Where to start before building your own tool

You may already use: Excel. Notion. A CRM. An ERP. Emails. Forms. SaaS tools.

Before adding a new platform, start by observing your day.

Look for repetitions

Which task do you perform every day or every week?

Look for double entries

Which information is entered several times in different tools?

Look for critical Excel files

Which file has become essential to the company's operation? That's often a particularly interesting signal.

Look for copy-pasting

If a team spends its time moving information from one software to another, there is probably an integration opportunity.

Look for slow decisions

Which information do you have to search for or consolidate before you can decide?

Then calculate

Number of people × time lost × frequency × hourly cost. You get a first estimate of the cost of your problem.

You can then compare this cost with developing a solution.