University of Oregon’s New Venture Competition starts April 8th up in Portland, Oregon. Over its 18-year history, this International MBA business plan competition has become one of the top 3 competitions throughout the world. A result of its intense academic focus and guaranteed interaction with multiple panels of judges in a professional format, NVC is an unmatched experience for any startup venture team.

Palo Alto Software is proud to be a sponsor of this competition and will be on hand to award the Best Written Plan award to one of the many participating teams.

We wish all the teams the very best of luck!

We’re extremely pleased to be a part of Network Solutions first ever Grow Smart Biz Conference in Washington DC next week (October 29th).

Jake Weatherly, our VP of Customer Experience will be speaking on a panel during the one-day educational workshop and  networking event at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC.

All small business owners, entrepreneurs and aspiring CEOs should attend to learn how to overcome challenges that all small businesses face. Attendees will leave the conference with:

• Insights into best practices of successful small businesses
• Strategies for growth despite the current economy
• Cost-effective ways to market and promote their businesses
• Tips for raising capital, and
• An opportunity to connect with small business owners, experts, and solution providers

Check out this link for more information about the other speakers and how to register before time runs out!

Taking a little time out here to make a couple announcements:

1)  We had a bit of an issue with our blog and some of you were not getting any of the blog posts in your RSS feeds for a while. We’ve fixed that and you should be able to see all of them now. We apologize for the rush of posts all at once, but hope you enjoy all the great “new” content you missed! Things should be smooth sailing from here on out.

2)  We’re going to be participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 17th-23rd. We’re getting all the specifics put together, but I’m going to give you a sneak peek!

Keep checking back for more details and some outstanding articles and posts all centered around getting back to the basics of your business. (If you’re interested in attending Tim Berry’s webinar on the 17th, make sure to register soon! It’s first come first serve and space is limited! Click the picture for more information.)

3) Palo Alto Software’s product Email Center Pro has released version 2.0!   Internally, several Palo Alto Software employee’s are participating in a “solidarity experiement” where we’ve all committed to … well, I’ll let Jason tell you all about it. Head over to our Dead-Simple Software blog to read all about the things we’ve decided to give up or do in the coming weeks.

That’s it! That wasn’t so bad now, was it?

‘Chelle Parmele
Social Media Marketing Manager
Palo Alto Software