developer s smartsheet.com inc. initial release 2006 platform web ios and android available in english spanish portuguese french german italian russian and japanese 1 type project management collaboration and productivity software website https www.smartsheet.com smartsheet is a software as a service saas application for collaboration and work management that is developed and marketed by smartsheet.com inc. it is used to assign tasks track project progress manage calendars share documents and manage other work . it has a spreadsheet like user interface . as of november 2014 smartsheet is used by 5 million people at 55 000 organizations . it was initially unpopular until a redesign in 2010 which was followed by an increase in adoption and larger funding rounds . contents 1 smartsheet service 1.1 features 1.2 history 2 smartsheet.com inc. 3 further reading 4 references 5 external links smartsheet service edit smartsheet is used to collaborate on project timelines documents calendars tasks and other work . 2 3 it combines some of the functionality of microsoft excel project access and sharepoint . 2 4 it competes with microsoft project . 5 as of november 2014 there are 5 million users of smartsheet at 55 000 organizations . 6 features edit according to forbes smartsheet has a relatively simple user interface . 2 the interface centers on smartsheets which are similar to spreadsheets typically found in microsoft excel . 7 8 each smartsheet can have its rows expanded or collapsed to see individual tasks or large scale project progress respectively . tasks can be sorted by deadline priority or the person assigned to it . 9 if a spreadsheet contains dates smartsheet will create a calendar view . 9 each row in a smartsheet may have files attached to it emails stored within it and a discussion board associated with it . 5 9 when a new smartsheet is created notifications are pushed out to staff to populate its rows and columns . 10 as information is updated other smartsheets tracking the same task project or data point are updated automatically . 7 8 the service also has alerts for when a task deadline is coming up 9 11 and keeps track of document versions . 5 smartsheet can import data from microsoft office or google applications . 2 5 the software integrates with services like salesforce.com dropbox and amazon web services . 3 11 there is also a smartsheet mobile app for android and iphone operating systems . 8 smartsheet is sold on a subscription basis with no free version . 8 history edit smartsheet s original user interface in 2006 smartsheet was first introduced in 2006 . according to the company s co founder brent frei initial adoption was slow because the software was too difficult to use . 12 13 at the end of its first year it had only 10 000 users . 14 the company began making changes to the software in 2008 eventually cutting 60 percent of its features for the purpose of making it more user friendly . 2 12 following the 2010 launch of the redesign adoption grew to 1 million users at 20 000 organizations by 2012 . 12 integration with microsoft office 365 and microsoft azure were added in 2014 . 6 that october the account map tool was introduced which uses an algorithm to visualize the flow of work across groups of employees . 15 16 in august 2014 version 2.0 of the smartsheet ios app was introduced . it made a spreadsheet like user interface the focus of the app s user interface whereas previously the mobile interface was different than the spreadsheet oriented desktop version . 17 in 2015 smartsheet started introducing closer integrations with microsoft office products in part thanks to changes microsoft was making in their products to work better with third party software . 18 19 in january 2015 smartsheet added support for microsoft s identity management software azure active directory which allowed users to log in to products like excel and smartsheet with the same login . 19 20 users can also now make changes to smartsheets directly from microsoft outlook . 18 smartsheet.com inc. edit smartsheet.com inc. is a private company that develops and markets the smartsheet application . as of april 2015 it has about 200 employees and is headquartered in bellevue washington . 21 it operates data centers in texas virginia and illinois . 6 the company was founded in the summer of 2006 shortly after co founder brent frei sold his prior company onyx software . 2 14 21 initially it was funded mostly by frei . 2 about a year after its founding smartsheet had raised 4 million in funding and had just nine employees . 14 by early 2012 it had raised 8.2 million in funding over three rounds and hired its first salesperson . 11 12 after the smartsheet software was redesigned in 2010 the company s revenues grew by more than 100 percent each year for four consecutive years . 22 it raised 26 million in funding in december 2012 3 12 and another 35 million in may 2015 . 11 further reading edit bryant adam december 27 2014 . brent frei of smartsheet.com a good excuse doesn t fix a problem . the new york times . retrieved september 13 2015 . references edit form submitting this ; the you accept january 28 2014 . smartsheet tips tips for international users . smartsheet . retrieved september 12 2015 . a b c d e f g strauss karsten march 12 2013 . former microsoft analyst wants to disrupt ms excel project . forbes . retrieved september 11 2015 . a b c grant rebecca december 3 2012 . smartsheet gets 26m to keep enterprise workflow under control . venturebeat . retrieved september 11 2015 . handler robert ; light matt ; fitzgerald donna ; jones teresa april 24 2015 . gartner names smartsheet cool vendor . retrieved september 16 2015 . a b c d greene tim april 30 2013 . enterasys boosts productivity with microsoft sharepoint alternative . network world . retrieved september 11 2015 . a b c h v yeshwanth november 27 2014 . smartsheet the next gen spreadsheet pdf . cio review . retrieved september 12 2015 . a b lawton christopher june 7 2008 . keeping track of business . wsj . retrieved september 11 2015 . a b c d cassavoy liane november 5 2014 . project management apps how three popular picks stack up . pcworld . retrieved september 11 2015 . a b c d moon peter april 14 2014 . a smart way to create the spreadsheet of your dreams . financial review . retrieved september 12 2015 . quinn alexander ; bederson benjamin february 15 2014 asksheet efficient human computation for decision making with spreadsheets baltimore maryland cscw 2014 a b c d romano benjamin may 5 2014 . smartsheet wins big customers 35m from sutter hill ventures . xconomy . retrieved september 11 2015 . a b c d e smartsheet grabs 26m after de enterprising its collaboration software . venturewire . december 3 2012 . retrieved september 11 2015 . cook john may 14 2015 . smartsheet co founder brent frei how hitting the reset button on design led to success . geekwire . retrieved september 13 2015 . a b c cook john june 14 2007 . bellevue startup gets 2.69 million financing deal . seattlepi.com . retrieved september 11 2015 . dignan larry october 20 2014 . smartsheet steps up visualization game . zdnet . retrieved september 11 2015 . perez juan carlos october 20 2014 . smartsheet the project management tool cloaked as a spreadseet adds visualization . cio . retrieved september 13 2015 . frank blair hanley august 20 2014 . smartsheet updates ios app with new grid to help companies work on the go . geekwire . retrieved september 13 2015 . a b demmitt jacob may 13 2015 . the redmond bump how one bellevue startup is booming thanks to a friendlier microsoft . puget sound business journal . retrieved september 13 2015 . a b levine barry january 12 2015 . smartsheet integration with office 365 highlights the opening up of microsoft . venturebeat . retrieved september 13 2015 . smartsheet rolls out azure active directory support . eweek.com . january 20 2015 . retrieved september 13 2015 . a b hack greg april 2 2015 . arena designer populous also manages events inside . the kansas city star . retrieved september 13 2015 . 100 best companies to work for 2014 midsize companies washington and puget sound business news source . seattle business magazine . july 2014 . retrieved september 11 2015 . external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smartsheet & oldid 734743773 categories companies based in bellevue washingtoncompanies established in 2006online companies of the united statessoftware companies of the united stateshidden categories good articlesarticles which use infobox templates with no data rowsofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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