Monthly archives: July, 2021

Spreadsheets Weren’t Meant to be Databases

Show of hands, how many of you have built an excel sheet and used it to store information? Probably everyone, right? When you’re tracking your weight loss progress or tracking your stock holdings, it’s not a bad idea. The problem is when you start tracking things like businesses, contacts at those businesses, sales you’ve made, …

How to get Data Off Your Company’s Excel Forms (Part One)

“Hey Brian, can you work up a sales summary for the past year?” Sure I can, let’s take a look a the records, and….. oh. So there’s no database? Just a folder full of these custom, manually filled out forms like this? Well, we can do this. You owe me a beer though. So we’re …