Founded in 1980 by Gary Harpst, Jack Ridge and Vernon Strong, Solomon Software was initially founded as “TLB, Inc.” TLB, which stands for “The Lord’s Business”, was named to remind the founders why the business was started, which was to conduct the business according to biblical principles.

Solomon designed and released its first accounting software products (Solomon I and II) for the CP/M operating system, on Z-80 microprocessors in 1981. In 1982, it began development of its first 16-bit accounting software product, (Solomon III).  In 1984, Solomon III was introduced as the first microcomputer accounting software written in C, based on a single integrated relational database management system (MDBS), optimized specifically for the IBM Personal Computer and the MS-DOS operating system.

By 1985, Solomon III was heralded by industry experts as the industry-leading accounting software for small businesses, having won the popular PC Magazine/Price Waterhouse “Editors’ Choice” award. Solomon III was a well accepted by the market, establishing Solomon Software as one of the leading accounting software companies in the U.S.  Solomon III was sold through an exclusive network of computer software resellers, many of whom continue to resell Solomon’s newest software products.

During the 1980’s, Solomon III continued to accumulate more awards and honors than any small business accounting software for its flexibility and feature-strength, including those from computer publications, CPA firms, computer software resellers and consulting organizations.  Today, Solomon III continues to be used by thousands of customers, and has been maintained and enhanced over the years to be very stable, feature-rich and Year 2000-compliant.

In the mid-1980s, Solomon expanded its market reach strategy by developing a small business product line (ProfitWise), and as networking of personal computers emerged, began development of its next product line (ImpAcct) for mid-sized businesses that were downsizing their accounting operations from mini-computers to multi-user networks on Novell NetWare. ProfitWise was released in the 1988 and Impacct was released in October 1990. In early fiscal 1992, both ImpAcct and ProfitWise were discontinued as the Company restructured.

In July 1991, Solomon began development of its next generation product line (Solomon IV for Windows), a product written in Microsoft Visual Basic, using open architecture, industry standard tools, designed for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Solomon IV was released in February of 1994. By 1995, Solomon IV for Windows continued the award-winning tradition, by once again winning the coveted Editors’ Choice award from PC Magazine/Price Waterhouse. Since 1995, Solomon IV has again won more awards, honors and recognition from value-added resellers, computer publications, CPA and accounting firms, and the programmer/developer community. These reviewers and industry experts specifically heralded Solomon IV’s strengths for customization, flexibility and its use of industry-standard tools.

Until 1996, Solomon IV consisted of two editions, a Workstation Edition and a Client/Server Edition - both based on Pervasive Software's Scalable SQL database.  In 1996, Solomon released a new edition of Solomon IV, for Microsoft SQL Server 6.5.

In August 1997, Solomon began to broaden its product portfolio by acquiring Smith, Dennis & Gaylord (SDG), an independent developer located in Santa Clara, California. Using the Solomon IV Tools for Visual Basic, SDG successfully brought to market a complete suite of project accounting and project management software that integrates seamlessly with Solomon IV financial applications.

In August 1998, Solomon continued executing its strategy of broadening its applications and services by acquiring ProService Software (now developers of the Solomon Service Series), and ClearView Software (now the Solomon Technology Centers, a wholly owned subsidiary). Solomon also established a Manufacturing Management Group for developing light manufacturing applications, and a Knowledge Management Group, for developing and delivering knowledge transfer, training and education services.

In March 1998, Solomon IV was split into two product lines: Solomon IV for Windows – based on the Pervasive.SQL database, targeted to small businesses; and Solomon IV for BackOffice - based on the Microsoft SQL Server database, targeted to mid-sized businesses.

In April 1999, Solomon Software announced a sweeping refinement that boldly simplified its product offerings by unifying its award-winning Solomon IV® exclusively around a single product and a single database. Under the product unification strategy, the Solomon IV product family (formerly Solomon IV for Windows and Solomon IV for BackOffice) became a single product line, simply called "Solomon IV", with two editions: Select and Premier, targeted toward small and mid-sized businesses.