Startup Ideas: The Excel Sheet Heuristic

Here is a simple but efficient way to spot Enterprise Software ideas - just look at what Excel sheets are being circulated over emails inside any organization. Every single Excel sheet is a billion-dollar enterprise software business waiting to happen.

If that sounds too simplistic and tough to believe, try thinking through the excel sheets that you are aware of - and list down which ones could potentially be addressed by a neat little piece of software. You will see it for yourself.

Every single .xls in any organization is a billion-dollar enterprise software business waiting to happen. Simple, but true!