Last month, I wrote about how every small business starts in a spreadsheet and how that tool slowly becomes heavier over time. Since then, I’ve spoken to few business owners who nodded at the same line: “We lose weekends just trying to make sense of our data.”
What struck me most wasn’t the complexity of their files rather it was the mental load that comes with it. The constant fear of breaking a formula, the endless versioning (“Final_v3_REAL_final”), and the quiet exhaustion of never feeling caught up.
Spreadsheets were meant to track business. Somewhere along the way, they started running it.
If that resonates, I’ll be sharing a simple ways out at the Pflugerville Chamber meetup on Oct 21 2025. Bring your spreadsheet stories, and lets hear it out.
Ashish Srivastava | Founder @ AshLytics | where data meets direction_ | ashlytics.ai