Business Boost: Business Planning for Oregon
By Tim Berry
I hope it doesn’t seem like total self promotion — I’ve tried to avoid that as much as possible on this blog — but hey, tomorrow Palo Alto Software is going to give away thousands of copies of Business Plan Pro (and not a light version, the upscale, premier version) for free to Oregonians who... Read More »
Congratulations. Now Duck!
By Tim Berry
Graduating from college and looking for a job, this year of all years, is something like entering a busy freeway going the wrong way. Consider the plight of the kids born mostly in 1988. Struggle through high school, struggle through college, working on the American dream. They were discovering computers during the Internet boom of... Read More »
Is It Just Me, Or Are Things Are Picking Up?
By Tim Berry
Seems to me like the recession has hit bottom and the economy is starting back up. It’s not just sales at our company which are picking up. It’s also people I know and talk to, like the other 24 investors in my angel investor group which met last week; most of them are business owners. And people... Read More »
10 Ways to Avoid Falling Skies Next Time
By Tim Berry
I’ve posted before on this blog about The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s powerful book, written before the big downturn, which some say (he wouldn’t) predicted it. With a beautifully written mix of history, stories, studies, and logic, Taleb shows how the big events are completely unpredictable. And that we kid... Read More »
Pendulum Swings Against Business. And Banks. And Bonuses
By Tim Berry
Two Very Important Sentences: Fred Wilson of AVC posted my favorite line from the president’s press conference yesterday; and the whole post — brilliant blogging, in my opinion — was this simple quote: At the same time, the rest of us can’t afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit.... Read More »
The Future in 5 Minutes
By Tim Berry
Consider these predictions. They're all based on identifiable trends. Ask yourself how this affects you, your business, and your business future: In 10 years, the number one English-speaking country in the world will be China. By 2011, 90% of all... Read More »
Economy: Shut Up and Help
By Tim Berry
These are unusual times. I'm dismayed and frightened by the venomous divisiveness surrounding presidential politics, attempts at recovery, stimulus, and bailouts. Is it not obvious that the whole world is threatened by an economic catastrophy at a scale suitable for... Read More »
Online Thursday: Obama Stimulus Plan and Small Businesses
By Tim Berry
This looks very interesting: Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends, John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing, and Kelly Spors of the Wall Street Journal at noon Pacific Time, Thursday March 5, for an online discussion of the Obama stimulus plan... Read More »
By 
