12 Tips to Write Your Business Plan

Rows of lightbulbs with dollar signs. Represents tips to help you write a winning business plan.

Tim Berry

2 min. read

Updated January 3, 2024

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Content Author: Tim Berry

Tim Berry

Tim Berry is the founder and chairman of Palo Alto Software , a co-founder of Borland International, and a recognized expert in business planning. He has an MBA from Stanford and degrees with honors from the University of Oregon and the University of Notre Dame. Today, Tim dedicates most of his time to blogging, teaching and evangelizing for business planning.