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A Spreadsheet Way of Knowledge
New technology tends to come from new ventures—startups. From the Founding Fathers in politics to the Royal Society in science to Fairchild Semiconductor’s “traitorous eight” in business, small groups of people bound together by a sense of mission have changed the world for the better. The easiest explanation for this is negative: it’s hard to deve
... See morePeter Thiel • Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
I can upload to Claude an income statement for a small business and prompt “here's an excel of my startup's finances, make it a dashboard.” A few seconds later I get this:
But, because it is fast and responsive, I can go further, applying techniques I teach in my entrepreneurship classes that help founders test their financial assumptions. “Add sens... See more
But, because it is fast and responsive, I can go further, applying techniques I teach in my entrepreneurship classes that help founders test their financial assumptions. “Add sens... See more
Ethan Mollick • Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold
If you want to see the future of B2B software, look at what Excel users are hacking together in spreadsheets today. Excel’s success has inspired the creation of software whose combined enterprise value dwarfs that of Excel alone.
Benjamin Rollert • Excel Never Dies
Excel combines the power of a programming language, the immediate usability of consumer software, and the skill progression of a video game with the flexibility to adapt to nearly infinite use cases. That’s a combination no other software offers, and it’s why Excel has been able to survive and thrive while millions of other applications have come a... See more
Benjamin Rollert • Excel Never Dies
The Organization as a Machine: An Outdated Concept - XPLANE | Organizational Change Management Consulting
Aric Woodxplane.com
Excel visualizes data cells automatically, unthinkingly. The result beats looking at a spreadsheet—but that’s a low bar.