10-Minute Tech Talks: How Tech Entrepreneurs Fail & How You Can Avoid It
Sep 25, 2026 · 9 min · 6 segments
What does it take to build a tech company from scratch? For Ben Taylor, co-founder and CEO of SoftLedger, it started with frustration, a piece of printer paper, and an idea for a better way to manage…
I always feel like when it comes to building your company, running your company, this is the heart of a company.
And it's, I like to say accounting is never going to be the most important thing that you should be thinking about while you're running your business.
You're opening up other locations of your franchise or you're trying to grow your portfolio, whatever the case is.
But at some point, if you don't, if you just kick the can down the road far enough, you can end up in a pretty bad situation with your account.
You don't have to be thinking about it, obviously, because you're doing things, but I just go back to how core it is to have the accounting system.
I always feel like when it comes to building your company, running your company, this is the heart of a company.
And it's, I like to say accounting is never going to be the most important thing that you should be thinking about while you're running your business.
You're opening up other locations of your franchise or you're trying to grow your portfolio, whatever the case is.
But at some point, if you don't, if you just kick the can down the road far enough, you can end up in a pretty bad situation with your account.
You don't have to be thinking about it, obviously, because you're doing things, but I just go back to how core it is to have the accounting system.
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