Exactly. Every company's business process has it's own uniqueness, so if you try to evolve it into a mass-market tool (as opposed to designing for it up-front),

Exactly. Every company's business process has it's own uniqueness, so if you try to evolve it into a mass-market tool (as opposed to designing for it up-front), you end up with a Frankenstein system that is enormous and complicated. Then your company starts morphing to match what you're selling. If some YC'ers want to make some serious cash, go build the JIRA of ERP. Make the system: pluggable, VERY configurable, give it a sexy UI and don't require an army of consultants to implement. Want some reasons? Pretty much all your potential customers hate their existing ERP system. Your competition is staffed by sleazy salespeople that sell nothing but snakeoil. Your market is filled with companies of all sizes who will literally throw cash at you to make them more efficient.