> The business prefers spreadsheets over "real software" because they have complete control of it whereas their internal IT department are slow and expensive, a

> The business prefers spreadsheets over "real software" because they have complete control of it whereas their internal IT department are slow and expensive, and the resulting custom-coded products are often substandard (see zubairq's comment about paying market rate). I find this very interesting because my company (which I applied to YC 2017 with) is based on exactly this same premise.