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Burke Franklin invented business planning software in 1988 with the introduction of his best-selling BizPlanBuilder® software system and templates.

From that successful beginning, he launched Business Power Tools, the company behind an entire suite of successful business productivity software apps & templates for launching, building and succeeding in business with minimum BS.

Startup founders need a mentor who can tell them how the world works and what to focus on when it comes to the volatile business of starting a company.

Building a successful business and being a mindful and responsive entrepreneur is an emotional, mental, physical and spiritual bootcamp. Yet, few things are more rewarding and gratifying than succeeding with your own ideas and making a difference in the world.

Burke graduated from the University of California – Santa Barbara with a degree in business and a minor in electrical engineering. While the economics professors got worked-up over theories, he wanted do something real. Burke heard of a ‘do-it-yourself’ used car lot idea, borrowed $5,000 from his grandmother, put it together, and ran it from his fraternity bedroom. It was painful.

After college, Burke sold a software system for analyzing real estate, he sold electronics for Texas Instruments, he sold financial software to mid-sized companies.

Burke has a very strong background in sales, marketing and business development with both technology and consumer products. He worked for companies like Texas Instruments, CPT and a number of start-ups. Wanting to experience the other side of the sales desk, Burke joined the Sharper Image Catalog as their electronics buyer, a great job and lesson that life’s not all about the stuff.

burke franklin white house conference on small businessBurke was elected delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business held in Washington, D.C., where he met with entrepreneurs from across the U.S. to discuss issues every small business owner faces. (With appreciation for the votes from the National Association of Women Business Owners! (NAWBO))