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Bench guy's new startup: no bookkeepers

Sunday, March 29, 2026

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I am a $95,000-a-year copy-paste machine."

I am a $95,000-a-year copy-paste machine."

Every Monday I export a CSV from Salesforce. Then one from QuickBooks. Then I paste both into a spreadsheet and pray the columns line up. If they don't, I fix them by hand. This takes four hours. I have a finance degree.


That's not analysis. That's data entry with a salary.


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