Business Growth

[binaryfrost]

An article on the BBC today suggests that there are "critical points in a company's development where the decision which software tools you adopt is critical to your business"

Their quote suggested as an example this was when they moved from 4 to 10 people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6509943.stm

Has anyone else reached a 'critical point'? How do you know when you've hit one? Is it when you've just got to bite the bullet and spend to save in the long run?