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Don't spend time, effort and money on things that do not bring business value. Any time I see a company with engineers building something they could buy off the

Don't spend time, effort and money on things that do not bring business value. Any time I see a company with engineers building something they could buy off the shelf [and the thing they're building is not the product] I know their priorities are whack. I've worked for several companies that had more money than brains. They'd spend years, and millions of dollars in salaries, to build shit they could have bought and implemented in two months. And not only that, but multiple iterations of failing to build said thing, by multiple teams. Just because a tractor is used for farming doesn't mean a farmer should build her own tractor.

afarrell 4y ago
At some companies, it takes more effort to go through the procurement process than to build the thing.
kdeldycke 4y ago
The essence of MVP I guess. Now, back to the article's topic, the real question is: is there an off-the-shelf billing product available out there?
- indymike 4y ago
  > Is there an off-the-shelf billing product available out there? There are lots and lots of OTS billing systems. They might work the way you want or need. Billing is the classic "I wanted wheel, except I wanted a round one" kind of problem. Right now, I'm looking for a system that will let sales invoice whatever they put on paper, and be good a structured, recurring billing that is easy to hook up to my SaaS platform. Oh, and Bob in sales wants to be able to edit the invoices after they are issued...