The Rise of the Functional Expert in a Company

A lot of founder owned businesses had actually written their own ERP and accounting system when they started the business in the 80s. By the time we got involved, it was a pretty big business and there's no way they could run that. The next layer down is then the rise of the functional expert inside the company. He comes sits on the bench, helps, you know, hangs around the hoop listens to some pitches, gets involved in a company here there. And but ultimately you're putting him back to back him again in a company to run it, hopefully.