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Palo Alto Software teams up with leading Oregon organizations to provide free copies of Business Plan Pro Premier to entrepreneurs and businesses statewide

Eugene, Oregon (PRWEB) June 9, 2009 –Palo Alto Software (www.paloalto.com), creators of “know-how” business software solutions, is teaming up with statewide Oregon agencies including the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network (OSBDCN), Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN), The Oregon State Chamber of Commerce (OSCC), SmartUps.org, and many others, to organize a one-day giveaway of free copies of Business Plan Pro Premier.

Business Plan Pro has been helping businesses start and grow for over 15 years. As the world’s number one selling business-planning software, Business Plan Pro is used by over 50 percent of Fortune 500 companies, used at more than 800 universities, and trusted by federal organizations like the SBA and the SBDC network. In its 20 years of operation, Palo Alto Software has sold over 1 million licenses of Business Plan Pro.

The free software is not a trial version and there are no strings attached. Palo Alto Software is giving away the same best-selling software that sells for $199.95 nationwide.

WHY: Throughout Oregon, small- and medium-sized businesses are struggling to remain open, and continue to sustain growth. They are searching for ways to run their businesses smarter and stronger. As an Oregon-based small business itself, Palo Alto Software wants to support other Oregon businesses and help as many as possible get through the current tough times and succeed.

As supporters of entrepreneurship, Palo Alto Software believes in the value of business planning and is confident that Business Plan Pro can help give Oregon businesses a boost by making available a vital planning tool to better start, run, and grow their businesses.

WHEN: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

WHERE: Pick-up locations will be spread throughout the state. Palo Alto Software intends to make this event accessible to all Oregonians by utilizing its relationships with Chamber of Commerce offices and the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network as giveaway points. This event will reach small communities and large cities alike.

ONLINE: More information and details at www.paloalto.com/boost

CONDITIONS: Palo Alto Software will institute the following conditions:

• The software or download certificate must be physically picked up at one of the sponsoring pick-up locations
• Only one unit per business/per person
  
• The software must be installed and registered within 48 hours of pick-up; otherwise the code given will expire (this prevents the software from being sold online)

People interested in more information, or community leaders who want to register for location status, can contact ‘Chelle Parmele at 541-683-6162.

Tags: giveaway, Oregon Small Business Boost, Press Releases
Posted on June 11th, 2009 | No Comments »

Women Business Leaders – Eugene Chamber of Commerce

March 12, 2009
11:45 AM to 1:00 PM

Location:     Hilton Eugene, 66 E. 6th Ave. Eugene, Oregon

Tips and tools to get your business through hard economic times. Often businesses get into “bad” economic times and start reacting to outside influences without understanding how it really affects their businesses. This month’s Women’s Business Leaders program will offer insights into how businesses can better understand their financial picture and how their revenue and expenses are tied together — and where they may not be tied together in addition to useful tips/tools for dealing with these challenging economic times.

Lead by Palo Alto Software’s CEO Sabrina Parsons. Palo Alto Software is the worldwide leader in business plan software and marketing plan software. Women Business Leaders is sponsored by KeyBank and Jones & Roth CPA’s & Business Consultants. ***11:15-11:45 am-Networking; 11:45-11:55am-Registration and Buffet Lunch; 11:55am-1:15pm-Luncheon Program.

Tags: chamber of commerce, sabrina parsons
Posted on March 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

Palo Alto Software CEO, Sabrina Parsons will be one of the guests on Friday’s Business Insanity Talk Radio with host Barry Moltz tomorrow morning.

Barry Moltz has founded and run small businesses with a great deal of success and failure for more than 15 years. This is a business radio show where we talk about all the craziness of small business. It’s that craziness that actually makes it exciting, interesting and totally unpredictable.

Sabrina, Parsons, Columnist Penelope Trunk and Advanta Bank CIO. Ami Kassar will be on hand to talk Business Planning, Innovation and Your Career.

Tune in and listen

Call-in Number: (347) 426-3202
Upcoming Show: 3/13/2009 7:00 AM

Tags: radio appearance, sabrina parsons
Posted on March 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

Build Your Business (BYB) is a weekly hour-long radio show sponsored by the Business Owner’s Toolkit that provides business owners with the information they need to start, run and grow a successful small business.

