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>You could serve 80% of the payroll burden with software that cost $10m. 90% coverage costs $100m. 98% costs $1,000m. And 100% costs $∞

this is where crucial distinction and choice comes - enterprise software which supposedly have enough flexibility and configurability to cover all the cases or the software which allows and requires a bunch of custom code. The former is a monster and the latter requires good tech chops. And choosing the software with the right balance between what can be configured and what would have to be developed requires deep tech wisdom and experience on the part of the leadership which is usually a very tall order...




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