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Running Lean Finance Before You Need an ERP

Written by Harry Prabandham

Curated by Rubric Financial

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When an ERP Is Premature

  • An ERP earns its cost when transaction volume, entity count, and process complexity outgrow simpler tools.
  • Most early venture-backed SaaS companies run cleanly on cloud accounting plus a few connected apps.
  • Adopting an ERP too early buys implementation cost and rigidity you do not yet need.
  • The right question is not whether an ERP is better but whether your current pain justifies the switch.

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Harry Prabandham

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Founder and CEO of StartupCFO. MBA from Wharton, MS in Computer Science, and decades of experience building and advising venture-backed startups.

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