Tim Barker

Tim Barker

Tim Barker has founded five startups and seen the ups and downs of the startup journey from many sides. He sold his first company to Salesforce where he spent five years in the formative age of cloud computing, he’s taken companies public, scaled them to several hundred souls. He’s the sort of person any PE firm dreams about plugging in to their best prospect in the sure knowledge he will create value.

Tim is a keen advocate for transparency, eating humble pie, and being big enough to own your mistakes. He is also a lifetime learner, part of the reason he felt compelled to ask the question, “What happens if you’re AI‑native from day zero?”

Talks by Tim Barker

AI, Worthless SaaS Playbooks and Redundant Org ChartsApril 2026
“It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times” – Every CEO EverApril 2018
Five Habits of Highly Successful SaaS CompaniesApril 2014

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