim berry is the bestknown business plan expert in the world. Despite the companys name, palo alto software is now headquartered in eugene, oregon, with. Founder tim berry helps spread his knowledge about business planning through sba. Palo alto software originally founded in 1988 by tim berry in california, berry brought the company with him to eugene in 1992. He writes at planning, startups, stories, one of the most popular small business blogs.
Palo alto software was founded in 1988 and is a privatelyowned corporation based in eugene, oregon. Founder and chairman of palo alto software, founder of, cofounder of borland international, stanford mba, author of books and software on business planning. Palo alto develops business planning, sales and marketing management software. In 1999 we took on a minority investment from palo alto venture capital, rb webber and. Tim berry founder and chairman palo alto software, inc. Parsons has been making changes her father never dreamed to make. Founder or cofounder of several others, ranging from successful to failure and inbetween. To that end, startupnation interviewed tim berry, the preeminent authority on business planning for small businesses.
Sabrina parsons has served as the ceo of palo alto software since 2007. Palo alto software founder company june 1983 to present eugene, oregon publisher of business plan pro. He is the founder and chairman of palo alto software and. Battling the cashflow blues edward lowe foundation. Palo alto software, founded by tim berry in 1983, has 47 employees and eight openings, including ecommerce marketing manager, user experience designer and java application developer. Palo alto software offers several software products and an extensive library of free expert content to help small businesses succeed. Tim berry born 1948 is an american entrepreneur and published business author. Palo alto softwares marketingplanning product is marketing plan pro powered by duct tape marketing. Palo alto software was always a good name for the company, because it evokes both stanford university and silicon valley. Tim berry lean business planning, startups, social media, and having a life. Our company was founded in 1983 by tim berry, a stanford mba, business planning expert, and cofounder of borland international.
The book on marketing plans in 1999, coauthored with doug wilson, cpas guide to business planning published first in 1998 by harcourt brace, republished by aspen publishers, and now in its fifth edition, published by palo alto software, as well as several other books on business planning with spreadsheets that were published in the. Not because his company, palo alto software, has 60% share of the market for programs that help. Scott is the lawyer to talk to if youre an entrepreneur, especially in the tech base. Palo alto softwares president, tim berry, currently. Palo alto software is the worldwide leader in business plan software and marketing plan software. This is the history of how a small business founded by tim berry has come to help millions of entrepreneurs and small businesses worldwide. I dont feel its rude not to answer a phone call or respond to a voicemail from somebody ive never met.
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. Tim berry co palo alto software 44 west broadway suite 500 eugene. About the author tim berry has also written on target. He has a stanford mba and degrees with honors from the university of oregon and the university of notre dame.
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