Businesses analyze their past using Business Intelligence, but spreadsheet models are where they dream about the future. — Business Intelligence tools are wonderful. Dashboards allow businesses to keep an eye on their operations and the self-service nature of tools such as PowerBI, Tableau and Qlik allow end-users to quickly answer important business questions. These insights — however — are inherently about the past. That’s what BI tools are…

Working with numbers and data does not have to be so intimidating. — We all have a need to explore, explain and collaborate on what matters to us. Doing so with numbers should be as easy as with text, images and videos. I believe we can all be numbers people. But in order for that to happen, data tools must: Lower the friction …

GRID has already given spreadsheets a new face. In 2022 we’re transforming GRID to become the primary tool of choice for modern teams working with numbers. GRID was founded around the core insight that working easily with numbers should not only be for the initiated, but is something that hundreds…

It’s the formula language used in today’s spreadsheets. And this article explains why it deserves to be called “Excel formula language”. Before you read on: If you don’t think of spreadsheets as programs, read this. The syntax and conventions in today’s spreadsheet formulas bear a lot of resemblance the syntax…

I’m thrilled that we are rolling out the next step on our journey to make GRID the tool where modern teams explore and explain matters at hand with numbers: Conversations. When GRID launched commercially in March, our focus was on the GRID document, the web-friendly presentation layer that traditional spreadsheets…

Every now and then, you read or hear something that changes the way you think about things. The most profound such moments are when you instinctively already knew what was being said, but never had a way to put it in words. I had one of those moments yesterday. We…

I’ve gotten to know a lot of great people throughout my career. Largely without burning bridges too badly. Sometimes I’m asked by one of those great people to make an introduction to another. Few things give me more joy than making connections between impactful people. Likewise, being the one to…

With the rise of low-code products, many have realized that not only are spreadsheets programs, but the syntax that today’s spreadsheet software uses for formulas is the most used programming language in the world. Microsoft is doubling down on this, expanding the use of the Excel formula language across many…

What are Product Principles? Why are they important? How to establish them? …and an example from GRID — I realized the value of Product Principles when working on my previous startup — DataMarket. As a group we found that we would often have lengthy conversations on things such as how to approach a certain design or implementation, what to prioritize and when to compromise. We also found that…