February 9th, 2009 -  Tim Berry, President of Palo Alto Software, and proficient small business blogger and advisor, brings his expertise to the conversation discussing important fundamentals about business planning and more.

Build Your Business Radio
with your host Barbara Weltman
Live Show Time: Monday (1:00PM – 2:00PM PST)

Tags: radio appearance, tim berry
Posted on February 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

Tim Berry recently took part in an audio webcast for BusinessWeek where in he discussed Managing Cash Flow.

The webcast covers topics including: forecasting, budgeting, collecting, managing accounts receivable and accounts payable, and investing. Entrepreneurs will be able to use this webinar as a practical guide to take control of their company’s cash flow.

You can register and listen to the webcast here: www.businessweek.com/go/cash_flow

Tags: tim berry, webcast
Posted on January 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

Palo Alto Software’s Sabrina Parsons will be a guest on Business TalkRadio’s show, Computer America – this Thursday, January 15th from 7-8PM PST, with Craig Crossman

Sabrina will be discussing how to conquer email fatigue.

Appealing to novices and experts alike, this daily program gives listeners the unique opportunity to call in with questions for the host and his featured guests from the computer world. Along with these big-name guests and the latest breaking computer news, a Celebrity Computing segment features celebrities, political figures and other celebrated personalities discussing how they use their computers at home and at work. computeramerica.com is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.computeramerica.com and is listened to daily by 14,000 people.

http://www.computeramerica.com/

Tags: radio appearance, sabrina parsons
Posted on January 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

The News Review – www.nrtoday.com

Thursday, October 2, 2008
by Cara Pallone

The city of Myrtle Creek received funding in June from the Department of Agriculture to support a local business improvement plan. The $5,000 grant will be used to provide up to 50 small-business owners within the city limits a free business plan software package from Palo Alto Software, a company headquartered in Eugene. The package will assist in planning for market fluctuations, risk assessment, financing and growth fundamentals such as target marketing and competitor analysis. Each package is valued at $100. In addition, business communities countywide will be invited to attend a seminar in October with Palo Alto founder Tim Berry.

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Tags: business planning, palo alto software
Posted on October 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

Eugene, OR – August 12, 2008

Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and president and Academy of Management member, is speaking at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, taking place in Anaheim, CA, August 8-13. At his program session, number 1330, Tim will present the concepts of his new book, The Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan. 

“Plan-as-you-go business planning is a change of focus to emphasize planning, an active process that leads to management, rather than the more traditional document oriented business plan.”

The session takes place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 12th, in room 303D in the Anaheim Convention Center. View this link for more information: http://program.aomonline.org/2008/submission.asp?mode=showsession&SessionID=927

Tags: business plan, business planning, plan as you go
Posted on August 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

July 16, 2008 – Eugene, OR

Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software, will be speaking at BlogHer ‘08 down in San Francisco, Ca this weekend. She will be speaking with Kelly Phillips Erb and Linsey Krolik on various issues of how to get down to the business of blogging.

For those already going, you can attend the talk on Friday, July 18, 2008 from 10:30am – 11:45am in the California West room of the St. Francis Westin.

The BlogHer event is sold out, but you can still register to attend BlogHer in SecondLife.

Posted on July 16th, 2008 | No Comments »

Alan Gleeson, managing director of Palo Alto Software UK, will be presenting on the following topic: “Will my idea work?” at the BStartup Exhibition at London Excel at Friday, April 25 at 12.30PM (Hall 3). His presentation will be focused on the importance of sales forecasting when compiling a business plan as well as highlighting some of the key areas to focus on in any business plan.

We will also be exhibiting at the show (stand 810), so please be sure to call by to say hello if you are in the vicinity. The BStartup Exhibition claims to be the UK’s largest exhibition for people starting and expanding a small business. We have exhibited at BStartup for a number of years and have enjoyed meeting so many people looking to set up a new business.

Posted on April 21st, 2008 | No Comments »