Originally published in Shed Business Journal.
A shed builder asked me about ERP software on a call. A vendor from outside the industry kept calling him.
I told him he wasn't at a revenue level where he should be thinking about an ERP yet. He had better options to look at first.
I've heard too many stories of 8-figure companies that bit off more than they could chew with an implementation. Some stopped halfway. A few went bankrupt.
In this Shed Business Journal column I walk through the three things I look at before anyone signs: what the software does today, where the company is headed, and how fast they actually deliver.
