Ramp keeps finding itself in the right place at the right time because the company is built to be in the right place at the right time, executing against a mission that will never go out of style with a structure and team that allows it to take advantage of new ways to fulfill it.
It wasn’t about a corporate card, or even just building better software for finance teams to use, but about improving every part of the business that involves a transaction.
For Abacum is improving every part of the business that involves a decision, target, and $$
It’s an interesting question to think about. Profit is the ultimate arbiter of a business’ financial success. It’s not just about saving money – spending too little can be as damaging as spending too much – but about investing money intelligently in the things that produce outcomes.
Ramp’s mission is to save customers time and money . That’s a clear, timeless mission that Ramp can build against using whichever technology helps achieve it best.
I think the more likely outcome in B2B will be that point solutions – software products that do one thing – are more at risk from integrated platforms that can more easily bundle point solutions into their platform, making their whole offering more valuable as they do.
“ Owning the workflow” means embedding the product so deeply into the customer's operations that it's not just a tool, it’s the nervous system of a department.